2010 NLL season

June 2013 2010 NLL season National Lacrosse League Box lacrosse 100px 11 16 January 2010 – May 2010 Draft Sid Smith Rochester Knighthawks Regular season Washington Stealth Casey Powell (Orlando Titans) National Lacrosse League MVP Award Josh Sanderson (Calgary Roughnecks) Playoffs Washington Stealth (1st title) Toronto Rock Lewis Ratcliff (Stealth) Champion's Cup#Most Valuable Players NLL 2009 NLL season 2009 season 2011 NLL season 2011 season The 2010 National Lacrosse League season, the 24th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2010, and ended with the Championship game on May 15. Team movement After five seasons in San Jose, the Stealth announced shortly after the 2009 season ended that they would be relocating to Everett, Washington, approximately 30 miles north of Seattle. The Washington StealthCan professional lacrosse turn a buck in Everett? Scott M. Johnson The Herald June 19, 2009 July 31, 2009 http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090619/SPORTS/706199790/1004 will play at the Comcast Arena.http://nll.com/article.php?id=4000 Stealth Move North To Washington NLL.com June 17, 2008 April 18, 2009 In addition it was announced on May 4, 2009, that after four seasons in Portland, the Lumberjax would no longer operate in that cityhttp://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124147797860507900 LumberJax will move from Portland May 4, 2009 May 4, 2009 Portland Tribune https://web.archive.org/web/20110608043723/http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124147797860507900 June 8, 2011 dead and on July 7, 2009, the NLL held a dispersal draft for the Lumberjax players.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4011 Merrill Selected First Overall By Edmonton NLL.com July 7, 2009 July 7, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090712030833/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4011 July 12, 2009 On August 10, 2009, it was announced that after three seasons in New York City, the Titans franchise will be relocating to Orlando, Florida, where they will become the Orlando Titans. The franchise will play its home games at Amway Arena.http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/08/10/new-york-titans-move-to-orlando-to-be-made-official-midweek/#more-12611 NLL Insider Titans Move to Orlando to be Made Official August 10, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090929003621/http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/08/10/new-york-titans-move-to-orlando-to-be-made-official-midweek/#more-12611 September 29, 2009 dead mdy-allhttp://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4038 NLL.com Titans Relocate to Orlando August 11, 2009 October 1, 2009 Teams 2010 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 Orlando Titans Orlando, Florida Amway Arena 15,948 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 Pengrowth 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 650 435 425 480 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 28.55 -81.39 Blue pog.svg 94 right Titans #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 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 LBJosh Sanderson Calgary Roughnecks 163470104267Lewis Ratcliff Washington Stealth 16465197463Callum Crawford Minnesota Swarm 16326496268Mark Steenhuis Buffalo Bandits 163654902799Aaron Wilson Minnesota Swarm 16404989673Dan Dawson Boston Blazers 163652883675Rhys Duch Washington Stealth 16335386470Colin Doyle Toronto Rock 162262842168John Grant Jr. Rochester Knighthawks 153944831785Ryan Benesch Minnesota Swarm 16285583285Garrett Billings Toronto Rock 16335083256 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 Bob Watson Toronto Rock 16670 7 4 1040.7899.31 Anthony Cosmo Boston Blazers 16890 7 6 1410.7999.50 Matt Vinc Orlando Titans 17902 10 5 1430.8109.51 Mike Poulin Calgary/Boston 17404 5 3 660.7849.79 Matt Roik Washington Stealth 16 434 6 1 760.76510.50 Playoffs Divisional Semifinal Divisional Final Champion's Cup Final Eastern Division Western Division E1 Orlando 12 E4 Boston 11 E2 Toronto 13 E3 Buffalo 11 W1 Washington 14 W4 Minnesota 10 W2 Calgary 7 W3 Edmonton 11 E1 Orlando 10 E2 Toronto 15 W1 Washington 12 W3 Edmonton 11 E2 Toronto 11 W1 Washington 15 Milestones and events Pre-season June 17, 2009: The NLL announced that the San Jose Stealth would be relocating to Everett, Washington, playing at the Comcast Arena. June 30, 2009: The NLL announced that George Daniel had been named as Commissioner. Daniel had been Interim Commissioner since Jim Jennings' resignation in January.https://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3997 George Daniel Appointed Commissioner June 30, 2009 October 21, 2009 NLL.com July 7, 2009: A dispersal draft was held for Portland Lumberjax players making the team officially defunct. August 10, 2009: The NLL announced that