2011 Edmonton Rush season

2011 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	5th West
2011 record	5-11
Home record	4-4
Road record	1-7
Goals for	175
Goals against	204
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains	Jimmy Quinlan Ryan Ward
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	7,151
Team leaders
Goals	Scott Evans (27)
Assists	Corey Small (40)
Points	Corey Small (63)
Penalties in minutes	Scott Evans (54)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (187)
Wins	Matt Disher (5)
Goals against average	Matt Disher (12.30)
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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 6th in franchise history. The Rush finished 5-11, tied with the Colorado Mammoth, but ended up in 5th place due to tiebreakers and finished out of the playoffs for the fifth time in their six seasons.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	-36	8.94	11.19

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

1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	-21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	-29	10.94	12.75

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: Losses; GB: 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:^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 7–13		11,564	0–1
2	January 15, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	L 7–10		8,536	0–2
3	January 22, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–9		7,042	0–3
4	January 28, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 11–15		8,115	0–4
5	January 29, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–12	OT	10,353	0–5
6	February 11, 2011	Washington Stealth	Rexall Place	W 14–12		6,100	1–5
7	February 12, 2011	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 15–14		4,088	2–5
8	February 20, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 11–12		6,998	2–6
9	February 26, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–13		5,371	2–7
10	March 5, 2011	Washington Stealth	Rexall Place	L 10–18		7,370	2–8
11	March 19, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 14–19		11,019	2–9
12	March 25, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	Rexall Place	W 14–13		7,035	3–9
13	April 1, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 14–10		7,092	4–9
14	April 2, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 6–7		15,027	4–10
15	April 9, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	L 6–13		7,164	4–11
16	April 16, 2011	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	W 18–14		7,340	5–11

Transactions

Trades

September 24, 2010	To Edmonton Rush Devan Wray (T)	To Calgary Roughnecks 6th round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Darren Kinnear (F)
January 27, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Scott Evans (F)	To Rochester Knighthawks Rory Glaves (D)
February 16, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Tyler Codron (D)	To Washington Stealth Ian Hawksbee (D)
March 2, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Zack Greer (F)	To Minnesota Swarm *1st round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Robert Church (F)
March 15, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Mike McLellan (F) **1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Evan Kirk (G)	To Colorado Mammoth Gavin Prout (F)

*Later traded back to the Edmonton Rush
**Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm

Entry Draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010. The Rush selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	28	John LaFontaine (D)	Whitby, Ontario
3	29	Alex Kedoh Hill (F)	Six Nations, Ontario
4	38	Cameron Holding (T)	Florida Southern College
5	48	Jarrett Toll (D)	New Westminster, British Columbia
6	58	Eric Lewthwaite (D)	New Westminster, British Columbia

Roster

2011 Edmonton Rush roster

Active (20-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

31 Rob Blasdell
1 Matt Disher

Defensemen

77 Tyler Codron
19 Bill Greer
33 John LaFontaine
6 John Lintz
30 David Morgan
2 Brett Mydske
7 Derek Suddons
3 Jarrett Toll

Forwards

91 Scott Evans
88 Zack Greer
73 Dean Hill
66 Kedoh Hill
18 Mike McLellan
21 Andy Secore
15 Corey Small
20 Dane Stevens
44 Ryan Ward (A)

Transition

17 Brodie Merrill (C)
81 Jimmy Quinlan (A)
8 Scott Stewart
22 Kyle Sweeney

Practice Squad

35 Mitch Anders
12 Pat Jones
11 Ryan McNish

Injured Reserve

96 Bob McBride

Restricted list

26 Andrew Turner
-- Ben Prepchuk

Head Coach

Derek Keenan

Assistant Coaches

Todd Lorenz - Offensive Coach
Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach

Legend

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

Roster updated 2011-02-16
NLL Transactions

References

↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
↑ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.

2011 NLL season by team

East	Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Rochester Toronto

West	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Washington

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