2009 Boston Blazers season

2009 Boston Blazers
Division 3rd East
2009 record 10-6
Home record 4-4
Road record 6-2
Goals for 181
Goals against 168
General Manager Doug Reffue
Coach Tom Ryan
Arena TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance 8,470
Team leaders
Goals Daryl Veltman (34)
Assists Dan Dawson (74)
Points Dan Dawson (104)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Ross (53)
Loose Balls Jon Harnett (106)
Wins Anthony Cosmo (9)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (10.14)

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The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was their first season in the NLL.

The Blazers began their inaugural season by losing back-to-back games to the division rival (and eventual East division champion) New York Titans. But the Blazers surprised everybody by winning seven of their next eight games, on their way to a 10-6 record, tied with New York and Buffalo for best in the East. The Titans won the East on tie-breakers, but the Blazers finished a respectable third and made the playoffs in their first season.

In the Eastern division semi-final, the Blazers were defeated by the defending champion Buffalo Bandits 11-8.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 190 180
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 223 170
x-Boston Blazers 10 6 - .625 4-4 6-2 181 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 3 .438 6-2 1-7 169 197
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 4-4 3-5 188 193
e-Toronto Rock 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 194 218
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 12 4 - .750 5-3 7-1 206 167
x-Portland LumberJax 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 177
x-San Jose Stealth 7 9 5 .438 5-3 2-6 200 185
x-Colorado Mammoth 7 9 5 .438 4-4 3-5 172 184
e-Minnesota Swarm 6 10 6 .375 2-6 4-4 174 198
e-Edmonton Rush 5 11 7 .313 4-4 1-7 159 200

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 10 @ New York L 19 - 14 3,208 0-1
2 January 17 New York L 13 - 9 9,313 0-2
3 January 23 @ Philadelphia W 13 - 11 9,462 1-2
4 January 24 Philadelphia W 11 - 7 4,423 2-2
5 January 31 Portland L 9 - 8 OT 5,029 2-3
6 February 7 New York W 9 - 8 5,713 3-3
7 February 13 @ Philadelphia W 8 - 4 9,006 4-3
8 February 20 @ Minnesota W 16 - 12 12,106 5-3
9 February 22 @ Calgary W 11 - 10 10,045 6-3
10 February 28 San Jose W 16 - 10 6,833 7-3
11 March 14 Toronto L 9 - 8 OT 6,485 7-4
12 March 28 @ Rochester L 11 - 10 7,329 7-5
13 April 3 @ Toronto W 14 - 13 12,884 8-5
14 April 4 Buffalo L 15 - 11 7,073 8-6
15 April 11 Rochester W 10 - 5 8,097 9-6
16 April 18 @ Buffalo W 13 - 12 OT 18,527 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 2 @ Buffalo L 11-8 13,343

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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 30 74 104 54 8
Daryl Veltman 15 34 43 77 92 2
Brenden Thenhaus 16 27 26 53 67 6
Matt Lyons 16 21 31 52 62 2
Gary Bining 15 20 24 44 49 4
Sean Morris 6 8 16 24 17 0
Jason Bloom 16 13 10 23 60 5
Greg Downing 14 4 13 17 95 10
Nick Cotter 12 8 8 16 32 21
Totals 301 482 285 1117 39

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
Anthony Cosmo 16 840:02 9 5 142 .781 10.14
Mike Poulin 16 122:12 1 1 25 .734 12.27
Totals 10 6 168 .774 10.50

Transactions

Trades

September 18, 2008[2] To Boston Blazers
Anthony Kelly
To New York Titans
Kurtis Wagar
September 15, 2008[3] To Boston Blazers
Jason Bloom
5th round pick, 2008 entry draft
To Colorado Mammoth
John Gallant
August 28, 2008 To Boston Blazers
Paul Dawson
To San Jose Stealth
Peter Veltman
July 29, 2008 To Boston Blazers
Jack Reid
To Rochester Knighthawks
Kyle Laverty
July 29, 2008 To Boston Blazers
Travis Gillespie
third round pick, 2009 entry draft
To Calgary Roughnecks
Devan Wray
July 29, 2008 To Boston Blazers
Sean Morris
Steve Panarelli
second round pick, 2010 entry draft
To San Jose Stealth
Travis Gillespie
Tom Johnson
third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 24, 2008 To Boston Blazers
Brendan Thenhaus
Kurtis Wagar
To Edmonton Rush
Cam Bergman

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[4] The Blazers selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 1 Daryl Veltman Hobart College
2 14 Nick Cotter Dowling College
3 26 Jon Harnett Adrian College
4 37 Dilan Graham Bellarmine University
4 44 Reed MacPhail Victoria, BC
5 52 Chad Henry Adelphi University
5 56 Paul Manesis UMass
6 63 Danny Brennan Syracuse University

Roster

2009 Boston Blazers roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  • 85 Mitch Belisle
  •  2 Paul Dawson
  • 12 Jon Durno
  • 28 Dilan Graham
  • 33 Jon Harnett
  •  4 Carter Livingstone
  • 15 Curtis Ptolemy
  • 18 Jack Reid
Forwards

Transition

Practice Squad
  • -- Travis Brown
  • -- Paul Manesis
  • -- Nick Rose
Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Todd Francis
  • Randy Fraser
  • Corey Hallman

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bandits Beat Blazers, Advance To East Final". NLL.com. May 2, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3951. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  2. ^ "Kelly, Wagar Swapped by East Rivals". NLL.com. September 18, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3594. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
  3. ^ "Gallant Returns To Mammoth". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3595. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  4. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08.