the New York Titans would be moving to Orlando, Florida, becoming the Orlando Titans. Awards Annual AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Casey Powellhttp://nll.com/article.php?id=4529 NLL.com Casey Powell Named 2010 Reebok MVP May 13, 2010 May 13, 2010 May 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100516042635/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4529 dead Orlando Titans Goaltender of the Year Matt Vinchttp://nll.com/article.php?id=4526 NLL.com Merrill, Chapman, & Vinc Win Yearly Awards May 12, 2010 May 12, 2010 May 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515030237/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4526 dead Orlando Titans Defensive Player of the Year Sandy Chapman Toronto Rock Transition Player of the Year Brodie Merrill Edmonton Rush Rookie of the Year Stephan LeBlanc https://www.torontorock.com/article/stephan-leblanc-named-nll-rookie-of-the-year TorontoRock.com Stephan LeBlanc Named NLL Rookie of the Year May 13, 2010 May 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110116032458/http://torontorock.com/article/stephan-leblanc-named-nll-rookie-of-the-year January 16, 2011 dead mdy-all Toronto Rock Sportsmanship Award Shawn Williamshttp://nll.com/article.php?id=4523 NLL.com Stealth's Takata Named Executive of the Year May 10, 2010 May 11, 2010 July 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100718010221/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4523 dead Rochester Knighthawks GM of the Year Derek Keenanhttp://nll.com/article.php?id=4524 NLL.com Hall & Keenan Share Les Bartley Award May 11, 2010 May 12, 2010 May 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515043426/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4524 dead Edmonton Rush Les Bartley Award Derek KeenanChris Hall Edmonton RushWashington Stealth Executive of the Year Award David Takata Washington Stealth Tom Borrelli Award Paul Tutka   All-Pro teams First Team Casey Powell, Orlando Josh Sanderson, Calgary Dan Dawson, Boston Brodie Merrill, Edmonton Sandy Chapman, Toronto Matt Vinc, Orlando Second Team Colin Doyle, Toronto Lewis Ratcliff, Washington Rhys Duch, Washington Jordan Hall, Orlando John Orsen, Orlando Anthony Cosmo, Boston All-Rookie team Stephan Leblanc, Toronto Garrett Billings, Toronto Alex Gajic, Colorado Curtis Manning, Calgary Matt Beers, Washington Chris Corbeil, Buffalo 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 Josh Sanderson Josh Sanderson Pat O'Toole Paul Rabil Garrett Billings 2 Colin Doyle Colin Doyle Brandon Miller Bobby McBride Ilija Gajic 3 Bob Watson Lewis Ratcliff Bob Watson Paul Rabil Garrett Billings 4 Aaron Bold Jeff Zywicki Greg Peyser Brodie Merrill Brett Mydske February 5 Blaine Manning Blaine Manning Matt Vinc Peter Morgan Stephan LeBlanc 6 Mike Poulin John Tavares Angus Goodleaf Jay Thorimbert Stephan LeBlanc 7 Callum Crawford Ryan Powell Pat O'Toole Steve Toll Garrett Billings March 8 Casey Powell Casey Powell Matt Vinc Geoff Snider Alex Gajic 9 Mark Steenhuis Mark Steenhuis Matt King Jeff Shattler Kyle Clancy 10 John Tavares John Tavares Matt Vinc Jordan Hall Alex Gajic 11 Dan Dawson Dan Dawson Anthony Cosmo Jeff Shattler Ryan Hotaling 12 Lewis Ratcliff Lewis Ratcliff Brandon Miller Paul Rabil Alex Gajic April 13 Stephan LeBlanc Callum Crawford Brandon Atherton Brodie Merrill Stephan LeBlanc 14 Shawn Williams Rhys Duch Matt Roik Jed Prossner Chris Corbeil 15 Dan Dawson Dan Dawson Matt Vinc Geoff Snider Stephan LeBlanc 16 Rhys Duch Rhys Duch Mike Thompson Jordan Hall Kyle Clancy Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Month Overall Rookie January Bob Watson Garrett Billings February Matt Vinc Stephan LeBlanc March John Tavares Alex Gajic April Brodie Merrill Stephan LeBlanc Statistics leaders Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records. StatPlayerTeamTotalGoalsLewis RatcliffWashington46AssistsJosh SandersonBoston70PointsJosh SandersonBoston104Penalty MinutesRory SmithOrlando104Shots on GoalJohn Grant, Jr.Rochester197Loose BallsGeoff SniderPhiladelphia245Save PctMatt VincRochester.810GAAMike PoulinCalgary8.99 Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=4905 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesBuffalo Bandits 816,604132,836Colorado Mammoth 815,037120,299Calgary Roughnecks 8 10,41883,349Toronto Rock810,06680,532Minnesota Swarm89,58876,706Philadelphia Wings89,45875,664Boston Blazers 8 8,30966,478Edmonton Rush87,55860,465Rochester Knighthawks87,12957,037Orlando Titans87,03556,283Washington Stealth 83,94431,559League889,559841,208 Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=13553 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesCalgary Roughnecks 110,38810,388Toronto Rock19,3679,367Washington Stealth35,37316,119Orlando Titans24,4288,856League76,39044,730 See also 2010 in sports References 10 National Lacrosse League