# 2007 Edmonton Rush season

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 2nd in franchise history.
The Rush improved on their single-victory inaugural season with a respectable 6-10 record, but still finished well out of the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks – xyz | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 0.0 | 8–0 | 6–2 | 249 | 194 | +55 | 15.56 | 12.12 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 207 | 188 | +19 | 12.94 | 11.75 |
| 3 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 200 | 207 | −7 | 12.50 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Toronto Rock – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 8.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 187 | 183 | +4 | 11.69 | 11.44 |
| 5 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 8.0 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 176 | 191 | −15 | 11.00 | 11.94 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 8.0 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 178 | 186 | −8 | 11.12 | 11.62 |
| 7 | New York Titans | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 10.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 195 | 233 | −38 | 12.19 | 14.56 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Colorado Mammoth – xy | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 5–3 | 209 | 179 | +30 | 13.06 | 11.19 |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 12.62 |
| 3 | Arizona Sting – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 188 | 181 | +7 | 11.75 | 11.31 |
| 4 | San Jose Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 181 | 170 | +11 | 11.31 | 10.62 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 160 | 189 | −29 | 10.00 | 11.81 |
| 6 | Portland LumberJax | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 8.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 153 | 199 | −46 | 9.56 | 12.44 |
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 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Rexall Place | W 13–12 | | 9,417 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 13, 2007 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rexall Place | L 12–13 | | 10,702 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 19, 2007 | Colorado Mammoth | Rexall Place | L 9–16 | | 11,065 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 3, 2007 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 7–16 | | 17,804 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 10, 2007 | Arizona Sting | Rexall Place | W 11–9 | | 10,435 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 18, 2007 | @ Arizona Sting | Jobing.com Arena | L 11–12 | OT | 7,063 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 23, 2007 | Portland LumberJax | Rexall Place | W 9–8 | OT | 9,177 | 3–4 |
| 8 | March 2, 2007 | San Jose Stealth | Rexall Place | L 9–11 | | 9,388 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 16, 2007 | Toronto Rock | Rexall Place | W 12–9 | | 11,547 | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 25, 2007 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | L 7–14 | | 3,552 | 4–6 |
| 11 | March 31, 2007 | @ New York Titans | Madison Square Garden | L 10–11 | | 6,432 | 4–7 |
| 12 | April 1, 2007 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | W 8–6 | | 4,665 | 5–7 |
| 13 | April 6, 2007 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 13–12 | | 13,715 | 6–7 |
| 14 | April 7, 2007 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | L 8–9 | | 3,845 | 6–8 |
| 15 | April 13, 2007 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | L 10–14 | | 10,037 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 14, 2007 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rexall Place | L 11–17 | | 14,790 | 6–10 |

## 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 |
| Chris Gill | 16 | 37 | 25 | 62 | 54 | 10 |
| Jimmy Quinlan | 16 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 74 | 25 |
| Dan Stroup | 16 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 51 | 6 |
| Jason Wulder | 15 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 50 | 28 |
| Jamey Bowen | 12 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 32 | 2 |
| Randy Daly | 12 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 64 | 9 |
| Ryan O'Connor | 9 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 8 |
| Chris McElroy | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 84 | 31 |
| AJ Shannon | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| Totals | | 270 | 430 | 305 | 1016 | 44 |

### 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 |
| Curtis Palidwor | 12 | 709:44 | 5 | 7 | 124 | .789 | 10.48 |
| Pat Campbell | 12 | 221:31 | 1 | 3 | 56 | .724 | 15.17 |
| Kurtis Wagar | 8 | 31:48 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .769 | 11.32 |
| Totals | | | 6 | 10 | 189 | .770 | 11.81 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Andrew Turner | All-Stars |
| Chris Gill | All-Stars |
| Jimmy Quinlan | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 28, 2006 | To Edmonton Rush A.J. Shannon (F) *1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle (D) | To Buffalo Bandits 1st round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Brett Bucktooth (F) |
| July 13, 2006 | To Edmonton Rush Dan Stroup (F) Chris Gill (F) Ryan O'Connor (F) | To Chicago Shamrox Mat Giles (F) Jason Clark (F) 1st round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Josh Wasson (F) |
| July 27, 2006 | To Edmonton Rush **3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Mike Leveille (F) | To Arizona Sting Brad Dairon (F) |
| August 1, 2006 | To Edmonton Rush Jason Wulder (F) | To Calgary Roughnecks Kerry Susheski (T) ***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Cory Conway (F) |
| February 9, 2007 | To Edmonton Rush Curtis Palidwor (G) Conditional 5th round pick in 2007 Entry Draft | To New York Titans 1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle (D) |
*Later traded to the New York Titans **Later traded to the Philadelphia Wings ***Later traded back to the Portland LumberJax

### Entry Draft

The 2006 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 13, 2006. The Rush made the following selections:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| 3 | 28 | Kurtis Wagar (G) | St. Catharines Jr. A |
| 4 | 46 | Cory Melville (T) | Burnaby Jr. A |
| 5 | 54 | Kris Hartzell (D) | St. Andrew's College |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 7 | Def | Allen, Mac |
| 6 | Trans | Bergman, Cam |
| 15 | Fwd | Bowen, Jamey |
| | Goalie | Campbell, Pat |
| 9 | Fwd | Daly, Randy |
| 12 | Def | Finck, Dan |
| 25 | Fwd | Gill, Chris |
| 43 | Def | Glaves, Rory |
| 21 | Trans | Hillier, Darren |
| 18 | Fwd | Howard, Kevin |
| 23 | Fwd | Jenner, Teddy |
| 44 | Trans | McElroy, Chris |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 19 | Trans | Melville, Cory |
| | Fwd | O'Connor, Ryan |
| 0 | Goalie | Palidwor, Curtis |
| 81 | Fwd | Quinlan, Jimmy |
| 11 | Trans | Roy, Jamie |
| 88 | Fwd | Shannon, AJ |
| 29 | Def | Stobart, Buck |
| 8 | Fwd | Stroup, Dan |
| 26 | Def | Turner, Andrew |
| 50 | Goalie | Wagar, Kurtis |
| 2 | Def | Welsh, Daryl |
| 33 | Def | Williams, Rob |
| 22 | Fwd | Wulder, Jason |