2006 Colorado Mammoth season

The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 20th in franchise history and 4th as the Mammoth.

2006 Colorado Mammoth
Champion's Cup Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2006 record	10-6
Home record	6-2
Road record	4-4
Goals for	200
Goals against	172
General Manager	Steve Govett
Coach	Gary Gait
Captain	Gavin Prout
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	12,916
Team leaders
Goals	Gavin Prout (29) Chris Gill (29)
Assists	Gavin Prout (64)
Points	Gavin Prout (93)
Penalties in minutes	Dave Stilley (64)
Loose Balls	Jay Jalbert (152)
Wins	Gee Nash (6)
Goals against average	Gee Nash (10.29)
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The Mammoth finished 2nd in the West with a 10-6 record, but beat both Calgary and Arizona in one-goal games to make it to the Championship game against the Buffalo Bandits. The Bandits, however, were no match for the Mammoth, who took the game 16-9, making lacrosse legend Gary Gait an NLL champion in his first season as head coach.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	193	167	+26	12.06	10.44
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	196	180	+16	12.25	11.25
3	Toronto Rock – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	182	179	+3	11.38	11.19
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	158	171	−13	9.88	10.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	184	184	−-0	11.50	11.50

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Portland LumberJax – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	188	177	+11	11.75	11.06
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	6–2	4–4	200	172	+28	12.50	10.75
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	4–4	5–3	183	178	+5	11.44	11.12
4	Arizona Sting – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	198	199	−1	12.38	12.44
5	San Jose Stealth	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	174	−23	9.44	10.88
6	Edmonton Rush	16	1	15	.062	10.0	0–8	1–7	150	202	−52	9.38	12.62

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	December 30, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Pepsi Center	L 11–13		15,726	0–1
2	January 7, 2006	Rochester Knighthawks	Pepsi Center	W 12–11		16,850	1–1
3	January 13, 2006	San Jose Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 9–7		15,632	2–1
4	January 14, 2006	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 7–10		6,277	2–2
5	January 21, 2006	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 11–12		9,916	2–3
6	February 3, 2006	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	W 18–17	OT	6,373	3–3
7	February 11, 2006	San Jose Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 8–7		18,027	4–3
8	March 3, 2006	Edmonton Rush	Pepsi Center	W 15–10		16,732	5–3
9	March 11, 2006	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 14–15	OT	12,028	5–4
10	March 12, 2006	Portland LumberJax	Pepsi Center	L 11–12		15,247	5–5
11	March 18, 2006	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	W 15–11		6,420	6–5
12	March 25, 2006	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 13–7		9,527	7–5
13	April 2, 2006	Arizona Sting	Pepsi Center	W 16–11		16,435	8–5
14	April 8, 2006	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 12–14		11,895	8–6
15	April 14, 2006	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 11–8		17,698	9–6
16	April 15, 2006	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 17–7		11,884	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 22, 2006	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 18–17	OT	13,426	1–0
Division Final	April 29, 2006	Arizona Sting	Pepsi Center	W 13–12		12,537	2–0
Championship Game	May 13, 2006	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 16–9		16,104	3–0

Player stats

Reference:

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	29	64	93	89	42
Dan Carey	16	17	45	62	80	2
Brian Langtry	15	24	26	50	72	9
Jay Jalbert	16	19	29	48	152	55
Chris Gill	16	29	16	45	55	6
Dan Stroup	15	22	12	34	52	2
Ben Prepchuk	15	12	19	31	38	10
Nick Carlson	16	14	15	29	56	51
Josh Sims	16	12	7	19	104	26
Totals		288	488	409	1099	69

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	15	670:51	6	3	115	.787	10.29
Chris Levis	16	292:55	4	3	56	.788	11.47
John McLellan	2	0:00	0	0	0	.000	.00
Totals			10	6	172	.786	10.75

Awards

Player	Award
Gavin Prout	Championship Game MVP
Gavin Prout	First Team All-Pro
Jay Jalbert	Second Team All-Pro
Dan Carey	All-Rookie Team
Gavin Prout	Overall Player of the Month, March
Gavin Prout	All-Stars
Jay Jalbert
Dan Carey

Transactions

Trades

March 14, 2006

To Colorado Mammoth Andrew Burkholder

To Rochester Knighthawks third round pick, 2006 entry draft

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 37 Fwd Burkholder, Andrew 44 Fwd Carey, Dan 8 Fwd Carlson, Nick 48 Def Catton, Rich 2 Def Coyle, Pat 28 Def Ethington, Tom 11 Def Gallant, John 25 Fwd Gill, Chris 14 Def Glen, Andy 5 Def Hanford, Jamie 10 Def Jalbert, Jay 6 Fwd Langtry, Brian

No. Position Player 3 Fwd Law, Mike 66 Def Leveque, Matt 30 Goalie Levis, Chris 29 Goalie McLellan, John 38 Goalie Nash, Gee 19 Fwd Prepchuk, Ben 9 Fwd Prout, Gavin Fwd Schindler, Gewas 4 Fwd Sims, Josh 20 Def Stapleford, Scott 77 Def Stilley, Dave 88 Fwd Stroup, Dan Fwd Voituk, Steve

See also

• 2006 NLL season