2005 Colorado Mammoth 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).

2005 Colorado Mammoth
LeagueNLL
Division3rd West
2005 record8-8
Home record5-3
Road record3-5
Goals for201
Goals against182
General ManagerSteve Govett
CoachJamie Batley
CaptainGavin Prout
Alternate captainsGary Gait
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance12,456
Team leaders
GoalsGary Gait (33)
AssistsGavin Prout (50)
PointsGary Gait (81)
Penalties in minutesJamie Hanford (45)
Loose BallsJay Jalbert (141)
WinsGee Nash (8)
Goals against averageGee Nash (11.16)
 2004 season

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 (1987–2014) 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 Gait16334881814
Gavin Prout162850788032
Dan Stroup16311041670
Jay Jalbert1618224014140
Josh Sims1614142811112
Brian Langtry101611273710
Del Halladay11111223396
Chris Panos9815233010
Chris Prat9712193120
Totals287488372106547

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 Nash16940:4188175.77411.16
John McLellan117:12005.79217.44
Erik Miller10:00000.000.00
Tom Still00:00000.000.00
Totals88 182 .773 11.38

Awards

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

See also

References

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