2010 Boston Blazers season

2010 Boston Blazers
League NLL
Division 4th East
2010 record 8-8
Home record 5-3
Road record 3-5
Goals for 161
Goals against 162
General Manager Doug Reffue
Coach Tom Ryan
Arena TD Banknorth Garden
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (36)
Assists Dan Dawson (52)
Points Dan Dawson (88)
Penalties in minutes Paul Dawson (65)
Loose Balls Greg Downing (101)
Ryan Hotaling (101)
Mitch Belisle (101)
Wins Anthony Cosmo (7)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (9.50)

The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was their second season in the NLL.

Standings

Reference: [1]

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

1 Orlando Titans – xy 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 5–3 6–2 172 154 +18 10.75 9.63
2 Toronto Rock – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 6–2 3–5 197 156 +41 12.31 9.75
3 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 4–4 4–4 169 170 -1 10.56 10.63
4 Boston Blazers – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 161 162 -1 10.06 10.13
5 Rochester Knighthawks 16 7 9 0.438 4.0 4–4 3–5 155 181 -26 9.69 11.31
6 Philadelphia Wings 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 168 194 -26 10.50 12.13
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Washington Stealth – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 211 179 +32 13.19 11.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 5–3 5–3 193 169 +24 12.06 10.56
3 Edmonton Rush – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 5–3 5–3 186 201 -15 11.63 12.56
4 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 189 201 -12 11.81 12.56
5 Colorado Mammoth 16 4 12 0.250 7.0 0–8 4–4 167 201 -34 10.44 12.56

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 9, 2010 Toronto Rock TD Banknorth Garden L 7–17 8,215 0–1
2 January 15, 2010 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 7–8 OT 11,502 0–2
3 January 16, 2010 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 8–12 9,330 0–3
4 January 23, 2010 Orlando Titans TD Banknorth Garden W 13–9 7,812 1–3
5 January 30, 2010 Philadelphia Wings TD Banknorth Garden W 11–9 7,289 2–3
6 February 6, 2010 Rochester Knighthawks TD Banknorth Garden W 14–8 7,546 3–3
7 February 13, 2010 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9–11 6,066 3–4
8 February 20, 2010 @ Orlando Titans Amway Arena W 12–11 OT 8,442 4–4
9 February 27, 2010 Washington Stealth TD Banknorth Garden W 11–9 8,354 5–4
10 March 13, 2010 Buffalo Bandits TD Banknorth Garden L 8–9 OT 9,062 5–5
11 March 20, 2010 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 12–5 8,034 6–5
12 March 27, 2010 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 7–13 11,241 6–6
13 April 3, 2010 Orlando Titans TD Banknorth Garden L 10–13 8,168 6–7
14 April 10, 2010 Minnesota Swarm TD Banknorth Garden W 13–8 10,032 7–7
15 April 16, 2010 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 9–7 15,104 8–7
16 April 24, 2010 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–13 18,480 8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 1, 2010 @ Orlando Titans Amway Arena L 11–12 4,205 0–1

Transactions

Trades

August 13, 2009 To Boston Blazers
Second round pick, 2011 entry draft		 To Minnesota Swarm
Jay Thorimbert
July 7, 2009 To Boston Blazers
Mike Kirk		 To Washington Stealth
Jason Bloom

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.[4] The Blazers selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
18 Max Seibald Cornell University
220 Matt Abbott Syracuse University
333 Scott Kahoe Syracuse University
438 Matt Messina NYIT
659 Mike Stone Middlebury College

Roster

2010 Boston Blazers roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 85 United States Mitch Belisle
  •  2 Canada Paul Dawson
  • 12 Canada Jon Durno
  • 28 Canada Dilan Graham
  • 33 Canada Jon Harnett
  •  4 Canada Carter Livingstone
  • 15 Canada Curtis Ptolemy
  • 18 United States Jack Reid
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 20 Travis Brown
  • 05 Paul Manesis
  • 66 Canada Nick Rose
Head Coach
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. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Knighthawks Select Sid Smith First Overall". NLL.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-03.