2011 Edmonton Rush season

2011 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	5th West
2011 record	5-11
Home record	4-4
Road record	1-7
Goals for	175
Goals against	204
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains	Jimmy Quinlan Ryan Ward
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	7,151
Team leaders
Goals	Scott Evans (27)
Assists	Corey Small (40)
Points	Corey Small (63)
Penalties in minutes	Scott Evans (54)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (187)
Wins	Matt Disher (5)
Goals against average	Matt Disher (12.30)
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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 6th in franchise history. The Rush finished 5-11, tied with the Colorado Mammoth, but ended up in 5th place due to tiebreakers and finished out of the playoffs for the fifth time in their six seasons.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	−36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	−21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	−29	10.94	12.75

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

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 7–13		11,564	0–1
2	January 15, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	L 7–10		8,536	0–2
3	January 22, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–9		7,042	0–3
4	January 28, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 11–15		8,115	0–4
5	January 29, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–12	OT	10,353	0–5
6	February 11, 2011	Washington Stealth	Rexall Place	W 14–12		6,100	1–5
7	February 12, 2011	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 15–14		4,088	2–5
8	February 20, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 11–12		6,998	2–6
9	February 26, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–13		5,371	2–7
10	March 5, 2011	Washington Stealth	Rexall Place	L 10–18		7,370	2–8
11	March 19, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 14–19		11,019	2–9
12	March 25, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	Rexall Place	W 14–13		7,035	3–9
13	April 1, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 14–10		7,092	4–9
14	April 2, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 6–7		15,027	4–10
15	April 9, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	L 6–13		7,164	4–11
16	April 16, 2011	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	W 18–14		7,340	5–11

Transactions

Trades

September 24, 2010	To Edmonton Rush Devan Wray (T)	To Calgary Roughnecks 6th round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Darren Kinnear (F)
January 27, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Scott Evans (F)	To Rochester Knighthawks Rory Glaves (D)
February 16, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Tyler Codron (D)	To Washington Stealth Ian Hawksbee (D)
March 2, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Zack Greer (F)	To Minnesota Swarm *1st round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Robert Church (F)
March 15, 2011	To Edmonton Rush Mike McLellan (F) **1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Evan Kirk (G)	To Colorado Mammoth Gavin Prout (F)

*Later traded back to the Edmonton Rush
**Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm

Entry Draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010. The Rush selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	28	John LaFontaine (D)	Whitby, Ontario
3	29	Alex Kedoh Hill (F)	Six Nations, Ontario
4	38	Cameron Holding (T)	Florida Southern College
5	48	Jarrett Toll (D)	New Westminster, British Columbia
6	58	Eric Lewthwaite (D)	New Westminster, British Columbia

Roster

2011 Edmonton Rush roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Rob Blasdell  1 Matt Disher Defensemen 77 Tyler Codron 19 Bill Greer 33 John LaFontaine  6 John Lintz 30 David Morgan  2 Brett Mydske  7 Derek Suddons  3 Jarrett Toll		Forwards 91 Scott Evans 88 Zack Greer 73 Dean Hill 66 Kedoh Hill 18 Mike McLellan 21 Andy Secore 15 Corey Small 20 Dane Stevens 44 Ryan Ward (A) Transition 17 Brodie Merrill (C) 81 Jimmy Quinlan (A)  8 Scott Stewart 22 Kyle Sweeney		Practice Squad 35 Mitch Anders 12 Pat Jones 11 Ryan McNish Injured Reserve 96 Bob McBride Restricted list 26 Andrew Turner -- Ben Prepchuk		Head Coach Derek Keenan Assistant Coaches Todd Lorenz - Offensive Coach Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2011-02-16 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2011 NLL season