Edmonton Rush

Edmonton Rush
Division	Western
Founded	2005
Home Arena	Rexall Place
Based in	Edmonton, Alberta
Colors	Black and Silver
Head Coach	Derek Keenan
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Local media	Shaw TV Edmonton, Global Edmonton, CTV Edmonton, Citytv, CBC, Edmonton Sun, Edmonton Journal
Website	www.edmontonrush.com

An Edmonton Rush game in Rexall Place

The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.

The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place. The Edmonton team is owned by businessman and Calgary resident Bruce Urban, who purchased the dormant Ottawa Rebel to start the Edmonton team. Although early reports suggested that they would be playing as the Edmonton Speed, they selected the name Rush on June 9, 2005.

On February 17, 2006, the Rush recorded the first victory in their franchise history, defeating the Calgary Roughnecks 12-11 in a thrilling game, scoring the winning goal with only 0.2 seconds left in the game. Their first home victory didn't come until their second season, when they defeated the Philadelphia Wings 13-12 on January 6, 2007 in the season opener.

After starting the 2008 NLL season with an 0-5 record, the Rush fired the franchise's original head coach and general manager, Paul Day, and replaced him with former NLL Coach and GM of the Year, Bob Hamley. The Rush finished the season last in the West with a 4-12 record, and after rebuilding much of the team in the off-season, the Rush struggled again in 2009. After finishing last in the West for the second straight season, Hamley was fired.

The Rush will have Derek Keenan as head coach and general manager for the 2010 season. Keenan joined Edmonton after the demise of the now-defunct Portland Lumberjax.

Rivalry with the Calgary Roughnecks

The arrival of the Rush created another version of "The Battle Of Alberta". The head coach of the Edmonton Rush however, has come under fire by the Calgary Roughnecks. The Rush took out ads in Calgary newspapers before their first meeting that the Rush would "Open a Can" on the Roughnecks.

This proved to backfire as the Roughnecks defeated the Rush in their first meeting.

The tactic continued though when the Rush were playing the Toronto Rock, but once again it proved to backfire as the Rock easily won.

However, Calgary tried this tactic against Edmonton before the April 5, 2008 game by taking an ad in the Edmonton Sun saying that Edmonton was a "City of Losers" instead of a city of champions. Just as it had for the Rush, the plan backfired as the Rush won 11-9.

The rivalry heated up March 13, 2009 in Edmonton as Calgary built up a 14-3 halftime lead over the Rush. At the one second mark of the 3rd quarter, a line brawl broke out between the two teams resulting in nine fighting majors and nine misconducts.

Edmonton did get the upper hand in the first playoff meeting between the teams as the Rush won 11-7 in Calgary on May 1, 2010.

Edmonton had played four games against the Calgary Roughnecks in the 2012 season. The Rush went 0/4 in the regular season when they faced the Calgary Roughnecks. Calgary ended their season with the record of 12-4, while Edmonton dominated the second ever playoff Battle Of Alberta with a win over Calgary 19-11. Edmonton went on to the Western division final against the Minnesota Swarm toward another amazing win (15-3 over the Swarm) and headed to the NLL finals.

Roster

Edmonton Rush roster
Active (23-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 77 Aaron Bold 50 Brodie MacDonald Defensemen 16 Chris Corbeil (A) 13 Jeff Cornwall 89 Mike Cudmore 24 Ryan Dilks  6 John Lintz  2 Brett Mydske (A)  4 Kyle Rubisch (A)  3 Jarrett Toll		Forwards 20 Mitch Bannister 61 Mike Burke 91 Cory Conway 23 Jarrett Davis 88 Zack Greer  9 Curtis Knight 42 Mark Matthews 15 Corey Small 87 Alex Turner 44 Ryan Ward (A) Transition 33 John LaFontaine 81 Jimmy Quinlan (C) 74 Jeremy Thompson		Practice Squad 18 Jesse Fehr 27 Simon Giourmetakis 31 David Marrese Holdout 71 Tyler Codron -- Eric Lewthwaite Protected list -- Dane Stevens -- Andrew Turner Unable to play -- Buck Stobart		Head Coach Derek Keenan Assistant Coaches Todd Lorenz - Offensive Coach Devan Wray - Defensive Coach Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2012-01-08 NLL Transactions

