2010 Boston Blazers season

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2010 Boston Blazers
League NLL
Division4th East
2010 record8-8
Home record5-3
Road record3-5
Goals for161
Goals against162
General ManagerDoug Reffue
CoachTom Ryan
Arena TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance8,310
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (36)
AssistsDan Dawson (52)
PointsDan Dawson (88)
Penalties in minutesPaul Dawson (65)
Loose BallsGreg 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.

Contents

Standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Orlando Titans xy16115.6880.05362172154+1810.759.62
2 Toronto Rock x1697.5622.06235197156+4112.319.75
3 Buffalo Bandits x1688.5003.04444169170−110.5610.62
4 Boston Blazers x1688.5003.05335161162−110.0610.12
5 Rochester Knighthawks 1679.4384.04435155181−269.6911.31
6 Philadelphia Wings 16511.3126.03526168194−2610.5012.12
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Washington Stealth xyz16115.6880.06253211179+3213.1911.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks x16106.6251.05353193169+2412.0610.56
3 Edmonton Rush x16106.6251.05353186201−1511.6212.56
4 Minnesota Swarm x16511.3126.03526189201−1211.8112.56
5 Colorado Mammoth 16412.2507.00844167201−3410.4412.56

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: 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]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 9, 2010 Toronto Rock TD Banknorth Garden L 7178,21501
2January 15, 2010@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 78OT11,50202
3January 16, 2010@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 8129,33003
4January 23, 2010 Orlando Titans TD Banknorth Garden W 1397,81213
5January 30, 2010 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) TD Banknorth Garden W 1197,28923
6February 6, 2010 Rochester Knighthawks TD Banknorth Garden W 1487,54633
7February 13, 2010@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9116,06634
8February 20, 2010@ Orlando Titans Amway Arena W 1211OT8,44244
9February 27, 2010 Washington Stealth TD Banknorth Garden W 1198,35454
10March 13, 2010 Buffalo Bandits TD Banknorth Garden L 89OT9,06255
11March 20, 2010@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 1258,03465
12March 27, 2010@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 71311,24166
13April 3, 2010 Orlando Titans TD Banknorth Garden L 10138,16867
14April 10, 2010 Minnesota Swarm TD Banknorth Garden W 13810,03277
15April 16, 2010@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 9715,10487
16April 24, 2010@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 101318,48088

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 1, 2010@ Orlando Titans Amway Arena L 11124,20501

Transactions

Trades

August 13, 2009To Boston Blazers
Second round pick, 2011 entry draft
To Minnesota Swarm
Jay Thorimbert
July 7, 2009To 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
18Max SeibaldCornell University
220Matt AbbottSyracuse University
333Scott KahoeSyracuse University
438Matt MessinaNYIT
659Mike StoneMiddlebury College

Roster

2010 Boston Blazers roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 20 Travis Brown
  • 05 Paul Manesis
  • 66 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Rose
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2009-02-04
NLL Transactions

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References

  1. "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. "Boston Blazers 2010 Roster". Our Sports Central. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  3. "Boston Blazers". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. "Knighthawks Select Sid Smith First Overall". NLL.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-03.