2009 San Jose Stealth season

2009 San Jose Stealth
League	NLL
Division	3rd West
2009 record	7-9
Home record	5-3
Road record	2-6
Goals for	200
Goals against	185
General Manager	Johnny Mouradian
Coach	Jeff Dowling Chris Hall
Captain	Colin Doyle
Alternate captains	Jeff Zywicki
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	4,130
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (38)
Assists	Colin Doyle (73)
Points	Colin Doyle (111)
Penalties in minutes	Eric Martin (89)
Loose Balls	Eric Martin (100)
Wins	Matt Roik (4)
Goals against average	Tyler Richards (10.08)
← 2008 season

The San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season will be the 10th in franchise history and 6th as the Stealth (previously the Albany Attack).

On March 19, offensive coordinator Chris Hall was named head coach, while former head coach Jeff Dowling took over Hall's post as offensive coordinator. ^[1] Dowling resigned a week later. ^[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	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: ^[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 9, 2009	Calgary Roughnecks	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 10–12		4,538	0–1
2	January 10, 2009	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 7–10		13,094	0–2
3	January 18, 2009	Rochester Knighthawks	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 16–6		3,463	1–2
4	January 24, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 13–16		9,828	1–3
5	January 31, 2009	Edmonton Rush	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 16–6		3,256	2–3
6	February 7, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 13–16		6,943	2–4
7	February 21, 2009	Colorado Mammoth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 14–9		5,576	3–4
8	February 28, 2009	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	L 10–16		6,833	3–5
9	March 1, 2009	@ New York Titans	Prudential Center	L 14–15		3,287	3–6
10	March 14, 2009	Colorado Mammoth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 11–14		3,535	3–7
11	March 21, 2009	Edmonton Rush	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 11–10		4,034	4–7
12	March 28, 2009	Portland LumberJax	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 12–14		3,018	4–8
13	March 29, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 13–8		6,473	5–8
14	April 3, 2009	Minnesota Swarm	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 18–8		5,618	6–8
15	April 11, 2009	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–10	OT	16,189	7–8
16	April 18, 2009	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–15		15,252	7–9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: ^[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 20–16		6,053	1–0
Division Final	May 9, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 5–17		9,639	1–1

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
Colin Doyle	16	38	73	111	63	12
Rhys Duch	16	35	54	89	97	4
Jeff Zywicki	16	32	46	78	83	33
Cam Sedgwick	15	23	40	63	67	6
Paul Rabil	16	16	18	34	60	6
Tom Johnson	14	20	13	33	64	4
Eric Martin	12	6	12	18	100	89
Alex Turner	7	7	9	16	21	4
Frank Resetarits	8	7	9	16	21	6
Totals		340	540	383	1084	55

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
Matt Roik	15	585:46	4	7	111	.763	11.37
Tyler Richards	10	279:39	3	1	47	.803	10.08
Aaron Bold	7	102:16	0	1	27	.700	15.84
Totals			7	9	185	.768	11.56

Transactions

New players

• Matt Roik - acquired in trade
• Peter Veltman - acquired in trade
• Travis Gillespie - acquired in trade
• Tom Johnson - acquired in trade

Players not returning

• Luke Wiles - traded
• Anthony Cosmo - traded
• Gary Rosyski - free agent
• Paul Dawson - traded
• Sean Morris - traded
• Steve Panarelli - traded
• Andrew Guindon - released

Trades

September 7, 2008 [7]	To San Jose Stealth first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Rochester)	To Toronto Rock Luke Wiles Stephen Hoar	To Rochester Knighthawks Aaron Wilson first round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Toronto)
August 29, 2008 [8]	To San Jose Stealth Matt Roik first round pick, 2008 entry draft first round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Chicago Shamrox Anthony Cosmo
August 28, 2008	To San Jose Stealth Peter Veltman	To Boston Blazers Paul Dawson
July 29, 2008	To Boston Blazers Sean Morris Steve Panarelli second round pick, 2010 entry draft	To San Jose Stealth Travis Gillespie Tom Johnson third round pick, 2009 entry draft

Entry draft

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

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	2	Paul Rabil	Johns Hopkins University
1	3	Rhys Duch	University of Stony Brook
1	5	Kevin Huntley	Johns Hopkins University
3	32	Alex Turner	Simon Fraser University
5	57	Trevor Wagar	University of Vermont
6	70	Nick O'Hara	Duke University

Roster

2009 San Jose Stealth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 77 Aaron Bold 00 Tyler Richards 37 Matt Roik Defensemen 44 Travis Gillespie 23 Mike Grimes  6 Curtis Hodgson 26 Mike Kirk 25 Eric Martin 11 Kyle Sorensen		Forwards  7 Colin Doyle (C) 10 Rhys Duch  8 Tom Johnson  5 Frank Resetarits 29 Cam Sedgwick 22 Alex Turner  9 Jeff Zywicki (A) Transition 31 Will Dalton 18 Kyle Hartzell  2 Brett Manney  3 Ryan Marshall 17 Steve McKinlay 81 Paul Rabil 13 Peter Veltman		Practice Squad 14 Michael Doneger 33 Jonathan Munk Injured Reserve 12 Nick O'Hara		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season

References

1. "Stealth Make Changes To Coaching Staff". NLL.com. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
2. "Dowling Resigns as Assistant Coach". San Jose Stealth website. March 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
3. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "San Jose Stealth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. "San Jose Stealth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. "San Jose Stealth - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
7. "Draft Day Blockbuster; Wilson, Wiles traded". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
8. "San Jose Deals Cosmo to Chicago". NLL.com. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
9. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.