2008 NLL season

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2008 NLL season
League National Lacrosse League
Sport Indoor lacrosse
DurationDecember 29, 2007 – May 17, 2008
Number of games16
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVP Athan Iannucci (Philadelphia)
Top scorer Athan Iannucci (Philadelphia)
Playoffs
Eastern champions Buffalo Bandits
  Eastern runners-up Minnesota Swarm
Western champions San Jose Stealth
  Western runners-up Colorado Mammoth
Champion's Cup
Champions Buffalo Bandits
  Runners-up Portland LumberJax
Finals MVP Mark Steenhuis (Buffalo)
NLL seasons

The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007, and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008.

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In an odd coincidence, all four eastern division teams that made the playoffs finished with identical 10–6 records. Due to tiebreakers, the Buffalo Bandits clinched first place overall, followed by the Minnesota Swarm, New York Titans in their playoff debut, and the Philadelphia Wings in their return to the playoffs after a five-year absence.

There was also a tie atop the west division standings, as the San Jose Stealth and Colorado Mammoth both finished with 9–7 records. The Stealth won that tiebreaker and clinched their first western division title. The Calgary Roughnecks and Portland LumberJax finished out the playoff teams in the west despite having losing records.

History was made in 2008 as neither the Rochester Knighthawks nor the Toronto Rock made the playoffs, for the first time in the history of either team (though the Toronto franchise, then the Ontario Raiders, missed the playoffs in their inaugural season in 1998). The Knighthawks broke a 13-year streak of making the playoffs, the Rock streak was stopped at 9 years. [1]

Philadelphia Wings second-year stars Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider set a number of new league records in 2008. Iannucci eclipsed Gary Gait's record of 61 goals by scoring 71, and Snider set or tied marks in loose balls (244), face offs won (318, tied with Peter Jacobs in 2005), and penalty minutes (103). [2]

The 2008 season almost never happened. On October 16, 2007, the league released a statement officially cancelling the season, after no agreement could be reached on a new collective bargaining agreement. [3] However, negotiations continued, and on October 25, the league announced that a new CBA has been agreed on, and that the season would proceed. [4] The new revised schedule was released on November 2, 2007, but only included 12 of the expected 14 teams. The expansion Boston Blazers and 2007 Western division champion Arizona Sting had decided for "a number of business reasons" [5] to opt out of the 2008 season and return in 2009. Due to the short time frame between the agreement on a new CBA and the start of the season, the New York Titans were unable to secure 8 home dates for the revised schedule, and thus both the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits hosted a Titans home game in their own arena.[ citation needed ]

Team movement

An expansion franchise for Boston, Massachusetts was announced on May 9, 2007. It was expected that the team would play at the TD Banknorth Garden, which is also home to the NBA's Boston Celtics and the NHL's Boston Bruins. [6] On October 3, 2007, the Boston franchise was officially named the Boston Blazers. [7]

When the revised schedule was released on November 2, 2007, it was announced that both the Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers were suspending operations for the 2008 season, returning in 2009. [5]

Work stoppage

In the off-season between the 2007 and 2008 seasons the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Lacrosse League and the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association expired. The owners announced that if there no deal was in place before midnight, October 15, 2007 the 2008 season would be cancelled. [8] On the morning of October 16, the league announced that no agreement had been reached, and that the season was cancelled. [3] The next day, commissioner Jim Jennings even said that the league would not change its mind about the cancellation, saying:

There's no hope due to the fact that we've released our dates. It's very difficult to get dates in places like (New York's) Madison Square Garden and (Toronto's) ACC Centre and places like that. To try to restart this thing up on a moment's notice is an impossibility. [9]

However, the negotiations continued, and on October 25, the league announced that a new seven-year agreement had been reached, and that the season would be played. [4]

Before the initial cancellation of the season, the Versus network announced that it would not carry a game of the week, as they had in 2007, even if an agreement was reached before the deadline. [10]

