2008 Colorado Mammoth season
# 2008 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history and 6th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

## 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 – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 203 | 174 | +29 | 12.69 | 10.88 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 12.44 | 12.25 |
| 3 | New York Titans – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 5–5 | 197 | 186 | +11 | 12.31 | 11.62 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 225 | 220 | +5 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 197 | 171 | +26 | 12.31 | 10.69 |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 172 | 174 | −2 | 10.75 | 10.88 |
| 7 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 176 | 212 | −36 | 11.00 | 13.25 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | San Jose Stealth – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 185 | 172 | +13 | 11.56 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 184 | 167 | +17 | 11.50 | 10.44 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Portland LumberJax – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 179 | 194 | −15 | 11.19 | 12.12 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 141 | 197 | −56 | 8.81 | 12.31 |

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; 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 | December 29, 2007 | Calgary Roughnecks | Pepsi Center | W 10–9 | | 17,811 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 12, 2008 | Edmonton Rush | Pepsi Center | W 14–11 | | 17,520 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 24, 2008 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | W 12–11 | OT | 6,322 | 3–0 |
| 4 | January 26, 2008 | San Jose Stealth | Pepsi Center | W 11–6 | | 18,007 | 4–0 |
| 5 | February 7, 2008 | Portland LumberJax | Pepsi Center | W 15–12 | | 15,910 | 5–0 |
| 6 | February 15, 2008 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Pepsi Center | L 13–15 | | 17,109 | 5–1 |
| 7 | February 24, 2008 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 9–12 | | 10,203 | 5–2 |
| 8 | March 8, 2008 | San Jose Stealth | Pepsi Center | L 8–12 | | 18,201 | 5–3 |
| 9 | March 14, 2008 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 11–6 | | 11,134 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 20, 2008 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | L 15–16 | | 6,182 | 6–4 |
| 11 | April 3, 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | Pepsi Center | W 11–8 | | 16,860 | 7–4 |
| 12 | April 5, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 11–12 | | 16,905 | 7–5 |
| 13 | April 12, 2008 | @ New York Titans | Madison Square Garden | L 10–14 | | 6,337 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 18, 2008 | Edmonton Rush | Pepsi Center | W 15–4 | | 18,301 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 19, 2008 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 13–8 | | 8,142 | 9–6 |
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | L 6–11 | | 2,916 | 9–7 |

## Playoffs

### Game log

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | May 3, 2008 | Calgary Roughnecks | Pepsi Center | L 13–15 | | 15,554 | 0–1 |

## Player stats

Reference:

### Runners (Top 10)

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavin Prout | 16 | 25 | 67 | 92 | 85 | 14 |
| Jamie Shewchuk | 15 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 69 | 24 |
| Brian Langtry | 14 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 58 | 21 |
| Dan Carey | 11 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 68 | 0 |
| Jason Wulder | 16 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 48 | 4 |
| Jed Prossner | 11 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 2 |
| Nenad Gajic | 16 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 121 | 8 |
| Jordan Cornfield | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 2 |
| Nick Carlson | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 23 |
| Totals | | 298 | 482 | 329 | 1078 | 53 |

### Goaltenders

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gee Nash | 16 | 640:24 | 7 | 4 | 112 | .766 | 10.49 |
| Chris Levis | 16 | 322:49 | 2 | 3 | 54 | .789 | 10.04 |
| Pete Jokisch | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .00 |
| Totals | | | 9 | 7 | 167 | .773 | 10.44 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| - | - |
| Gavin Prout | Second Team All-Pro |
| Dan Carey | All-Stars |
| Gavin Prout | All-Stars |
| Gee Nash | All-Stars |
| Josh Sims | All-Stars |
| Bruce Murray | All-Stars |
| Nick Carlson | All-Stars |

## Transactions

### Trades

| March 25, 2008 | To Colorado Mammoth Chris Gill second round pick, 2008 entry draft | To Edmonton Rush first round pick, 2008 entry draft |
| - | - | - |

## Roster

Reference:

| No. | Position | Player |
| - | - | - |
| 47 | Trans | Bloom, Jason |
| | Fwd | Brown, Matt |
| 44 | Fwd | Carey, Dan |
| 8 | Trans | Carlson, Nick |
| 48 | Def | Catton, Rich |
| 72 | Fwd | Cornfield, Jordan |
| 2 | Def | Coyle, Pat |
| 28 | Def | Ethington, Tom |
| | ? | Forsythe, Steve |
| 10 | Trans | Gajic, Nenad |
| 11 | Def | Gallant, John |
| 23 | Trans | Gill, Chris |
| 25 | Fwd | Gill, Chris |
| 24 | Fwd | Janson, Pat |
| | Goalie | Jokisch, Pete |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 6 | Fwd | Langtry, Brian |
| | Fwd | Law, Mike |
| 66 | Def | Leveque, Matt |
| 30 | Goalie | Levis, Chris |
| 43 | Fwd | Llord, Dylan |
| | Fwd | McEwen, Kyle |
| 55 | Trans | Moss, Jim |
| 20 | Def | Murray, Bruce |
| 38 | Goalie | Nash, Gee |
| 1 | Fwd | Prossner, Jed |
| 9 | Fwd | Prout, Gavin |
| 85 | Fwd | Shewchuk, Jamie |
| 4 | Trans | Sims, Josh |
| 95 | Fwd | Wulder, Jason |
| | ? | Zordani, Ryan |
