2013 Edmonton Rush season

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 8th in franchise history.

2013 Edmonton Rush
LeagueNLL
Division3rd West
2013 record9 – 7
Home record2 – 6
Road record7 – 1
Goals for203
Goals against170
General ManagerDerek Keenan
CoachDerek Keenan
CaptainJimmy Quinlan
Alternate captainsBrett Mydske
Chris Corbeil
Ryan Ward
Kyle Rubisch
ArenaRexall Place
Team leaders
GoalsMark Matthews (38)
AssistsRyan Ward (54)
PointsRyan Ward (75)
Penalties in minutesKyle Rubisch (38)
Loose BallsJeremy Thompson (131)
WinsAaron Bold (8)
Goals against averageAaron Bold (10.56)

After making the Championship game in 2012, the Rush started the 2013 season with only a single win in their first five games. They won 7 of their next 8 games to improve to 8-5, tied for first in the division. Losses to division rivals Colorado and Calgary dropped the Rush to 3rd place and they faced the second place Washington Stealth in the first round of the playoffs.

But the Stealth ended any thoughts the Rush had of returning to the Championship game, winning 12-11 in the division semi-finals.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xyz16106.6250.05–35–3194176+1812.1211.00
2Rochester Knighthawks – x1688.5002.03–55–3179165+1411.1910.31
3Philadelphia Wings – x1679.4383.04–43–5170207-3710.6212.94
4Buffalo Bandits16610.3754.02–64–4171211-4010.6913.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xy1697.5620.03–56–2222211+1113.8813.19
2Washington Stealth – x1697.5620.05–34–4193192+112.0612.00
3Edmonton Rush – x1697.5620.02–67–1203170+3312.6910.62
4Colorado Mammoth – x1679.4382.03–54–4185202-1711.5612.62
5Minnesota Swarm – c1679.4382.05–32–6219202+1713.6912.62

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: [3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 13, 2013 Toronto Rock Rexall Place L 9–10 6,523 0–1
2 January 20, 2013 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena W 18–10 3,766 1–1
3 January 25, 2013 Washington Stealth Rexall Place L 10–12 5,416 1–2
4 February 2, 2013 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 15–18 7,349 1–3
5 February 9, 2013 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 8–9 10,002 1–4
6 February 15, 2013 Washington Stealth Rexall Place W 15–10 5,627 2–4
7 February 16, 2013 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 14–7 17,059 3–4
8 February 22, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Rexall Place L 8–13 6,292 3–5
9 February 24, 2013 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 14–9 6,882 4–5
10 March 2, 2013 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 18–13 11,385 5–5
11 March 16, 2013 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 11–9 7,009 6–5
12 March 23, 2013 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 14–7 16,629 7–5
13 March 24, 2013 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 17–12 9,947 8–5
14 April 6, 2013 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place L 7–9 7,172 8–6
15 April 14, 2013 Rochester Knighthawks Rexall Place W 14–10 6,116 9–6
16 April 20, 2013 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 11–12 9,213 9–7

Playoffs

Game log
Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 April 27, 2013 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 11–12 3,022 0–1

Transactions

Trades
July 27, 2012[4] To Edmonton Rush
2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Riley Loewen (F)
2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Adrian Sorichetti (T)		 To Minnesota Swarm
Shawn Williams (F)
July 27, 2012[4] To Edmonton Rush
Jarrett Davis (F)		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Paul Rabil (F)
October 1, 2012 To Edmonton Rush
4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Simon Giourmetakis (F)
4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Mitchell Bannister (T)		 To Minnesota Swarm
4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Tyler Tanguay (T)
5th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Matt Gibson (F)
3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Zach Palmer (F)
November 14, 2012[5] To Edmonton Rush
Jeremy Thompson (T)		 To Buffalo Bandits
Aaron Wilson (F)
2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Nick Diachenko (D)
November 15, 2012 To Edmonton Rush
Cory Conway (F)
*6th round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Nicholas Jonas (D)		 To Calgary Roughnecks
**3rd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft - Ty Thompson (F)

*Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm
**Later traded to the New England Black Wolves

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[6] The Rush made the following selections:

 x  Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award
 #  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11Mark Matthewsx (F)University of Denver
18Curtis Knight (F)Whitby, Ontario
215Michael Cudmore (D)University of Hartford
328Michael Burke (F)Brampton, Ontario
433Simon Giourmetakis# (F)Canisius College
435Mitchell Banister (T)Okotoks, Alberta
655Kyle Goodchild# (D)University of Hartford

Roster
2013 Edmonton Rush roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 18 Jesse Fehr
  • 27 Simon Giourmetakis
  • 31 David Marrese
Holdout
Protected list
Unable to play
  • -- Buck Stobart
Head Coach
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

See also

References
  1. "Call it a comeback: Stealth brush by Rush in West Semifinal". NLL.com. April 27, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. "Edmonton Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  4. "WILLIAMS IS TRADED, RUSH ACQUIRE JARRETT DAVIS". edmontonrush.com. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  5. Chavez, Bob (November 14, 2012). "Breaking: Bandits trade Jeremy Thompson to Rush for Aaron Wilson, draft pick". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  6. "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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