2011 Colorado Mammoth season
# 2011 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 25th in franchise history and 9th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The Mammoth lost their first 5 games at home, continuing their home futility streak to 13 games before defeating the Boston Blazers in overtime. They subsequently won their next two home games, and finished the season 5-11 and in 4th place in the West. The Mammoth lost 10-6 to the Calgary Roughnecks in the Division Semifinal.

## Regular season

### Conference standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Buffalo Bandits – xy | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 169 | 159 | +10 | 10.56 | 9.94 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 187 | 168 | +19 | 11.69 | 10.50 |
| 3 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 176 | 159 | +17 | 11.00 | 9.94 |
| 4 | Boston Blazers – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 166 | 155 | +11 | 10.38 | 9.69 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 143 | 179 | −36 | 8.94 | 11.19 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xyz | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 198 | 181 | +17 | 12.38 | 11.31 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 187 | 180 | +7 | 11.69 | 11.25 |
| 3 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 203 | 198 | +5 | 12.69 | 12.38 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 151 | 172 | −21 | 9.44 | 10.75 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 4–4 | 1–7 | 175 | 204 | −29 | 10.94 | 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:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | January 8, 2011 | Washington Stealth | Pepsi Center | L 10–11 | OT | 17,029 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 15, 2011 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 8–7 | | 9,346 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 22, 2011 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Pepsi Center | L 10–11 | | 16,034 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 29, 2011 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wells Fargo Center | L 11–12 | | 8,616 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 5, 2011 | Washington Stealth | Pepsi Center | L 8–10 | | 14,091 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 12, 2011 | @ Boston Blazers | TD Garden | L 6–11 | | 8,462 | 1–5 |
| 7 | February 18, 2011 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena at Everett | L 7–20 | | 3,160 | 1–6 |
| 8 | February 20, 2011 | Minnesota Swarm | Pepsi Center | L 10–12 | | 15,825 | 1–7 |
| 9 | March 4, 2011 | Minnesota Swarm | Pepsi Center | L 10–11 | OT | 13,957 | 1–8 |
| 10 | March 26, 2011 | Boston Blazers | Pepsi Center | W 9–8 | OT | 17,123 | 2–8 |
| 11 | April 1, 2011 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | L 10–14 | | 7,092 | 2–9 |
| 12 | April 2, 2011 | Edmonton Rush | Pepsi Center | W 7–6 | | 15,027 | 3–9 |
| 13 | April 8, 2011 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 13–14 | | 12,213 | 3–10 |
| 14 | April 9, 2011 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 13–6 | | 7,164 | 4–10 |
| 15 | April 15, 2011 | Calgary Roughnecks | Pepsi Center | W 11–7 | | 17,841 | 5–10 |
| 16 | April 23, 2011 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 8–12 | | 9,623 | 5–11 |

## Playoffs

### Game log

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | April 30, 2011 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 6–10 | | 10,092 | 0–1 |
