2009 New York Titans season

2009 New York Titans
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
2009 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 190
Goals against 180
General Manager Timothy Kelly
Coach Ed Comeau
Captain Casey Powell
Arena Madison Square Garden
Prudential Center
BankAtlantic Center
Average attendance 7,752
Team leaders
Goals Casey Powell (40)
Assists Jordan Hall (56)
Points Casey Powell (85)
Penalties in minutes Rory Smith (54)
Loose Balls Stephen Peyser (137)
Wins Matt Vinc (9)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (11.33)

← 2008 season

The New York Titans are a lacrosse team based in New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 3rd in franchise history.

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 3 # Toronto L 15 - 14 5,733 0-1
2 January 10 † Boston W 19 - 14 3,208 1-1
3 January 17 @ Boston W 13 - 9 9,313 2-1
4 January 24 @ Rochester W 8 - 7 6,739 3-1
5 January 31 @ Colorado L 12 - 8 15,023 3-2
6 February 7 @ Boston L 9 - 8 5,713 3-3
7 February 8 † Philadelphia W 15 - 12 4,231 4-3
8 February 15 ‡ Rochester W 15 - 9 5,187 5-3
9 February 21 @ Rochester L 15 - 7 7,142 5-4
10 February 28 ‡ Calgary L 12 - 10 5,487 5-5
11 March 1 † San Jose W 15 - 14 3,287 6-5
12 March 28 @ Buffalo W 11 - 9 18,550 7-5
13 April 4 † Philadelphia L 11 - 7 4,187 7-6
14 April 5 @ Philadelphia W 16 - 13 10,806 8-6
15 April 11 † Buffalo W 12 - 9 6,222 9-6
16 April 18 @ Minnesota W 12 - 10 13,219 10-6

# - game played at BankAtlantic Center
‡ - game played at Madison Square Garden
† - game played at Prudential Center

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 1 Rochester W 11 - 10 OT 4,878
Division Final May 9 Buffalo W 9 - 3 5,633
Championship Game May 15 @ Calgary L 12-10 13,042

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
Casey Powell 13 40 45 85 59 16
Jordan Hall 16 25 56 81 97 12
Pat Maddalena 16 28 47 75 78 2
Brendan Mundorf 16 28 31 59 36 2
Ryan Boyle 16 14 40 54 70 4
Mike McLellan 16 29 24 53 39 4
Stephen Peyser 15 1 16 17 137 31
Jamie Rooney 10 7 7 14 30 4
Greg Peyser 9 5 7 12 74 35
Totals 317 507 322 1023 46

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
Matt Vinc 16 916:11 9 6 173 .779 11.33
Erik Miller 7 38:24 1 0 4 .875 6.25
Kurtis Wagar 4 5:23 0 0 1 .750 11.15
Totals 10 6 180 .780 11.25

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

November 19, 2008 To New York Titans
conditional pick, 2009 or 2010 entry draft		 To Portland LumberJax
Jamison Koesterer
November 17, 2008 To New York Titans
Dave Stilley		 To Colorado Mammoth
conditional pick, 2009 entry draft
September 18, 2008[1]
 To New York Titans
Kurtis Wagar		 To Boston Blazers
Anthony Kelly

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[2] The Titans selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 23 Stephen Peyser Johns Hopkins University
3 33 Steve Ammann University at Albany
4 46 Ben Rubeor University of Virginia
5 59 Mike Ammann University at Albany
6 72 Dan Cocoziello Princeton University

Roster

2009 New York Titans roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Starting Goaltender

Backup Goaltenders

  • 21 Erik Miller
  •  1 Kurtis Wagar

Defensemen

 Forwards

Transition

 Practice Squad

Injured Reserve

  • 56 John Orsen
 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Sean Ferris
  • Blane Harrison
  • John Munroe
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kelly, Wagar Swapped by East Rivals". NLL.com. September 18, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3594. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
  2. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
East
Boston • Buffalo • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West