2006 Colorado Mammoth season

2006 Colorado Mammoth
Champion's Cup Champions
LeagueNLL
Division2nd West
2006 record10-6
Home record6-2
Road record4-4
Goals for200
Goals against172
General ManagerSteve Govett
CoachGary Gait
CaptainGavin Prout
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance12,916
Team leaders
GoalsGavin Prout (29)
Chris Gill (29)
AssistsGavin Prout (64)
PointsGavin Prout (93)
Penalties in minutesDave Stilley (64)
Loose BallsJay Jalbert (152)
WinsGee Nash (6)
Goals against averageGee Nash (10.29)

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 20th in franchise history and 4th as the Mammoth.

The Mammoth finished 2nd in the West with a 10-6 record, but beat both Calgary and Arizona in one-goal games to make it to the Championship game against the Buffalo Bandits. The Bandits, however, were no match for the Mammoth, who took the game 16-9, making lacrosse legend Gary Gait an NLL champion in his first season as head coach.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz16115.6880.06–25–3193167+2612.0610.44
2Rochester Knighthawks – x1697.5622.06–23–5196180+1612.2511.25
3Toronto Rock – x1688.5003.05–33–5182179+311.3811.19
4Minnesota Swarm – x1688.5003.03–55–3158171−139.8810.69
5Philadelphia Wings1688.5003.05–33–5184184−-011.5011.50
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Portland LumberJax – xy16115.6880.05–36–2188177+1111.7511.06
2Colorado Mammoth – x16106.6251.06–24–4200172+2812.5010.75
3Calgary Roughnecks – x1697.5622.04–45–3183178+511.4411.12
4Arizona Sting – x1688.5003.04–44–4198199−112.3812.44
5San Jose Stealth16511.3126.03–52–6151174−239.4410.88
6Edmonton Rush16115.06210.00–81–7150202−529.3812.62

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 December 30, 2005 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Pepsi Center L 11–13 15,726 0–1
2 January 7, 2006 Rochester Knighthawks Pepsi Center W 12–11 16,850 1–1
3 January 13, 2006 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center W 9–7 15,632 2–1
4 January 14, 2006 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 7–10 6,277 2–2
5 January 21, 2006 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 11–12 9,916 2–3
6 February 3, 2006 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena W 18–17 OT 6,373 3–3
7 February 11, 2006 San Jose Stealth Pepsi Center W 8–7 18,027 4–3
8 March 3, 2006 Edmonton Rush Pepsi Center W 15–10 16,732 5–3
9 March 11, 2006 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 14–15 OT 12,028 5–4
10 March 12, 2006 Portland LumberJax Pepsi Center L 11–12 15,247 5–5
11 March 18, 2006 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena W 15–11 6,420 6–5
12 March 25, 2006 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 13–7 9,527 7–5
13 April 2, 2006 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center W 16–11 16,435 8–5
14 April 8, 2006 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 12–14 11,895 8–6
15 April 14, 2006 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 11–8 17,698 9–6
16 April 15, 2006 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 17–7 11,884 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 22, 2006 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 18–17 OT 13,426 1–0
Division Final April 29, 2006 Arizona Sting Pepsi Center W 13–12 12,537 2–0
Championship Game May 13, 2006 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 16–9 16,104 3–0

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
Gavin Prout 16 29 64 93 89 42
Dan Carey 16 17 45 62 80 2
Brian Langtry 15 24 26 50 72 9
Jay Jalbert 16 19 29 48 152 55
Chris Gill 16 29 16 45 55 6
Dan Stroup 15 22 12 34 52 2
Ben Prepchuk 15 12 19 31 38 10
Nick Carlson 16 14 15 29 56 51
Josh Sims 16 12 7 19 104 26
Totals 288 488 409 1099 69

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 15 670:51 6 3 115 .787 10.29
Chris Levis 16 292:55 4 3 56 .788 11.47
John McLellan 2 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 10 6 172 .786 10.75

Awards

Player Award
Gavin Prout Championship Game MVP
Gavin Prout First Team All-Pro
Jay Jalbert Second Team All-Pro
Dan Carey All-Rookie Team
Gavin Prout Overall Player of the Month, March
Gavin Prout All-Stars
Jay Jalbert
Dan Carey

Transactions

Trades

March 14, 2006[5]
 To Colorado Mammoth
Andrew Burkholder 		To Rochester Knighthawks
third round pick, 2006 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
37 Canada Fwd Burkholder, Andrew
44 United States Fwd Carey, Dan
8 Canada Fwd Carlson, Nick
48 Canada Def Catton, Rich
2 United States Def Coyle, Pat
28 United States Def Ethington, Tom
11 Canada Def Gallant, John
25 Canada Fwd Gill, Chris
14 Canada Def Glen, Andy
5 United States Def Hanford, Jamie
10 United States Def Jalbert, Jay
6 United States Fwd Langtry, Brian
No. Position Player
3 United States Fwd Law, Mike
66 Canada Def Leveque, Matt
30 Canada Goalie Levis, Chris
29 Canada Goalie McLellan, John
38 Canada Goalie Nash, Gee
19 Canada Fwd Prepchuk, Ben
9 United States Fwd Prout, Gavin
Iroquois Fwd Schindler, Gewas
4 United States Fwd Sims, Josh
20 Canada Def Stapleford, Scott
77 United States Def Stilley, Dave
88 Canada Fwd Stroup, Dan
Canada Fwd Voituk, Steve

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Colorado Mammoth - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Colorado Mammoth - 2006 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  5. ^ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 14, 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  6. ^ "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".