2023 Colorado Mammoth season

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2023 Colorado Mammoth
League NLL
DivisionWest
2023 record9-9
Home record7-2
Road record2-7
Goals for190
Goals against208
General Manager Brad Self
Coach Pat Coyle
CaptainDan Coates
Alternate captains Joey Cupido
Robert Hope
Arena Ball Arena
Average attendance9,972
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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the 36th in franchise history and 20th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder). They lost the 2023 NLL Finals to the Buffalo Bandits in 3 games.

Contents

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2 Toronto Rock –x18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3 Halifax Thunderbirds –x18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4 Rochester Knighthawks –x18108.5564.06–34–5218214+412.1111.89
5 Philadelphia Wings 1899.5005.04–55–4200211−1111.1111.72
6 Georgia Swarm 18810.4446.03–65–4219207+1212.1711.50
7 New York Riptide 18513.2789.03–62–7201243−4211.1713.50
8 Albany FireWolves 18315.16711.00–93–6167233−669.2812.94
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Diego Seals –xy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3 Panther City Lacrosse Club –x18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4 Colorado Mammoth –x1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
5 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4446.05–43–6204212−811.3311.78
6 Las Vegas Desert Dogs 18513.2789.04–51–8179222−439.9412.33
7 Vancouver Warriors 18414.22210.02–72–7188247−5910.4413.72

Regular season

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 3, 2022@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 6–187,7360–1
2December 17, 2022@ Panther City Lacrosse Club Dickies Arena W 12–91,8421–1
3January 7, 2023 Calgary Roughnecks Ball Arena W 9–811,2392–1
4January 13, 2023 Saskatchewan Rush Ball Arena W 11–10OT8,9523–1
5January 28, 2023 San Diego Seals Ball Arena L 9–1310,0213–2
6February 3, 2023 Georgia Swarm Ball Arena W 13–109,2714–2
7February 4, 2023@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs Michelob Ultra Arena L 8–136,0534–3
8February 11, 2023@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 9–1311,8194–4
9February 18, 2023@ Panther City Lacrosse Club Dickies Arena L 7–132,4214–5
10February 24, 2023 Panther City Lacrosse Club Ball Arena W 14–129,9735–5
11March 10, 2023 Calgary Roughnecks Ball Arena L 10–169,6325–6
12March 18, 2023@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 13–1015,4966–6
13March 25, 2023@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena L 12–147,8376–7
14March 31, 2023 Las Vegas Desert Dogs Ball Arena W 11–99,7987–7
15April 8, 2023 Vancouver Warriors Ball Arena W 12–510,4198–7
16April 14, 2023 San Diego Seals Ball Arena W 15–1410,4439–7
17April 22, 2023@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 11–12OT10,7819–8
18April 29, 2023@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena L 8–113,8839–9

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Western Conference QuarterfinalsMay 5, 2023@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 13–125,2101–0
Western Conference finals (game 1)May 11, 2023 Calgary Roughnecks Ball Arena W 8–78,1832–0
Western Conference finals (game 2)May 13, 2023@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 12–137,6812–1
Western Conference finals (game 3)May 20, 2023 Calgary Roughnecks Ball Arena W 9–78,2513–1
NLL Finals (game 1)May 27, 2023@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 12–1314,2603–2
NLL Finals (game 2)May 29, 2023 Buffalo Bandits Ball Arena W 16–1010,6864–2
NLL finals (game 3)June 3, 2023@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 4–1318,2964–3

Roster

Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Colorado Mammoth selected: [2] [3]

RoundOverallPlayerPositionCollege/Club
115Owen DownDRobert Morris University / Coburg Kodiaks
351Nick MussoDCoquitlam Adanacs
589Zach GeddesDGeorgetown
6104Evan DinnDUniversity of Virginia

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References

  1. ↑ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  2. ↑ "2022 NLL Entry Draft Order". swarmitup.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Mammoth Select Four Defenseman in 2022 NLL Entry Draft". Colorado Mammoth Pro Lacrosse Team. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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