2007 Arizona Sting season

2007 Arizona Sting
League NLL
Division 3rd West
2007 record 9-7
Home record 6-2
Road record 3-5
Goals for 188
Goals against 181
General Manager Bob Hamley
Coach Bob Hamley
Captain Peter Lough
Arena Jobing.com Arena
Average attendance 8,720
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (47)
Assists Dan Dawson (60)
Points Dan Dawson (107)
Penalties in minutes Peter Lough (47)
Loose Balls Peter Lough (118)
Wins Rob Blasdell (9)
Goals against average Rob Blasdell (10.94)

The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Phoenix, Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 7th in franchise history and 4th as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).

In 2007, the Sting finished 3rd in the west, but defeated both Calgary and San Jose in the playoffs to make it to the Championship game for the second time in three years. The East division champion Rochester Knighthawks won home field advantage but due to scheduling problems in Rochester, the Sting hosted the championship game.[1] The Knighthawks defeated the Sting 13-11 to win their first NLL Championship in ten years.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

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 0.875 0.0 8–0 6–2 249 194 +55 15.56 12.13
2 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 10 6 0.625 4.0 6–2 4–4 207 188 +19 12.94 11.75
3 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 9 7 0.563 5.0 4–4 5–3 200 207 -7 12.50 12.94
4 Toronto Rock – x 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 3–5 3–5 187 183 +4 11.69 11.44
5 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 4–4 2–6 176 191 -15 11.00 11.94
6 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 4–4 2–6 178 186 -8 11.13 11.63
7 New York Titans 16 4 12 0.250 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 0.750 0.0 7–1 5–3 209 179 +30 13.06 11.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 4–4 5–3 219 202 +17 13.69 12.63
3 Arizona Sting – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 6–2 3–5 188 181 +7 11.75 11.31
4 San Jose Stealth – x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 4–4 5–3 181 170 +11 11.31 10.63
5 Edmonton Rush 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 4–4 2–6 160 189 -29 10.00 11.81
6 Portland LumberJax 16 4 12 0.250 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–LossesGB–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:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 5, 2007 Colorado Mammoth Jobing.com Arena L 6–10 7,179 0–1
2 January 13, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 14–11 3,678 1–1
3 January 19, 2007 Portland LumberJax Jobing.com Arena W 11–4 5,729 2–1
4 January 20, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 12–9 9,238 3–1
5 February 2, 2007 New York Titans Jobing.com Arena W 16–15 5,559 4–1
6 February 10, 2007 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 9–11 10,435 4–2
7 February 18, 2007 Edmonton Rush Jobing.com Arena W 12–11 OT 7,063 5–2
8 February 24, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 16–19 9,352 5–3
9 March 2, 2007 Chicago Shamrox Jobing.com Arena W 11–7 6,244 6–3
10 March 16, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Jobing.com Arena W 14–10 5,503 7–3
11 March 24, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 12–14 12,768 7–4
12 March 30, 2007 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 14–8 18,027 8–4
13 March 31, 2007 San Jose Stealth Jobing.com Arena W 10–9 4,565 9–4
14 April 7, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 5–15 13,492 9–5
15 April 13, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Jobing.com Arena L 11–12 6,556 9–6
16 April 14, 2007 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 15–16 14,144 9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 21, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 13–9 10,057 1–0
Division Final April 28, 2007 San Jose Stealth Jobing.com Arena W 9–7 6,924 2–0
Championship Game May 12, 2007 Rochester Knighthawks Jobing.com Arena L 11–13 9,796 2–1

Player stats

Reference:[5]

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
Dan Dawson 16 47 60 107 65 16
Craig Conn 16 21 55 76 106 35
Lindsay Plunkett 16 31 35 66 75 20
Derek Malawsky 16 20 35 55 78 9
Curt Malawsky 15 24 21 45 38 4
Matt Brown 12 10 14 24 34 2
Andy Secore 14 10 12 22 47 8
Scott Self 16 3 14 17 91 21
Peter Veltman 9 4 10 14 17 12
Totals 315 503 299 978 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
Rob Blasdell 16 844:16 9 5 154 .761 10.94
Mike Attwood 16 114:11 0 2 25 .699 13.14
Brandon Atherton 0 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 9 7 181 .752 11.31

Awards

Player Award
Dan Dawson First Team All-Pro
Rob Blasdell Overall Player of the Month, January
Dan Dawson All-Stars
Rob Blasdell
Peter Lough

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
30 Canada Goalie Atherton, Brandon
43 Canada Goalie Attwood, Mike
17 Canada Def Beisel, Brian
31 Canada Goalie Blasdell, Rob
16 Canada Fwd Brown, Matt
9 Canada Def Codd, Bruce
8 Canada Fwd Conn, Craig
6 Canada Fwd Dawson, Dan
23 Canada Def Grimes, Mike
19 Canada Def Hinman, Greg
14 Iroquois Fwd Lazore, Andrew
No. Position Player
27 Canada Def Lough, Peter
28 Canada Def MacDonald, Brad
11 Canada Fwd Malawsky, Curt
18 Canada Fwd Malawsky, Derek
36 Canada Fwd McKay, Chris
10 Canada Def Murray, Bruce
12 Canada Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
21 Canada Fwd Secore, Andy
7 Canada Def Self, Scott
24 Canada Trans Seller, Chris
20 Canada Fwd Tinning, Mark
13 Canada Fwd Veltman, Peter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Arizona To Host Championship Game". NLL.com. April 30, 2007. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Arizona Sting - National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Arizona Sting – National Lacrosse League – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25951&seasonid=1322
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25951&seasonid=1322
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