2013 Colorado Mammoth season
# 2013 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 27th in franchise history and 11th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

The Mammoth survived a 2-7 start to the season, finishing strong and ending up at 7-9, good for 4th place in the West. But for the third straight year, they were ousted in the first round of the playoffs, this time by the Calgary Roughnecks, 15-10.

## Regular season

### Conference standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 194 | 176 | +18 | 12.12 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 179 | 165 | +14 | 11.19 | 10.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 170 | 207 | −37 | 10.62 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 171 | 211 | −40 | 10.69 | 13.19 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 222 | 211 | +11 | 13.88 | 13.19 |
| 2 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 193 | 192 | +1 | 12.06 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 2–6 | 7–1 | 203 | 170 | +33 | 12.69 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 185 | 202 | −17 | 11.56 | 12.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm – c | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 12.62 |

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:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | January 12, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Pepsi Center | L 13–17 | | 13,148 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 19, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 13–12 | OT | 8,221 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 25, 2013 | Calgary Roughnecks | Pepsi Center | L 12–19 | | 15,103 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 2, 2013 | Minnesota Swarm | Pepsi Center | W 15–9 | | 16,231 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 9, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 6–13 | | 3,683 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 16, 2013 | Edmonton Rush | Pepsi Center | L 7–14 | | 17,059 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 24, 2013 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wells Fargo Center | L 12–14 | | 8,606 | 2–5 |
| 8 | March 2, 2013 | Rochester Knighthawks | Pepsi Center | L 11–12 | | 16,118 | 2–6 |
| 9 | March 8, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 10–14 | | 10,823 | 2–7 |
| 10 | March 9, 2013 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | W 12–6 | | 16,428 | 3–7 |
| 11 | March 16, 2013 | Buffalo Bandits | Pepsi Center | W 16–13 | | 15,511 | 4–7 |
| 12 | March 23, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–12 | OT | 9,493 | 4–8 |
| 13 | March 30, 2013 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Pepsi Center | W 10–9 | | 15,292 | 5–8 |
| 14 | April 6, 2013 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 9–7 | | 7,172 | 6–8 |
| 15 | April 13, 2013 | Minnesota Swarm | Pepsi Center | L 12–17 | | 17,622 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 20, 2013 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 16–14 | | 12,214 | 7–9 |

## Playoffs

### Game log

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | April 27, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 10–15 | | 8,726 | 0–1 |

## Transactions

### Trades

| December 5, 2012 | To Colorado MammothConditional 5th round pick, 2014 entry draft | To Buffalo BanditsDerek Hopcroft |
| - | - | - |

### Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Mammoth made the following selections:

| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Colton Clark | Bellarmine University |
| 5 | 44 | Jaden Gastaldo | Burnaby, BC |
| 6 | 53 | Alex Demopoulos | University of Denver |
