Colorado Mammoth

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Colorado Mammoth
Division	Western
Founded	2003
Home arena	Pepsi Center
Based in	Denver, Colorado
Colors	Burgundy and Black
Head coach	Gary Gait
General manager	Steve Govett
PLPA Representative	Nick Carlson
Local media	Altitude Sports and Entertainment, KKFN
Championships	2006
Division Championships	2006
Website	www.coloradomammoth.com
Formerly	Washington Power Pittsburgh CrosseFire Baltimore Thunder

The Colorado Mammoth is a member of the National Lacrosse League. They have played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, since the 2003 season. In 2004 they became the league's attendance leader, closely beating the Toronto Rock. In 2006, they again came away with the league attendance record, beating out rivals Calgary. 2006 was the first year in the 20-year history of the NLL that the league had an attendance of more than one million fans in one season. The Colorado Mammoth had the honor of hosting fan number one million, an honor that commissioner Jim Jennings believed to be rightfully theirs, given the impact they had on the league's attendance that year^[1].

They are owned by E. Stanley Kroenke who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), and the Colorado Rapids (MLS). He is also part owner, along with John Elway, of the Colorado Crush (AFL) .

They had previously been the Baltimore Thunder from 1987 to 1999, the Pittsburgh CrosseFire in 2000 and the Washington Power from 2001 to 2002.

In the 2006 season, the Mammoth went to the playoffs in the #2 seed in the Western Division. Round one was hosted in Colorado against rivals Calgary. The Mammoth won 18-17 in a spectacular overtime game. Brian Langtry scored the overtime goal. Round two (Western Division finals) was also hosted at Pepsi Center against the Arizona Sting. Rookie Dan Carey scored the winning goal as the Mammoth defeated the Sting 13-12. The championship game was held at HSBC Arena in Buffalo against the Bandits who held the league's best record and the incumbent league MVP, goaltender Steve Dietrich . The Mammoth won the Champion's Cup by a score of 16-9, with Gavin Prout being named Game MVP.

Contents 1 Notable players 2 All time Record 3 Playoff Results 4 References

[edit] Notable players

• Gary Gait, who retired after the 2005 NLL season as the NLL's all-time scoring leader with 596 goals and 495 assists in 174 games (a record since surpassed by John Tavares). Gait also won the 2003 NLL MVP Award while with the Mammoth. On November 12, 2005, Gait was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame, and on December 30, 2005, his number 22 jersey banner was hung from Pepsi Center rafters — the first NLL number ever to be retired and hung from any arena. Gait is now the Mammoth head coach.
• Brian Langtry, who won the NLL Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, is well-known for his all-out goal scoring attempts.
• Jay Jalbert, who is a crowd favorite with high-scoring and a passion for the game. Jalbert was injured with a concussion in the 2006 Championship game and has opted to sit out the 2007 season due to some form of Post-concussion syndrome^[2].
• Jamie Hanford, who is one of the top faceoff men over the last few years.
• Gord "Gee" Nash, who was the 2004 Goaltender of the Year.
• Gavin Prout, who is a crowd favorite who consistently puts up high numbers. Prout continues his NLL career in the 2006 season as team captain.
• Dave Stilley, who is a defenseman for the Mammoth. His role on the team tends to be that of an instigator for both his team and the fans.
• John Gallant, who had played in every single game for the Colorado Mammoth up until a spleen injury. He is still the all-time leader in games played for the current incarnation of the franchise.

[edit] All time Record

Season	Division	W-L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Playoffs
2003	Eastern	9-7	1st	6-2	3-5	226	223	Lost in semifinals
2004	Western	13-3	1st	7-1	6-2	223	173	Lost in division finals
2005	Western	8-8	3rd	5-3	3-5	201	182	Lost in division semifinals
2006	Western	10-6	2nd	6-2	4-4	200	172	Won Championship
Total	4 seasons	40-24		24-8	16-16	850	750
Playoff Totals		4-3		3-1	1-2	97	94

[edit] Playoff Results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2003	Quarterfinals	Vancouver 12	Colorado 15
	Semifinals	Colorado 11	Toronto 15
2004	Division Finals	Calgary 13	Colorado 11
2005	Division Semifinals	Colorado 13	Arizona 16
2006	Division Semifinals	Calgary 17	Colorado 18
	Division Finals	Arizona 12	Colorado 13
	Championship	Colorado 16	Buffalo 9

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.nll.com/article_2388.shtml NLL Welcomes Millionth Fan
2. ^ http://laxmagazine.cstv.com/sports/s-pro/content/110606aab.html

Preceded by: None	Major Indoor Lacrosse League Champions 1987	Succeeded by: New Jersey Saints
Preceded by: Toronto Rock	National Lacrosse League Champions 2006	Succeeded by: incumbent

National Lacrosse League
East Division: Buffalo Bandits | Chicago Shamrox | Minnesota Swarm | New York Titans | Philadelphia Wings | Rochester Knighthawks | Toronto Rock
West Division: Arizona Sting | Calgary Roughnecks | Colorado Mammoth | Edmonton Rush | Portland LumberJax | San Jose Stealth
NLL Awards: Champion's Cup | Most Valuable Player | Rookie of the Year | Defenseman of the Year | Goaltender of the Year | Sportsmanship Award | Les Bartley Award | GM of the Year | Executive of the Year
NLL Articles: All-Star Game | Players' Association | Family relations | Hall of Fame | Season reviews | Former teams
Related Articles: Box lacrosse | Lacrosse | Major League Lacrosse
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Current arenas in the National Lacrosse League
Eastern Division		Western Division
Air Canada Centre | Blue Cross Arena | HSBC Arena | Madison Square Garden1 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum2 | Sears Centre | Wachovia Center | Xcel Energy Center		HP Pavilion | Jobing.com Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Rose Garden Arena
1The New York Titans play four of their home games at Madison Square Garden. 2The New York Titans play four of their home games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.