2007 Colorado Mammoth season

2007 Colorado Mammoth
West Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st West
2007 record 12-4
Home record 7-1
Road record 5-3
Goals for 209
Goals against 179
General Manager Steve Govett
Coach Gary Gait
Captain Gavin Prout
Alternate captains Pat Coyle
John Gallant
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 13,471
Team leaders
Goals Dan Carey (32)
Assists Gavin Prout (59)
Points Gavin Prout (89)
Penalties in minutes Jim Moss (36)
Loose Balls Josh Sims (136)
Wins Gee Nash (9)
Goals against average Chris Levis (10.50)

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 21st in franchise history and 5th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The Mammoth won the Western division title with a 12-4 record, but were eliminated in the first round by the 4th place San Jose Stealth. The 2007 season marked Gary Gait's last as Mammoth head coach; he resigned following the season to become head coach of the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team.[1][2]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [3]

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:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 30, 2006 Rochester Knighthawks Pepsi Center W 20–15 15,670 1–0
2 January 5, 2007 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena W 10–6 7,179 2–0
3 January 13, 2007 Buffalo Bandits Pepsi Center W 11–10 OT 16,523 3–0
4 January 19, 2007 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 16–9 11,065 4–0
5 January 20, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 13–17 11,582 4–1
6 January 25, 2007 Portland LumberJax Pepsi Center W 15–11 14,388 5–1
7 February 3, 2007 Edmonton Rush Pepsi Center W 16–7 17,804 6–1
8 February 15, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 10–8 7,192 7–1
9 February 18, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 15–12 17,911 8–1
10 February 24, 2007 Portland LumberJax Pepsi Center W 13–7 18,024 9–1
11 March 17, 2007 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 13–12 OT 15,614 10–1
12 March 24, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 15–19 15,156 10–2
13 March 30, 2007 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center L 8–14 18,027 10–3
14 March 31, 2007 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 11–9 10,114 11–3
15 April 12, 2007 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center W 13–12 16,012 12–3
16 April 13, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 10–11 3,288 12–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 21, 2007 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center L 14–15 OT 16,309 0–1

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
Gavin Prout 16 30 59 89 85 32
Dan Carey 16 32 44 76 75 9
Brian Langtry 16 31 36 67 77 24
Jamie Shewchuk 15 27 26 53 69 19
Josh Sims 15 19 20 39 136 12
Nenad Gajic 16 13 24 37 102 14
Ben Prepchuk 13 15 16 31 36 4
Mike Law 14 13 12 25 58 0
Jordan Cornfield 9 9 3 12 21 6
Totals 306 515 339 1094 58

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 16 681:29 9 0 128 .779 11.27
Chris Levis 16 285:50 3 4 50 .780 10.50
Totals 12 4 179 .778 11.19

Awards

Player Award
Gavin Prout Second Team All-Pro
Nenad Gajic All-Rookie Team
Jamie Shewchuk
Gord Nash Overall Player of the Month, February
Nenad Gajic Rookie of the Month, February
Dan Carey All-Stars
Gavin Prout
John Gallant
Josh Sims
Gord Nash

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 2007[7]
 To Colorado Mammoth
Jim Moss		 To San Jose Stealth
Andrew Burkholder
first round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[8]

No. Position Player
47 United States Trans Bloom, Jason
Canada Fwd Burkholder, Andrew
44 United States Fwd Carey, Dan
8 Canada Trans Carlson, Nick
48 Canada Def Catton, Rich
72 Canada Fwd Cornfield, Jordan
2 United States Def Coyle, Pat
13 United States Trans Davidson, Scott
28 United States Def Ethington, Tom
18 Canada Trans Gajic, Nenad
11 Canada Def Gallant, John
5 United States Def Hanford, Jamie
No. Position Player
6 United States Fwd Langtry, Brian
3 United States Fwd Law, Mike
66 Canada Def Leveque, Matt
30 Canada Goalie Levis, Chris
55 Canada Trans Moss, Jim
38 Canada Goalie Nash, Gee
19 United States Fwd Prepchuk, Ben
9 Canada Fwd Prout, Gavin
85 Canada Fwd Shewchuk, Jamie
4 United States Trans Sims, Josh
77 United States Def Stilley, Dave
94 United States Fwd Taylor, Matt

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gait Introduced as Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Head Coach". Syracuse University website. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Gait Named Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Coach". August 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Colorado Mammoth – National Lacrosse League – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25953&seasonid=1322
  7. ↑ "San Jose Deals Moss to Colorado". NLL.com. February 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  8. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25953&seasonid=1322