2011 Edmonton Rush season
# 2011 Edmonton Rush season

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 |
