# 2008 Portland LumberJax season

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.
After a disappointing 1-5 start and a mediocre 6-10 season, the LumberJax caught fire in the playoffs, defeating both San Jose and Calgary in their own buildings to advance to their first ever NLL Championship game in only their third season. The Jax put up a good fight, but the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Jax 14–13 to win the Champion's Cup.

## 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 – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 203 | 174 | +29 | 12.69 | 10.88 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 12.44 | 12.25 |
| 3 | New York Titans – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 5–5 | 197 | 186 | +11 | 12.31 | 11.62 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 225 | 220 | +5 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 197 | 171 | +26 | 12.31 | 10.69 |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 172 | 174 | −2 | 10.75 | 10.88 |
| 7 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 176 | 212 | −36 | 11.00 | 13.25 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | San Jose Stealth – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 185 | 172 | +13 | 11.56 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 184 | 167 | +17 | 11.50 | 10.44 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Portland LumberJax – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 179 | 194 | −15 | 11.19 | 12.12 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 141 | 197 | −56 | 8.81 | 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

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 12, 2008 | New York Titans | Rose Garden | L 11–14 | | 10,893 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 24, 2008 | Colorado Mammoth | Rose Garden | L 11–12 | OT | 6,322 | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 26, 2008 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 6–13 | | 10,413 | 0–3 |
| 4 | February 2, 2008 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 11–10 | | 7,072 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 7, 2008 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 12–15 | | 15,910 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 10, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 13–14 | OT | 11,244 | 1–5 |
| 7 | February 17, 2008 | Edmonton Rush | Rose Garden | W 14–8 | | 6,793 | 2–5 |
| 8 | February 22, 2008 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rose Garden | W 13–9 | | 7,349 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 1, 2008 | Edmonton Rush | Rose Garden | L 7–9 | | 7,744 | 3–6 |
| 10 | March 8, 2008 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 12–15 | | 18,737 | 3–7 |
| 11 | March 20, 2008 | Colorado Mammoth | Rose Garden | W 16–15 | | 6,182 | 4–7 |
| 12 | April 5, 2008 | San Jose Stealth | Rose Garden | L 9–12 | | 10,359 | 4–8 |
| 13 | April 6, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 12–10 | | 3,418 | 5–8 |
| 14 | April 11, 2008 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Rose Garden | L 10–13 | | 9,195 | 5–9 |
| 15 | April 18, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 12–11 | OT | 3,341 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 10–14 | | 18,325 | 6–10 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | May 4, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 18–16 | 2,697 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | May 10, 2008 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 16–12 | 9,327 | 2–0 |
| Championship Game | May 17, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 13–14 | 18,690 | 2–1 |

## Player stats

Reference:

### 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 |
| Dan Dawson | 16 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 96 | 11 |
| Ryan Powell | 16 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 75 | 2 |
| Derek Malawsky | 16 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 71 | 15 |
| Brodie Merrill | 16 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 211 | 53 |
| Peter Morgan | 14 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 79 | 8 |
| Spencer Martin | 12 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 28 | 6 |
| Pete Jacobs | 11 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 0 |
| Cory Conway | 11 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 0 |
| Scott Stewart | 15 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 89 | 6 |
| Totals | | 267 | 446 | 297 | 1128 | 42 |

### 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 |
| Matt King | 11 | 464:56 | 4 | 5 | 93 | .720 | 12.00 |
| Matt Disher | 4 | 243:50 | 2 | 2 | 44 | .787 | 10.83 |
| Dallas Eliuk | 16 | 255:36 | 0 | 3 | 53 | .745 | 12.44 |
| Joel Weber | 1 | 3:25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.56 |
| Totals | | | 6 | 10 | 194 | .742 | 12.13 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Tyler Codron | All-Rookie Team |
| Peter Jacobs | Rookie of the Month, April |
| Brodie Merrill | All-Stars |
| Ryan Powell | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 25, 2008 | To Edmonton Rush Matt King Ian Crashley first round pick, 2008 entry draft | To Portland LumberJax Matt Disher fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 49 | Def | Alexander, Bruce |
| 20 | Trans | Bysouth, Adam |
| 7 | Trans | Codron, Tyler |
| 91 | Fwd | Conway, Cory |
| | Def | Crashley, Ian |
| 6 | Fwd | Dawson, Dan |
| 39 | Goalie | Disher, Matt |
| 35 | Goalie | Eliuk, Dallas |
| 2 | Def | Guze, Ray |
| | Fwd | Heavenor, Tyler |
| 11 | Fwd | Holman, Matt |
| 1 | Fwd | Jacobs (akw), Pete |
| 12 | Def | Jones, Pat |
| 55 | Def | Kilby, Mike |
| No. | Position | Player |
| | Goalie | King, Matt |
| | Fwd | Lowe, Derek |
| 28 | Def | MacDonald, Brad |
| 18 | Fwd | Malawsky, Derek |
| 15 | Fwd | Martin, Spencer |
| | Def | Mazuran, Scott |
| 17 | Trans | Merrill, Brodie |
| 13 | Def | Morgan, David |
| 44 | Fwd | Morgan, Peter |
| 33 | Def | Morgan, Richard |
| | Def | Munk, Jonathan |
| 22 | Fwd | Powell, Ryan |
| 10 | Trans | Stapleford, Scott |
| 8 | Fwd | Stewart, Scott |
| 41 | Goalie | Weber, Joel |