2005 Arizona Sting season

2005 Arizona Sting
Division 2nd West
2005 record 9-7
Home record 5-3
Road record 4-4
Goals for 209
Goals against 209
General Manager Bob Hamley
Coach Bob Hamley
Captain Peter Lough
Arena Jobing.com Arena
Average attendance 8,921
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (48)
Assists Dan Dawson (36)
Points Dan Dawson (84)
Penalties in minutes Brock Robertson (30)
Loose Balls Bruce Codd (97)
Wins Mike Miron (5)
Goals against average Ken Montour (11.23)

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The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 5th in franchise history and 2nd as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).

The Sting finished 2nd in the West division with a 9-7 record, and hosted the Colorado Mammoth in the opening round of the playoffs. Arizona defeated Colorado 16-13 to advance to the Western division final against the defending champion Calgary Roughnecks. The Sting defeated Calgary 19-15 in Calgary, advancing to the Championship game in only their second year in Arizona. The Sting faced the Toronto Rock in Toronto for the Championship, and with an NLL record crowd of over 19,400 fans,[1] the Rock defeated the Sting 19-15 to win their fifth championship in seven years.

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 7 Philadelphia L 10 - 9 OT 5,903 0-1
2 January 8 @ Colorado W 16 - 15 17,289 1-1
3 January 15 @ Rochester W 9 - 8 OT 7,508 2-1
4 January 21 San Jose L 14 - 13 6,216 2-2
5 January 22 @ Calgary L 15 - 14 9,886 2-3
6 February 4 Anaheim W 17 - 10 6,313 3-3
7 February 13 @ Colorado L 13 - 12 OT 16,238 3-4
8 February 18 Minnesota W 17 - 16 OT 6,448 4-4
9 March 11 San Jose W 13 - 12 OT 6,614 5-4
10 March 12 @ San Jose W 12 - 10 5,069 6-4
11 March 18 @ Toronto L 18 - 10 18,173 6-5
12 March 25 Calgary W 18 - 16 6,584 7-5
13 April 3 @ Calgary L 17 - 10 10,140 7-6
14 April 9 Colorado W 15 - 12 6,735 8-6
15 April 15 @ Anaheim W 14 - 12 5,891 9-6
16 April 16 Anaheim L 11 - 10 7,731 9-7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal April 22 Colorado W 16 - 13 5,549
Division Final April 30 @ Calgary W 19 - 15 11,468
Championship Game May 14 @ Toronto L 19 - 13 19,432

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
Dan Dawson 16 48 36 84 73 8
Pat Maddalena 16 31 28 59 71 6
Cory Bomberry 15 24 23 47 23 0
Jonas Derks 11 18 22 40 41 8
Lindsay Plunkett 12 14 22 36 49 14
Peter Veltman 15 13 13 26 57 2
Jason Clark 15 13 9 22 46 8
Gewas Schindler 7 6 16 22 15 6
Scott Self 13 4 15 19 64 16
Totals 253 462 218 1082 52

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
Mike Miron 15 765:12 5 7 169 .740 13.25
Ken Montour 7 208:27 4 0 39 .735 11.23
Totals 9 7 209 .738 13.06

Awards

Player Award
Bob Hamley Les Bartley Award
Bob Hamley GM of the Year
Dan Dawson First Team All-Pro
Dan Dawson All-Stars
Peter Lough
Scott Self

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2005[2]
 To Arizona Sting
Jonas Derks		 To Buffalo Bandits
second round pick, 2005 entry draft
second round pick, 2007 entry draft
March 9, 2005[3]
 To Arizona Sting
Chris Seller		 To Anaheim Storm
Bill Greer
March 24, 2005[4]
 To Arizona Sting
Craig Conn		 To Minnesota Swarm
first round pick, 2006 entry draft
first round pick, 2007 entry draft
March 24, 2005[4]
 To Arizona Sting
Chris Panos		 To Colorado Mammoth
third round pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
Fwd Beirnes, Kasey
72 Fwd Bomberry, Cory
2 Def Bonterre, Troy
13 Fwd Clark, Jason
5 Def Cochrane, Mark
9 Def Codd, Bruce
8 Fwd Conn, Craig
6 Fwd Dawson, Dan
43 Fwd Derks, Jonas
19 Def Gibson, Darryl
Def Greer, Bill
18 Def Halls, Darren
Fwd Henderson, Tony
No. Position Player
27 Def Lough, Peter
36 Fwd Maddalena, Pat
38 Fwd McKay, Chris
41 Goalie Miron, Mike
29 Goalie Montour, Ken
Fwd Panos, Chris
11 Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
23 Def Robertson, Brock
Fwd Schindler, Gewas
7 Def Self, Scott
24 Def Seller, Chris
16 Fwd Talbot, Noah
4 Fwd Tinning, Mark
33 Fwd Veltman, Peter

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toronto Wins Edge NLL Championship Game, 19-13". NLL.com. May 14, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=934. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
  2. ^ "Mammoth Goaltender Retires". NLL.com. February 2, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1212. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
  3. ^ "Arizona Acquires All-Star Defenseman". NLL.com. March 9, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1067. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
  4. ^ a b "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1029. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
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Anaheim • Arizona • Calgary • Colorado • San Jose