2008 Portland LumberJax season

2008 Portland LumberJax
League NLL
Division 4th West
2008 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 179
Goals against 194
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Pat Jones
Arena Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance 9,581
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (38)
Assists Dan Dawson (43)
Ryan Powell (43)
Points Dan Dawson (81)
Penalties in minutes Brodie Merrill (53)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (211)
Wins Matt King (4)
Goals against average Matt Disher (10.83)

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.

After a disappointing 1-5 start and a mediocre 6-10 season, the LumberJax caught fire in the playoffs, defeating both San Jose and Calgary in their own buildings to advance to their first ever NLL Championship game in only their third season. The Jax put up a good fight, but the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Jax 14–13 to win the Champion's Cup.[1]

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 10 6 0.625 0.0 72 34 203 174 +29 12.69 10.88
2 Minnesota Swarm x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 62 44 199 196 +3 12.44 12.25
3 New York Titans x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 51 55 197 186 +11 12.31 11.63
4 Philadelphia Wings x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 71 35 225 220 +5 14.06 13.75
5 Rochester Knighthawks 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 44 44 197 171 +26 12.31 10.69
6 Toronto Rock 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 45 34 172 174 -2 10.75 10.88
7 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 35 35 176 212 -36 11.00 13.25
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 San Jose Stealth xy 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 44 53 185 172 +13 11.56 10.75
2 Colorado Mammoth x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 62 35 184 167 +17 11.50 10.44
3 Calgary Roughnecks x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 53 26 183 178 +5 11.44 11.13
4 Portland LumberJax x 16 6 10 0.375 3.0 35 35 179 194 -15 11.19 12.13
5 Edmonton Rush 16 4 12 0.250 5.0 35 17 141 197 -56 8.81 12.31

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 12, 2008 New York Titans Rose Garden L 1114 10,893 01
2 January 24, 2008 Colorado Mammoth Rose Garden L 1112 OT 6,322 02
3 January 26, 2008 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 613 10,413 03
4 February 2, 2008 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 1110 7,072 13
5 February 7, 2008 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 1215 15,910 14
6 February 10, 2008 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 1314 OT 11,244 15
7 February 17, 2008 Edmonton Rush Rose Garden W 148 6,793 25
8 February 22, 2008 Calgary Roughnecks Rose Garden W 139 7,349 35
9 March 1, 2008 Edmonton Rush Rose Garden L 79 7,744 36
10 March 8, 2008 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 1215 18,737 37
11 March 20, 2008 Colorado Mammoth Rose Garden W 1615 6,182 47
12 April 5, 2008 San Jose Stealth Rose Garden L 912 10,359 48
13 April 6, 2008 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 1210 3,418 58
14 April 11, 2008 Philadelphia Wings Rose Garden L 1013 9,195 59
15 April 18, 2008 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 1211 OT 3,341 69
16 April 26, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1014 18,325 610

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 4, 2008 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 1816 2,697 10
Division Final May 10, 2008 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 1612 9,327 20
Championship Game May 17, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1314 18,690 21

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
Dan Dawson 16 38 43 81 96 11
Ryan Powell 16 21 43 64 75 2
Derek Malawsky 16 25 35 60 71 15
Brodie Merrill 16 17 21 38 211 53
Peter Morgan 14 17 18 35 79 8
Spencer Martin 12 5 29 34 28 6
Pete Jacobs 11 11 12 23 40 0
Cory Conway 11 11 10 21 28 0
Scott Stewart 15 7 14 21 89 6
Totals 267 446 297 1128 42

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
Matt King 11 464:56 4 5 93 .720 12.00
Matt Disher 4 243:50 2 2 44 .787 10.83
Dallas Eliuk 16 255:36 0 3 53 .745 12.44
Joel Weber 1 3:25 0 0 1 .000 17.56
Totals 6 10 194 .742 12.13

Awards

Player Award
Tyler Codron All-Rookie Team
Peter Jacobs Rookie of the Month, April
Brodie Merrill All-Stars
Ryan Powell

Transactions

Trades

March 25, 2008[6]
To Edmonton Rush
Matt King
Ian Crashley
first round pick, 2008 entry draft
To Portland LumberJax
Matt Disher
fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[7]

No. Position Player
49 Canada Def Alexander, Bruce
20 Canada Trans Bysouth, Adam
7 United States Trans Codron, Tyler
91 Canada Fwd Conway, Cory
Canada Def Crashley, Ian
6 Canada Fwd Dawson, Dan
39 Canada Goalie Disher, Matt
35 Canada Goalie Eliuk, Dallas
2 Canada Def Guze, Ray
United States Fwd Heavenor, Tyler
11 United States Fwd Holman, Matt
1 Iroquois Fwd Jacobs (akw), Pete
12 Canada Def Jones, Pat
55 Canada Def Kilby, Mike
No. Position Player
Canada Goalie King, Matt
Canada Fwd Lowe, Derek
28 Canada Def MacDonald, Brad
18 Canada Fwd Malawsky, Derek
15 Canada Fwd Martin, Spencer
Canada Def Mazuran, Scott
17 United States Trans Merrill, Brodie
13 Canada Def Morgan, David
44 Canada Fwd Morgan, Peter
33 United States Def Morgan, Richard
United States Def Munk, Jonathan
22 United States Fwd Powell, Ryan
10 Canada Trans Stapleford, Scott
8 Canada Fwd Stewart, Scott
41 Canada Goalie Weber, Joel

See also

References

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