2005 Calgary Roughnecks season

2005 Calgary Roughnecks
West Division Champions
Division 1st West
2005 record 10-6
Home record 6-2
Road record 4-4
Goals for 216
Goals against 208
General Manager Kurt Silcott
Coach Chris Hall
Captain Tracey Kelusky
Arena Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance 10,822
Team leaders
Goals Tracey Kelusky (45)
Assists Lewis Ratcliff (50)
Points Lewis Ratcliff (86)
Penalties in minutes Jesse Phillips (69)
Loose Balls Jesse Phillips (99)
Wins Curtis Palidwor (7)
Goals against average Andrew Leyshon (9.89)

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The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history.

The Roughnecks followed up their Championship season by finishing first in the west in 2005. However, they were not as successful in the playoffs, losing to the Arizona Sting in the division final.

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 @ Colorado L 12 - 7 16,397 0-1
2 January 7 San Jose L 12 - 10 10,042 0-2
3 January 8 @ San Jose W 14 - 10 7,028 1-2
4 January 22 Arizona W 15 - 14 9,886 2-2
5 January 29 @ Anaheim W 13 - 12 4,159 3-2
6 February 4 Colorado W 18 - 16 10,031 4-2
7 February 12 @ Toronto L 16 - 10 17,240 4-3
8 February 18 Anaheim W 18 - 15 9,550 5-3
9 March 13 @ Colorado W 13 - 10 17,380 6-3
10 March 18 San Jose W 15 - 11 10,517 7-3
11 March 19 @ San Jose W 11 - 10 5,564 8-3
12 March 25 @ Arizona L 18 - 16 6,584 8-4
13 April 1 @ Toronto L 16 - 10 17,141 8-5
14 April 3 Arizona W 17 - 10 10,140 9-5
15 April 9 Buffalo L 14 - 9 10,183 9-6
16 April 17 Toronto W 20 - 12 11,311 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Final April 30 Arizona L 19 - 15 11,468

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
Lewis Ratcliff 16 36 50 86 69 10
Tracey Kelusky 16 45 32 77 77 12
Kaleb Toth 16 38 34 72 93 14
Kyle Goundrey 16 11 29 40 52 24
Jason Wulder 14 15 19 34 37 9
Jesse Phillips 14 11 14 25 99 69
Andrew Biers 14 9 16 25 68 12
Ted Dowling 5 11 9 20 21 6
Taylor Wray 11 2 13 15 90 26
Totals 304 520 445 1044 50

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
Curtis Palidwor 16 848:57 7 6 189 .748 13.36
Andrew Leyshon 9 109:10 3 0 18 .780 9.89
Totals 10 6 208 .750 13.00

Awards

Player Award
Tracey Kelusky Second Team All-Pro
Tracey Kelusky All-Stars
Craig Gelsvik
Jesse Phillips
Lewis Ratcliff
Kaleb Toth

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[1]
To Calgary Roughnecks
Ted Dowling
third round pick, 2006 entry draft
To San Jose Stealth
conditional pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
12 Fwd Biers, Andrew
88 Def Catton, Rich
15 Fwd Dostie, Kevin
16 Fwd Dowling, Ted
26 Def Gelsvik, Craig
Fwd Gill, Chris
Def Gillespie, Travis
19 Fwd Goundrey, Kyle
18 Fwd Howard, Kevin
17 Fwd Kelusky, Tracey
41 Goalie Leyshon, Andrew
28 Def MacDonald, Brad
37 Def McBride, Andrew
Def McNish, Ryan
No. Position Player
14 Def Moleski, Jeff
 ? Neufeld, Kyle
Def Ogilvie, Andy
Def Olson, John
0 Goalie Palidwor, Curtis
74 Def Phillips, Jesse
42 Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis
76 Def Sharp, Ryan
25  ? Sundher, Jordan
9 Fwd Toth, Kaleb
72 Def Williams, Rob
Def Wray, Devan
44 Def Wray, Taylor
22 Fwd Wulder, Jason

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dowling a Roughneck Again". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1030. Retrieved 2008-05-08.