Hall of Famers

Name	Position	Seasons Played	Year Inducted
Steve Dietrich	Goaltender	2009	2012
Dan Stroup	Forward	2007–2008	2010

Team captains

Name	Seasons Served
Andrew Turner	2006–2007
Chris McElroy	2008–2010
Brodie Merrill	2011
Jimmy Quinlan	2012–present

Head coaches

Name	Seasons
Paul Day	2006–2008
Bob Hamley	2008–2009
Derek Keenan	2010–present

All time Record

Season	Division	W–L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs	Avg Attendance
2006	Western	1–15	6th	0–8	1–7	150	202	Paul Day	Missed playoffs	10,367
2007	Western	6–10	5th	4–4	2–6	160	189	Paul Day	Missed playoffs	10,815
2008	Western	4–12	5th	3–5	1–7	141	197	Paul Day (0–5) Bob Hamley (4–7)	Missed playoffs	8,820
2009	Western	5–11	6th	4–4	1–7	159	200	Bob Hamley	Missed playoffs	8,347
2010	Western	10–6	3rd	5–3	5–3	186	201	Derek Keenan	Lost in Western Final	7,558
2011	Western	5–11	5th	4–4	1–7	175	204	Derek Keenan	Missed Playoffs	7,151
2012	Western	6–10	4th	4–4	2–6	167	175	Derek Keenan	Lost in Final	7,050
2013	Western	9–7	3rd	2–6	7–1	203	170	Derek Keenan	Lost in Western Semi-final	6,714
Total	8 seasons	46–82		26–38	20–44	1,341	1,538			8,353
Playoff Totals		3–3		0–0	3–3	73	54

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NLL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; G/G = Goals per game; A/G = Assists per game; * = current Rush player

Points

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Ryan Ward*	F	64	96	168	265	4.13
Jimmy Quinlan*	F	127	100	119	219	1.72
Corey Small*	F	62	87	127	214	3.45
Andy Secore	F	44	57	87	144	3.27
Zack Greer*	F	37	68	47	115	3.11
Gavin Prout	F	26	38	66	104	4.00
Brodie Merrill	T	32	26	74	100	3.13
Scott Evans	F	25	50	43	93	3.72
Dan Stroup	F	32	50	43	93	2.91
Jamey Bowen	F	26	30	57	87	3.35

Goals

Player	Pos	G	G/G
Jimmy Quinlan*	F	100	0.79
Ryan Ward*	F	96	1.50
Corey Small*	F	87	1.40
Zack Greer*	F	68	1.84
Andy Secore	F	57	1.30
Scott Evans	F	50	2.00
Dan Stroup	F	50	1.56
Chris Gill	F	49	2.04
Mark Matthews*	F	38	2.38
Gavin Prout	F	38	1.46

Assists

Player	Pos	A	A/G
Ryan Ward*	F	168	2.63
Corey Small*	F	127	2.05
Jimmy Quinlan*	F	119	0.94
Andy Secore	F	87	1.98
Brodie Merrill	T	74	2.31
Gavin Prout	F	66	2.54
Jamey Bowen	F	57	2.20
Dan Teat	F	53	2.30
Shawn Williams	F	52	3.25
Mike Hominuck	F	49	2.23

Team Records

Single Season

Goals - Mark Matthews, 38 (2013)
Assists - Ryan Ward, 54 (2013)
Points - Ryan Ward, 75 (2013)
PIM - Jamie Floris, 67 (2009)
Loose Balls - Brodie Merrill, 190 (2010)
Forced Turnovers - Kyle Rubisch, 44 (2013)

See also

• Edmonton Rush seasons

External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Twitter profile
• Official Facebook site
• Edmonton Rush forum