2009 San Jose Stealth season

2009 San Jose Stealth
Division	3rd West
2009 record	7-9
Home record	5-3
Road record	2-6
Goals for	200
Goals against	185
General Manager	Johnny Mouradian
Coach	Jeff Dowling Chris Hall
Captain	Colin Doyle
Alternate captains	Jeff Zywicki
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	6,933
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (38)
Assists	Colin Doyle (73)
Points	Colin Doyle (111)
Penalties in minutes	Eric Martin (89)
Loose Balls	Eric Martin (100)
Wins	Matt Roik (4)
Goals against average	Tyler Richards (10.08)
← 2008 season

The San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season will be the 10th in franchise history and 6th as the Stealth (previously the Albany Attack).

On March 19, offensive coordinator Chris Hall was named head coach, while former head coach Jeff Dowling took over Hall's post as offensive coordinator. Dowling resigned a week later.

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-New York Titans	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	190	180
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	223	170
x-Boston Blazers	10	6	-	.625	4-4	6-2	181	168
x-Rochester Knighthawks	7	9	3	.438	6-2	1-7	169	197
e-Philadelphia Wings	7	9	3	.438	4-4	3-5	188	193
e-Toronto Rock	6	10	4	.375	3-5	3-5	194	218
West Division
y-Calgary Roughnecks	12	4	-	.750	5-3	7-1	206	167
x-Portland LumberJax	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	177
x-San Jose Stealth	7	9	5	.438	5-3	2-6	200	185
x-Colorado Mammoth	7	9	5	.438	4-4	3-5	172	184
e-Minnesota Swarm	6	10	6	.375	2-6	4-4	174	198
e-Edmonton Rush	5	11	7	.313	4-4	1-7	159	200

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 9	Calgary	L 12 - 10		4,538	0-1
2	January 10	@ Minnesota	L 10 - 7		13,094	0-2
3	January 18	Rochester	W 16 - 6		3,463	1-2
4	January 24	@ Calgary	L 16 - 13		9,828	1-3
5	January 31	Edmonton	W 16 - 6		3,256	2-3
6	February 7	@ Portland	L 16 - 13		6,943	2-4
7	February 21	Colorado	W 14 - 9		5,576	3-4
8	February 28	@ Boston	L 16 - 10		6,833	3-5
9	March 1	@ New York	L 15 - 14		3,287	3-6
10	March 14	Colorado	L 14 - 11		3,535	3-7
11	March 21	Edmonton	W 11 - 10		4,034	4-7
12	March 28	Portland	L 14 - 12		3,018	4-8
13	March 29	@ Portland	W 13 - 8		6,473	5-8
14	April 3	Minnesota	W 18 - 8		5,618	6-8
15	April 11	@ Colorado	W 11 - 10	OT	16,189	7-8
16	April 18	@ Toronto	L 15 - 11		15,252	7-9

Playoffs

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	May 1	@ Portland	W 20 - 16		6,053
Division Final	May 9	@ Calgary	L 17 - 5		9,639

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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
Colin Doyle	16	38	73	111	63	12
Rhys Duch	16	35	54	89	97	4
Jeff Zywicki	16	32	46	78	83	33
Cam Sedgwick	15	23	40	63	67	6
Paul Rabil	16	16	18	34	60	6
Tom Johnson	14	20	13	33	64	4
Eric Martin	12	6	12	18	100	89
Alex Turner	7	7	9	16	21	4
Frank Resetarits	8	7	9	16	21	6
Totals		340	540	383	1084	55

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
Matt Roik	15	585:46	4	7	111	.763	11.37
Tyler Richards	10	279:39	3	1	47	.803	10.08
Aaron Bold	7	102:16	0	1	27	.700	15.84
Totals			7	9	185	.768	11.56

Transactions

New players

• Matt Roik - acquired in trade
• Peter Veltman - acquired in trade
• Travis Gillespie - acquired in trade
• Tom Johnson - acquired in trade

Players not returning

• Luke Wiles - traded
• Anthony Cosmo - traded
• Gary Rosyski - free agent
• Paul Dawson - traded
• Sean Morris - traded
• Steve Panarelli - traded
• Andrew Guindon - released

Trades

September 7, 2008	To San Jose Stealth first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Rochester)	To Toronto Rock Luke Wiles Stephen Hoar	To Rochester Knighthawks Aaron Wilson first round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Toronto)
August 29, 2008	To San Jose Stealth Matt Roik first round pick, 2008 entry draft first round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Chicago Shamrox Anthony Cosmo
August 28, 2008	To San Jose Stealth Peter Veltman	To Boston Blazers Paul Dawson
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

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008. The Stealth selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	2	Paul Rabil	Johns Hopkins University
1	3	Rhys Duch	University of Stony Brook
1	5	Kevin Huntley	Johns Hopkins University
3	32	Alex Turner	Simon Fraser University
5	57	Trevor Wagar	University of Vermont
6	70	Nick O'Hara	Duke University

Roster

2009 San Jose Stealth roster
Active (23-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 77 Aaron Bold 00 Tyler Richards 37 Matt Roik Defensemen 44 Travis Gillespie 23 Mike Grimes  6 Curtis Hodgson 26 Mike Kirk 25 Eric Martin 11 Kyle Sorensen		Forwards  7 Colin Doyle (C) 10 Rhys Duch  8 Tom Johnson  5 Frank Resetarits 29 Cam Sedgwick 22 Alex Turner  9 Jeff Zywicki (A) Transition 31 Will Dalton 18 Kyle Hartzell  2 Brett Manney  3 Ryan Marshall 17 Steve McKinlay 81 Paul Rabil 13 Peter Veltman		Practice Squad 14 Michael Doneger 33 Jonathan Munk Injured Reserve 12 Nick O'Hara		Head Coach Chris Hall Assistant Coaches Joe Romano Art Webster Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season