2012 Colorado Mammoth season
# 2012 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth is 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:

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:

| 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 (1987–2014) | Pepsi Center | L 12–13 | | 14,876 | 8–3 |
| 12 | March 25, 2012 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | 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:

| 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 | 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 | To Colorado MammothJon Sullivan Rory Smith Sean Pollock | To Minnesota Swarm1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Anthony Cosmo) |
| March 20, 2012 | 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. 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 |
