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)

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 81 63 210 167 +43 11.67 9.28
2 Toronto Rock x 18 9 9 0.500 5.0 63 36 219 213 +6 12.17 11.83
3 Buffalo Bandits x 18 8 10 0.444 6.0 63 27 190 200 -10 10.56 11.11
4 Philadelphia Wings 18 6 12 0.333 8.0 27 45 202 218 -16 11.22 12.11
5 Minnesota Swarm 18 4 14 0.222 10.0 27 27 180 219 -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 81 81 220 157 +63 12.22 8.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks x 18 12 6 0.667 4.0 63 63 237 215 +22 13.17 11.94
3 Colorado Mammoth x 18 8 10 0.444 8.0 45 45 201 228 -27 11.17 12.67
4 Vancouver Stealth 18 4 14 0.222 12.0 36 18 181 223 -42 10.06 12.39

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

Regular Season

Reference: [3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 28, 2013 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 1310 15,596 10
2 January 11, 2014 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 176 7,950 20
3 January 17, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place W 158 7,184 30
4 January 25, 2014 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Event Centre W 98 3,840 40
5 February 1, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Rexall Place W 87 OT 7,951 50
6 February 8, 2014 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 86 7,194 60
7 February 15, 2014 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 149 7,195 70
8 February 28, 2014 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 1110 8,015 80
9 March 8, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Rexall Place W 109 7,898 90
10 March 14, 2014 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 157 10,691 100
11 March 21, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Rexall Place W 145 7,071 110
12 March 29, 2014 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1511 8,632 120
13 March 30, 2014 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1310 10,655 130
14 April 5, 2014 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 1211 8,275 140
15 April 11, 2014 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 810 17,109 141
16 April 12, 2014 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 1511 15,167 151
17 April 19, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 1314 OT 8,756 152
18 April 25, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Rexall Place W 105 7,500 162

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final (Game 1) May 10, 2014 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 1112 OT 13,618 01
Division Final (Game 2) May 16, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place W 1513 9,120 11
Division Final (10-minute Mini-Game) May 16, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 12 9,120 12

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

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/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
Defensemen
Forwards
  • 17 Canada Robert Church
  • 91 Canada Cory Conway
  • 23 Canada Jarrett Davis (A)
  • 88 Canada Zack Greer (A)
  •  9 Canada Curtis Knight
  • 10 Canada Riley Loewen
  • 42 Canada Mark Matthews
  • 87 Canada Alex Turner
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 20 Canada Mitch Banister
  • 61 Canada Mike Burke
  • -- Canada Tyler Burton
  •  3 Canada Jarrett Toll
Protected list
Unable to play
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2012-01-08
NLL Transactions

See also

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.
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