2006 Portland LumberJax season

2006 Portland LumberJax
League NLL
Division 1st West
2006 record 11-5
Home record 5-3
Road record 6-2
Goals for 188
Goals against 177
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Arena Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance 8,681
Team leaders
Goals Mike Hominuck (28)
Assists Bruce Alexander (33)
Points Peter Morgan (54)
Penalties in minutes Ray Guze (44)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill
Wins Dallas Eliuk (6)
Goals against average Dallas Eliuk (11.09)
Matt King (11.09)

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the LumberJax inaugural season, and they became the first expansion team in NLL history to win its division.[1] The playoffs were not so kind to the LumberJax however, as they were eliminated in the Western Division semi-finals by the Arizona Sting.

Portland's regular season success was recognized when the NLL handed out its end-of-season awards. Brodie Merrill was named both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, Derek Keenan was named both coach and GM of the year, and owner Angela Batinovich was named Executive of the Year.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 193 167 +26 12.06 10.44
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 6–2 3–5 196 180 +16 12.25 11.25
3 Toronto Rock – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 182 179 +3 11.38 11.19
4 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 3–5 5–3 158 171 -13 9.88 10.69
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 184 184 0 11.50 11.50
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Portland LumberJax – xy 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 5–3 6–2 188 177 +11 11.75 11.06
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 6–2 4–4 200 172 +28 12.50 10.75
3 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 4–4 5–3 183 178 +5 11.44 11.13
4 Arizona Sting – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 4–4 4–4 198 199 -1 12.38 12.44
5 San Jose Stealth 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 151 174 -23 9.44 10.88
6 Edmonton Rush 16 1 15 0.063 10.0 0–8 1–7 150 202 -52 9.38 12.63

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 13, 2006 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 7–12 6,127 0–1
2 January 21, 2006 Colorado Mammoth Rose Garden W 12–11 9,916 1–1
3 January 27, 2006 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 15–8 5,457 2–1
4 January 28, 2006 Calgary Roughnecks Rose Garden L 8–12 9,633 2–2
5 February 10, 2006 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 6–16 10,395 2–3
6 February 18, 2006 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 15–12 12,796 3–3
7 March 4, 2006 Rochester Knighthawks Rose Garden L 16–18 6,183 3–4
8 March 11, 2006 Arizona Sting Rose Garden W 12–10 7,803 4–4
9 March 12, 2006 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 12–11 15,247 5–4
10 March 17, 2006 Minnesota Swarm Rose Garden L 12–14 5,487 5–5
11 March 25, 2006 San Jose Stealth Rose Garden W 11–10 7,938 6–5
12 March 31, 2006 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 15–12 9,613 7–5
13 April 2, 2006 Edmonton Rush Rose Garden W 14–10 5,687 8–5
14 April 7, 2006 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 9–6 5,107 9–5
15 April 14, 2006 Edmonton Rush Rose Garden W 11–7 11,408 10–5
16 April 15, 2006 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 13–8 10,104 11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 22, 2006 Arizona Sting Rose Garden L 11–14 10,843 0–1

Player stats

Reference:[5]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Peter Morgan 16 25 29 54 58 0
Mike Hominuck 15 28 25 53 68 8
Brodie Merrill 16 17 32 49 214 33
Bruce Alexander 15 12 33 45 42 10
Del Halladay 16 18 20 38 66 11
Ryan Powell 13 12 26 38 46 8
Ryan Sharp 16 16 14 30 137 42
Shawn Cable 13 9 16 25 42 15
Richard Morgan 15 10 11 21 75 38
Totals 278 466 378 1062 43

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Dallas Eliuk 13 616:30 6 3 114 .768 11.09
Matt King 12 297:29 3 2 55 .769 11.09
Aaron Bold 7 45:26 2 0 8 .789 10.56
Totals 11 5 177 .769 11.06

Awards

Player Award
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Year
Brodie Merrill Defensive Player of the Year
Derek Keenan Les Bartley Award
Derek Keenan GM of the Year
Angela Batinovich Executive of the Year
Brodie Merrill First Team All-Pro
Brodie Merrill All-Rookie Team
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Month, February
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Month, March
Brodie Merrill All-Stars
Dallas Eliuk
Ryan Sharp

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2006[6] To Portland LumberJax
Ryder Bateman		 To Minnesota Swarm
Scott Stewart
March 10, 2006[7]
 To Portland LumberJax
Ryan Marshall
conditional pick, 2006 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Ted Dowling

Roster

Reference:[8]

No. Position Player
49 Canada Def Alexander, Bruce
14 Canada Fwd Bateman, Ryder
77 Canada Goalie Bold, Aaron
20 Canada Def Bysouth, Adam
11 Canada Fwd Cable, Shawn
21 United States Def Davis, Damien
Canada Fwd Dowling, Ted
7 Canada Def Dwane, Matt
35 Canada Goalie Eliuk, Dallas
36 Canada Def Forget, Luke
2 Canada Def Guze, Ray
3 United States Fwd Halladay, Del
No. Position Player
90 Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
12 Canada Def Jones, Pat
30 Canada Goalie King, Matt
8 United States Fwd Marshall, Ryan
9 Canada Def McKinnon, Brandon
17 United States Def Merrill, Brodie
63 United States Fwd Montour, Thomas
55 Canada Def Morgan, David
44 Canada Fwd Morgan, Peter
33 United States Def Morgan, Richard
22 United States Fwd Powell, Ryan
26 Canada Def Sharp, Ryan
Canada Fwd Stewart, Scott

See also

References

  1. ↑ "News and Notes From Around The League". NLL.com. April 20, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Portland LumberJax - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Portland LumberJax - 2006 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=38726&seasonid=977
  6. ↑ "Swarm & LumberJax Swap Forwards". NLL.com. February 2, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  7. ↑ "Trade Deadline Approaches". NLL.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  8. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=38726&seasonid=977
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