2006 Portland LumberJax season

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2006 Portland LumberJax
West Division Champions
Division 1st West
2006 record 11-5
Home record 5-3
Road record 6-2
Goals for 188
Goals against 177
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Arena Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance 8,681
Team leaders
Goals Mike Hominuck (28)
Assists Bruce Alexander (33)
Points Peter Morgan (54)
Penalties in minutes Ray Guze (44)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill
Wins Dallas Eliuk (6)
Goals against average Dallas Eliuk (11.09)
Matt King (11.09)

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the LumberJax inaugural season, and they became the first expansion team in NLL history to win its division.[1] The playoffs were not so kind to the LumberJax however, as they were eliminated in the Western Division semi-finals by the Arizona Sting.

Portland's regular season success was recognized when the NLL handed out its end-of-season awards. Brodie Merrill was named both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, Derek Keenan was named both coach and GM of the year, and owner Angela Batinovich was named Executive of the Year.


Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 - .688 6-2 5-3 193 167
x-Rochester Knighthawks 9 7 2 .563 6-2 3-5 196 180
x-Toronto Rock 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 182 179
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3 .500 3-5 5-3 158 171
e-Philadelphia Wings 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 184 184
West Division                
y-Portland LumberJax 11 5 - .688 5-3 6-2 188 177
x-Colorado Mammoth 10 6 1 .625 6-2 4-4 200 172
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 2 .563 4-4 5-3 183 178
x-Arizona Sting 8 8 3 .500 4-4 4-4 198 199
e-San Jose Stealth 5 11 6 .313 3-5 2-6 151 174
e-Edmonton Rush 1 15 10 .063 0-8 1-7 150 202

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention


[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record
1 January 13 Portland 7 - 12 Arizona Blasdell 6,127 0-1
2 January 21 Colorado 11 - 12 Portland Eliuk 9,916 1-1
3 January 27 Portland 15 - 8 San Jose Eliuk 5,457 2-1
4 January 28 Calgary 12 - 8 Portland Palidwor 9,633 2-2
5 February 10 Portland 6 - 16 Buffalo Dietrich 10,395 2-3
6 February 18 Portland 15 - 12 Philadelphia Eliuk 12,796 3-3
7 March 4 Rochester 18 - 16 Portland OToole 6,183 3-4
8 March 11 Arizona 10 - 12 Portland Bold 7,803 4-4
9 March 12 Portland 12 - 11 Colorado King 15,247 5-4
10 March 17 Minnesota 14 - 12 Portland Patterson 5,487 5-5
11 March 25 San Jose 10 - 11 Portland King 7,938 6-5
12 March 31 Portland 15 - 12 Edmonton Eliuk 9,613 7-5
13 April 2 Edmonton 10 - 14 Portland Eliuk 5,687 8-5
14 April 7 Portland 9 - 6 San Jose Eliuk 5,107 9-5
15 April 14 Edmonton 7 - 11 Portland Bold 11,408 10-5
16 April 15 Portland 13 - 8 Minnesota King 10,104 11-5

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Reference: [2]

# Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance
1 Division Semifinal April 22 Arizona 14 - 11 Portland Blasdell 10,843

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [3]

[edit] 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
Peter Morgan 16 25 29 54 58 0
Mike Hominuck 15 28 25 53 68 8
Brodie Merrill 16 17 32 49 214 33
Bruce Alexander 15 12 33 45 42 10
Del Halladay 16 18 20 38 66 11
Ryan Powell 13 12 26 38 46 8
Ryan Sharp 16 16 14 30 137 42
Shawn Cable 13 9 16 25 42 15
Richard Morgan 15 10 11 21 75 38
Totals 278 466 378 1062 43

[edit] 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
Dallas Eliuk 13 616:30 6 3 114 .768 11.09
Matt King 12 297:29 3 2 55 .769 11.09
Aaron Bold 7 45:26 2 0 8 .789 10.56
Totals 11 5 177 .769 11.06

[edit] Awards

Player Award
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Year
Brodie Merrill Defensive Player of the Year
Derek Keenan Les Bartley Award
Derek Keenan GM of the Year
Angela Batinovich Executive of the Year
Brodie Merrill First Team All-Pro
Brodie Merrill All-Rookie Team
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Month, February
Brodie Merrill Rookie of the Month, March
Brodie Merrill All-Stars
Dallas Eliuk
Ryan Sharp

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

February 2, 2006[2] To Portland LumberJax
Ryder Bateman		 To Minnesota Swarm
Scott Stewart
March 10, 2006[3]
 To Portland LumberJax
Ryan Marshall
conditional pick, 2006 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Ted Dowling

[edit] Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
49 Flag of Canada Def Alexander, Bruce
14 Flag of Canada Fwd Bateman, Ryder
77 Flag of Canada Goalie Bold, Aaron
20 Flag of Canada Def Bysouth, Adam
11 Flag of Canada Fwd Cable, Shawn
21 Flag of the United States Def Davis, Damien
Flag of Canada Fwd Dowling, Ted
7 Flag of Canada Def Dwane, Matt
35 Flag of Canada Goalie Eliuk, Dallas
36 Flag of Canada Def Forget, Luke
2 Flag of Canada Def Guze, Ray
3 Flag of the United States Fwd Halladay, Del
No. Position Player
90 Flag of Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
12 Flag of Canada Def Jones, Pat
30 Flag of Canada Goalie King, Matt
8 Flag of the United States Fwd Marshall, Ryan
9 Flag of Canada Def McKinnon, Brandon
17 Flag of the United States Def Merrill, Brodie
63 Flag of the United States Fwd Montour, Thomas
55 Flag of Canada Def Morgan, David
44 Flag of Canada Fwd Morgan, Peter
33 Flag of the United States Def Morgan, Richard
22 Flag of the United States Fwd Powell, Ryan
26 Flag of Canada Def Sharp, Ryan
Flag of Canada Fwd Stewart, Scott

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ News and Notes From Around The League. NLL.com (April 20, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ Swarm & LumberJax Swap Forwards. NLL.com (February 2, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  3. ^ Trade Deadline Approaches. NLL.com (March 10, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
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