# 2008 Chicago Shamrox season

The Chicago Shamrox were a lacrosse team based in Chicago playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the second and final in franchise history. The season ended up almost the same as the 2007 season, with the Shamrox 6-10 and 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 | 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 5, 2008 | Toronto Rock | Sears Centre | L 9–11 | | 6,116 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 12, 2008 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 11–19 | | 11,974 | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 26, 2008 | Edmonton Rush | Sears Centre | W 17–11 | | 5,107 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 9, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | L 11–17 | | 2,514 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 16, 2008 | New York Titans | Sears Centre | L 9–14 | | 4,427 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 24, 2008 | Buffalo Bandits | Sears Centre | L 8–13 | | 3,250 | 1–5 |
| 7 | March 1, 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | Sears Centre | L 8–18 | | 5,335 | 1–6 |
| 8 | March 14, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–13 | | 13,004 | 1–7 |
| 9 | March 22, 2008 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 12–11 | | 10,221 | 2–7 |
| 10 | March 29, 2008 | Minnesota Swarm | Sears Centre | W 15–10 | | 4,036 | 3–7 |
| 11 | April 5, 2008 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Sears Centre | W 15–14 | OT | 5,427 | 4–7 |
| 12 | April 12, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 13–12 | OT | 15,238 | 5–7 |
| 13 | April 18, 2008 | @ New York Titans | Madison Square Garden | L 7–14 | | 5,379 | 5–8 |
| 14 | April 19, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 9–13 | | 13,633 | 5–9 |
| 15 | April 25, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 12–10 | | 11,439 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | Minnesota Swarm | Sears Centre | L 11–12 | | 6,014 | 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 |
| Jason Clark | 15 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 65 | 4 |
| Mat Giles | 16 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 71 | 45 |
| Jonas Derks | 13 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 46 | 10 |
| Cody Jacobs | 10 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 24 | 6 |
| Josh Wasson | 16 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 68 | 6 |
| Callum Crawford | 12 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 4 |
| Lindsay Plunkett | 6 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 2 |
| Bill McGlone | 15 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 6 |
| Bobby McBride | 13 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 73 | 5 |
| Totals | | 268 | 444 | 349 | 1101 | 29 |

### 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 Roik | 8 | 497:25 | 5 | 3 | 102 | .788 | 12.30 |
| Brandon Miller | 3 | 228:49 | 1 | 2 | 65 | .707 | 17.04 |
| Derek Collins | 5 | 234:41 | 0 | 5 | 41 | .777 | 10.48 |
| Totals | 16 | | 6 | 10 | 212 | .762 | 13.25 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Scott Self | All-Star |
| Scott Self | Second Team All-Pro |

## Transactions
### Trades

| February 5, 2008 | To Chicago Shamrox two second round picks, 2008 entry draft | To Buffalo Bandits Andrew Lazore Rusty Kruger |
| March 5, 2008 | To Chicago Shamrox conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft conditional third round pick, 2009 entry draft | To Edmonton Rush Lindsay Plunkett |
| March 5, 2008 | To Chicago Shamrox Matt Roik Brad Self first round pick, 2009 entry draft second round pick, 2010 entry draft | To Philadelphia Wings Brandon Miller second round pick, 2008 entry draft |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 24 | Def | Boyle, Brock |
| 37 | Trans | Burkholder, Andrew |
| 25 | Def | Candy, Drew |
| 13 | Fwd | Clark, Jason |
| 43 | Goalie | Collins, Derek |
| 23 | Fwd | Crawford, Callum |
| | ? | Dasinger, Matt |
| | ? | Deane, Jake |
| 42 | Fwd | Derks, Jonas |
| | Def | Dupont, Kyle |
| 17 | Def | Fines, Kevin |
| | Def | Gibson, Darryl |
| 27 | Fwd | Giles, Mat |
| 11 | Fwd | Hobbins, Mike |
| 88 | Fwd | Jacobs, Cody |
| 9 | Trans | Kazarian, Bryan |
| 26 | Def | Kirk, Mike |
| No. | Position | Player |
| | Fwd | Kruger, Rusty |
| | Fwd | Lazore, Andrew |
| | ? | Leveille, Kevin |
| 4 | Def | Livingstone, Carter |
| 44 | Trans | McBride, Bobby |
| 33 | Fwd | McGlone, Bill |
| | Goalie | Miller, Brandon |
| 63 | Fwd | Montour, Thomas |
| 21 | ? | OBrien, Mack |
| | Fwd | Panos, Chris |
| | Fwd | Plunkett, Lindsay |
| 35 | Goalie | Roik, Matt |
| 71 | ? | Ross, Kevin |
| 12 | Fwd | Self, Brad |
| 6 | Def | Self, Scott |
| | ? | Stringer, Cory |
| 18 | Fwd | Wasson, Josh |