2017 Vancouver Stealth season

2017 Vancouver Stealth
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2017 record	9-9
Home record	4-5
Road record	5-4
Goals for	218
Goals against	221
General Manager	Doug Locker
Coach	Jamie Batley
Captain	Curtis Hodgson
Alternate captains	Rhys Duch Cliff Smith
Arena	Langley Event Centre
Average attendance	3,206
Team leaders
Goals	Corey Small (46)
Assists	Corey Small (65)
Points	Corey Small (111)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Beers (71)
Loose Balls	Ian Hawksbee (115)
Wins	Tye Belanger (7)
Goals against average	Tye Belanger (11.28)
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The Vancouver Stealth are a lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was the 18th in franchise history and the 4th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	−24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	−34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	−25	12.56	13.94

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	−3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	−8	11.78	12.22

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 6, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 12–11		11,510	1–0
2	January 7, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 15–9		14,631	2–0
3	January 14, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Langley Events Centre	L 10–14		3,513	2–1
4	January 21, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 15–21		12,903	2–2
5	January 27, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 12–16		14,502	2–3
6	January 28, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Langley Events Centre	L 12–14		3,456	2–4
7	February 12, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Langley Events Centre	L 9–10	OT	3,015	2–5
8	February 18, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 13–10		9,361	3–5
9	February 25, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Langley Events Centre	L 8–12		2,651	3–6
10	March 4, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	Langley Events Centre	W 13–9		2,876	4–6
11	March 12, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 10–6		12,008	5–6
12	March 17, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Langley Events Centre	L 11–15		2,853	5–7
13	March 25, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 7–13		9,266	5–8
14	March 31, 2017	Toronto Rock	Langley Events Centre	W 14–11		3,013	6–8
15	April 8, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 12–16		15,045	6–9
16	April 15, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Langley Events Centre	W 15–11		3,725	7–9
17	April 22, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Langley Events Centre	W 13–7		3,758	8–9
18	April 29, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 17–16	OT	6,326	9–9

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Western division semi-final	May 6, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Langley Events Centre	L 12–13		4,011	0–1

Roster

Vancouver Stealth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 00 Tyler Richards 61 Eric Penney Defensemen  2 Matt Beers  6 Curtis Hodgson (C) 88 Ian Hawksbee  3 Jeff Moleski  4 Chris O'Dougherty 42 Rory Smith 16 Ryan Wagner		Forwards 13 Garrett Billings 78 Jordan Durston 10 Rhys Duch (A) 55 Joel McCready 18 Logan Schuss 15 Corey Small Transition 20 Travis Cornwall 32 Mitch McMichael 23 Thomas Hoggarth 19 Justin Salt 43 Jarrett Toll		Practice Squad  9 Keegan Bal (F) 63 Brandon Clelland 50 Cody Hagedorn (G) Injured Reserve 91 Tyler Garrison Holdout 66 Connor Brown (F) 14 Matt Delmonico (F)  7 Connor Goodwin (F) 21 Tim Henderson (D) 44 Brendan Ranford (T) Unable to play  8 Tyler Hass (T)  5 Cliff Smith (A) (F)		Head Coach Jamie Batley Assistant Coaches Dave Evans Jim Milligan Clay Richardson Kaleb Toth Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2017-04-29 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Stealth made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	11	James Rahe
4	32	Adam Jay
5	41	Cody Teichroeb
6	49	Danton Miller

See also

• 2017 NLL season