Columbus Landsharks

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Columbus Landsharks
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Sport Box lacrosse
Founded2001
Last season 2003
League National Lacrosse League
DivisionCentral
Location Columbus, Ohio
Arena Nationwide Arena
ColorsBlue, Grey, Red, White
    
Head coach Bob Hamley
Playoff appearances0
Later Arizona Sting (2004-2008)

The Columbus Landsharks were a member of the National Lacrosse League from 2001 until 2003. They were based in Columbus, Ohio. After the 2003 season, the franchise moved to Phoenix, Arizona, becoming the Arizona Sting. This move was based on poor attendance.

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The final active Landshark in the NLL was Dan Dawson, who they drafted in 2001 in the 6th round, 68th overall. He retired on June 12, 2023.

Awards & honors

YearPlayerAward
2001 Tracey Kelusky Rookie of the Year

All time record

SeasonDivisionW-LFinishHomeRoadGFGACoachPlayoffs
2001 3–118th1–62–5134201Marty CooperMissed playoffs
2002 Central5–115th2–63–5198230Ron Roy, [1]
Wayne Colley,
Chris Gallagher [2] 		Missed playoffs
2003 Central8–84th4–44–4184203 Bob Hamley Missed playoffs
Total3 seasons16–307–169–14516634

2000-01 season

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 30, 2000 New York Saints Nationwide Arena L 12–170–1
2January 6, 2001@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–230–2
3January 13, 2001 Washington Power Nationwide Arena L 11–190–3
4January 21, 2001@ Washington Power MCI Center W 9–71–3
5January 26, 2001 Ottawa Rebel Nationwide Arena W 11–102–3
6February 16, 2001 Albany Attack Nationwide Arena L 8–152–4
7February 24, 2001@ Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) Blue Cross Arena L 6–182–5
8March 2, 2001 Buffalo Bandits Nationwide Arena L 19–222–6
9March 9, 2001@ Albany Attack Pepsi Arena L 8–112–7
10March 10, 2001@ New York Saints Nassau Coliseum L 9–152–8
11March 16, 2001 Toronto Rock Nationwide Arena L 5–82–9
12March 31, 2001@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 8–112–10
13April 6, 2001@ Ottawa Rebel Corel Centre W 11–83–10
14April 7, 2001 Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) Nationwide Arena L 7–173–11

2001-02 season

Source: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 1, 2001 New Jersey Storm Nationwide Arena L 12–130–1
2December 14, 2001@ Calgary Roughnecks Corel Centre L 13–200–2
3December 28, 2001 New York Saints Nationwide Arena L 13–170–3
4January 4, 2002@ Ottawa Rebel Canadian Tire Centre W 15–111–3
5January 11, 2002@ Montreal Express Molson Centre W 13–122–3
6January 13, 2002 Washington Power Nationwide Arena W 19–153–3
7January 19, 2002@ Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial L 9–243–4
8January 25, 2002 Vancouver Ravens Nationwide Arena W 12–11OT4–4
9February 2, 2002@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 8–124–5
10February 8, 2002@ Albany Attack Pepsi Arena L 12–134–6
11February 16, 2002 Buffalo Bandits Nationwide Arena L 10–124–7
12February 23, 2002@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) First Union Center W 15–14OT5–7
13March 2, 2002 Montreal Express Nationwide Arena L 10–125–8
14March 9, 2002 Albany Attack Nationwide Arena L 15–205–9
15March 22, 2002 Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) Nationwide Arena L 13–14OT5–10
16March 23, 2002@ New Jersey Storm Continental Airlines Arena L 9–105–11

2002-03 schedule

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 27, 2002 New York Saints Nationwide Arena W 15–101–0
2January 3, 2003 Ottawa Rebel Nationwide Arena W 14–132–0
3January 5, 2003@ New Jersey Storm Continental Airlines Arena L 9–102–1
4January 11, 2003@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 6–202–2
5January 17, 2003@ Albany Attack Pepsi Arena W 14–133–2
6January 24, 2003 Calgary Roughnecks Nationwide Arena W 14–94–2
7February 1, 2003 Buffalo Bandits Nationwide Arena L 16–194–3
8February 7, 2003@ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 7–114–4
9February 14, 2003 New Jersey Storm Nationwide Arena W 12–95–4
10February 15, 2003@ Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial L 5–125–5
11March 1, 2003@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) First Union Center L 12–135–6
12March 7, 2003 Albany Attack Nationwide Arena L 7–115–7
13March 23, 2003 Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) Nationwide Arena L 10–115–8
14April 4, 2003@ New York Saints Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum W 18–136–8
15April 5, 2003 Vancouver Ravens Nationwide Arena L 7–196–9
16April 12, 2003@ Ottawa Rebel Corel Centre W 17–127–9

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