2009 Boston Blazers season

2009 Boston Blazers
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2009 record	10-6
Home record	4-4
Road record	6-2
Goals for	181
Goals against	168
General Manager	Tom Ryan[1]
Coach	Tom Ryan
Arena	TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance	8,470
Team leaders
Goals	Daryl Veltman (34)
Assists	Dan Dawson (74)
Points	Dan Dawson (104)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Ross (53)
Loose Balls	Jon Harnett (106)
Wins	Anthony Cosmo (9)
Goals against average	Anthony Cosmo (10.14)
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The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was their first season in the NLL.

The Blazers began their inaugural season by losing back-to-back games to the division rival (and eventual East division champion) New York Titans. But the Blazers surprised everybody by winning seven of their next eight games, on their way to a 10-6 record, tied with New York and Buffalo for best in the East. The Titans won the East on tie-breakers, but the Blazers finished a respectable third and made the playoffs in their first season.

In the Eastern division semi-final, the Blazers were defeated by the defending champion Buffalo Bandits 11-8.^[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	New York Titans – xy	16	10	6	0.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	+10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	0.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	+53	13.94	10.63
3	Boston Blazers – x	16	10	6	0.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	+13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	0.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	-28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	0.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	-5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	0.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	-24	12.13	13.63

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	0.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	+39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax – x	16	9	7	0.563	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	+4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth – x	16	7	9	0.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	+15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	0.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	-12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	0.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	-24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	0.313	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	-41	9.94	12.50

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:^[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 2009	@ New York Titans	Prudential Center	L 14–19		3,208	0–1
2	January 17, 2009	New York Titans	TD Banknorth Garden	L 9–13		9,313	0–2
3	January 23, 2009	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 13–11		9,462	1–2
4	January 24, 2009	Philadelphia Wings	TD Banknorth Garden	W 11–7		4,423	2–2
5	January 31, 2009	Portland LumberJax	TD Banknorth Garden	L 8–9	OT	5,029	2–3
6	February 7, 2009	New York Titans	TD Banknorth Garden	W 9–8		5,713	3–3
7	February 13, 2009	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 8–4		9,006	4–3
8	February 20, 2009	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–12		12,106	5–3
9	February 22, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 11–10		10,045	6–3
10	February 28, 2009	San Jose Stealth	TD Banknorth Garden	W 16–10		6,833	7–3
11	March 14, 2009	Toronto Rock	TD Banknorth Garden	L 8–9	OT	6,485	7–4
12	March 28, 2009	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–11		7,329	7–5
13	April 3, 2009	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 14–13		12,884	8–5
14	April 4, 2009	Buffalo Bandits	TD Banknorth Garden	L 11–15		7,073	8–6
15	April 11, 2009	Rochester Knighthawks	TD Banknorth Garden	W 10–5		8,097	9–6
16	April 18, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 13–12	OT	18,527	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 2, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 8–11		13,343	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
Dan Dawson	16	30	74	104	54	8
Daryl Veltman	15	34	43	77	92	2
Brenden Thenhaus	16	27	26	53	67	6
Matt Lyons	16	21	31	52	62	2
Gary Bining	15	20	24	44	49	4
Sean Morris	6	8	16	24	17	0
Jason Bloom	16	13	10	23	60	5
Greg Downing	14	4	13	17	95	10
Nick Cotter	12	8	8	16	32	21
Totals		301	482	285	1117	39

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
Anthony Cosmo	16	840:02	9	5	142	.781	10.14
Mike Poulin	16	122:12	1	1	25	.734	12.27
Totals			10	6	168	.774	10.50

Transactions

Trades

September 18, 2008[7]	To Boston Blazers Anthony Kelly	To New York Titans Kurtis Wagar
September 15, 2008[8]	To Boston Blazers Jason Bloom 5th round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Colorado Mammoth John Gallant
August 28, 2008	To Boston Blazers Paul Dawson	To San Jose Stealth Peter Veltman
July 29, 2008	To Boston Blazers Jack Reid	To Rochester Knighthawks Kyle Laverty
July 29, 2008	To Boston Blazers Travis Gillespie third round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Calgary Roughnecks Devan Wray
July 29, 2008	To Boston Blazers Sean Morris Steve Panarelli second round pick, 2010 entry draft	To San Jose Stealth Travis Gillespie Tom Johnson third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 24, 2008	To Boston Blazers Brendan Thenhaus Kurtis Wagar	To Edmonton Rush Cam Bergman

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[9] The Blazers selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	1	Daryl Veltman	Hobart College
2	14	Nick Cotter	Dowling College
3	26	Jon Harnett	Adrian College
4	37	Dilan Graham	Bellarmine University
4	44	Reed MacPhail	Victoria, BC
5	52	Chad Henry	Adelphi University
5	56	Paul Manesis	UMass
6	63	Danny Brennan	Syracuse University

Roster

2009 Boston Blazers roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 44 Anthony Cosmo 30 Mike Poulin Defensemen 85 Mitch Belisle  2 Paul Dawson 12 Jon Durno 28 Dilan Graham 33 Jon Harnett  4 Carter Livingstone 15 Curtis Ptolemy 18 Jack Reid		Forwards 22 Bryan Bendig  9 Gary Bining  6 Dan Dawson  8 Greg Downing 19 Matt Lyons 25 Sean Morris 23 Brett Queener 97 Kyle Ross 10 Brenden Thenhaus 75 Jay Thorimbert 16 Daryl Veltman Transition 47 Jason Bloom 37 Nick Cotter		Practice Squad -- Travis Brown -- Paul Manesis -- Nick Rose		Head Coach Tom Ryan Assistant Coaches Todd Francis Randy Fraser Corey Hallman Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season

References

1. Tutka, Paul. "Tom Ryan steps down as GM, remains Blazers coach, President Doug Reffue to be named new GM". Inside Lacrosse.
2. "Bandits Beat Blazers, Advance To East Final". NLL.com. May 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
3. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=142808&seasonid=3260
7. "Kelly, Wagar Swapped by East Rivals". NLL.com. September 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
8. "Gallant Returns To Mammoth". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
9. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.