Teams

Blue pog.svg East Division Red pog.svg West Division
2008 National Lacrosse League
DivisionTeamCityArenaCapacity
East Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena 18,690
Chicago Shamrox Hoffman Estates, Illinois Sears Centre Arena 9,500
Minnesota Swarm Saint Paul, Minnesota XCEL Energy Center 18,064
New York Titans New York, New York Madison Square Garden 18,200
Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 19,523
Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662
Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800
West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Pengrowth Saddledome 19,289
Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007
Edmonton Rush Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place 16,839
Portland Lumberjax Portland, Oregon Rose Garden 18,280
San Jose Stealth San Jose, California HP Pavilion 17,496

Final standings

Reference: [11]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz16106.6250.07–23–4203174+2912.6910.88
2 Minnesota Swarm –x16106.6250.06–24–4199196+312.4412.25
3 New York Titans –x16106.6250.05–15–5197186+1112.3111.62
4 Philadelphia Wings –x16106.6250.07–13–5225220+514.0613.75
5 Rochester Knighthawks 1688.5002.04–44–4197171+2612.3110.69
6 Toronto Rock 1679.4383.04–53–4172174−210.7510.88
7 Chicago Shamrox 16610.3754.03–53–5176212−3611.0013.25
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Jose Stealth –xy1697.5620.04–45–3185172+1311.5610.75
2 Colorado Mammoth –x1697.5620.06–23–5184167+1711.5010.44
3 Calgary Roughnecks –x1679.4382.05–32–6183178+511.4411.12
4 Portland LumberJax –x16610.3753.03–53–5179194−1511.1912.12
5 Edmonton Rush 16412.2505.03–51–7141197−568.8112.31

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: 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

Playoffs

Divisional Semifinal Divisional Final Champion's Cup Final
         
E1 Buffalo14
E4 Philadelphia 12
E1 Buffalo19
Eastern Division
E3 New York 12
E2 Minnesota 8
E3 New York11
E1 Buffalo14
W4 Portland 13
W1 San Jose 16
W4 Portland18
W3 Calgary 12
Western Division
W4 Portland16
W2 Colorado 13
W3 Calgary15

Milestones and events

Pre-season

Regular season

Glenn Clark suspension

On January 11, the Minnesota Swarm defeated the Toronto Rock 17–16 in overtime, in a game which saw three Swarm players and one Rock player given game misconducts. After the game, Rock head coach Glenn Clark was involved in an altercation with Minnesota forward Sean Pollock outside the Rock dressing room. [33] Clark was later charged with assault by Toronto Police [33] and suspended indefinitely by the NLL. [34] The Rock announced that assistant coach Terry Bullen would serve as the interim head coach [35] and Bullen led the Rock to a 2–2 record.

On February 6, the charges against Clark were dropped by Toronto Police, [36] and the NLL lifted the suspension on February 13. [37]

All-Star game

The 2008 All-Star Game was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 16, 2008. The East division All-Stars defeated the West division 17–16 in overtime, as Shawn Williams scored the winner 31 seconds into OT. Philadelphia Wings' transition player Geoff Snider was named MVP. [38]

All-Star teams

Eastern Division starters Western Division starters
Athan Iannucci, Philadelphia Jeff Zywicki, San Jose
John Tavares, Buffalo Dan Carey, Colorado
John Grant, Jr., Rochester Gavin Prout, Colorado
Mark Steenhuis, Buffalo Brodie Merrill, Portland
Ryan Cousins, MinnesotaEric Martin, San Jose
Nick Patterson, Minnesota (goalie) Gee Nash, Colorado (goalie)
Eastern Division reservesWestern Division reserves
Scott Evans, Rochester Mike Accursi, Edmonton
Casey Powell, New York * Dan Dawson, Arizona
Andy Secore, Minnesota * Colin Doyle, San Jose
Geoff Snider, Philadelphia Ryan Powell, Portland *
Steve Toll, Rochester Lewis Ratcliff, Calgary
Jim Veltman, TorontoJeff Shattler, Calgary
Peter Lough, Toronto Josh Sims, Colorado *
Jarett Park, New York Jimmy Quinlan, Edmonton
Scott Self, Chicago Andrew McBride, Calgary
Chris White, BuffaloChris McElroy, Edmonton
Taylor Wray, PhiladelphiaBruce Murray, Colorado
Bob Watson, Toronto (goalie) Anthony Cosmo, San Jose (goalie)
Ryan Ward, Minnesota (replacing C. Powell) Dan Stroup, Edmonton (replacing R. Powell)
Shawn Williams, Rochester (replacing Secore) Nick Carlson, Colorado (replacing Sims)

