2018 Saskatchewan Rush season

2018 Saskatchewan Rush
NLL Champions
West Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2018 record	14–4
Home record	6–3
Road record	8–1
Goals for	254
Goals against	196
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains	Brett Mydske Kyle Rubisch
Arena	SaskTel Centre
Average attendance	14,639
Team leaders
Goals	Robert Church (47)
Assists	Mark Matthews (84)
Points	Mark Matthews (116)
Penalties in minutes	Jeremy Thompson (26)
Loose Balls	Jeremy Thompson (164)
Wins	Evan Kirk (12)
Goals against average	Tyler Carlson (9.33)
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The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 13th in franchise history, 3rd in Saskatchewan. originally they played in Edmonton. this season they have won their 3rd title in 4 years.

Current standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 16, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–9		8,624	1–0
2	December 23, 2017	New England Black Wolves	SaskTel Centre	W 24–11		14,344	2–0
3	January 6, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 13–9		3,714	3–0
4	January 13, 2018	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 17–12		11,085	4–0
5	January 19, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	SaskTel Centre	L 15–16	OT	14,693	4–1
6	January 27, 2018	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 13–12	OT	11,196	5–1
7	February 2, 2018	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 13–10		12,740	6–1
8	February 3, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	SaskTel Centre	W 11–9		14,387	7–1
9	February 10, 2018	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 16–9		4,113	8–1
10	February 17, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–16		6,188	8–2
11	February 24, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre	W 10–6		15,075	9–2
12	March 3, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	SaskTel Centre	W 16–10		14,057	10–2
13	March 16, 2018	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 16–10		12,936	11–2
14	March 24, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	SaskTel Centre	L 10–13		14,811	11–3
15	April 7, 2018	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	W 11–8		14,971	12–3
16	April 13, 2018	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 20–10		3,523	13–3
17	April 14, 2018	Georgia Swarm	SaskTel Centre	L 10–16		14,745	13–4
18	April 28, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre	W 11–10		14,671	14–4

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Western division final	May 13, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre	W 15–13		11,568	1–0
finals (game 1)	May 26, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	SaskTel Centre	W 16–9		11,842	2–0
finals (game 2)	June 2, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–13		9,174	2–1
finals (game 3)	June 9, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	SaskTel Centre	W 15–10		13,645	3–1

Current roster

Saskatchewan Rush roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Adam Shute 35 Evan Kirk 44 Peter Dubenski Defensemen 79 Nik Bilic 24 Ryan Dilks 94 Matt Hossack  8 Mike Messenger  2 Brett Mydske (A)  4 Kyle Rubisch (A)		Forwards 17 Robert Church 32 Matthew Dinsdale 25 Ryan Keenan  9 Curtis Knight 42 Mark Matthews (A) 90 Ben McIntosh 77 Jeff Shattler Transition 16 Chris Corbeil (C) 13 Jeff Cornwall  7 Tor Reinholdt 72 Adrian Sorichetti 74 Jeremy Thompson		Practice Squad 61 Nick Finlay (T) 10 Johnny Pearson (F) 31 Adam Shute (G) Injured Reserve 15 Matt MacGrotty (D)		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2018-01-19 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Rush made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	16	Nick Finlay
2	19	Johnny Pearson	Ohio State
3	31	Chris Boushy
4	41	Austin Murphy	Wingate
6	58	Anthony Hallborg

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
Mark Matthews	18	32	84	116	67	6
Robert Church	18	47	60	107	72	6
Ben McIntosh	18	46	34	80	70	17
Ryan Keenan	18	26	47	73	66	2
Jeff Shattler	17	24	36	60	76	8
Matthew Dinsdale	17	23	22	45	39	4
Curtis Knight	14	15	29	44	42	0
Adrian Sorichetti	18	7	8	15	64	6
Jeremy Thompson	18	6	9	15	164	26
Mike Messenger	18	8	4	12	92	117
Team Totals	18	254	391	645	1320	180

See also

• 2018 NLL season