"It's a little bit quirky at the beginning."
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The Saskatchewan Rush will ease — and not charge — into their upcoming National Lacrosse League season.
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The team’s 2022-23 schedule, released Tuesday, has the Rush playing just five times in the months of December and January, but they finish with 14 consecutive weekends of lacrosse, and not a bye to be seen.
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“It is a little bit quirky at the beginning,” acknowledges Rush head coach Jimmy Quinlan. “We’ll have to make sure we’re really good in training camp with what we want to accomplish, and then we’ll maybe try to fit in some practices on those weeks when we’re not playing, just to keep everyone sharp and on the same page.
“And I really like that once those bye weeks are out of the way, we start playing, and we play every week.”
The Rush open Dec. 3 with a home date against the defending NLL-champion Colorado Mammoth. They’ll visit San Diego on Dec. 9, and won’t play again until Dec. 31 at home against Panther City. In January, they’ll play in Colorado on the 13th and host Las Vegas on the 28th. That latter game is the start of the 14 straight weekends.
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“It’s nice that we open up with the defending champions,” Quinlan — whose Rush missed the playoffs last season with an 8-10 record — said of that Dec. 3 opener. “They’re a very good measuring stick, and it gives us something to work towards and see where we stand. They were a tough out for us last year, and to see where we measure up with them … it’s nice to see right off the bat.”
Also noteworthy: Sixteen of Saskatchewan’s 18 games are against West Division rivals. Their only contests against East Division teams are April games against Georgia and Halifax.
“As a coaching group, we’ve been hard at it, and we’re getting more and more excited, knowing training camp starts the first weekend in November,” Quinlan said. “And to open up a month later … yeah, it can’t come soon enough.”
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Saskatchewan Rush 2022-23 Schedule
Dec. 3 vs. Colorado
Dec. 9 at San Diego
Dec. 31 vs. Panther City
Jan. 13 at Colorado
Jan. 28 vs. Las Vegas
Feb. 4 at Vancouver
Feb. 10 at Calgary
Feb. 17 at San Diego
Feb. 25 vs. Vancouver
March 4 at Panther City
March 11 vs. San Diego
March 17 at Calgary
March 25 vs. Calgary
April 1 vs. Vancouver
April 8 at Georgia
April 15 vs. Halifax
April 22 vs. Colorado
April 29 at Las Vegas
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