2020 Saskatchewan Rush season
# 2020 Saskatchewan Rush season

The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 15th in franchise history, 5th in Saskatchewan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.

## Current standings

Reference:

North Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Halifax Thunderbirds | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 0.0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 139 | 126 | +13 | 11.58 | 10.50 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 122 | 106 | +16 | 11.09 | 9.64 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 130 | 118 | +12 | 11.82 | 10.73 |
| 4 | Rochester Knighthawks | 12 | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.0 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 115 | 165 | −50 | 9.58 | 13.75 |

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New England Black Wolves | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 135 | 101 | +34 | 12.27 | 9.18 |
| 2 | Georgia Swarm | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.5 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 12.42 | 10.50 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 151 | 134 | +17 | 10.79 | 9.57 |
| 4 | New York Riptide | 13 | 1 | 12 | .077 | 8.0 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 116 | 177 | −61 | 8.92 | 13.62 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 0.0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 111 | 93 | +18 | 11.10 | 9.30 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 128 | 125 | +3 | 9.85 | 9.62 |
| 3 | San Diego Seals | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 138 | 131 | +7 | 11.50 | 10.92 |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 122 | 111 | +11 | 12.20 | 11.10 |
| 5 | Vancouver Warriors | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 117 | 160 | −43 | 9.00 | 12.31 |

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

### Regular season

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | November 29, 2019 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 9–8 | | 12,132 | 1–0 |
| 2 | December 14, 2019 | New England Black Wolves | SaskTel Centre | L 8–12 | | 11,119 | 1–1 |
| 3 | December 28, 2019 | @ New York Riptide | Nassau Coliseum | W 11–4 | | 6,089 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 12, 2020 | @ San Diego Seals | Pechanga Arena | W 12–9 | | 4,145 | 3–1 |
| 5 | January 18, 2020 | Colorado Mammoth | SaskTel Centre | L 6–12 | | 12,542 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 8, 2020 | Colorado Mammoth | SaskTel Centre | W 9–7 | | 11,982 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 15, 2020 | @ Halifax Thunderbirds | Scotiabank Centre | W 16–15 | OT | 8,833 | 5–2 |
| 8 | February 22, 2020 | @ Philadelphia Wings | Wells Fargo Center | W 15–10 | | 9,683 | 6–2 |
| 9 | February 29, 2020 | Toronto Rock | SaskTel Centre | L 8–9 | | 12,764 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 7, 2020 | Vancouver Warriors | SaskTel Centre | W 17–7 | | 11,632 | 7–3 |

## Cancelled games

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 | March 13, 2020 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| 12 | March 20, 2020 | Georgia Swarm | SaskTel Centre |
| 13 | March 28, 2020 | @ Buffalo Bandits | KeyBank Center |
| 14 | April 4, 2020 | Rochester Knighthawks | SaskTel Centre |
| 15 | April 11, 2020 | San Diego Seals | SaskTel Centre |
| 16 | April 17, 2020 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| 17 | April 18, 2020 | Calgary Roughnecks | SaskTel Centre |
| 18 | April 24, 2020 | @ Vancouver Warriors | Rogers Arena |
