2014 Edmonton Rush season

2014 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2014 record	16 - 2
Home record	8 - 1
Road record	8 - 1
Goals for	220
Goals against	157
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains	Jarrett Davis Zack Greer Brett Mydske Kyle Rubisch
Arena	Rexall Place
Team leaders
Goals	Curtis Knight (35)
Assists	Cory Conway (51)
Points	Mark Matthews (78)
Penalties in minutes	Nik Bilic (46)
Loose Balls	Jeremy Thompson (165)
Wins	Aaron Bold (15)
Goals against average	Aaron Bold (8.73)
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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season is the 9th in franchise history. The Rush began the season with an NLL record 14 straight victories, clinching the western division title and the best record in the league before they lost their first game, a 10-8 decision to the Colorado Mammoth on April 11.^[1]

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: ^[2]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xy	18	14	4	0.778	0.0	8–1	6–3	210	167	+43	11.67	9.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	0.500	5.0	6–3	3–6	219	213	+6	12.17	11.83
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	8	10	0.444	6.0	6–3	2–7	190	200	-10	10.56	11.11
4	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	0.333	8.0	2–7	4–5	202	218	-16	11.22	12.11
5	Minnesota Swarm	18	4	14	0.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	180	219	-39	10.00	12.17

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xyz	18	16	2	0.889	0.0	8–1	8–1	220	157	+63	12.22	8.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	12	6	0.667	4.0	6–3	6–3	237	215	+22	13.17	11.94
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	8	10	0.444	8.0	4–5	4–5	201	228	-27	11.17	12.67
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	4	14	0.222	12.0	3–6	1–8	181	223	-42	10.06	12.39

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

Regular Season

Reference: ^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 28, 2013	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 13–10		15,596	1–0
2	January 11, 2014	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 17–6		7,950	2–0
3	January 17, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	W 15–8		7,184	3–0
4	January 25, 2014	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Event Centre	W 9–8		3,840	4–0
5	February 1, 2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Rexall Place	W 8–7	OT	7,951	5–0
6	February 8, 2014	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 8–6		7,194	6–0
7	February 15, 2014	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 14–9		7,195	7–0
8	February 28, 2014	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	W 11–10		8,015	8–0
9	March 8, 2014	Vancouver Stealth	Rexall Place	W 10–9		7,898	9–0
10	March 14, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–7		10,691	10–0
11	March 21, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Rexall Place	W 14–5		7,071	11–0
12	March 29, 2014	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–11		8,632	12–0
13	March 30, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–10		10,655	13–0
14	April 5, 2014	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 12–11		8,275	14–0
15	April 11, 2014	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 8–10		17,109	14–1
16	April 12, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–11		15,167	15–1
17	April 19, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 13–14	OT	8,756	15–2
18	April 25, 2014	Vancouver Stealth	Rexall Place	W 10–5		7,500	16–2

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Final (Game 1)	May 10, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–12	OT	13,618	0–1
Division Final (Game 2)	May 16, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	W 15–13		9,120	1–1
Division Final (10-minute Mini-Game)	May 16, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 1–2		9,120	1–2

Transactions

Trades

September 16, 2013	To Edmonton Rush Nik Bilic (D) 1st round pick in 2013 NLL Entry Draft - Robert Church (F) 4th round pick in 2013 NLL Entry Draft - Reid Mydske (D) 6th round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Mitch McAvoy (F)	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in 2013 NLL Entry Draft - Cameron Flint (T) 5th round pick in 2013 NLL Entry Draft - JJ Laforet (D) 6th round pick in 2013 NLL Entry Draft - Nicholas Jonas (D) *4th round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Matt MacGrotty (D)
January 24, 2014	To Edmonton Rush 4th round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Matt MacGrotty (D)	To Minnesota Swarm Dane Stevens (F)

*Later traded back to the Edmonton Rush

Entry Draft

The 2013 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 16, 2013. The Rush made the following selections:

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	5	Robert Church (F)	Drexel University
2	11	Riley Loewen (F)	Limestone College
2	13	Adrian Sorichetti (T)	Hofstra University
4	30	Reid Mydske^# (D)	New Westminster, British Columbia
6	51	Ben Snider^# (D)	Delta, British Columbia

Roster

Edmonton Rush roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 77 Aaron Bold 50 Brodie MacDonald Defensemen 79 Nik Bilic 16 Chris Corbeil (C) 13 Jeff Cornwall 24 Ryan Dilks  6 John Lintz  2 Brett Mydske (A)  4 Kyle Rubisch (A)		Forwards 17 Robert Church 91 Cory Conway 23 Jarrett Davis (A) 88 Zack Greer (A)  9 Curtis Knight 10 Riley Loewen 42 Mark Matthews 87 Alex Turner Transition 33 John LaFontaine 72 Adrian Sorichetti 74 Jeremy Thompson		Practice Squad 20 Mitch Banister 61 Mike Burke -- Tyler Burton  3 Jarrett Toll Protected list -- Tyler Codron Unable to play 15 Corey Small		Head Coach Derek Keenan Assistant Coaches Jeff McComb - Offensive Coach Jimmy Quinlan - Defensive Coach Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2012-01-08 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2014 NLL season

References

1. Stamp, Stephen (April 11, 2014). "Mammoth improve playoff changes, end Rush's perfect season with 10-8 win". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
3. "Edmonton Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012.