2005 Colorado Mammoth season

2005 Colorado Mammoth
League NLL
Division 3rd West
2005 record 8-8
Home record 5-3
Road record 3-5
Goals for 201
Goals against 182
General Manager Steve Govett
Coach Jamie Batley
Captain Gavin Prout
Alternate captains Gary Gait
Arena Pepsi Center
Average attendance 12,456
Team leaders
Goals Gary Gait (33)
Assists Gavin Prout (50)
Points Gary Gait (81)
Penalties in minutes Jamie Hanford (45)
Loose Balls Jay Jalbert (141)
Wins Gee Nash (8)
Goals against average Gee Nash (11.16)
 2004 season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history and 3rd as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The 2005 season was lacrosse legend Gary Gait's final season as a player. He led the Mammoth to an 8-8 record, 3rd in the Western division, but they were eliminated from the playoffs by the Arizona Sting in the division finals. Gait would take over as the Mammoth's head coach the next season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock xyz16124.7500.06262227190+3714.1911.88
2Buffalo Bandits x16115.6881.05362217183+3413.5611.44
3Rochester Knighthawks x16106.6252.05353193179+1412.0611.19
4Philadelphia Wings16610.3756.03535213218-513.3113.62
5Minnesota Swarm16511.3127.02635188231-4311.7514.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks xy16106.6250.06244216208+813.5013.00
2Arizona Sting x1697.5621.05344209209013.0613.06
3Colorado Mammoth x1688.5002.05335201182+1912.5611.38
4Anaheim Storm16511.3125.02635175212-3710.9413.25
5San Jose Stealth16412.2506.02626170197-2710.6212.31

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 1, 2005 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 127 16,397 10
2 January 8, 2005 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center L 1516 17,289 11
3 January 22, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Pepsi Center W 118 18,137 21
4 January 29, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 1012 5,107 22
5 February 4, 2005 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 1618 10,031 23
6 February 13, 2005 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center W 1312 OT 16,238 33
7 February 18, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 146 5,512 43
8 February 24, 2005 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center W 148 16,249 53
9 March 4, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 1312 4,500 63
10 March 13, 2005 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center L 1013 17,380 64
11 March 18, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 1215 11,742 65
12 March 19, 2005 Anaheim Storm Pepsi Center W 168 16,270 75
13 April 1, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 159 10,054 85
14 April 2, 2005 Anaheim Storm Pepsi Center L 610 18,326 86
15 April 9, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 1215 6,735 87
16 April 15, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1213 9,342 88

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 22, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 1316 5,549 01

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
Gary Gait 16 33 48 81 81 4
Gavin Prout 16 28 50 78 80 32
Dan Stroup 16 31 10 41 67 0
Jay Jalbert 16 18 22 40 141 40
Josh Sims 16 14 14 28 111 12
Brian Langtry 10 16 11 27 37 10
Del Halladay 11 11 12 23 39 6
Chris Panos 9 8 15 23 30 10
Chris Prat 9 7 12 19 31 20
Totals 287 488 372 1065 47

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
Gee Nash 16 940:41 8 8 175 .774 11.16
John McLellan 1 17:12 0 0 5 .792 17.44
Erik Miller 1 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Tom Still 0 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 8 8 182 .773 11.38

Awards

Player Award
Gary Gait NLL Sportsmanship Award
Gary Gait Second Team All-Pro
Gary Gait All-Stars
Pat Coyle
Gee Nash
Gavin Prout

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[5]
To Colorado Mammoth
third round pick, 2005 entry draft
To Arizona Sting
Chris Panos

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
8 Canada Fwd Carlson, Nick
2 United States Def Coyle, Pat
72 Canada Fwd Daly, Randy
28 United States Def Ethington, Tom
22 Canada Fwd Gait, Gary
19 United States Fwd Gait, Paul
11 Canada Def Gallant, John
3 United States Fwd Halladay, Del
5 United States Def Hanford, Jamie
10 United States Def Jalbert, Jay
6 United States Fwd Langtry, Brian
29 Canada Goalie McLellan, John
United States Goalie Miller, Erik
No. Position Player
39 Canada Def Miyashita, Mark
38 Canada Goalie Nash, Gee
United States Fwd Panos, Chris
7 Canada Fwd Prat, Chris
9 United States Fwd Prout, Gavin
34 United States Def Reese, Brian
23 Canada Fwd Self, Brad
24 United States Fwd Sims, Josh
United States Fwd Sonke, Jeff
20 Canada Def Stapleford, Scott
0 Canada Goalie Still, Tom
77 United States Def Stilley, Dave
88 Canada Fwd Stroup, Dan

See also

References

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