2007 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 21st in franchise history and 5th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

2007 Colorado Mammoth
West Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2007 record	12-4
Home record	7-1
Road record	5-3
Goals for	209
Goals against	179
General Manager	Steve Govett
Coach	Gary Gait
Captain	Gavin Prout
Alternate captains	Pat Coyle John Gallant
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	13,471
Team leaders
Goals	Dan Carey (32)
Assists	Gavin Prout (59)
Points	Gavin Prout (89)
Penalties in minutes	Jim Moss (36)
Loose Balls	Josh Sims (136)
Wins	Gee Nash (9)
Goals against average	Chris Levis (10.50)
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The Mammoth won the Western division title with a 12-4 record, but were eliminated in the first round by the 4th place San Jose Stealth. The 2007 season marked Gary Gait's last as Mammoth head coach; he resigned following the season to become head coach of the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team.^[1][2]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[3]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	-7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	-15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	-8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	-38	12.19	14.56

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	-29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	-46	9.56	12.44

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:^[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 30, 2006	Rochester Knighthawks	Pepsi Center	W 20–15		15,670	1–0
2	January 5, 2007	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	W 10–6		7,179	2–0
3	January 13, 2007	Buffalo Bandits	Pepsi Center	W 11–10	OT	16,523	3–0
4	January 19, 2007	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 16–9		11,065	4–0
5	January 20, 2007	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 13–17		11,582	4–1
6	January 25, 2007	Portland LumberJax	Pepsi Center	W 15–11		14,388	5–1
7	February 3, 2007	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	W 16–7		17,804	6–1
8	February 15, 2007	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 10–8		7,192	7–1
9	February 18, 2007	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 15–12		17,911	8–1
10	February 24, 2007	Portland LumberJax	Pepsi Center	W 13–7		18,024	9–1
11	March 17, 2007	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–12	OT	15,614	10–1
12	March 24, 2007	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 15–19		15,156	10–2
13	March 30, 2007	Arizona Sting	Pepsi Center	L 8–14		18,027	10–3
14	March 31, 2007	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–9		10,114	11–3
15	April 12, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 13–12		16,012	12–3
16	April 13, 2007	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 10–11		3,288	12–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 21, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Pepsi Center	L 14–15	OT	16,309	0–1

Player stats

Reference:^[6]

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	30	59	89	85	32
Dan Carey	16	32	44	76	75	9
Brian Langtry	16	31	36	67	77	24
Jamie Shewchuk	15	27	26	53	69	19
Josh Sims	15	19	20	39	136	12
Nenad Gajic	16	13	24	37	102	14
Ben Prepchuk	13	15	16	31	36	4
Mike Law	14	13	12	25	58	0
Jordan Cornfield	9	9	3	12	21	6
Totals		306	515	339	1094	58

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	681:29	9	0	128	.779	11.27
Chris Levis	16	285:50	3	4	50	.780	10.50
Totals			12	4	179	.778	11.19

Awards

Player	Award
Gavin Prout	Second Team All-Pro
Nenad Gajic	All-Rookie Team
Jamie Shewchuk
Gord Nash	Overall Player of the Month, February
Nenad Gajic	Rookie of the Month, February
Dan Carey	All-Stars
Gavin Prout
John Gallant
Josh Sims
Gord Nash

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 2007^[7]

To Colorado Mammoth Jim Moss

To San Jose Stealth Andrew Burkholder first round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:^[8]

No. Position Player 47   Trans Bloom, Jason   Fwd Burkholder, Andrew 44   Fwd Carey, Dan 8   Trans Carlson, Nick 48   Def Catton, Rich 72   Fwd Cornfield, Jordan 2   Def Coyle, Pat 13   Trans Davidson, Scott 28   Def Ethington, Tom 18   Trans Gajic, Nenad 11   Def Gallant, John 5   Def Hanford, Jamie

No. Position Player 6   Fwd Langtry, Brian 3   Fwd Law, Mike 66   Def Leveque, Matt 30   Goalie Levis, Chris 55   Trans Moss, Jim 38   Goalie Nash, Gee 19   Fwd Prepchuk, Ben 9   Fwd Prout, Gavin 85   Fwd Shewchuk, Jamie 4   Trans Sims, Josh 77   Def Stilley, Dave 94   Fwd Taylor, Matt

See also

• 2007 NLL season

References

1. . Syracuse University website. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
2. . August 27, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
3. "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. . NLL.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. "Colorado Mammoth – National Lacrosse League – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
7. "San Jose Deals Moss to Colorado". NLL.com. February 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
8. "Colorado Mammoth - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".