2009 Colorado Mammoth season

2009 Colorado Mammoth
League	NLL
Division	4th West
2009 record	7-9
Home record	4-4
Road record	3-5
Goals for	172
Goals against	184
General Manager	Steve Govett
Coach	Bob McMahon
Captain	Gavin Prout
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	12,305
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Langtry (38)
Assists	Gavin Prout (48)
Points	Brian Langtry (79)
Penalties in minutes	Rich Catton (48)
Loose Balls	Bryan Safarik (98)
Wins	Andrew Leyshon (5)
Goals against average	Andrew Leyshon (10.93)
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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 23rd in franchise history and 7th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	New York Titans –xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	+10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits –x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	+53	13.94	10.62
3	Boston Blazers –x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	+13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks –x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	-28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	-5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	-24	12.12	13.62

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks –xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	+39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax –x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	+4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth –x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	+15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth –x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	-12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	-24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	-41	9.94	12.50

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: ^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 9, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 12–10		6,859	1–0
2	January 10, 2009	Portland LumberJax	Pepsi Center	L 5–14		16,987	1–1
3	January 24, 2009	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	L 9–11		16,734	1–2
4	January 31, 2009	New York Titans	Pepsi Center	W 12–8		15,023	2–2
5	February 7, 2009	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 13–8		11,174	3–2
6	February 14, 2009	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 13–12		17,712	4–2
7	February 21, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 9–14		5,576	4–3
8	February 22, 2009	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 9–10		7,249	4–4
9	March 14, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 14–11		3,535	5–4
10	March 21, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 10–13		10,958	5–5
11	March 22, 2009	Minnesota Swarm	Pepsi Center	W 13–11		15,594	6–5
12	March 28, 2009	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 13–17		11,876	6–6
13	April 3, 2009	Rochester Knighthawks	Pepsi Center	L 8–12		16,834	6–7
14	April 4, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 12–13	OT	7,859	6–8
15	April 11, 2009	San Jose Stealth	Pepsi Center	L 10–11	OT	16,189	6–9
16	April 17, 2009	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	W 10–9		16,727	7–9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: ^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 3, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 8–15		9,760	0–1

Player stats

Reference: ^[4]

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
Brian Langtry	16	38	41	79	80	24
Gavin Prout	16	26	48	74	96	14
Jamie Shewchuk	16	20	33	53	70	16
Gary Rosyski	15	15	36	51	54	25
Jed Prossner	14	15	20	35	34	4
Chris Gill	11	17	4	21	22	4
Nick Carlson	16	4	14	18	83	20
Tyler Crompton	13	9	5	14	35	18
Matt Danowski	9	7	7	14	18	2
Totals		271	443	331	1083	45

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
Andrew Leyshon	16	752:06	5	7	137	.774	10.93
Curtis Palidwor	9	111:51	1	1	22	.756	11.80
Gee Nash	3	106:44	1	1	24	.696	13.49
Jeremy Ogden	1	1:09	0	0	0	.000	.00
Totals			7	9	184	.763	11.50

Transactions

New players

• John Gallant - acquired in trade
• Andrew Leyshon - signed as free agent
• Andrew Potter - acquired in trade
• Jay Preece - signed as free agent
• Gary Rosyski - signed as free agent

Players not returning

• Jason Bloom - traded
• Jordan Cornfield - released
• Josh Sims - retired
• Dave Stilley - traded

Trades

March 7, 2009 [5]	To Colorado Mammoth Curtis Palidwor	To Toronto Rock Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
February 26, 2009 [6]	To Colorado Mammoth Second round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Curtis Palidwor
November 17, 2008	To Colorado Mammoth conditional pick, 2009 entry draft	To New York Titans Dave Stilley
October 15, 2008 [7]	To Colorado Mammoth Andrew Potter 1st round pick, 2009 entry draft 1st round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Rochester Knighthawks Gary Gait
September 15, 2008 [8]	To Colorado Mammoth John Gallant	To Boston Blazers Jason Bloom 5th round pick, 2008 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008. ^[9] The Mammoth selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	7	Matt Danowski	Duke University
3	31	Mike Ward	Duke University
4	43	Terry Kiminer	UMBC
6	69	Ryan McFadyen	Duke University

Roster

2009 Colorado Mammoth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 41 Andrew Leyshon 30 Jeremy Ogden -- Curtis Palidwor Defensemen 48 Rich Catton 28 Tom Ethington 14 Steve Forsythe 11 John Gallant 23 Ray Guze 66 Matt Leveque 20 Bruce Murray		Forwards 44 Dan Carey 15 Tyler Crompton 40 Matt Danowski 25 Chris Gill  6 Brian Langtry 26 Andrew Potter  1 Jed Prossner  9 Gavin Prout (C) 21 Gary Rosyski 85 Jamie Shewchuk Transition  3 Tim Booth  8 Nick Carlson  7 Bryan Safarik  5 Mike Ward		Injured Reserve 10 Nenad Gajic 55 Jim Moss 38 Gee Nash Holdout 23 Chris Gill		Head Coach Bob McMahon Assistant Coaches Russ Heard Dan Pratt Ward Sanderson Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Colorado Mammoth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Calgary Roughnecks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
5. "Curtis Palidwor Returns to Colorado Mammoth". TorontoRock.com. March 7, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
6. "Rock Acquire Palidwor from Mammoth". NLL.com. February 26, 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
7. "Gary Gait Traded To Rochester". NLL.com. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
8. "Gallant Returns To Mammoth". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
9. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.