2020 Saskatchewan Rush season

2020 Saskatchewan Rush
2020 Saskatchewan Rush
League	NLL
Division	West
2020 record	7-3
Home record	2-3
Road record	5-0
Goals for	111
Goals against	93
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Jeff McComb
Captain	Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains	Mark Matthews; Kyle Rubisch
Arena	SaskTel Centre
	← 2019 season 2022 season →

The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 15th in franchise history, 5th in Saskatchewan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.^[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.^[2]^[3]

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.^[4]

Current standings[edit]

Reference: ^[5]

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

1	Halifax Thunderbirds	12	8	4	.667	0.0	6–1	2–3	139	126	+13	11.58	10.50
2	Toronto Rock	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	122	106	+16	11.09	9.64
3	Buffalo Bandits	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	130	118	+12	11.82	10.73
4	Rochester Knighthawks	12	2	10	.167	6.0	2–3	0–7	115	165	−50	9.58	13.75

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

1	New England Black Wolves	11	8	3	.727	0.0	4–3	4–0	135	101	+34	12.27	9.18
2	Georgia Swarm	12	7	5	.583	1.5	2–4	5–1	149	126	+23	12.42	10.50
3	Philadelphia Wings	14	8	6	.571	1.5	3–3	5–3	151	134	+17	10.79	9.57
4	New York Riptide	13	1	12	.077	8.0	1–5	0–7	116	177	−61	8.92	13.62

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush	10	7	3	.700	0.0	2–3	5–0	111	93	+18	11.10	9.30
2	Colorado Mammoth	13	7	6	.538	1.5	4–2	3–4	128	125	+3	9.85	9.62
3	San Diego Seals	12	6	6	.500	2.0	3–3	3–3	138	131	+7	11.50	10.92
4	Calgary Roughnecks	10	5	5	.500	2.0	1–4	4–1	122	111	+11	12.20	11.10
5	Vancouver Warriors	13	4	9	.308	4.5	2–4	2–5	117	160	−43	9.00	12.31

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Reference:^[6]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2019	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 9–8		12,132	1–0
2	December 14, 2019	New England Black Wolves	SaskTel Centre	L 8–12		11,119	1–1
3	December 28, 2019	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Coliseum	W 11–4		6,089	2–1
4	January 12, 2020	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena	W 12–9		4,145	3–1
5	January 18, 2020	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	L 6–12		12,542	3–2
6	February 8, 2020	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	W 9–7		11,982	4–2
7	February 15, 2020	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	W 16–15	OT	8,833	5–2
8	February 22, 2020	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 15–10		9,683	6–2
9	February 29, 2020	Toronto Rock	SaskTel Centre	L 8–9		12,764	6–3
10	March 7, 2020	Vancouver Warriors	SaskTel Centre	W 17–7		11,632	7–3

Cancelled games[edit]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location
11	March 13, 2020	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome
12	March 20, 2020	Georgia Swarm	SaskTel Centre
13	March 28, 2020	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center
14	April 4, 2020	Rochester Knighthawks	SaskTel Centre
15	April 11, 2020	San Diego Seals	SaskTel Centre
16	April 17, 2020	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome
17	April 18, 2020	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre
18	April 24, 2020	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena

Current roster[edit]

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

31 Adam Shute
35 Evan Kirk

Defensemen

20 Travis Cornwall
94 Matt Hossack
8 Mike Messenger
4 Kyle Rubisch (A)
23 Ryan Dilks
70 Holden Garlent
53 Justin Robinson

Forwards

17 Robert Church
32 Matthew Dinsdale
25 Ryan Keenan
42 Mark Matthews (A)
90 Ben McIntosh
3 Connor Robinson
77 Jeff Shattler
11 Austin Murphy

Transition

16 Chris Corbeil (C)
19 Jordi Jones-Smith
74 Jeremy Thompson
13 Jeff Cornwall

Practice Squad

12 Zach Gould
88 Cameron Dunkerley
65 Ryan McLean
44 Tristan Rai

Head Coach

Derek Keenan

Assistant Coaches

Jimmy Quinlan - Offensive Coach
Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach

Legend

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

Roster updated 2019-04-18
NLL Transactions

References[edit]

^ "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
^ "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ Saelhof, Todd. "NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season". Calgary Sun.
^ "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
^ "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[1] "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[2] "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.

[3] "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[4] Saelhof, Todd. "NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season". Calgary Sun.

[5] "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.

[6] "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

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v t e 2020 NLL season by team
North	Buffalo Bandits Halifax Thunderbirds Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
East	Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves New York Riptide Philadelphia Wings
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Warriors