Edmonton Energy

The Edmonton Energy is a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League, formerly known as the Edmonton Chill. The Chill name was revoked in August 2008, after allegations of misconduct were filed with the league regarding Troy Barns, the majority shareholder in the team.

Edmonton Energy
Founded2007
LeagueIBL (2008–12)
Team historyEdmonton Chill (2007–08)
Edmonton Energy (2009–12)
Based inEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
ArenaUniversiade Pavilion
ColoursBlue, green, black, and white
       
OwnerSMG Pro Hoops
Head coachPaul Sir
Championships0
Division titles0

On 27 January 2009, The Edmonton Chill were renamed the Edmonton Energy. Eleven local business owners, led by businessman, chartered accountant, and mayoral candidate David Dorward came together to keep the IBL in Edmonton. Paul Sir was head coach and general manager of the Edmonton Energy.[1]

The Edmonton Energy formerly played their home games at the MacEwan Centre for Sport and Wellness at MacEwan University ,just north of Downtown Edmonton, but moved to the "Butterdome" (or Universiade Pavilion), located at the University of Alberta in the Windsor Park/Garneau area. The Energy was the second Canadian team in the International Basketball League, as Vancouver, British Columbia also had a team called the BC Titans.

2009 season

The Edmonton Energy finished the regular season at the top of the IBL with a 17-3 record. The entire starting five of Will Funn (Portland State), J.R. Patrick (Santa Clara), Steve Sir (Northern Arizona), Skouson Harker (Oregon), and Lee Scruggs (Georgetown) were named 2009 IBL All-Stars. The team managed to split with the Los Angeles Lightning in LA, who eventually won the Playoffs. LA featured six former NBA players, including Bryon Russell and Lamond Murray.

Schedule
#DateOpponentScoreOTRecord
1May 2@ Los AngelesL 108 – 102-0 – 1
2May 3@ Los AngelesW 128 – 115-1 – 1
3May 8BCW 114 – 96-2 – 1
4May 9BCW 144 – 119-3 – 1
5May 15BellinghamW 144 – 134-4 – 1
6May 16BellinghamL 141 – 121-4 – 2
7May 22Snohomish Co.W 159 – 127-5 – 2
8May 23Snohomish Co.W 148 – 120-6 – 2
9May 29PortlandW 131 – 99-7 – 2
10May 30PortlandW 129 – 100-8 – 2
11June 5YamhillW 145 – 99-9 – 2
12June 6YamhillW 162 – 94-10 – 2
13June 8YamhillW 142 – 86-11 – 2
14June 9YamhillW 159 – 101-12 – 2
15June 13VancouverW 109 – 104-13 – 2
16June 14VancouverW 120 – 107-14 – 2
17June 20TacomaW 101 – 85-15 – 2
18June 21TacomaW 133 – 101-16 – 2
19June 28@ BellinghamL 121 – 115-16 – 3
20June 29@ BCW 129 – 100-17 – 3

2010 season

Edmonton had another solid season in the IBL, with the team finishing 14-6. The Energy ended the regular season with a 2-1 series victory over the LA Lightning. Will Funn, Rashaun Broadus (BYU), Steve Sir, Dave Patten (Weber State), and Skouson Harker were named 2010 IBL All-Stars. Lee Scruggs was also named Honorable Mention for his veteran leadership and superb shooting as the team captain.

On 30 June 2010, it was announced by the team's ownership group that the team will not be participating in the 2010 playoffs in Portland, Oregon. After finishing second in the Continental Conference, the Energy qualified for the playoffs with a 14-6 record, however team ownership stated that they did not have enough money to fund the trip.[2]

Coach Paul Sir finished his career with the Edmonton Energy with a 31–10 record over his two years as head coach.

Schedule
#DateOpponentScoreOTRecord
1May 14TacomaW 120 – 94-1 – 0
2May 15TacomaW 124 – 100-2 – 0
3May 16TacomaW 128 – 121-3 – 0
4May 21BCW 124 – 103-4 – 0
5May 22BCL 126 – 118-4 – 1
6May 23BCW 126 – 112-5 – 1
7May 27BellinghamW 132 – 129-6 – 1
8May 28BellinghamL 114 – 104-6 – 2
9May 29BellinghamW 122 – 120-7 – 2
10June 4@ AlbanyL 128 – 122-7 – 3
11June 6@ AlbanyW 126 – 112-8 – 3
12June 7@ AlbanyL 125 – 115-8 – 4
13June 10@ Battle CreekW 129 – 122-9 – 4
14June 11@ Battle CreekW 143 – 125-10 – 4
15June 17YamhillW 121 – 108-11 – 4
16June 18YamhillW 126 – 100-12 – 4
17June 19YamhillL 128 – 126-12 – 5
18June 25Los AngelesW 144 – 103-13 – 5
19June 26Los AngelesL 136 – 133-13 – 6
20June 27Los AngelesW 146 – 131-14 – 6

2011 season

On February 11, 2011 the Club announced that it would be back for the 2011 season. Andrew Parker, Edmonton Energy guard, stated "We will play this year with a chip on our shoulder and show the fans that we deserve it." .[3]

The team also announced that Rick Stanley will take over as the club's general manager for the 2011 season. The Energy's head coach is Skouson Harker.

