2017 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was the 31st in franchise history and 15th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

2017 Colorado Mammoth
LeagueNLL
Division3rd West
2017 record9-9
Home record5-4
Road record4-5
Goals for202
Goals against199
General ManagerSteve Govett
CoachDan Stroup, Pat Coyle, Chris Gill
CaptainDan Coates
Alternate captainsJohn Grant, Jr
Zack Greer
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance14,458
Team leaders
GoalsCallum Crawford (36)
AssistsCallum Crawford (62)
PointsCallum Crawford (98)
Penalties in minutesBryce Sweeting (33)
Loose BallsCameron Holding (160)
WinsDillon Ward (9)
Goals against averageAlex Buque (10.34)

Final standings edit

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarmxyz18135.7220.07–26–3266213+5314.7811.83
2Toronto Rockx1899.5004.04–55–4219200+1912.1711.11
3New England Black Wolvesx18810.4445.05–43–6220244−2412.2213.56
4Rochester Knighthawks18711.3896.04–53–6175209−349.7211.61
5Buffalo Bandits18612.3337.03–63–6226251−2512.5613.94
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxy18126.6670.08–14–5231212+1912.8311.78
2Vancouver Stealthx1899.5003.04–55–4218221−312.1112.28
3Colorado Mammothx1899.5003.05–44–5202199+311.2211.06
4Calgary Roughnecks18810.4444.05–43–6212220−811.7812.22

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; GBGames 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 edit

Regular season edit

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 30, 2016 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 12–8 14,268 1–0
2 January 7, 2017 Vancouver Stealth Pepsi Center L 9–15 14,631 1–1
3 January 14, 2017 New England Black Wolves Pepsi Center W 11–10 OT 11,246 2–1
4 January 20, 2017 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center L 12–14 12,735 2–2
5 January 28, 2017 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 8–12 11,280 2–3
6 February 4, 2017 Georgia Swarm Pepsi Center W 14–10 15,254 3–3
7 February 12, 2017 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 10–9 OT 3,015 4–3
8 February 18, 2017 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 7–8 15,037 4–4
9 February 26, 2017 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 14–9 5,069 5–4
10 March 3, 2017 Calgary Roughnecks Pepsi Center W 18–9 15,898 6–4
11 March 11, 2017 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 11–12 OT 15,037 6–5
12 March 12, 2017 Vancouver Stealth Pepsi Center L 6–10 12,008 6–6
13 March 17, 2017 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 14–11 8,596 7–6
14 March 25, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Pepsi Center W 14–11 15,144 8–6
15 April 1, 2017 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Center L 13–21 3,903 8–7
16 April 15, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks Pepsi Center W 13–7 16,003 9–7
17 April 22, 2017 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre L 7–13 3,758 9–8
18 April 28, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Pepsi Center L 9–10 17,209 9–9

Playoffs edit

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Western division semi-final May 6, 2017 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 13–12 4,011 1–0
Western final (Game 1) May 13, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Pepsi Center L 9–18 11,012 1–1
Western final (Game 2) May 20, 2017 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 10–11 14,052 1–2

Roster edit

Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 27   Alexis Buque
  • 45   Dillon Ward
Defensemen
Forwards
  • 98   Callum Crawford
  • 90   Jackson Decker
  • 24   John Grant, Jr. (A)
  • 16   Adam Jones
  • 51   Eli McLaughlin
  • 35   Jeremy Noble
  • 17   Chris Wardle


Injured Reserve
  • 61   Mike Burke (F)
  •  8   Greg Downing (D)
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

[1] updated 2017-04-29
NLL Transactions

Transactions edit

Entry Draft edit

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Mammoth made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 9 Zach Herreweyers
4 35 Taylor Stuart
5 46 Kyle Whitlow
6 55 Jahmal Shear

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.