1998 Ontario Raiders season

1998 Ontario Raiders
League	NLL
Rank	3rd (tie)
1998 record	6–6
Home record	4–2
Road record	2–4
Goals for	165
Goals against	157
General Manager	John Mouradian
Coach	Les Bartley
Captain	Jim Veltman
Arena	Copps Coliseum
Average attendance	4,810
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (34)
Assists	Jim Veltman (40)
Points	Colin Doyle (61)
Penalties in minutes	Pat Coyle (48)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (194)
Wins	Bob Watson (5)
1999 season →

The Ontario Raiders were a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 1998 season was the 1st in franchise history.

The Raiders finished in a three-way tie for third in the NLL standings. However, due to their head to head record against the Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits, they were seeded in 5th place, just missing the playoffs. ^[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[2]

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Philadelphia Wings –xyz	12	9	3	.750	0.0	3–3	6–0	166	148	+18	13.83	12.33
2	Baltimore Thunder –x	12	8	4	.667	1.0	4–2	4–2	184	160	+24	15.33	13.33
3	Rochester Knighthawks –x	12	6	6	.500	3.0	3–3	3–3	168	159	+9	14.00	13.25
4	Buffalo Bandits –x	12	6	6	.500	3.0	4–2	2–4	166	171	−5	13.83	14.25
5	Ontario Raiders	12	6	6	.500	3.0	4–2	2–4	165	157	+8	13.75	13.08
6	New York Saints	12	5	7	.417	4.0	3–3	2–4	167	165	+2	13.92	13.75
7	Syracuse Smash	12	2	10	.167	7.0	2–4	0–6	163	219	−56	13.58	18.25

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: Losses; GB:  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: ^{[3] [4]}

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 1998	Rochester Knighthawks	Copps Coliseum	L 14–15	OT	7,536	0–1
2	January 17, 1998	@ Baltimore Thunder	Baltimore Arena	L 10–11	OT	3,815	0–2
3	January 24, 1998	New York Saints	Copps Coliseum	W 13–11		4,078	1–2
4	February 7, 1998	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Rochester Community War Memorial	L 9–14		6,265	1–3
5	February 13, 1998	@ New York Saints	Nassau Coliseum	L 10–11		5,082	1–4
6	February 21, 1998	Buffalo Bandits	Copps Coliseum	W 17–15		5,841	2–4
7	February 28, 1998	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Copps Coliseum	L 11–12	OT	3,446	2–5
8	March 7, 1998	Syracuse Smash	Copps Coliseum	W 15–11		3,416	3–5
9	March 13, 1998	Baltimore Thunder	Copps Coliseum	W 17–14		4,545	4–5
10	March 14, 1998	@ Buffalo Bandits	Marine Midland Arena	L 12–14		11,913	4–6
11	March 27, 1998	@ Syracuse Smash	Onondaga County War Memorial	W 22–21	OT	4,211	5–6
12	April 11, 1998	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	CoreStates Center	W 15–8		13,495	6–6

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes ^[5]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
Colin Doyle	12	34	27	61
Russ Heard	9	21	34	55
Totals

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average ^[6]

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Bob Watson		574	5	5	115	.763	12.02
Totals

Awards

Player	Award
Colin Doyle	Rookie of the Year Award [7]
Colin Doyle	Rookie of the Month, March [7]
Jim Veltman	Second All-Pro Team [7]
Colin Doyle
Bob Watson

Roster

No. Position Player 11 Def Clark, Glenn 2 Def Coyle, Pat 7 Fwd Doyle, Colin 25 Fwd Gill, Chris

No. Position Player 8 Fwd Stroup, Dan 32 Fwd Veltman, Jim 29 Goalie Watson, Bob

^[5]

See also

• 1998 NLL season

References

1. Sicinski, Larry (1998-04-13). "Winners lose in a three-way tie: The Ontario Raiders dumped league- leading Philadelphia Wings but had to sit and wait as convoluted league rules still barred them from the playoffs". Hamilton Spectator.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 1998 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Ontario Raiders - 1998 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "Versatile Knighthawks outplay Ontario, 14-9". 1998-02-08. Archived from the original on 1999-10-10. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
5. "Runners". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
6. "Goalies". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
7. "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL . Retrieved 2011-05-06.

External links

• "1998 Archive". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2011-05-15.