2011 NLL season

June 2013 2011 NLL season National Lacrosse League Indoor lacrosse 100px 10 16 January 2011 – May 2011 Draft Cody Jamieson Rochester Knighthawks Regular season Calgary Roughnecks Jeff Shattler (Calgary Roughnecks) National Lacrosse League MVP Award Ryan Benesch (Minnesota Swarm) Playoffs Toronto Rock (6th title) Washington Stealth Bob Watson (Rock) Champion's Cup#Most Valuable Players NLL 2010 NLL season 2010 season 2012 NLL season 2012 season The 2011 National Lacrosse League season, the 25th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2011, and ended with the Championship game, which was won by the Toronto Rock 8-7. Team movement The Orlando Titans announced in July 2010 that they would not participate in the 2011 season, due to financial troubles.http://www.nllinsider.com/2010/07/28/source-orlando-titans-out-handful-of-players-seeking-unrestricted-free-agency/ Source: Orlando Titans out, handful of players seeking unrestricted free agency Paul Tutka July 28, 2010 NLL Insider https://web.archive.org/web/20100801010238/http://www.nllinsider.com/2010/07/28/source-orlando-titans-out-handful-of-players-seeking-unrestricted-free-agency/ August 1, 2010 July 30, 2010 dead mdy-all Some players were granted free agency while others were involved in a dispersal draft. Teams 2011 National Lacrosse League Division Team City Arena Capacity East Boston Blazers Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden 17,850 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena 18,690 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 19,537 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800 West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007 Edmonton Rush Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place 16,839 Minnesota Swarm Saint Paul, Minnesota XCEL Energy Center 18,064 Washington Stealth Everett, Washington Comcast Arena at Everett 8,513 Map of teams left 10px East Division 10px West Division 1320 650 350 425 450 North America North America laea location map (highlight USA & Canada).svg 1200 North America 42.37 -71.06 Blue pog.svg 94 top Blazers #ffe7 North America 42.88 -78.88 Blue pog.svg 94 bottom Bandits #ffe7 North America 39.90 -75.17 Blue pog.svg 94 right Wings #ffe7 North America 43.15 -77.61 Blue pog.svg 94 right Knighthawks #ffe7 North America 43.64 -79.38 Blue pog.svg 94 left Rock #ffe7 North America 51.04 -114.05 Red pog.svg 94 right Roughnecks #ffe7 North America 39.75 -105.01 Red pog.svg 94 right Mammoth #ffe7 North America 53.57 -113.46 Red pog.svg 94 right Rush #ffe7 North America 44.94 -93.10 Red pog.svg 94 left Swarm #ffe7 North America 47.98 -122.20 Red pog.svg 94 left Stealth #ffe7 Final standings Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls Player Team GP G A Pts PIM LBRyan Benesch Minnesota Swarm 16464995479Lewis Ratcliff Washington Stealth 16415192262Dan Dawson Boston Blazers 16315990665Rhys Duch Washington Stealth 16424890674John Grant Jr. Colorado Mammoth 163647831245Casey Powell Boston Blazers 153447811059John Tavares Buffalo Bandits 163246781059Shawn Williams Rochester Knighthawks 16235477264Stephan Leblanc Toronto Rock 15334376875Blaine Manning Washington Stealth 162352751462Jeff Shattler Calgary Roughnecks 152946752093Dane Dobbie Calgary Roughnecks 153441753455Garrett Billings Toronto Rock 15314475864 Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Mins W L GA SV% GAA Anthony Cosmo Boston Blazers 16913 8 7 1470.7679.66 Michael Thompson Buffalo Bandits 16763 10 3 1230.7859.67 Matt Vinc Rochester Knighthawks 16933 10 6 1520.7949.77 Chris Levis Colorado Mammoth 16840 5 9 1400.7849.99 Bob Watson Toronto Rock 16850 10 4 1430.78810.09 Playoffs Divisional Semifinal Divisional Final Champion's Cup Final Eastern Division Western Division E1 Buffalo 11 E4 Boston 10 E2 Toronto 10 E3 Rochester 8 W1 Calgary 10 W4 Colorado 6 W2 Minnesota 8 W3 Washington 14 E1 Buffalo 11 E2 Toronto 12 W1 Calgary 8 W3 Washington 10 E2 Toronto 8 W3 Washington 7 Division Semifinals East Division (E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E4) Boston Blazers #eeeeee April 30, 2011 Buffalo Bandits Boston Blazers 11–10 (2–1, 5–3, 2–1, 2–5) Michael Thompson Anthony Cosmo 1–02–02–13–14–14–25–26–26–37–37–47–58–59–59–610–610–710–810–910–1011–10 Steenhuis (Tavares, Montour) – 03:41 Vyse (Tavares, Montour) – 09:17 Tavares (Vyse) (PP) – 22:25 Vyse (Montour, Thompson) – 23:51 Vyse (Steenhuis, Tavares) – 25:31 Kelusky (Culp, Thenhaus) – 25:33 Culp (Montour, White) – 