1998 Ontario Raiders season

1998 Ontario Raiders
Division 3rd (tie)
1998 record 6-6
Home record 4-2
Road record 2-4
Goals for 165
Goals against 157
General Manager John Mouradian
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Copps Coliseum
Average attendance 4,810
Team leaders
Goals Colin Doyle (34)
Assists Jim Veltman (40)
Points Colin Doyle (61)
Penalties in minutes Pat Coyle (48)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (194)
Wins Bob Watson (5)

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The Ontario Raiders were a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 1998 season was the 1st in franchise history.

The Raiders finished in a three way tie for third in the NLL standings. However, due to their head to head record against the Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits, they were seeded in 5th place, just missing the playoffs.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Philadelphia Wings 9 3 - .750 3-3 6-0 166 148
x-Baltimore Thunder 8 4 1 .667 4-2 4-2 184 160
x-Rochester Knighthawks 6 6 3 .500 3-3 3-3 168 159
x-Buffalo Bandits 6 6 3 .500 4-2 2-4 166 171
e-Ontario Raiders 6 6 3 .500 4-2 2-4 165 157
e-New York Saints 5 7 4 .417 3-3 2-4 167 165
e-Syracuse Smash 2 10 7 .167 2-4 0-6 163 219

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention[2]

Game log

# Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3 Rochester Copps Coliseum L 15 - 14 OT 7,536 0-1
2 January 17 @ Baltimore Baltimore Arena L 11 - 10 OT 3,815 0-2
3 January 24 New York Copps Coliseum W 13 - 11 4,078 1-2
4 February 7 @ Rochester Dome Arena L 14 - 9 6,265 1-3
5 February 13 @ New York Nassau Coliseum L 11 - 10 5,082 1-4
6 February 21 Buffalo Copps Coliseum W 17 - 15 5,841 2-4
7 February 28 Philadelphia Copps Coliseum L 12 - 11 OT 3,446 2-5
8 March 7 Syracuse Copps Coliseum W 15 - 11 3,416 3-5
9 March 13 Baltimore Copps Coliseum W 17 - 14 4,545 4-5
10 March 14 @ Buffalo Marine Midland Arena L 14 - 12 11,913 4-6
11 March 27 @ Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial W 22 - 21 OT 4,211 5-6
12 April 11 @ Philadelphia CoreStates Center W 15 - 8 13,495 6-6

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Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes[4]

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Colin Doyle 12 34 27 61
Russ Heard 9 21 34 55
Totals

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average[5]

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Bob Watson 574 5 5 115 .763 12.02
Totals

Awards

Player Award
Colin Doyle Rookie of the Year Award[6]
Colin Doyle Rookie of the Month, March[6]
Jim Veltman Second All-Pro Team[6]
Colin Doyle
Bob Watson

Roster

No. Position Player
11 Def Clark, Glenn
2 Def Coyle, Pat
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
25 Fwd Gill, Chris
No. Position Player
8 Fwd Stroup, Dan
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob

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See also

References

  1. ^ Sicinski, Larry (1998-04-13). "Winners lose in a three-way tie: The Ontario Raiders dumped league- leading Philadelphia Wings but had to sit and wait as convoluted league rules still barred them from the playoffs.". Hamilton Spectator. 
  2. ^ "1998 Regular Season - League". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&subType=0&season_id=28&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  3. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=33&season_id=28&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ a b "Runners". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=3&season_id=28&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Goalies". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=3&season_id=28&leagueId=3&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  6. ^ a b c "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book". NLL. http://www.nllfiles.com/2010mediaguide.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 

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