2008 Portland LumberJax season

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2008 Portland LumberJax
Division 4th West
2008 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 179
Goals against 194
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Pat Jones
Arena Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance 9,581
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (38)
Assists Dan Dawson (43)
Ryan Powell (43)
Points Dan Dawson (81)
Penalties in minutes Brodie Merrill (53)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (211)
Wins Matt King (4)
Goals against average Matt Disher (10.83)

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.

After a disappointing 1-5 start and a mediocre 6-10 season, the LumberJax caught fire in the playoffs, defeating both San Jose and Calgary in their own buildings to advance to their first ever NLL Championship game in only their third season. The Jax put up a good fight, but the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Jax 14–13 to win the Champion's Cup.[1]

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 7-2 3-4 203 174
x-Minnesota Swarm 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 199 196
x-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-1 5-5 197 186
x-Philadelphia Wings 10 6 - .625 7-1 3-5 225 220
e-Rochester Knighthawks 8 8 2 .500 4-4 4-4 197 171
e-Toronto Rock 7 9 3 .438 4-5 3-4 172 174
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 176 212
West Division                
y-San Jose Stealth 9 7 - .563 4-4 5-3 185 172
x-Colorado Mammoth 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 184 167
x-Calgary Roughnecks 7 9 2 .438 5-3 2-6 183 178
x-Portland LumberJax 6 10 3 .375 3-5 3-5 179 194
e-Edmonton Rush 4 11 5 .250 3-5 1-7 141 197

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 12 New York 14 - 11 Portland Vinc 10,893 0-1
2 January 24 Colorado 12 - 11 Portland OT Levis 6,322 0-2
3 January 26 Portland 6 - 13 Calgary Avery 10,413 0-3
4 February 2 Portland 11 - 10 Edmonton King 7,072 1-3
5 February 7 Portland 12 - 15 Colorado Nash 15,910 1-4
6 February 10 Portland 13 - 14 Minnesota OT Patterson 11,244 1-5
7 February 17 Edmonton 8 - 14 Portland King 6,793 2-5
8 February 22 Calgary 9 - 13 Portland King 7,349 3-5
9 March 1 Edmonton 9 - 7 Portland Palidwor 7,744 3-6
10 March 8 Portland 12 - 15 Calgary Campbell 18,737 3-7
11 March 20 Colorado 15 - 16 Portland King 6,182 4-7
12 April 5 San Jose 12 - 9 Portland Cosmo 10,359 4-8
13 April 6 Portland 12 - 10 San Jose Disher 3,418 5-8
14 April 11 Philadelphia 13 - 10 Portland Miller 9,195 5-9
15 April 18 Portland 12 - 11 San Jose OT Disher 3,341 6-9
16 April 26 Portland 10 - 14 Buffalo Thompson 18,325 6-10

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Reference: [2]

# Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance
1 Division Semifinal May 4 Portland 18 - 16 San Jose Disher 2,697
2 Division Final May 10 Portland 16 - 12 Calgary Eliuk 9,327
3 Championship Game May 17 Portland 13 - 14 Buffalo Thompson 18,690

[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
Dan Dawson 16 38 43 81 96 11
Ryan Powell 16 21 43 64 75 2
Derek Malawsky 16 25 35 60 71 15
Brodie Merrill 16 17 21 38 211 53
Peter Morgan 14 17 18 35 79 8
Spencer Martin 12 5 29 34 28 6
Pete Jacobs 11 11 12 23 40 0
Cory Conway 11 11 10 21 28 0
Scott Stewart 15 7 14 21 89 6
Totals 267 446 297 1128 42

[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
Matt King 11 464:56 4 5 93 .720 12.00
Matt Disher 4 243:50 2 2 44 .787 10.83
Dallas Eliuk 16 255:36 0 3 53 .745 12.44
Joel Weber 1 3:25 0 0 1 .000 17.56
Totals 6 10 194 .742 12.13

[edit] Awards

Player Award
Tyler Codron All-Rookie Team
Peter Jacobs Rookie of the Month, April
Brodie Merrill All-Stars
Ryan Powell

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

March 25, 2008[2]
 To Edmonton Rush
Matt King
Ian Crashley
first round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Portland LumberJax
Matt Disher
fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft

[edit] Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
49 Flag of Canada Def Alexander, Bruce
20 Flag of Canada Trans Bysouth, Adam
7 Flag of the United States Trans Codron, Tyler
91 Flag of Canada Fwd Conway, Cory
Flag of Canada Def Crashley, Ian
6 Flag of Canada Fwd Dawson, Dan
39 Flag of Canada Goalie Disher, Matt
35 Flag of Canada Goalie Eliuk, Dallas
2 Flag of Canada Def Guze, Ray
Flag of the United States Fwd Heavenor, Tyler
11 Flag of the United States Fwd Holman, Matt
1 Flag of Iroquois Fwd Jacobs (akw), Pete
12 Flag of Canada Def Jones, Pat
55 Flag of Canada Def Kilby, Mike
No. Position Player
Flag of Canada Goalie King, Matt
Flag of Canada Fwd Lowe, Derek
28 Flag of Canada Def MacDonald, Brad
18 Flag of Canada Fwd Malawsky, Derek
15 Flag of Canada Fwd Martin, Spencer
Flag of Canada Def Mazuran, Scott
17 Flag of the United States Trans Merrill, Brodie
13 Flag of Canada Def Morgan, David
44 Flag of Canada Fwd Morgan, Peter
33 Flag of the United States Def Morgan, Richard
Flag of the United States Def Munk, Jonathan
22 Flag of the United States Fwd Powell, Ryan
10 Flag of Canada Trans Stapleford, Scott
8 Flag of Canada Fwd Stewart, Scott
41 Flag of Canada Goalie Weber, Joel

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bandits Win Edge 2008 NLL Championship Game. NLL.com (May 17, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  2. ^ Rush & LumberJax Swap Goaltenders. NLL.com (March 25, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
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