2018 Colorado Mammoth season

2018 Colorado Mammoth
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2018 record	11-7
Home record	5-4
Road record	6-3
Goals for	214
Goals against	199
General Manager	Dan Carey
Coach	Dan Stroup, Pat Coyle, Chris Gill
Captain	Robert Hope
Alternate captains	Joey Cupido Zack Greer
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	14,077
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Benesch (36)
Assists	Jeremy Noble, Ryan Benesch (57)
Points	Ryan Benesch (93)
Penalties in minutes	Robert Hope (22)
Loose Balls	Robert Hope (151)
Wins	Dillon Ward (10)
Goals against average	Steve Fryer (8.55)
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The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 32nd in franchise history and 16th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).

Final standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 8, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 15–8		3,201	1–0
2	December 23, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Pepsi Center	W 14–11		13,125	2–0
3	December 29, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 11–7		9,555	3–0
4	January 13, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Pepsi Center	L 12–17		11,085	3–1
5	January 26, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	Pepsi Center	W 14–13		12,016	4–1
6	February 2, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Pepsi Center	L 10–13		12,740	4–2
7	February 10, 2018	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–13		11,167	4–3
8	February 18, 2018	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 19–11		5,720	5–3
9	March 2, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Center	W 11–10		3,093	6–3
10	March 3, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	Pepsi Center	W 8–7		16,062	7–3
11	March 10, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	W 8–7		15,034	8–3
12	March 17, 2018	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 13–10		3,013	9–3
13	March 24, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	Pepsi Center	L 12–13		15,541	9–4
14	March 30, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–7		10,288	10–4
15	March 31, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16		6,228	10–5
16	April 7, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 8–11		14,971	10–6
17	April 14, 2018	New England Black Wolves	Pepsi Center	L 6–10		15,303	10–7
18	April 28, 2018	Toronto Rock	Pepsi Center	W 19–15		15,787	11–7

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Western division semi-final	May 5, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	Pepsi Center	L 12–15		13,884	0–1

Roster

Colorado Mammoth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 39 Steve Fryer 45 Dillon Ward Defensemen 82 Joey Cupido 27 Scott Carnegie  8 Greg Downing 23 Jordan Gilles 18 Robert Hope  4 Josh Sullivan 94 Bryce Sweeting 11 Taylor Stuart		Forwards  7 Ryan Benesch  3 Tim Edwards 12 Brody Eastwood 28 Stephen Keogh 16 Ryan Lee 93 Quinn MacKay 51 Eli McLaughlin 35 Jeremy Noble 20 Jacob Ruest 17 Chris Wardle		Practice Squad 42 Rowan Kelly 32 Nick Ossello Injured Reserve 80 Brent Adams Holdout 25 Brad Self Unable to play 37 Dan Coates (C) 88 Zack Greer 19 Cameron Holding (A)		Head Coach Pat Coyle Assistant Coaches Chris Gill Dan Stroup Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2018-12-08 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Mammoth made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	25	Ryan Lee
3	28	Connor Cannizzaro
4	38	Jarrod Neumann
6	55	Rowan Kelly

See also

• 2018 NLL season