2007 Chicago Shamrox season

2007 Chicago Shamrox
League NLL
Division 5th East
2007 record 6-10
Home record 4-4
Road record 2-6
Goals for 176
Goals against 191
General Manager Jamie Batley
Coach Jamie Batley
Captain Mat Giles
Arena Sears Centre
Average attendance 8,639
Team leaders
Goals Chris Panos (30)
Assists Jason Clark (41)
Points Jason Clark (58)
Penalties in minutes Cam Woods (50)
Loose Balls Brian Kazarian (151)
Wins Brandon Miller (6)
Goals against average Brandon Miller (12.28)

The Chicago Shamrox were a professional lacrosse team based in Chicago, Illinois, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the Shamrox inaugural season. The franchise was awarded to the city of Chicago by the NLL on February 16, 2006,[1] and the name "Shamrox" was chosen in May 2006.[2]

Their first season started off with two consecutive wins, but after splitting the next two games, the Shamrox lost nine of the next ten games (including seven in a row) to finish with a 6-10 record. The Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings also had 6-10 records, but the Rock won the tiebreakers and made the playoffs while the Shamrox and Wings were eliminated.[3]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [4]

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

1 Rochester Knighthawks – xyz 16 14 2 0.875 0.0 8–0 6–2 249 194 +55 15.56 12.13
2 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 10 6 0.625 4.0 6–2 4–4 207 188 +19 12.94 11.75
3 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 9 7 0.563 5.0 4–4 5–3 200 207 -7 12.50 12.94
4 Toronto Rock – x 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 3–5 3–5 187 183 +4 11.69 11.44
5 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 4–4 2–6 176 191 -15 11.00 11.94
6 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 4–4 2–6 178 186 -8 11.13 11.63
7 New York Titans 16 4 12 0.250 10.0 3–5 1–7 195 233 -38 12.19 14.56
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Colorado Mammoth – xy 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 7–1 5–3 209 179 +30 13.06 11.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 4–4 5–3 219 202 +17 13.69 12.63
3 Arizona Sting – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 6–2 3–5 188 181 +7 11.75 11.31
4 San Jose Stealth – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 4–4 5–3 181 170 +11 11.31 10.63
5 Edmonton Rush 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 4–4 2–6 160 189 -29 10.00 11.81
6 Portland LumberJax 16 4 12 0.250 8.0 3–5 1–7 153 199 -46 9.56 12.44

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:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 6, 2007 New York Titans Sears Centre W 15–12 8,456 1–0
2 January 13, 2007 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 11–10 10,544 2–0
3 January 20, 2007 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden L 9–11 13,127 2–1
4 January 26, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 11–10 7,941 3–1
5 February 3, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–13 8,618 3–2
6 February 11, 2007 Buffalo Bandits Sears Centre L 11–12 5,010 3–3
7 February 18, 2007 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–11 15,200 3–4
8 February 24, 2007 Minnesota Swarm Sears Centre L 11–19 6,101 3–5
9 March 2, 2007 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 7–11 6,244 3–6
10 March 17, 2007 Rochester Knighthawks Sears Centre L 12–15 8,017 3–7
11 March 24, 2007 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 11–12 12,132 3–8
12 March 25, 2007 New York Titans Sears Centre W 12–8 3,854 4–8
13 March 31, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–15 16,228 4–9
14 April 1, 2007 Edmonton Rush Sears Centre L 6–8 4,665 4–10
15 April 7, 2007 Toronto Rock Sears Centre W 15–13 5,007 5–10
16 April 14, 2007 Philadelphia Wings Sears Centre W 17–11 7,092 6–10

Player stats

Reference:[6]

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
Jason Clark 15 17 41 58 78 8
Chris Panos 16 30 19 49 31 30
Mat Giles 16 17 30 47 87 38
Josh Wasson 16 20 22 42 65 6
Bill McGlone 16 22 18 40 70 4
Jon Harasym 11 8 26 34 58 14
Thomas Montour 16 11 18 29 107 10
Cody Jacobs 11 14 8 22 19 8
Cam Woods 16 5 15 20 122 50
Totals 277 453 383 1092 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
Brandon Miller 16 865:07 6 9 177 .773 12.28
Derek Collins 16 93:07 0 1 12 .789 7.73
Totals 6 10 191 .772 11.94

Awards

Player Award
Bill McGlone All-Rookie Team
Cam Woods All-Stars
Brandon Miller

Transactions

Trades

March 20, 2007[7]
 To Chicago Shamrox
Rusty Kruger		 To Toronto Rock
conditional fourth or fifth round pick, 2008 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[8]

No. Position Player
25 Canada Def Candy, Drew
13 Canada Fwd Clark, Jason
43 Canada Goalie Collins, Derek
42 Canada Fwd Derks, Jonas
7 Canada Def Dupont, Kyle
57 ? Gallagher, Ryan
19 Canada Def Gibson, Darryl
27 Canada Fwd Giles, Mat
16 Canada Fwd Harasym, Jon
41 United States Def Heffner, Zach
11 Canada Fwd Hobbins, Mike
88 Iroquois Fwd Jacobs, Cody
9 Canada Trans Kazarian, Bryan
No. Position Player
26 Canada Def Kirk, Mike
20 Canada Fwd Kruger, Rusty
91 Canada Fwd Leigh, Cory
12 Fwd Leveille, Kevin
4 Canada Def Livingstone, Carter
? Marchildon, Matt
33 United States Fwd McGlone, Bill
35 Canada Goalie Miller, Brandon
Canada Fwd Montgomery, Phil
63 Iroquois Fwd Montour, Thomas
55 United States Fwd Panos, Chris
18 United States Fwd Wasson, Josh
22 Canada Def Woods, Cam

See also

References

  1. ↑ "League Expands to Chicago for 2007". NLL.com. February 16, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Shamrox Name and Logo Unveiled". NLL.com. May 11, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Wings Fail to Clinch Playoffs in Chicago". NLL.com. April 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  4. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Shamrox - National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=55915&seasonid=1322
  7. ↑ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  8. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=55915&seasonid=1322