26:49 Vyse (Tavares) – 31:49 Steenhuis (Culp, Hill) – 32:19 Tavares (Steenhuis) (PP) – 55:15 Tavares (Culp, Vyse) – 59:20 09:53 – Rooney (Dawson, Powell) (PP) 24:13 – Cotter (Rooney, Hotaling) 26:09 – Powell (Dawson, Buchanan) 29:45 – Rooney (Dawson) (PP) 30:56 – Powell (Buchanan, Dawson) 47:19 – Powell (Dawson, Sanderson) (PP) 55:32 – Dawson (Sanderson, Powell) 56:25 – Dawson (Buchanan, Belisle) 57:10 – Powell (Buchanan, Downing) 58:13 – Buchanan (Cotter, Dawson) HSBC Arena 11,273 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22067 14 10 40 52 (E2) Toronto Rock vs. (E3) Rochester Knighthawks #eeeeee May 1, 2011 Toronto Rock Rochester Knighthawks 10–8 (3–3, 3–0, 2–1, 2–4) Bob Watson Matt Vinc 0–11–12–13–13–23–34–35–36–37–38–38–48–58–69–69–710–710–8 Chapman – 05:05 Doyle (Manning) – 12:20 Pascas (Leblanc, Billings) – 12:45 Merrill (Hobbins) (SH) – 21:38 Billings (PP) – 24:37 Billings (Doyle) (PP) – 27:58 Billings (Doyle) – 36:43 Manning (Doyle) – 37:44 Doyle (Billings, Hellyer) – 47:47 Doyle (Billings, Leblanc) – 57:05 04:15 – Davis (Hall, Jamieson) 07:17 – Evans (Jamieson, Williams) (PP) 10:42 – Hall (Williams, Campbell) 40:52 – Accursi (Hall, Evans) 46:53 – Williams (Davis, Hall) 47:30 – Hall (PS) 50:39 – Evans (Williams, Jamieson) (PP) 59:24 – Accursi (Evans, Schiller) Air Canada Centre 10,228 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22068 8 12 54 41 West Division (W1) Calgary Roughnecks vs. (W4) Colorado Mammoth #eeeeee April 30, 2011 Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth 10–6 (2–3, 4–0, 1–1, 3–2) Mike Poulin Matt King 0–11–12–12–22–33–34–35–36–36–47–48–48–58–69–610–6 Dobbie (S. Carnegie, Snider) – 02:46 Ranger (Dickson) – 10:58 Ranger (Shattler) – 18:36 Shattler (Ranger, Dobbie) (PP) – 24:34 Dickson (Veltman, Shattler) – 27:35 Dobbie (M. Carnegie, Snider) – 27:42 Dickson (Snider) – 42:07 Dobbie (Veltman, Shattler) – 46:08 McBride (Kilby) (ENG) – 58:35 Ranger (Shattler) (PP, ENG) – 59:53 02:19 – A. Gajic (Prout, Grant) (PP) 12:48 – I. Gajic 13:08 – Carlson 41:53 – Grant (Carey, Prout) 47:40 – Grant (Langtry, Carey) (PP) 52:58 – Grant (Langtry) (PP) Scotiabank Saddledome 10,092 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22063 12 12 43 49 (W2) Minnesota Swarm vs. (W3) Washington Stealth #eeeeee April 30, 2011 Minnesota Swarm Washington Stealth 8–14 (5–3, 1–3, 2–4, 0–4) Nick Patterson Tyler Richards Matt Roik 1–02–02–13–14–15–15–25–36–36–46–56–67–67–77–87–98–98–108–118–128–138–14 Morgan – 01:50 Crawford (Sullivan, Shewchuk) – 03:27 Wilson (Ross, Benesch) (PP) – 10:16 Shewchuk (Wilson, Sullivan) – 10:38 Suitor (Kelly) – 11:32 Ross (Wilson, Sullivan) – 20:52 Crawford (Benesch, Ross) – 32:43 Ross (Benesch, Crawford) (PP) – 41:55 04:53 – Smith (Wiles, Duch) 11:57 – Ratcliff (Zywicki, Duch) 12:21 – Moleski (Rabil) 23:31 – Sedgwick (Smith, Beers) 27:40 – Ratcliff (Smith, Beers) 29:15 – Ratcliff (Sedgwick, Richards) 34:45 – Duch (Ratcliff, Rabil) 37:28 – Beers (Rabil) 38:24 – Zywicki (O'Dougherty, Grimes) 43:56 – Zywicki (Grimes) 47:50 – Duch (Zywicki, Sedgwick) 48:49 – Duch (Ratcliff, Wiles) 54:30 – Sedgwick (Duch, Ratcliff) 55:38 – Wiles (Duch) Xcel Energy Center 5,878 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22064 12 20 48 52 Division Finals East Division (E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E2) Toronto Rock #eeeeee May 7, 2011 Buffalo Bandits Toronto Rock 11–12 (0–4, 6–5, 1–2, 4–1) Michael Thompson Angus Goodleaf Bob Watson HSBC Arena 12,349 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22065 22 14 46 51 West Division (W1) Calgary Roughnecks vs. (W3) Washington Stealth #eeeeee May 7, 2011 Calgary Roughnecks Washington Stealth 8–10 (3–1, 0–3, 1–4, 4–2) Tyler Richards Mike Poulin Scotiabank Saddledome 10,125 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22066 29 31 52 53 NLL Finals (E2) Toronto Rock vs. (W3) Washington Stealth #f7f6a8 May 15, 2011 Toronto Rock Washington Stealth 8–7 (2–1, 5–1, 0–2, 1–3) Bob Watson Tyler Richards Air Canada Centre 14,488 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22069 25 10 58 53 Milestones and events Pre-season July 30, 2010: The league announced that the Orlando Titans would not be participating in the 2011 season.