The Edmonton Energy launched a dance team for the 2011 season, and coined them the "NRG Girls." The team is coached by former Grant MacEwan University dance coach and former Edmonton Crush coach Danielle Alasaad. It is composed of 13 dancers from Edmonton and surrounding areas. Girls on the team range from age 17 to age 25.

Team captain and All-Star Lee Scruggs, is an exciting leader. Standing 6’11", ‘Captain Leezy’ cannot help but announce his presence in a game. This larger-than-life Energy team captain brings an impressive resume with his re-signing to the Edmonton IBL team. He began his career on the starting line for the Georgetown Hoyas. Scruggs was named an IBL All-Star in both the 2008 and 2009 Energy seasons, he spent two years in the NBA-D League as a professional rookie and has played for various FIBA leagues around the world. Most importantly, Scruggs is energized to be back as a part of the 2011 team in Edmonton. "I am super motivated to win it all this year; that has been my goal from day one in Edmonton. [W]e have a great team coming into training camp so our expectations are very high and I expect us to be a pretty good team this year- stay tuned for something special."

In April 2011, the Energy signed the Premier Basketball League's 2010-2011 official Player of the Year, Quinnel "Q" Brown. "Q" stands 6 feet 6 inches tall. He is a solid 37% 3 point shooter & an aggressive defenseman. Prior to the season's first game, "Q said that he was, "looking forward to a strong regular season with the goal being to win the championship and play with a good group of guys."

During their home opener, the Energy had a 129 - 107 victory over the Bellingham Slam on Friday, May 20. They lost the following two games in the series against the Bellingham Slam. The following weekend, the team played one home-game in Edmonton, and then travelled to Raymond, Alberta and Olds, Alberta where they won the entire series against the USA All-Stars. Friday: 131 - 123, Saturday: 140 - 91 and Sunday: 115 - 82.

Schedule
#DateOpponentScoreOTRecord
1May 13@ AlbanyL 109 – 106-0 – 1
2May 14@ AlbanyL 120 – 113-0 – 2
3May 15@ AlbanyW 124 – 108-1 – 2
4May 20BellinghamW 129 – 107-2 – 2
5May 21BellinghamL 128 – 95-2 – 3
6May 22BellinghamL 111 – 99-2 – 4
7May 27USA All-StarsW 131 – 123-3 – 4
8May 28USA All-StarsW 140 – 92-4 – 4
9May 29USA All-StarsW 115 – 82-5 – 4
10June 2PortlandW 133 – 102-6 – 4
11June 3PortlandW 158 – 126-7 – 4
12June 4PortlandW 139 – 129-8 – 4
13June 10West CoastW 119 – 97-9 – 4
14June 11West CoastW 115 – 107-10 – 4
15June 12West CoastW 103 – 96-11 – 4
16June 24AlbanyW 126 – 114-12 – 4
17June 25AlbanyL 120 – 118-12 – 5
18June 26AlbanyW 119 – 102-13 – 5
19June 28@ OlympiaW 103 – 97-14 – 5
20June 29@ PortlandL 125 – 106-14 – 6

2012 season

Schedule
#DateOpponentScoreOTRecord
1April 27@ OrlandoW 112 – 97-1 – 0
2April 28@ OrlandoW 110 – 108-2 – 0
3May 4New JerseyW 98 – 90-3 – 0
4May 5New JerseyL 89 – 88-3 – 1
5May 18@ BellinghamL 112 – 107-3 – 2
6May 19@ SalemW 111 – 110-4 – 2
7May 20@ PortlandL 120 – 113-4 – 3
8May 25SalemW 142 – 72-5 – 3
9May 26SalemW 131 – 103-6 – 3
10June 1OlympiaW 126 – 69-7 – 3
11June 2OlympiaW 138 – 104-8 – 3
12June 8YamhillW 143 – 103-9 – 3
13June 9YamhillW 118 – 91-10 – 3
14June 22VancouverW 106 – 105-11 – 3
15June 23VancouverW 114 – 100-12 – 3
16June 29Nippon
17June 30Nippon
18July 3@ Olympia

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Notable players

References
  1. "Edmonton Chill become Edmonton Energy". 630 CHED. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. "High costs of Energy KOs playoffs". 2 June 2015.
  3. "Unfinished Business for Energy". Edmonton Sun. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  4. http://ibl.com/edmonton_energy/
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