2007 Arizona Sting season

2007 Arizona Sting
League	NLL
Division	3rd West
2007 record	9-7
Home record	6-2
Road record	3-5
Goals for	188
Goals against	181
General Manager	Bob Hamley
Coach	Bob Hamley
Captain	Peter Lough
Arena	Jobing.com Arena
Average attendance	8,720
Team leaders
Goals	Dan Dawson (47)
Assists	Dan Dawson (60)
Points	Dan Dawson (107)
Penalties in minutes	Peter Lough (47)
Loose Balls	Peter Lough (118)
Wins	Rob Blasdell (9)
Goals against average	Rob Blasdell (10.94)
← 2006 season

The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Phoenix, Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 7th in franchise history and 4th as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).

In 2007, the Sting finished 3rd in the west, but defeated both Calgary and San Jose in the playoffs to make it to the Championship game for the second time in three years. The East division champion Rochester Knighthawks won home field advantage but due to scheduling problems in Rochester, the Sting hosted the championship game. The Knighthawks defeated the Sting 13-11 to win their first NLL Championship in ten years.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	−7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	−15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	−8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	−38	12.19	14.56

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	−29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	−46	9.56	12.44

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

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 5, 2007	Colorado Mammoth	Jobing.com Arena	L 6–10		7,179	0–1
2	January 13, 2007	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 14–11		3,678	1–1
3	January 19, 2007	Portland LumberJax	Jobing.com Arena	W 11–4		5,729	2–1
4	January 20, 2007	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 12–9		9,238	3–1
5	February 2, 2007	New York Titans	Jobing.com Arena	W 16–15		5,559	4–1
6	February 10, 2007	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 9–11		10,435	4–2
7	February 18, 2007	Edmonton Rush	Jobing.com Arena	W 12–11	OT	7,063	5–2
8	February 24, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 16–19		9,352	5–3
9	March 2, 2007	Chicago Shamrox	Jobing.com Arena	W 11–7		6,244	6–3
10	March 16, 2007	Calgary Roughnecks	Jobing.com Arena	W 14–10		5,503	7–3
11	March 24, 2007	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 12–14		12,768	7–4
12	March 30, 2007	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 14–8		18,027	8–4
13	March 31, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Jobing.com Arena	W 10–9		4,565	9–4
14	April 7, 2007	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 5–15		13,492	9–5
15	April 13, 2007	Calgary Roughnecks	Jobing.com Arena	L 11–12		6,556	9–6
16	April 14, 2007	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 15–16		14,144	9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 21, 2007	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 13–9		10,057	1–0
Division Final	April 28, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Jobing.com Arena	W 9–7		6,924	2–0
Championship Game	May 12, 2007	Rochester Knighthawks	Jobing.com Arena	L 11–13		9,796	2–1

Player stats

Reference:

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
Dan Dawson	16	47	60	107	65	16
Craig Conn	16	21	55	76	106	35
Lindsay Plunkett	16	31	35	66	75	20
Derek Malawsky	16	20	35	55	78	9
Curt Malawsky	15	24	21	45	38	4
Matt Brown	12	10	14	24	34	2
Andy Secore	14	10	12	22	47	8
Scott Self	16	3	14	17	91	21
Peter Veltman	9	4	10	14	17	12
Totals		315	503	299	978	53

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
Rob Blasdell	16	844:16	9	5	154	.761	10.94
Mike Attwood	16	114:11	0	2	25	.699	13.14
Brandon Atherton	0	0:00	0	0	0	.000	.00
Totals			9	7	181	.752	11.31

Awards

Player	Award
Dan Dawson	First Team All-Pro
Rob Blasdell	Overall Player of the Month, January
Dan Dawson	All-Stars
Rob Blasdell
Peter Lough

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 30 Goalie Atherton, Brandon 43 Goalie Attwood, Mike 17 Def Beisel, Brian 31 Goalie Blasdell, Rob 16 Fwd Brown, Matt 9 Def Codd, Bruce 8 Fwd Conn, Craig 6 Fwd Dawson, Dan 23 Def Grimes, Mike 19 Def Hinman, Greg 14 Fwd Lazore, Andrew

No. Position Player 27 Def Lough, Peter 28 Def MacDonald, Brad 11 Fwd Malawsky, Curt 18 Fwd Malawsky, Derek 36 Fwd McKay, Chris 10 Def Murray, Bruce 12 Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay 21 Fwd Secore, Andy 7 Def Self, Scott 24 Trans Seller, Chris 20 Fwd Tinning, Mark 13 Fwd Veltman, Peter

See also

• 2007 NLL season