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4582 July 30, 2010 November 7, 2010 NLL.com Titans Look To Change Ownership Structure Regular season John Tavares scores the first goal of the game against the Philadelphia Wings at the Wells Fargo Center in a 16–7 win, marking the first player in league history to reach 700 goals scored. The following week at home against the same team, Tavares would become the first person to tally 1,500 career points. Awards Annual AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Jeff Shattlerhttp://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5061 NLL.com Shattler Wins Most Valuable Player Award May 12, 2011 May 12, 2011 Calgary Roughnecks Goaltender of the Year Matt Vinchttp://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5053 NLL.com Shattler, McCready, & Vinc Honored May 9, 2011 May 9, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks Defensive Player of the Year Pat McCready Rochester Knighthawks Transition Player of the Year Jeff Shattler Calgary Roughnecks Rookie of the Year Curtis Dickson http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5055 NLL.com Calgary's Dickson Wins Rookie of the Year May 10, 2011 May 10, 2011 Calgary Roughnecks Sportsmanship Award Jordan Hallhttp://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5046 NLL.com Hall, Bailey Win First Two Awards of 2011 May 3, 2011 May 3, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks GM of the Year Curt Styres http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5048 NLL.com Rochester Sweeps GM & Head Coach Awards May 5, 2011 May 5, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks Les Bartley Award Mike Hasen Rochester Knighthawks Executive of the Year Award Curt Styres http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5047 NLL.com Curt Styres Named Executive of the Year May 4, 2011 May 4, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks Tom Borrelli Award Budd Bailey   All-Pro teams First Team Jeff Shattler, Calgary Pat McCready, Rochester Matt Vinc, Rochester Ryan Benesch, Minnesota Rhys Duch, Washington Dan Dawson, Boston Second Team Lewis Ratcliff, Washington John Tavares, Buffalo Stephan Leblanc, Toronto Brodie Merrill, Edmonton Mike Carnegie, Calgary Anthony Cosmo, Boston All-Rookie team Curtis Dickson, Calgary Cody Jamieson, Rochester Kyle Rubisch, Boston Aaron Pascas, Toronto Andrew Suitor, Minnesota Tyler Hass, Minnesota Weekly awards The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie. Month Week Overall Offensive Defensive Transition Rookie January 1 Bob Watson Scott Ranger Mike Poulin Paul Rabil Aaron Pascas 2 Ryan Benesch Ryan Benesch Nick Patterson Mark Steenhuis Cody Jamieson 3 Stephan Leblanc Luke Wiles Nick Patterson Brodie Merrill Cody Jamieson 4 Brandon Miller Dane Dobbie Bob Watson Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson February 5 Shawn Evans Dan Dawson Tyler Richards Jordan Hall Cody Jamieson 6 John Tavares John Tavares Anthony Cosmo Paul Rabil Aaron Pascas 7 Bob Watson Garrett Billings Jeff Moleski Ryan Hotaling Curtis Dickson 8 Colin Doyle Colin Doyle Sandy Chapman Jordan Hall Cody Jamieson March 9 Mike Thompson Lewis Ratcliff Mike Grimes Jordan Hall Rob Hellyer 10 Jeff Shattler John Tavares Chris Corbeil Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson 11 Dane Dobbie Dane Dobbie Nolan Heavenor Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson 12 Zack Greer Zack Greer Scott Campbell Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson April 13 John Grant Shawn Williams Matt Roik Jordan Hall Andrew Suitor 14 Rhys Duch Dan Dawson Mike Thompson Tom Montour Cody Jamieson 15 Kevin Buchanan Kevin Buchanan Chris Levis Brodie Merrill Kyle Rubisch 16 Ryan Benesch Ryan Benesch Nick Patterson Jordan Hall Cody Jamieson Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Month Overall Rookie January Bob Watson Curtis Dickson February Garrett Billings Kyle Rubisch March Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson April Ryan Benesch Cody Jamieson Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=13554 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesBuffalo Bandits 817,095136,765Colorado Mammoth 815,865126,927Calgary Roughnecks 8 10,38483,074Boston Blazers 8 8,71269,696Philadelphia Wings88,66169,294Toronto Rock88,51368,108Minnesota Swarm88,28766,302Edmonton Rush87,15157,214Rochester Knighthawks85,33142,648Washington Stealth 83,22625,808League809,322745,836 Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=13556 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesToronto Rock 212,35824,716Buffalo Bandits211,81123,622Calgary Roughnecks210,10820,217Minnesota Swarm15,8785,878League710,63374,433 See also 2011 in sports References 11 National Lacrosse League