* Unable to play due to injury

Awards

Annual

AwardWinnerTeam
Reebok Most Valuable Player Athan Iannucci [39] Philadelphia
US Navy Goaltender of the Year Bob Watson [40] Toronto
Edge Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Cousins [41] Minnesota
Transition Player of the Year Mark Steenhuis [42] Buffalo
Rookie of the Year Craig Point [43] Minnesota
Sportsmanship Award Dan Carey [44] Colorado
GM of the Year Marty O'Neill [45] Minnesota
Les Bartley Award Adam Mueller [46] New York
Executive of the Year Award Tom Garrity [47] Minnesota
Tom Borrelli Award Paul Tutka [47]  

All-Pro teams

First Team

Second Team

All-Rookie team

Weekly awards

The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.

MonthWeekOverallOffensiveDefensiveTransitionRookie
December1Jason WulderJason Wulder Gord Nash Josh Sims Dane Dobbie
January2 Blaine Manning Blaine ManningRob MarshallBobby McBrideBobby McBride
3 Jeff Zywicki Jeff Zywicki Nick Patterson Johnny Christmas Craig Point
4 John Tavares John Tavares Bob Watson Pat McCready Merrick Thomson
5Sean PollockSean Pollock Ryan Avery Geoff Snider Jordan Hall
February6Jeff ZywickiJeff Zywicki Aaron Bold Jimmy Quinlan Craig Point
7 Pat O'Toole Shawn Evans Pat O'Toole Jarett Park Craig Point
8 John Grant, Jr. John Grant, Jr.Bob Watson Brodie Merrill Jordan Hall
9 Casey Powell Casey PowellDaniel Sams Rob Van Beek Daniel Sams
10Shawn EvansShawn Evans Curtis Palidwor Mark SteenhuisSteve Hutchins
March11Ken Montour Luke Wiles Ken MontourMark Steenhuis Frank Resetarits
12 Gavin Prout Mike Hominuck Matt Vinc John OrsonCraig Point
13Bob Watson Brian Langtry Bob Watson Mitch Belisle Sean Morris
14Cody JacobsCody JacobsRory GlavesChris McKayMatt MacLeod
April15Jeff Zywicki Ryan Ward Scott SelfMark SteenhuisBobby McBride
16Athan IannucciAthan IannucciPat O'Toole Nolan Heavenor Tom Johnson
17Pat MaddalenaPat MaddalenaMatt VincMark SteenhuisJordan Hall
18 Jim Veltman John TavaresGreg PeyserBrad SelfPeter Jacobs

Monthly awards

Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.

MonthOverallRookie
JanuaryAthan IannucciMerrick Thomson
FebruaryAthan IannucciCraig Point
MarchCurtis PalidworJordan Hall
AprilAthan IannucciPeter Jacobs

Statistics leaders

Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.

StatPlayerTeamNumber
Goals Athan Iannucci Philadelphia71
Assists Gavin Prout Colorado67
PointsAthan IannucciPhiladelphia100
Penalty Minutes Geoff Snider Philadelphia103
Shots on GoalAthan IannucciPhiladelphia253
Loose BallsGeoff SniderPhiladelphia244
Save PctKen MontourBuffalo.808
GAAChris LevisColorado10.04

Attendance

Regular Season

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [48]
Colorado Mammoth817,464139,719
Buffalo Bandits915,013135,120
Toronto Rock914,572131,149
Calgary Roughnecks811,60597,690
Philadelphia Wings811,60592,846
Minnesota Swarm811,40591,247
Rochester Knighthawks89,90279,217
Edmonton Rush88,82070,564
Portland LumberJax88,10464,837
New York Titans66,50939,055
Chicago Shamrox84,96439,712
San Jose Stealth83,05924,477
League9610,4751,005,633

Playoffs

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [49]
Colorado Mammoth115,55415,554
Buffalo Bandits313,01539,046
Minnesota Swarm111,08811,088
Calgary Roughnecks19,3279,327
San Jose Stealth12,6972,697
League711,10177,712

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