2009 Colorado Mammoth season

2009 Colorado Mammoth
Division 4th West
2009 record 7-9
Home record 4-4
Road record 3-5
Goals for 172
Goals against 184
General Manager Steve Govett
Coach Bob McMahon
Captain Gavin Prout
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 12,305
Team leaders
Goals Brian Langtry (38)
Assists Gavin Prout (48)
Points Brian Langtry (79)
Penalties in minutes Rich Catton (48)
Loose Balls Bryan Safarik (98)
Wins Andrew Leyshon (5)
Goals against average Andrew Leyshon (10.93)

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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 23rd in franchise history and 7th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

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 9 @ Portland W 12 - 10 6,859 1-0
2 January 10 Portland L 14 - 5 16,987 1-1
3 January 24 Edmonton L 11 - 9 16,734 1-2
4 January 31 New York W 12 - 8 15,023 2-2
5 February 7 @ Minnesota W 13 - 8 11,174 3-2
6 February 14 Calgary W 13 - 12 17,712 4-2
7 February 21 @ San Jose L 14 - 9 5,576 4-3
8 February 22 @ Edmonton L 10 - 9 7,249 4-4
9 March 14 @ San Jose W 14 - 11 3,535 5-4
10 March 21 @ Calgary L 13 - 10 10,958 5-5
11 March 22 Minnesota W 13 - 11 15,594 6-5
12 March 28 @ Philadelphia L 17 - 13 11,876 6-6
13 April 3 Rochester L 12 - 8 16,834 6-7
14 April 4 @ Portland L 13 - 12 OT 7,859 6-8
15 April 11 San Jose L 11 - 10 OT 16,189 6-9
16 April 17 Edmonton W 10 - 9 16,727 7-9

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 3 @ Calgary L 15 - 8 9,760

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
Brian Langtry 16 38 41 79 80 24
Gavin Prout 16 26 48 74 96 14
Jamie Shewchuk 16 20 33 53 70 16
Gary Rosyski 15 15 36 51 54 25
Jed Prossner 14 15 20 35 34 4
Chris Gill 11 17 4 21 22 4
Nick Carlson 16 4 14 18 83 20
Tyler Crompton 13 9 5 14 35 18
Matt Danowski 9 7 7 14 18 2
Totals 271 443 331 1083 45

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
Andrew Leyshon 16 752:06 5 7 137 .774 10.93
Curtis Palidwor 9 111:51 1 1 22 .756 11.80
Gee Nash 3 106:44 1 1 24 .696 13.49
Jeremy Ogden 1 1:09 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 7 9 184 .763 11.50

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

March 7, 2009[1]
 To Colorado Mammoth
Curtis Palidwor		 To Toronto Rock
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
February 26, 2009[2]
 To Colorado Mammoth
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Toronto Rock
Curtis Palidwor
November 17, 2008 To Colorado Mammoth
conditional pick, 2009 entry draft		 To New York Titans
Dave Stilley
October 15, 2008[3]
 To Colorado Mammoth
Andrew Potter
1st round pick, 2009 entry draft
1st round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Gary Gait
September 15, 2008[4]
 To Colorado Mammoth
John Gallant		 To Boston Blazers
Jason Bloom
5th round pick, 2008 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[5] The Mammoth selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 7 Matt Danowski Duke University
3 31 Mike Ward Duke University
4 43 Terry Kiminer UMBC
6 69 Ryan McFadyen Duke University

Roster

2009 Colorado Mammoth roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

 Forwards

Transition

  •  3 Tim Booth
  •  8 Nick Carlson
  •  7 Bryan Safarik
  •  5 Mike Ward
 Practice Squad

Injured Reserve

Holdout

  • 23 Chris Gill
 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Russ Heard
  • Dan Pratt
  • Ward Sanderson
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Curtis Palidwor Returns to Colorado Mammoth". TorontoRock.com. March 7, 2009. http://torontorock.com/index.php/article/curtis-palidwor-returns-to-colorado-mammoth. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  2. ^ "Rock Acquire Palidwor from Mammoth". NLL.com. February 26, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3818. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  3. ^ "Gary Gait Traded To Rochester". NLL.com. October 15, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3615. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  4. ^ "Gallant Returns To Mammoth". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3595. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  5. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
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