2005 Colorado Mammoth season

2005 Colorado Mammoth
League NLL
Division 3rd West
2005 record 8-8
Home record 5-3
Road record 3-5
Goals for 201
Goals against 182
General Manager Steve Govett
Coach Jamie Batley
Captain Gavin Prout
Alternate captains Gary Gait
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 12,456
Team leaders
Goals Gary Gait (33)
Assists Gavin Prout (50)
Points Gary Gait (81)
Penalties in minutes Jamie Hanford (45)
Loose Balls Jay Jalbert (141)
Wins Gee Nash (8)
Goals against average Gee Nash (11.16)
← 2004 season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history and 3rd as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The 2005 season was lacrosse legend Gary Gait's final season as a player. He led the Mammoth to an 8-8 record, 3rd in the Western division, but they were eliminated from the playoffs by the Arizona Sting in the division finals. Gait would take over as the Mammoth's head coach the next season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 6–2 6–2 227 190 +37 14.19 11.88
2 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 11 5 0.688 1.0 5–3 6–2 217 183 +34 13.56 11.44
3 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 10 6 0.625 2.0 5–3 5–3 193 179 +14 12.06 11.19
4 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 3–5 3–5 213 218 -5 13.31 13.63
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 5 11 0.313 7.0 2–6 3–5 188 231 -43 11.75 14.44
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 6–2 4–4 216 208 +8 13.50 13.00
2 Arizona Sting – x 16 9 7 0.563 1.0 5–3 4–4 209 209 0 13.06 13.06
3 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 5–3 3–5 201 182 +19 12.56 11.38
4 Anaheim Storm 16 5 11 0.313 5.0 2–6 3–5 175 212 -37 10.94 13.25
5 San Jose Stealth 16 4 12 0.250 6.0 2–6 2–6 170 197 -27 10.63 12.31

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1, 2005 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 12–7 16,397 1–0
2 January 8, 2005 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center L 15–16 17,289 1–1
3 January 22, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Pepsi Center W 11–8 18,137 2–1
4 January 29, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 10–12 5,107 2–2
5 February 4, 2005 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 16–18 10,031 2–3
6 February 13, 2005 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center W 13–12 OT 16,238 3–3
7 February 18, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 14–6 5,512 4–3
8 February 24, 2005 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center W 14–8 16,249 5–3
9 March 4, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 13–12 4,500 6–3
10 March 13, 2005 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center L 10–13 17,380 6–4
11 March 18, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 12–15 11,742 6–5
12 March 19, 2005 Anaheim Storm Pepsi Center W 16–8 16,270 7–5
13 April 1, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 15–9 10,054 8–5
14 April 2, 2005 Anaheim Storm Pepsi Center L 6–10 18,326 8–6
15 April 9, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 12–15 6,735 8–7
16 April 15, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 12–13 9,342 8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 22, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 13–16 5,549 0–1

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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
Gary Gait 16 33 48 81 81 4
Gavin Prout 16 28 50 78 80 32
Dan Stroup 16 31 10 41 67 0
Jay Jalbert 16 18 22 40 141 40
Josh Sims 16 14 14 28 111 12
Brian Langtry 10 16 11 27 37 10
Del Halladay 11 11 12 23 39 6
Chris Panos 9 8 15 23 30 10
Chris Prat 9 7 12 19 31 20
Totals 287 488 372 1065 47

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
Gee Nash 16 940:41 8 8 175 .774 11.16
John McLellan 1 17:12 0 0 5 .792 17.44
Erik Miller 1 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Tom Still 0 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 8 8 182 .773 11.38

Awards

Player Award
Gary Gait NLL Sportsmanship Award
Gary Gait Second Team All-Pro
Gary Gait All-Stars
Pat Coyle
Gee Nash
Gavin Prout

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[5]
 To Colorado Mammoth
third round pick, 2005 entry draft		 To Arizona Sting
Chris Panos

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
8 Canada Fwd Carlson, Nick
2 United States Def Coyle, Pat
72 Canada Fwd Daly, Randy
28 United States Def Ethington, Tom
22 Canada Fwd Gait, Gary
19 United States Fwd Gait, Paul
11 Canada Def Gallant, John
3 United States Fwd Halladay, Del
5 United States Def Hanford, Jamie
10 United States Def Jalbert, Jay
6 United States Fwd Langtry, Brian
29 Canada Goalie McLellan, John
United States Goalie Miller, Erik
No. Position Player
39 Canada Def Miyashita, Mark
38 Canada Goalie Nash, Gee
United States Fwd Panos, Chris
7 Canada Fwd Prat, Chris
9 United States Fwd Prout, Gavin
34 United States Def Reese, Brian
23 Canada Fwd Self, Brad
24 United States Fwd Sims, Josh
United States Fwd Sonke, Jeff
20 Canada Def Stapleford, Scott
0 Canada Goalie Still, Tom
77 United States Def Stilley, Dave
88 Canada Fwd Stroup, Dan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Colorado Mammoth - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Colorado Mammoth - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25953&seasonid=686
  5. ↑ "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. February 7, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25953&seasonid=686