[1] Founded in the late 1990s in New York as the Syracuse Smash, the last-place team was bought and moved, and became the Ottawa Rebel in time for the 2001 season.

[3] However, as the team's existing arena lease came to an end in 2015, it became clear that year that despite successful play another relocation was possible and that Saskatoon was a likely candidate.

[5] Lacking any agreement with the City of Edmonton to play at its new arena, Rogers Place, Urban opted to relocate for the 2016 season.

In their inaugural season, Saskatchewan finished atop the West Division with a 13–5 record and advanced to the championship final, where they faced the Buffalo Bandits.

The Rush won back-to-back games in the best-of-three series, clinching a second-consecutive championship–and their first in Saskatchewan–with a last-minute 11–10 victory at SaskTel Centre on 4 June 2016.

[10] The Rush again topped the West Division in 2017, and returned to the Championship Final, this time facing the Georgia Swarm.

[20] The Rush reached deals with Saskatoon Media Group's CKBL-FM and SaskTel MaxTV to broadcast its 2016 playoff games.

[21] In the subsequent season, the team began to carry radio broadcasts of all games on its sister station CJMK-FM, with Tanner Fetch as play-by-play announcer.

[22][23][24][25] As part of its exclusive broadcast rights to the league in the 2018–19 season, all Rush telecasts moved to the streaming service B/R Live,[26] with Ryan Flaherty on play-by-play, former Vancouver Stealth play-by-play announcer Jake Elliott on colour, and local radio personality Daniella Ponticelli as reporter.

[27][28] As of the 2022 season, TSN carries all Rush games on either television or streaming on TSN+ as part of its national broadcast rights to the NLL.