2008 Calgary Roughnecks season

Lacrosse team season

2008 Calgary Roughnecks

League| NLL
Division| 3rd West
2008 record| 7-9
Home record| 5-3
Road record| 2-6
Goals for| 183
Goals against| 178
General Manager| Kurt Silcott
Coach| Chris Hall
Jeff Dowling
Captain| Tracey Kelusky
Alternate captains| Kaleb Toth
Arena| Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance| 10,841
Team leaders
Goals| Lewis Ratcliff (29)
Josh Sanderson (29)
Assists| Scott Ranger (39)
Points| Scott Ranger (66)
Penalties in minutes| Andrew McBride (46)
Loose Balls| Bruce Codd (114)
Wins| Pat Campbell (3)
Steve Dietrich (3)
Goals against average| Steve Dietrich (10.47)

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The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 7th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 3rd in the West Division, making the playoffs for the sixth straight season. They defeated the Colorado Mammoth in the division semifinals, but were eliminated when they lost 16-12 to the Portland LumberJax in the division final in Calgary.

## Regular season

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### Conference standings

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East DivisionP| Team| GP| W| L| PCT| GB| Home| Road| GF| GA| Diff| GF/GP| GA/GP

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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 DivisionP| Team| GP| W| L| PCT| GB| Home| Road| GF| GA| Diff| GF/GP| GA/GP

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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

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Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record

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1 | December 29, 2008 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9-10 |  | 17,811 | 0-1
2 | January 12, 2008 |  San Jose Stealth | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 12-13 | OT | 12,022 | 0-2
3 | January 25, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 16-13 |  | 3,653 | 1-2
4 | January 26, 2008 |  Portland LumberJax | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 13-6 |  | 10,413 | 2-2
5 | February 8, 2008 |  Buffalo Bandits | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 9-17 |  | 10,922 | 2-3
6 | February 16, 2008 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 12-15 |  | 8,871 | 2-4
7 | February 22, 2008 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | L 9-13 |  | 7,349 | 2-5
8 | February 24, 2008 |  Colorado Mammoth | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 12-9 |  | 10,203 | 3-5
9 | March 1, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 7-9 |  | 14,542 | 3-6
10 | March 8, 2008 |  Portland LumberJax | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 15-12 |  | 18,737 | 4-6
11 | March 14, 2008 |  Colorado Mammoth | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 6-11 |  | 11,134 | 4-7
12 | March 22, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | L 12-13 |  | 3,303 | 4-8
13 | April 5, 2008 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | L 9-11 |  | 9,433 | 4-9
14 | April 12, 2008 |  Edmonton Rush | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 18-7 |  | 12,451 | 5-9
15 | April 19, 2008 |  Toronto Rock | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 12-11 | OT | 11,808 | 6-9
16 | April 26, 2008 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 12-8 |  | 10,817 | 7-9

## Playoffs

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### Game log

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Division Semifinal | May 3, 2008 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 15-13 |  | 15,554 | 1-0
Division Final | May 10, 2008 |  Portland LumberJax | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 12-16 |  | 9,327 | 1-1

## Player stats

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### Runners (Top 10)

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | LB  | PIM

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Scott Ranger | 16 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 55 | 7
Lewis Ratcliff | 12 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 65 | 8
Josh Sanderson | 15 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 80 | 6
Kaleb Toth | 15 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 57 | 4
Curt Malawsky | 15 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 52 | 6
Jeff Shattler | 16 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 110 | 12
Kelly Hall | 14 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 10
Tracey Kelusky | 7 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 26 | 5
Nolan Heavenor | 16 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 92 | 14
Totals |  | 268 | 451 | 290 | 1046 | 35

### Goaltenders

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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

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Pat Campbell | 11 | 477:21 | 3 | 6 | 87 | .760 | 10.94
Steve Dietrich | 9 | 332:24 | 3 | 2 | 58 | .765 | 10.47
Ryan Avery | 11 | 150:01 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .760 | 12.00
Alex Coutts | 1 | 3:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | 15.32
Totals |  |  | 7 | 9 |  178 |  .759 |  11.13

## Awards

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Lewis Ratcliff | All-Stars
Jeff Shattler
Andrew McBride

### Trades

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January 30, 2008[5]
| To Calgary Roughnecks

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Chris Seller | To Edmonton Rush

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third round pick, 2008 entry draft

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March 25, 2008[6]
| To Calgary Roughnecks

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Josh Sanderson
first round pick, 2008 entry draft  | To Toronto Rock

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Lewis Ratcliff
conditional first or second round pick, 2009 entry draft

## Roster

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2008 Calgary Roughnecks roster

Active (21-man) roster  | Inactive roster  | Coaches

Goaltenders

* 73  Pat Campbell
* 34  Alex Coutts
* 30  Steve Dietrich
* 60  Ryan Avery

Defensemen

* 16  Mike Carnegie
* 24  Scott Carnegie
* 20  Bruce Codd
* 27  Kyle Couling
* 47  Greg Hinman
* 37  Andrew McBride
* 80  Peter McFetridge
* 11  Ryan McNish
* 6  Kyle Neufeld

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Forwards

* 85  Shawn Cable
* 28  Dane Dobbie
* 7  Kelly Hall
* 17  Tracey Kelusky (C)
* 22  Curt Malawsky
* 71  Scott Ranger
* 42  Lewis Ratcliff
* 19  Josh Sanderson
* 9  Kaleb Toth

Transition

* 40  Nolan Heavenor
* 14  Jeff Moleski
* 8  Chris Seller
* 77  Jeff Shattler
* 4  Devan Wray

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Practice Squad

* \--  Craig Gelsvik
* \--  Keith Nyberg
* \--  Jesse Phillips
* \--  Kerry Susheski
* \--  Derek Tom

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Head Coach

{{{Head Coach}}}

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Legend

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

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[1] updated 16 June 2015
NLL Transactions

## See also

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* 2008 NLL season

## References

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1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2008 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
5. ^ "Rush Deals Seller to Roughnecks". NLL.com. January 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
6. ^ "Ratcliff, Sanderson Swapped". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

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* New York
* Philadelphia
* Rochester
* Toronto

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* Calgary
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* Edmonton
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