2015 Colorado Mammoth season

2015 Colorado Mammoth
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2015 record	9 - 9
Home record	6 - 3
Road record	3 - 6
Goals for	212
Goals against	218
General Manager	Steve Govett
Coach	Dan Stroup, Pat Coyle, Chris Gill
Captain	John Grant, Jr.
Arena	Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Jones (51)
Assists	John Grant, Jr. (57)
Points	Adam Jones (93)
Penalties in minutes	Dan Ball (25)
Loose Balls	Bob Snider (119)
Wins	Dillon Ward (7)
Goals against average	Alex Buque (9.36)
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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 29th in franchise history and 13th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	18	14	4	0.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	230	185	+45	12.78	10.28
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	12	6	0.667	2.0	7–2	5–4	205	173	+32	11.39	9.61
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	11	7	0.611	3.0	7–2	4–5	236	208	+28	13.11	11.56
4	Minnesota Swarm	18	6	12	0.333	8.0	3–6	3–6	185	226	-41	10.28	12.56
5	New England Black Wolves	18	4	14	0.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	186	249	-63	10.33	13.83

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xy	18	13	5	0.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	241	177	+64	13.39	9.83
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	0.500	4.0	6–3	3–6	212	218	-6	11.78	12.11
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	7	11	0.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	212	217	-5	11.78	12.06
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	5	13	0.278	8.0	3–6	2–7	211	265	-54	11.72	14.72

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

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 2015	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 20–13		8,974	1–0
2	January 10, 2015	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 17–16	OT	15,107	2–0
3	January 24, 2015	Vancouver Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 20–9		14,345	3–0
4	January 31, 2015	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	L 13–16		3,516	3–1
5	February 13, 2015	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	L 7–11		16,082	3–2
6	February 15, 2015	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 7–13		6,904	3–3
7	February 22, 2015	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun	W 14–12		3,711	4–3
8	February 28, 2015	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 11–14		14,669	4–4
9	March 6, 2015	Toronto Rock	Pepsi Center	L 9–17		14,116	4–5
10	March 15, 2015	Minnesota Swarm	Pepsi Center	W 12–8		13,045	5–5
11	March 21, 2015	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 14–11		3,678	6–5
12	March 29, 2015	Vancouver Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 12–6		13,509	7–5
13	April 3, 2015	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 9–8	OT	15,027	8–5
14	April 4, 2015	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–14		9,871	8–6
15	April 11, 2015	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 5–14		7,988	8–7
16	April 17, 2015	Rochester Knighthawks	Pepsi Center	W 11–10		15,621	9–7
17	April 18, 2015	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 12–13		7,645	9–8
18	May 2, 2015	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	L 10–13		16,239	9–9

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Western division semi-final	May 9, 2015	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	L 6–11		16,027	0–1

Roster

Colorado Mammoth roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 27 Alexis Buque 45 Dillon Ward Defensemen 39 Dan Ball 37 Dan Coates 77 Tyler Codron 18 Robert Hope 79 Colton Porter 62 Creighton Reid 41 Bob Snider 25 Mike Woods		Forwards 24 John Grant, Jr. (C) 16 Adam Jones 51 Eli McLaughlin 35 Jeremy Noble 87 Alex Turner 26 Drew Westervelt Transition 82 Joey Cupido 19 Cameron Holding		Injured Reserve 88 Jackson Decker (T) 11 John Gallant (D) 83 Ian Hawksbee (D) Unable to play 15 Eric Law (F)		Head Coach Pat Coyle Chris Gill Dan Stroup Assistant Coaches Dallas Eliuk Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2014-02-04 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 22, 2014	To Colorado Mammoth 7th selection, 2014 entry draft	To Edmonton Rush 13th selection, 2014 entry draft 2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To Colorado Mammoth 17th selection, 2014 entry draft	To New England Black Wolves Mike McNamara
December 16, 2014	To Colorado Mammoth 4th round selection, 2015 entry draft	To New England Black Wolves Tye Belanger

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.^[2] The Mammoth made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Eli McLaughlin
1	7	Robert Hope
2	17	Alexis Buque
4	32	Zach Rogers
5	41	DJ Giacobbo
5	42	Terry Ellis
6	50	Mike Crampton

See also

• 2015 NLL season

References

1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
2. "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.