2005 Colorado Mammoth season

2005 Colorado Mammoth
Division 3rd West
2005 record 8-8
Home record 5-3
Road record 3-5
Goals for 201
Goals against 182
General Manager Steve Govett
Coach Jamie Batley
Captain Gavin Prout
Alternate captains Gary Gait
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 12,456
Team leaders
Goals Gary Gait (33)
Assists Gavin Prout (50)
Points Gary Gait (81)
Penalties in minutes Jamie Hanford (45)
Loose Balls Jay Jalbert (141)
Wins Gee Nash (8)
Goals against average Gee Nash (11.16)

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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history and 3rd as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The 2005 season was lacrosse legend Gary Gait's final season as a player. He led the Mammoth to an 8-8 record, 3rd in the Western division, but they were eliminated from the playoffs by the Arizona Sting in the division finals. Gait would take over as the Mammoth's head coach the next season.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Toronto Rock 12 4 - .750 6-2 6-2 227 190
x-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 1 .688 5-3 6-2 217 183
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 2 .625 5-3 5-3 193 179
e-Philadelphia Wings 6 10 6 .375 3-5 3-5 213 218
e-Minnesota Swarm 5 11 7 .313 3-6 3-5 188 231
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 216 208
x-Arizona Sting 9 7 1 .563 5-3 4-4 209 209
x-Colorado Mammoth 8 8 2 .500 5-3 3-5 201 182
e-Anaheim Storm 5 11 5 .313 2-6 3-5 175 212
e-San Jose Stealth 4 12 6 .250 2-6 2-6 170 197

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1 Calgary W 12 - 7 16,397 1-0
2 January 8 Arizona L 16 - 15 17,289 1-1
3 January 22 Buffalo W 11 - 8 18,137 2-1
4 January 29 @ San Jose L 12 - 10 5,107 2-2
5 February 4 @ Calgary L 18 - 16 10,031 2-3
6 February 13 Arizona W 13 - 12 OT 16,238 3-3
7 February 18 @ San Jose W 14 - 6 5,512 4-3
8 February 24 San Jose W 14 - 8 16,249 5-3
9 March 4 @ Anaheim W 13 - 12 4,500 6-3
10 March 13 Calgary L 13 - 10 17,380 6-4
11 March 18 @ Philadelphia L 15 - 12 11,742 6-5
12 March 19 Anaheim W 16 - 8 16,270 7-5
13 April 1 @ Minnesota W 15 - 9 10,054 8-5
14 April 2 Anaheim L 10 - 6 18,326 8-6
15 April 9 @ Arizona L 15 - 12 6,735 8-7
16 April 15 @ Rochester L 13 - 12 9,342 8-8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Final April 22 @ Arizona L 16 - 13 5,549

Player stats

Reference: [3]

Runners (Top 10)

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

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Gary Gait 16 33 48 81 81 4
Gavin Prout 16 28 50 78 80 32
Dan Stroup 16 31 10 41 67 0
Jay Jalbert 16 18 22 40 141 40
Josh Sims 16 14 14 28 111 12
Brian Langtry 10 16 11 27 37 10
Del Halladay 11 11 12 23 39 6
Chris Panos 9 8 15 23 30 10
Chris Prat 9 7 12 19 31 20
Totals 287 488 372 1065 47

Goaltenders

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

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Gee Nash 16 940:41 8 8 175 .774 11.16
John McLellan 1 17:12 0 0 5 .792 17.44
Erik Miller 1 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Tom Still 0 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 8 8 182 .773 11.38

Awards

Player Award
Gary Gait NLL Sportsmanship Award
Gary Gait Second Team All-Pro
Gary Gait All-Stars
Pat Coyle
Gee Nash
Gavin Prout

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[1]
 To Colorado Mammoth
third round pick, 2005 entry draft		 To Arizona Sting
Chris Panos

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
8 Fwd Carlson, Nick
2 Def Coyle, Pat
72 Fwd Daly, Randy
28 Def Ethington, Tom
22 Fwd Gait, Gary
19 Fwd Gait, Paul
11 Def Gallant, John
3 Fwd Halladay, Del
5 Def Hanford, Jamie
10 Def Jalbert, Jay
6 Fwd Langtry, Brian
29 Goalie McLellan, John
Goalie Miller, Erik
No. Position Player
39 Def Miyashita, Mark
38 Goalie Nash, Gee
Fwd Panos, Chris
7 Fwd Prat, Chris
9 Fwd Prout, Gavin
34 Def Reese, Brian
23 Fwd Self, Brad
24 Fwd Sims, Josh
Fwd Sonke, Jeff
20 Def Stapleford, Scott
0 Goalie Still, Tom
77 Def Stilley, Dave
88 Fwd Stroup, Dan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. February 7, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1029. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 
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Anaheim • Arizona • Calgary • Colorado • San Jose