2012 Colorado Mammoth season

2012 Colorado Mammoth
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2012 record	11-5
Home record	5-3
Road record	6-2
Goals for	217
Goals against	201
General Manager	Steve Govett
Coach	Bob Hamley
Captain	Gavin Prout
Alternate captains	John Grant, Jr. Jon Sullivan
Arena	Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals	John Grant, Jr. (50)
Assists	John Grant, Jr. (66)
Points	John Grant, Jr. (116)
Penalties in minutes	Rory Smith (35)
Loose Balls	Illja Gajic (124)
Wins	Chris Levis (10)
Goals against average	Chris Levis (12.26)
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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 26th in franchise history and 10th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	198	196	+2	12.38	12.25
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	191	197	-6	11.94	12.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	176	207	-31	11.00	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	4–4	3–5	198	204	-6	12.38	12.75

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	216	170	+46	13.50	10.62
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	201	+16	13.56	12.56
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	202	190	+12	12.62	11.88
4	Edmonton Rush – x	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	167	175	-8	10.44	10.94
5	Washington Stealth	16	4	12	.250	8.0	2–6	2–6	179	204	-25	11.19	12.75

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 14, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	Pepsi Center	W 20–14		14,106	1–0
2	January 20, 2012	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 13–12		8,192	2–0
3	January 21, 2012	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 13–12	OT	9,341	3–0
4	January 28, 2012	Rochester Knighthawks	Pepsi Center	W 14–11		15,210	4–0
5	February 4, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	W 11–7		14,055	5–0
6	February 18, 2012	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–7		9,030	6–0
7	February 24, 2012	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	L 10–21		15,134	6–1
8	March 3, 2012	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 16–13		15,845	7–1
9	March 10, 2012	Washington Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 13–11		17,116	8–1
10	March 11, 2012	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 8–11		3,919	8–2
11	March 23, 2012	Philadelphia Wings	Pepsi Center	L 12–13		14,876	8–3
12	March 25, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 16–15	OT	8,435	9–3
13	March 31, 2012	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–12		5,611	10–3
14	April 14, 2012	Toronto Rock	Pepsi Center	W 19–12		15,215	11–3
15	April 20, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	L 11–14		16,201	11–4
16	April 28, 2012	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 13–16		11,297	11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 5, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	Pepsi Center	L 10–14		14,152	0–1

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2011[4]	To Colorado Mammoth Mat MacLeod Creighton Reid 1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft 2nd round pick in 2011 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Dan Carey 3rd round pick in 2011 entry draft 1st round pick in 2013 entry draft
September 6, 2011[5]	To Colorado Mammoth Jon Sullivan Rory Smith Sean Pollock	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Anthony Cosmo)
March 20, 2012[6]	To Colorado Mammoth Jamie Shewchuk	To Minnesota Swarm 3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft

Dispersal Draft

The Mammoth chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round	Overall	Player
2	12	Ryan Hotaling
3	21	Greg Peyser
4	29	Gary Bining
5	35	Sean Morris

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.^[7] The Mammoth selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	3	Adam Jones	Canisius College
1	8	Dan Coates	Canisius College
2	13	Jordan McBride	Stoney Brook University
2	14	Jamie Lincoln	Hofstra University
2	16	Tye Belanger	Peterborough, ON
4	30	Craig England	Orangeville, ON
5	38	Joey Cupido	Six Nations, ON
6	47	Jovan Miller	Syracuse University

Roster

2012 Colorado Mammoth roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 30 Chris Levis 35 Dan Lewis Defensemen 37 Dan Coates 11 John Gallant 66 Matt Leveque 56 John Orsen 12 Jarett Park 62 Creighton Reid 42 Rory Smith 23 Jon Sullivan (A) 88 Ian Hawksbee		Forwards 10 Alex Gajic 24 John Grant, Jr. (A) 20 Derek Hopcroft 16 Adam Jones 44 Jamie Lincoln 14 Jordan McBride 17 Sean Pollock  9 Gavin Prout (C) Transition 15 Illja Gajic 19 Cameron Holding 13 Mat MacLeod  1 Jed Prossner  8 Scott Stewart		Practice Squad 31 Tye Belanger 82 Joey Cupido 46 Jovan Miller Injured Reserve  7 Mac Allen -- Jamie Shewchuk Holdout 96 Joel Dalgarno Restricted list -- Ken Clausen -- Tom Ethington -- Ryan Hotaling		Head Coach Bob Hamley Assistant Coaches Ed Comeau Sean Farris Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2011-12-21 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2012 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Colorado Mammoth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
3. "Colorado Mammoth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
4. "Colorado trades Carey to Toronto". NLL.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
5. Jenner, Teddy (September 6, 2011). "Colorado moves 3rd overall dispersal pick to Minnesota for three big names". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
6. "2012 Transactions". NLL.com. March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
7. "2011 Entry Draft results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.