# 2013 Edmonton Rush season

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 8th in franchise history.
After making the Championship game in 2012, the Rush started the 2013 season with only a single win in their first five games. They won 7 of their next 8 games to improve to 8-5, tied for first in the division. Losses to division rivals Colorado and Calgary dropped the Rush to 3rd place and they faced the second place Washington Stealth in the first round of the playoffs.
But the Stealth ended any thoughts the Rush had of returning to the Championship game, winning 12-11 in the division semi-finals.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 194 | 176 | +18 | 12.12 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 179 | 165 | +14 | 11.19 | 10.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 170 | 207 | −37 | 10.62 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 171 | 211 | −40 | 10.69 | 13.19 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 222 | 211 | +11 | 13.88 | 13.19 |
| 2 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 193 | 192 | +1 | 12.06 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 2–6 | 7–1 | 203 | 170 | +33 | 12.69 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 185 | 202 | −17 | 11.56 | 12.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm – c | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 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:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 13, 2013 | Toronto Rock | Rexall Place | L 9–10 | 6,523 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 20, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | W 18–10 | 3,766 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 25, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Rexall Place | L 10–12 | 5,416 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 2, 2013 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rexall Place | L 15–18 | 7,349 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 9, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 8–9 | 10,002 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 15, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Rexall Place | W 15–10 | 5,627 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 16, 2013 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 14–7 | 17,059 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 22, 2013 | Minnesota Swarm | Rexall Place | L 8–13 | 6,292 | 3–5 |
| 9 | February 24, 2013 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 14–9 | 6,882 | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 2, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 18–13 | 11,385 | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 16, 2013 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 11–9 | 7,009 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 23, 2013 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | W 14–7 | 16,629 | 7–5 |
| 13 | March 24, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 17–12 | 9,947 | 8–5 |
| 14 | April 6, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Rexall Place | L 7–9 | 7,172 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 14, 2013 | Rochester Knighthawks | Rexall Place | W 14–10 | 6,116 | 9–6 |
| 16 | April 20, 2013 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rexall Place | L 11–12 | 9,213 | 9–7 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | April 27, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 11–12 | | 3,022 | 0–1 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| July 27, 2012 | To Edmonton Rush2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Riley Loewen (F) 2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Adrian Sorichetti (T) | To Minnesota SwarmShawn Williams (F) |
| July 27, 2012 | To Edmonton RushJarrett Davis (F) | To Rochester KnighthawksPaul Rabil (F) |
| October 1, 2012 | To Edmonton Rush4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Simon Giourmetakis (F) 4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Mitchell Bannister (T) | To Minnesota Swarm4th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Tyler Tanguay (T) 5th round pick in 2012 Entry Draft - Matt Gibson (F) 3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Zach Palmer (F) |
| November 14, 2012 | To Edmonton RushJeremy Thompson (T) | To Buffalo BanditsAaron Wilson (F) 2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Nick Diachenko (D) |
| November 15, 2012 | To Edmonton RushCory Conway (F) *6th round pick in 2013 Entry Draft - Nicholas Jonas (D) | To Calgary Roughnecks**3rd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft - Ty Thompson (F) |
*Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm **Later traded to the New England Black Wolves

### Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Rush made the following selections:
$^x$ Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award  $^#$ Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| 1 | 1 | Mark Matthews$^x$ (F) | University of Denver |
| 1 | 8 | Curtis Knight (F) | Whitby, Ontario |
| 2 | 15 | Michael Cudmore (D) | University of Hartford |
| 3 | 28 | Michael Burke (F) | Brampton, Ontario |
| 4 | 33 | Simon Giourmetakis$^#$ (F) | Canisius College |
| 4 | 35 | Mitchell Banister (T) | Okotoks, Alberta |
| 6 | 55 | Kyle Goodchild$^#$ (D) | University of Hartford |