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Lacrosse team season
2011 Edmonton Rush
LeagueNLL
Division5th West
2011 record5-11
Home record4-4
Road record1-7
Goals for175
Goals against204
General ManagerDerek Keenan
CoachDerek Keenan
CaptainBrodie Merrill
Alternate captainsJimmy Quinlan
Ryan Ward
ArenaRexall Place
Average attendance7,151
Team leaders
GoalsScott Evans (27)
AssistsCorey Small (40)
PointsCorey Small (63)
Penalties in minutesScott Evans (54)
Loose BallsBrodie Merrill (187)
WinsMatt Disher (5)
Goals against averageMatt 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
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xy16106.6250.04–46–2169159+1010.569.94
2Toronto Rock – x16106.6250.07–13–5187168+1911.6910.50
3Rochester Knighthawks – x16106.6250.04–46–2176159+1711.009.94
4Boston Blazers – x1688.5002.04–44–4166155+1110.389.69
5Philadelphia Wings16511.3125.02–63–5143179−368.9411.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xyz16115.6880.06–25–3198181+1712.3811.31
2Minnesota Swarm – x1688.5003.05–33–5187180+711.6911.25
3Washington Stealth – x1688.5003.03–55–3203198+512.6912.38
4Colorado Mammoth – x16511.3126.03–52–6151172−219.4410.75
5Edmonton Rush16511.3126.04–41–7175204−2910.9412.75

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
Defensemen
  • 77 Canada Tyler Codron
  • 19 Canada Bill Greer
  • 33 Canada John LaFontaine
  •  6 Canada John Lintz
  • 30 Canada David Morgan
  •  2 Canada Brett Mydske
  •  7 Canada Derek Suddons
  •  3 United States Jarrett Toll
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
Injured Reserve
  • 96 Canada Bob McBride
Restricted list
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2011-02-16
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
2011 NLL season by team
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