2005 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history.

2005 Calgary Roughnecks
West Division Champions
LeagueNLL
Division1st West
2005 record10-6
Home record6-2
Road record4-4
Goals for216
Goals against208
General ManagerKurt Silcott
CoachChris Hall
CaptainTracey Kelusky
ArenaPengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance10,822
Team leaders
GoalsTracey Kelusky (45)
AssistsLewis Ratcliff (50)
PointsLewis Ratcliff (86)
Penalties in minutesJesse Phillips (69)
Loose BallsJesse Phillips (99)
WinsCurtis Palidwor (7)
Goals against averageAndrew Leyshon (9.89)
← 2004 season

The Roughnecks followed up their Championship season by finishing first in the west in 2005. However, they were not as successful in the playoffs, losing to the Arizona Sting in the division final.

Regular season edit

Conference standings edit

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rockxyz16124.7500.06–26–2227190+3714.1911.88
2Buffalo Banditsx16115.6881.05–36–2217183+3413.5611.44
3Rochester Knighthawksx16106.6252.05–35–3193179+1412.0611.19
4Philadelphia Wings16610.3756.03–53–5213218−513.3113.62
5Minnesota Swarm16511.3127.02–63–5188231−4311.7514.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecksxy16106.6250.06–24–4216208+813.5013.00
2Arizona Stingx1697.5621.05–34–4209209−-013.0613.06
3Colorado Mammothx1688.5002.05–33–5201182+1912.5611.38
4Anaheim Storm16511.3125.02–63–5175212−3710.9413.25
5San Jose Stealth16412.2506.02–62–6170197−2710.6212.31

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; 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

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1, 2005 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 7–12 16,397 0–1
2 January 7, 2005 San Jose Stealth Pengrowth Saddledome L 10–12 10,042 0–2
3 January 8, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 14–10 7,028 1–2
4 January 22, 2005 Arizona Sting Pengrowth Saddledome W 15–14 9,886 2–2
5 January 29, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 13–12 4,159 3–2
6 February 4, 2005 Colorado Mammoth Pengrowth Saddledome W 18–16 10,031 4–2
7 February 12, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–16 17,240 4–3
8 February 18, 2005 Anaheim Storm Pengrowth Saddledome W 18–15 9,550 5–3
9 March 13, 2005 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 13–10 17,380 6–3
10 March 18, 2005 San Jose Stealth Pengrowth Saddledome W 15–11 10,517 7–3
11 March 19, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 11–10 5,564 8–3
12 March 25, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 16–18 6,584 8–4
13 April 1, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–16 17,141 8–5
14 April 3, 2005 Arizona Sting Pengrowth Saddledome W 17–10 10,140 9–5
15 April 9, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Pengrowth Saddledome L 9–14 10,183 9–6
16 April 17, 2005 Toronto Rock Pengrowth Saddledome W 20–12 11,311 10–6

Playoffs edit

Game log edit

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 30, 2005 Arizona Sting Pengrowth Saddledome L 15–19 11,468 0–1

Player stats edit

Reference:[4]

Runners (Top 10) edit

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Lewis Ratcliff 16 36 50 86 69 10
Tracey Kelusky 16 45 32 77 77 12
Kaleb Toth 16 38 34 72 93 14
Kyle Goundrey 16 11 29 40 52 24
Jason Wulder 14 15 19 34 37 9
Jesse Phillips 14 11 14 25 99 69
Andrew Biers 14 9 16 25 68 12
Ted Dowling 5 11 9 20 21 6
Taylor Wray 11 2 13 15 90 26
Totals 304 520 445 1044 50

Goaltenders edit

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
Curtis Palidwor 16 848:57 7 6 189 .748 13.36
Andrew Leyshon 9 109:10 3 0 18 .780 9.89
Totals 10 6 208 .750 13.00

Awards edit

Player Award
Tracey Kelusky Second Team All-Pro
Tracey Kelusky All-Stars
Craig Gelsvik
Jesse Phillips
Lewis Ratcliff
Kaleb Toth

Transactions edit

Trades edit

March 24, 2005[5]
To Calgary Roughnecks
Ted Dowling
third round pick, 2006 entry draft
To San Jose Stealth
conditional pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster edit

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
12   Fwd Biers, Andrew
88   Def Catton, Rich
15   Fwd Dostie, Kevin
16   Fwd Dowling, Ted
26   Def Gelsvik, Craig
  Fwd Gill, Chris
  Def Gillespie, Travis
19   Fwd Goundrey, Kyle
18   Fwd Howard, Kevin
17   Fwd Kelusky, Tracey
41   Goalie Leyshon, Andrew
28   Def MacDonald, Brad
37   Def McBride, Andrew
  Def McNish, Ryan
No. Position Player
14   Def Moleski, Jeff
? Neufeld, Kyle
  Def Ogilvie, Andy
  Def Olson, John
0   Goalie Palidwor, Curtis
74   Def Phillips, Jesse
42   Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis
76   Def Sharp, Ryan
25   ? Sundher, Jordan
9   Fwd Toth, Kaleb
72   Def Williams, Rob
  Def Wray, Devan
44   Def Wray, Taylor
22   Fwd Wulder, Jason

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  5. ^ "Dowling a Roughneck Again". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  6. ^ "Calgary Roughnecks - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".