2015 Edmonton Rush season

2015 Edmonton Rush
NLL Champions
West Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st West
2015 record 13 - 5
Home record 6 - 3
Road record 7 - 2
Goals for 241
Goals against 177
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains Jarrett Davis
Zack Greer
Brett Mydske
Kyle Rubisch
Arena Rexall Place
Average attendance 6,579
Team leaders
Goals Mark Matthews (53)
Assists Mark Matthews (62)
Points Mark Matthews (115)
Penalties in minutes Jeremy Thompson (41)
Loose Balls Jeremy Thompson (181)
Wins Aaron Bold (12)
Goals against average Aaron Bold (9.44)

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 10th in franchise history. After an 0-2 start to the season, the Rush picked up where they left off in 2014, winning 13 of their last 16 games to win the West division. They then defeated the Calgary Roughnecks in the division finals, winning game 1 of the 2-game series followed by the tie-breaker. The Rush then beat the Toronto Rock two games to none in the finals, winning their first-ever NLL Championship.

2015 was the final season in Edmonton for the Rush, as they moved to Saskatchewan after the season ended.[1]

Regular season

Finalstandings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock xyz18144.7780.07272230185+4512.7810.28
2Rochester Knighthawks x18126.6672.07254205173+3211.399.61
3Buffalo Bandits x18117.6113.07245236208+2813.1111.56
4Minnesota Swarm18612.3338.03636185226-4110.2812.56
5New England Black Wolves18414.22210.02727186249-6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rush xy18135.7220.06372241177+6413.399.83
2Colorado Mammoth x1899.5004.06336212218-611.7812.11
3Calgary Roughnecks x18711.3896.04536212217-511.7812.06
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.03627211265-5411.7214.72

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

Regular Season

Reference: [3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 89 14,236 01
2 January 10, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Rexall Place L 1014 7,415 02
3 January 24, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 168 12,266 12
4 January 30, 2015 New England Black Wolves Rexall Place W 189 5,257 22
5 February 13, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 117 16,082 32
6 February 15, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 137 6,904 42
7 February 27, 2015 Toronto Rock Rexall Place L 1516 OT 6,239 43
8 March 8, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 1112 OT 6,202 44
9 March 14, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Rexall Place W 197 5,808 54
10 March 21, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 119 10,296 64
11 March 28, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 163 6,801 74
12 April 3, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Rexall Place W 1514 OT 6,448 84
13 April 4, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Event Centre W 1710 3,365 94
14 April 10, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 89 14,108 95
15 April 11, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place W 119 7,289 105
16 April 18, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 1312 7,645 115
17 April 25, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 1612 8,013 125
18 May 2, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 1310 16,239 135

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Western Final (Game 1) May 15, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place W 106 7,690 10
Western Final (Game 2) May 22, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 912 12,785 11
Western Final (Tiebreaker) May 22, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 41 12,785 21
Finals (Game 1) May 30, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 159 9,257 31
Finals (Game 2) June 5, 2015 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 1110 12,275 41

Transactions

Trades

July 1, 2014 To Edmonton Rush
Tyler Carlson
1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Ben McIntosh
2nd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft
To Minnesota Swarm
Brodie MacDonald
1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Miles Thompson
July 29, 2014 To Edmonton Rush
3rd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft
To Minnesota Swarm
Alex Turner
September 22, 2014 To Edmonton Rush
2nd round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Adam Shute
2nd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft
To Colorado Mammoth
1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Robert Hope
January 19, 2015[4] To Edmonton Rush
1st round pick in 2016 NLL Entry Draft
1st round pick in 2019 NLL Entry Draft
To Vancouver Stealth
Corey Small
March 31, 2015 To Edmonton Rush
Matthew Dinsdale
To Calgary Roughnecks
3rd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Rush made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
1 1 Ben McIntosh Drexel University
2 13 Adam Shute New England College
2 19 Tyler Melnyk Marquette University
4 35 Matt MacGrotty Bryant University
5 44 Chad Mitchell Bellarmine University
6 47 Mitch McAvoy Mercyhurst University
6 53 Michael Degirolamo Sherwood Park, AB

Roster

Edmonton Rush roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 79 Canada Nik Bilic
  • 24 Canada Ryan Dilks
  •  6 Canada John Lintz
  •  4 Canada Kyle Rubisch (A)
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 20 Canada Mitch Banister (D)
  • 47 Canada Matt MacGrotty (D)
  • 35 Canada Adam Shute (G)
Unable to play
  •  9 Canada Curtis Knight (F)
  •  3 Canada Jarrett Toll (D)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2014-12-18
NLL Transactions


See also

References

  1. "Rush announce relocation to Saskatchewan". NLL.com. July 20, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  3. "Edmonton Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  4. "Rush trade Corey Small to Stealth". Edmonton Rush web site. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
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