2006 Edmonton Rush season

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the Rush's inaugural season.

2006 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	6th West
2006 record	1-15
Home record	0-8
Road record	1-7
Goals for	150
Goals against	202
General Manager	Paul Day
Coach	Paul Day
Captain	Andrew Turner
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	10,367
Team leaders
Goals	Kevin Howard (21)
Assists	Jamey Bowen (24)
Points	Jamey Bowen (43)
Penalties in minutes	Trent Smalley (64)
Loose Balls	Andrew Turner (95)
Wins	Pat Campbell (1)
Goals against average	Dwight Maetche (11.54)
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After starting the season 0-6, the Rush finally won their first-ever game, beating their provincial rivals the Calgary Roughnecks in Calgary. That was the high point of the season for the Rush, who didn't win again until the 2007 season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	193	167	+26	12.06	10.44
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	196	180	+16	12.25	11.25
3	Toronto Rock – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	182	179	+3	11.38	11.19
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	158	171	-13	9.88	10.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	184	184	0	11.50	11.50

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Portland LumberJax – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	188	177	+11	11.75	11.06
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	6–2	4–4	200	172	+28	12.50	10.75
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	4–4	5–3	183	178	+5	11.44	11.12
4	Arizona Sting – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	198	199	-1	12.38	12.44
5	San Jose Stealth	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	174	-23	9.44	10.88
6	Edmonton Rush	16	1	15	.062	10.0	0–8	1–7	150	202	-52	9.38	12.62

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:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 6, 2006	San Jose Stealth	Rexall Place	L 9–10	OT	11,385	0–1
2	January 13, 2006	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–11		13,335	0–2
3	January 21, 2006	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 9–12		11,676	0–3
4	January 27, 2006	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 8–14		15,104	0–4
5	February 3, 2006	Minnesota Swarm	Rexall Place	L 6–7		8,745	0–5
6	February 11, 2006	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	L 11–13		11,019	0–6
7	February 17, 2006	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 12–11		12,025	1–6
8	March 3, 2006	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 10–15		16,732	1–7
9	March 4, 2006	Arizona Sting	Rexall Place	L 11–15		9,684	1–8
10	March 10, 2006	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 9–13		6,705	1–9
11	March 11, 2006	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 11–12		6,141	1–10
12	March 17, 2006	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 9–16		11,289	1–11
13	March 25, 2006	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	L 7–13		9,527	1–12
14	March 31, 2006	Portland LumberJax	Rexall Place	L 12–15		9,613	1–13
15	April 2, 2006	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 10–14		5,687	1–14
16	April 14, 2006	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 7–11		11,408	1–15

Player stats

Reference:[3]

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
Jamey Bowen	14	19	24	43	44	6
Kevin Howard	16	21	19	40	52	15
Jimmy Quinlan	16	20	19	39	86	22
Brad Dairon	16	15	21	36	62	21
Kerry Susheski	15	11	17	28	56	25
Jason Clark	6	7	19	26	19	2
Randy Daly	12	11	13	24	51	4
Mat Giles	11	8	14	22	40	24
D'Arcy Berthiame	11	4	14	18	86	4
Totals		223	373	363	1016	31

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Pat Campbell	16	707:33	1	11	152	.750	12.89
Dwight Maetche	13	239:13	0	4	45	.754	11.29
Totals			1	15	202	.746	12.63

Awards

Player	Award
Andrew Turner	All-Star

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2005	To Edmonton Rush *1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle (D)	To Arizona Sting Rob Blasdell (G)
July 13, 2005	To Edmonton Rush **3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Jon Niziol (D)	To Buffalo Bandits Cory Bomberry (F)
July 13, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Jimmy Quinlan (F)	To Toronto Rock Scott Campbell (D)
July 20, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Chris McElroy (T) Matt Dwane (D)	To Arizona Sting ***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson (F)
July 20, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Kerry Susheski (T) Ted Jenner (F) 3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Shane Pederson (F)	To Minnesota Swarm Jeff Spano (D) Damien Davis (D) ****1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Tyler Codron (D)
August 3, 2005	To Edmonton Rush *****2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Cory Conway (F)	To Portland LumberJax Matt Dwane (D)
August 9, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Andrew Turner (D) Cam Bergman (T) Buck Stobart (D)	To Rochester Knighthawks Sandy Chapman (D) 1st round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Shawn Evans (F)
August 29, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Chris Fiore (F) 4th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Cory Melville (T) ***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson (F)	To Arizona Sting Mike McLellan (F) 3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Jon Niziol (D)
August 29, 2005	To Edmonton Rush 6th round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Aaron Davis (F)	To Rochester Knighthawks 6th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - David Lomas (F)
November 9, 2005	To Edmonton Rush Jordan Sundher (D)	To Calgary Roughnecks ******4th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Bill McGlone (F)
February 8, 2006[4]	To Edmonton Rush Mat Giles (F)	To Toronto Rock 2nd round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Mike McLeod (F)

*Later traded to the New York Titans
**Later traded to the Arizona Sting
***Later traded to the Boston Blazers
****Later traded to the Portland LumberJax
*****Later traded back to the Portland LumberJax
******Later traded to the Chicago Shamrox

Entry Draft

The 2005 NLL Entry Draft took place on August 29, 2005. The Rush made the following selections:

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	14	Mike McLellan (F)	Mercyhurst College
3	24	Greg Whitenect (D)	Edmonton Jr. A
3	30	Shane Pederson^# (F)	Victoria Jr. A
4	35	Brad Rennie^# (D)	Elmira College
5	46	Jon Maresse^# (G)	Edmonton Jr. A
6	60	Aaron Davis^# (F)	Coquitlam Ontario Major

Roster

Reference:[5]

No. Position Player 6 Def Berthiame, D'Arcy 15 Fwd Bowen, Jamey 37 Goalie Campbell, Pat 13 Fwd Clark, Jason 72 Fwd Cornfield, Jordan 19 Fwd Dairon, Brad 9 Fwd Daly, Randy 34 Fwd Giles, Mat Def Gut, Peter 17 Fwd Heavenor, Tyler 21 Fwd Hillier, Darren 18 Fwd Howard, Kevin 23 Def Jenner, Teddy

No. Position Player 1 Goalie Maetche, Dwight 44 Def McElroy, Chris Fwd McEwen, Kyle 43 Def Melville, Cory 81 Fwd Quinlan, Jimmy 55 Fwd Sherbanuk, Colin 20 Fwd Smalley, Trent 74 Def Stachniak, Chris 29 Def Stobart, Buck Def Sundher, Jordan 84 Fwd Susheski, Kerry 26 Def Turner, Andrew 22 ? Whitenect, Greg 33 Def Williams, Rob

See also

• 2006 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Edmonton Rush - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=38725&seasonid=977
4. "Rock Trade Giles to Rush". NLL.com. February 8, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
5. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=38725&seasonid=977