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
Game log Reference:
Playoffs
Game log
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:
Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club 1 1 Mark Matthewsx (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
Roster
See also 2013 NLL season
References