2008 Calgary Roughnecks season

2008 Calgary Roughnecks
Division	3rd West
2008 record	7-9
Home record	5-3
Road record	2-6
Goals for	183
Goals against	178
General Manager	Kurt Silcott
Coach	Chris Hall Jeff Dowling
Captain	Tracey Kelusky
Alternate captains	Kaleb Toth
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	10,841
Team leaders
Goals	Lewis Ratcliff (29) Josh Sanderson (29)
Assists	Scott Ranger (39)
Points	Scott Ranger (66)
Penalties in minutes	Andrew McBride (46)
Loose Balls	Bruce Codd (114)
Wins	Pat Campbell (3) Steve Dietrich (3)
Goals against average	Steve Dietrich (10.47)
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The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 7th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 3rd in the West Division, making the playoffs for the sixth straight season. They defeated the Colorado Mammoth in the division semifinals, but were eliminated when they lost 16-12 to the Portland LumberJax in the division final in Calgary.

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	-	.625	7-2	3-4	203	174
x-Minnesota Swarm	10	6	-	.625	6-2	4-4	199	196
x-New York Titans	10	6	-	.625	5-1	5-5	197	186
x-Philadelphia Wings	10	6	-	.625	7-1	3-5	225	220
e-Rochester Knighthawks	8	8	2	.500	4-4	4-4	197	171
e-Toronto Rock	7	9	3	.438	4-5	3-4	172	174
e-Chicago Shamrox	6	10	4	.375	3-5	3-5	176	212
West Division
y-San Jose Stealth	9	7	-	.563	4-4	5-3	185	172
x-Colorado Mammoth	9	7	-	.563	6-2	3-5	184	167
x-Calgary Roughnecks	7	9	2	.438	5-3	2-6	183	178
x-Portland LumberJax	6	10	3	.375	3-5	3-5	179	194
e-Edmonton Rush	4	11	5	.250	3-5	1-7	141	197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 29	@ Colorado	L 10 - 9		17,811	0-1
2	January 12	San Jose	L 13 - 12	OT	12,022	0-2
3	January 25	@ San Jose	W 16 - 13		3,653	1-2
4	January 26	Portland	W 13 - 6		10,413	2-2
5	February 8	Buffalo	L 17 - 9		10,922	2-3
6	February 16	@ Rochester	L 15 - 12		8,871	2-4
7	February 22	@ Portland	L 13 - 9		7,349	2-5
8	February 24	Colorado	W 12 - 9		10,203	3-5
9	March 1	@ Toronto	L 9 - 7		14,542	3-6
10	March 8	Portland	W 15 - 12		18,737	4-6
11	March 14	Colorado	L 11 - 6		11,134	4-7
12	March 22	@ San Jose	L 13 - 12		3,303	4-8
13	April 5	@ Edmonton	L 11 - 9		9,433	4-9
14	April 12	Edmonton	W 18 - 7		12,451	5-9
15	April 19	Toronto	W 12 - 11	OT	11,808	6-9
16	April 26	@ Edmonton	W 12 - 8		10,817	7-9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	May 3	@ Colorado	W 15 - 13		15,554
Division Final	May 10	Portland	L 16 - 12		9,327

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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
Scott Ranger	16	27	39	66	55	7
Lewis Ratcliff	12	29	35	64	65	8
Josh Sanderson	15	29	35	64	80	6
Kaleb Toth	15	19	31	50	57	4
Curt Malawsky	15	22	22	44	52	6
Jeff Shattler	16	17	26	43	110	12
Kelly Hall	14	11	25	36	36	10
Tracey Kelusky	7	11	14	25	26	5
Nolan Heavenor	16	14	9	23	92	14
Totals		268	451	290	1046	35

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
Pat Campbell	11	477:21	3	6	87	.760	10.94
Steve Dietrich	9	332:24	3	2	58	.765	10.47
Ryan Avery	11	150:01	1	1	30	.760	12.00
Alex Coutts	1	3:55	0	0	1	.667	15.32
Totals			7	9	178	.759	11.13

Awards

Player	Award
Lewis Ratcliff	All-Stars
Jeff Shattler
Andrew McBride

Trades

January 30, 2008	To Calgary Roughnecks Chris Seller	To Edmonton Rush third round pick, 2008 entry draft
March 25, 2008	To Calgary Roughnecks Josh Sanderson first round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Lewis Ratcliff conditional first or second round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player 60 Goalie Avery, Ryan 85 Fwd Cable, Shawn 73 Goalie Campbell, Pat 16 Def Carnegie, Mike 24 Def Carnegie, Scott 20 Def Codd, Bruce 27 Def Couling, Kyle Goalie Coutts, Alex 30 Goalie Dietrich, Steve Fwd Dobbie, Dane Fwd Gelsvik, Craig 7 Fwd Hall, Kelly 40 Trans Heavenor, Nolan 47 Def Hinman, Greg 17 Fwd Kelusky, Tracey 22 Fwd Malawsky, Curt

No. Position Player 37 Def McBride, Andrew 80 Def McFetridge, Peter 11 Def McNish, Ryan 14 Trans Moleski, Jeff Def Neufeld, Kyle Fwd Nyberg, Keith Def Phillips, Jesse 71 Fwd Ranger, Scott Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis 19 Fwd Sanderson, Josh 8 Trans Seller, Chris 77 Trans Shattler, Jeff Trans Susheski, Kerry Fwd Tom, Derek 9 Fwd Toth, Kaleb 4 Trans Wray, Devan

See also

• 2008 NLL season