2020 Saskatchewan Rush
LeagueNLL
DivisionWest
2020 record7-3
Home record2-3
Road record5-0
Goals for111
Goals against93
General ManagerDerek Keenan
CoachJeff McComb
CaptainChris Corbeil
Alternate captainsMark Matthews
Kyle Rubisch
ArenaSaskTel Centre

The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 15th in franchise history, 5th in Saskatchewan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2][3]

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.[4]

Current standings

Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Halifax Thunderbirds1284.6670.06123139126+1311.5810.50
2Toronto Rock1174.6360.54232122106+1611.099.64
3Buffalo Bandits1174.6360.54232130118+1211.8210.73
4Rochester Knighthawks12210.1676.02307115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1New England Black Wolves1183.7270.04340135101+3412.279.18
2Georgia Swarm1275.5831.52451149126+2312.4210.50
3Philadelphia Wings1486.5711.53353151134+1710.799.57
4New York Riptide13112.0778.01507116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rush1073.7000.0235011193+1811.109.30
2Colorado Mammoth1376.5381.54234128125+39.859.62
3San Diego Seals1266.5002.03333138131+711.5010.92
4Calgary Roughnecks1055.5002.01441122111+1112.2011.10
5Vancouver Warriors1349.3084.52425117160−439.0012.31

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

Regular season

Reference:[6]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 November 29, 2019 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 98 12,132 10
2 December 14, 2019 New England Black Wolves SaskTel Centre L 812 11,119 11
3 December 28, 2019 @ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum W 114 6,089 21
4 January 12, 2020 @ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 129 4,145 31
5 January 18, 2020 Colorado Mammoth SaskTel Centre L 612 12,542 32
6 February 8, 2020 Colorado Mammoth SaskTel Centre W 97 11,982 42
7 February 15, 2020 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 1615 OT 8,833 52
8 February 22, 2020 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 1510 9,683 62
9 February 29, 2020 Toronto Rock SaskTel Centre L 89 12,764 63
10 March 7, 2020 Vancouver Warriors SaskTel Centre W 177 11,632 73

Cancelled games

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
11 March 13, 2020 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome
12 March 20, 2020 Georgia Swarm SaskTel Centre
13 March 28, 2020 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center
14 April 4, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks SaskTel Centre
15 April 11, 2020 San Diego Seals SaskTel Centre
16 April 17, 2020 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome
17 April 18, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks SaskTel Centre
18 April 24, 2020 @ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena

Current roster

Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 31 Canada Adam Shute
  • 35 Canada Evan Kirk
Defensemen
  • 20 Canada Travis Cornwall
  • 94 Canada Matt Hossack
  •  8 Canada Mike Messenger
  •  4 Canada Kyle Rubisch (A)
  • 23 Canada Ryan Dilks
  • 70 Canada Holden Garlent
  • 53 Canada Justin Robinson
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 12 Canada Zach Gould
  • 88 Canada Cameron Dunkerley
  • 65 Canada Ryan McLean
  • 44 Australia Tristan Rai
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Jimmy Quinlan - Offensive Coach
  • Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2019-04-18
NLL Transactions

References

  1. "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
  3. "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. Saelhof, Todd. "NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season". Calgary Sun.
  5. "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  6. "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
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