2011 Boston Blazers season

2011 Boston Blazers
Division 4th East
2011 record 8-8
Home record 4-4
Road record 4-4
Goals for 166
Goals against 155
General Manager Doug Reffue
Coach Tom Ryan
Captain Dan Dawson
Arena TD Banknorth Garden
Team leaders
Goals Casey Powell (34)
Assists Dan Dawson (59)
Points Dan Dawson (90)
Penalties in minutes Jack Reid (48)
Loose Balls Kyle Rubisch (143)
Wins Anthony Cosmo (8)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (9.66)

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The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was their third and final season in the NLL. After acquiring both Casey Powell and Josh Sanderson in the off-season, the Blazers looked to dominate the NLL East. But the Blazers did not gel as much as they might have hoped, and finished 4th in the East with an 8-8 record.

Contents

Standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 169 159
x-Toronto Rock 10 6 – .625 7-1 3-5 187 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 176 159
x-Boston Blazers 8 8 2.0 .500 4-4 4-4 166 155
Philadelphia Wings 5 11 5.0 .312 2-6 3-5 143 179
West Division                
z-Calgary Roughnecks 11 5 – .688 6-2 5-3 198 181
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3.0 .500 5-3 3-5 187 180
x-Washington Stealth 8 8 3.0 .500 3-5 5-3 203 198
x-Colorado Mammoth 5 11 6.0 .312 3-5 2-6 151 172
Edmonton Rush 5 11 6.0 .312 4-4 1-7 175 204

x - Clinched playoff berth, y - Clinched division, z - Clinched playoff home field

Game log

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8 @ Philadelphia W 10 – 6 - 7,940 1 – 0
2 January 15 Edmonton W 10 – 7 - 8,536 2 – 0
3 January 21 @ Toronto L 15 – 14 OT 9,104 2 – 1
4 January 22 Rochester L 11 – 10 OT 10,422 2 – 2
5 January 28 Philadelphia L 11 – 5 - 7,492 2 – 3
6 January 29 @ Rochester W 16 – 7 - 4,945 3 – 3
7 February 5 Toronto W 9 – 7 - 7,598 4 – 3
8 February 12 Colorado W 11 – 6 - 8,462 5 – 3
9 February 19 @ Minnesota W 14 – 11 - 7,051 6 – 3
10 March 6 Buffalo L 9 – 8 - 8,524 6 – 4
11 March 12 @ Buffalo L 12 – 10 - 16,347 6 – 5
12 March 25 @ Washington L 9 – 8 - 3,616 6 – 6
13 March 26 @ Colorado L 9 – 8 OT 17,123 6 – 7
14 April 2 Rochester L 19 – 8 - 9,008 6 – 8
15 April 9 Philadelphia W 9 – 7 - 9,654 7 – 8
16 April 16 @ Buffalo W 16 – 9 - 17,318 8 – 8

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal Apr 30 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena L 11 – 10 - 11,273

Transactions

Trades

August 23, 2010[1] To Boston Blazers
Kevin Buchanan
Fourth round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Washington Stealth
Mat Giles
First round pick, 2012 entry draft
August 13, 2010[2] To Boston Blazers
Josh Sanderson
First round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Daryl Veltman
Jon Harnett
Kyle Ross
First round pick, 2010 entry draft
August 12, 2010[3] To Boston Blazers
Fourth round pick, 2011 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Paul Dawson

Entry draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010.[4] The Blazers selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 2 Kyle Rubisch Dowling College
1 7 David Brock University at Albany
3 26 Matt Quinton Roanoke College
4 35 Martin Cahill University of Delaware
4 36 Brock Armour Towson University
5 46 Tyler Collins Colgate University
6 54 Chase Williams Bellarmine University

Roster

Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

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

Transition

 Practice Squad
  • 20 Travis Brown
  • 05 Paul Manesis
 Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer

Assistant Coaches

  • Todd Francis
  • Randy Fraser
  • Corey Hallman
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2009-02-04
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blazers & Swarm Trade Forwards". NLL.com. August 23, 2010. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4605. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Josh Sanderson To Blazers In Big Trade". NLL.com. August 13, 2010. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4597. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Roughnecks Acquire Paul Dawson In Trade". NLL.com. August 12, 2010. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4596. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
  4. ^ "2010 Entry Draft, Presented By Marc Mesh". NLL.com. September 8, 2010. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4611. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
East
Boston • Buffalo • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West