Colorado Mammoth

Colorado Mammoth
Sport	Box lacrosse
Founded	2003
League	National Lacrosse League
Team history	Baltimore Thunder (1987–1999); Pittsburgh CrosseFire (2000); Washington Power (2001–2002)
Based in	Denver, Colorado
Arena	Ball Arena
Colors	Burgundy and Black;
Owner	Stan Kroenke
Head coach	Pat Coyle
General manager	Brad Self
League titles	2 (2006, 2022)
Conference titles	2 (2022, 2023)
Division titles	3 (2003, 2004, 2007)
Local media	Altitude Sports and Entertainment, KKFN
PLPA representative	Dan Coates; Joey Cupido
Website	coloradomammoth.com
	Current season

The Colorado Mammoth are a professional box lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team has played its home games at Ball Arena since the 2003 season. They are owned by Stan Kroenke, who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and the Colorado Rapids.

The Mammoth franchise previously played as the Baltimore Thunder from 1987 to 1999, the Pittsburgh CrosseFire in 2000, and the Washington Power from 2001 to 2002. Up until the joining of the expansion team San Diego Seals, Colorado was the only non-Canadian team in the Western Division from 2014 to 2018. They have only missed the playoffs twice since moving to Colorado.

In 2004 and from 2006 to 2008, the Mammoth lead the league in attendance. 2006 was the first year in the 20-year history of the NLL that the league had an attendance of more than one million fans in one season. The Mammoth had the honor of hosting fan number one million.^[1] In 2008, the Mammoth average attendance per game was higher than Pepsi Center's other teams, the Colorado Avalanche (NHL) and the Denver Nuggets (NBA).^[2]

2006 champions

In the 2006 season, the Mammoth went to the playoffs in the #2 seed in the Western Division. Round one was hosted in Colorado against rivals Calgary. The Mammoth won 18–17 in overtime. Brian Langtry scored the overtime goal. Round two (Western Division finals) was also hosted at Pepsi Center against the Arizona Sting. Rookie Dan Carey scored the winning goal as the Mammoth defeated the Sting 13–12. The championship game was held at HSBC Arena in Buffalo against the Bandits who held the league's best record and the incumbent league MVP, goaltender Steve Dietrich . The Mammoth won the Champion's Cup by a score of 16–9, with Gavin Prout being named Game MVP.

2022 champions

The Mammoth won the National Lacrosse League Cup beating the Buffalo Bandits 2 games to 1, with Dillon Ward being named the Finals MVP.^[3]

Notable players

Gary Gait, who retired after the 2005 NLL season as the NLL's all-time scoring leader with 596 goals and 495 assists in 174 games (a record since surpassed by John Tavares). Gait also won the 2003 NLL MVP Award while with the Mammoth. On November 12, 2005, Gait was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame, and on December 30, 2005, his number 22 jersey banner was hung from Pepsi Center rafters — the first NLL number ever to be retired and hung from any arena. Gait was the Mammoth head coach for the 2006 and 2007 seasons before stepping down in August 2007 to pursue other interests.^[4]
Brian Langtry, who won the NLL Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, is well known for his all-out goal scoring attempts. Langtry retired after the 2011 season.^[5]
Gord "Gee" Nash, who was the 2004 Goaltender of the Year.
Gavin Prout, a crowd favorite who consistently puts up high numbers. In 2006, Prout was named team captain. On October 31, 2009, to the outrage of many fans, Prout was traded to the Rochester Knighthawks, who in turn traded him to the Edmonton Rush on November 10. After a season and a half in Edmonton, Prout was traded back to the Mammoth in March 2011.^[6]
John Grant Jr., who was the 2012 NLL MVP. Retired in 2017.
Joey Cupido, three time fan favorite award winner who was the 2015 and 2018 Transition Player of the Year.
Dillon Ward, winner of the 2017 Goaltender of the Year Award . He played an essential role during the team's 2022 championship run and he was awarded the 2022 Finals MVP award.

Awards and honors

Year	Player	Award
2003	Gary Gait	Most Valuable Player
2003	Brian Langtry	Rookie of the Year
2004	Steve Govett	Executive of the Year
	Gord Nash	Goaltender of the Year
	Gary Gait	Sportsmanship Award (tie with Peter Lough)
2005	Gary Gait	Sportsmanship Award
2006	Gavin Prout	Champion's Cup MVP
2012	Adam Jones	Rookie of the Year
2012	John Grant, Jr.	Most Valuable Player
2015	Joey Cupido	Transition Player of the Year
2017	Dillon Ward	Goaltender of the Year
2018	Joey Cupido	Transition Player of the Year
2022	Dillon Ward	Champion's Cup MVP

NLL Hall of Fame members

Pat Coyle (Class of 2014)
Dan Stroup (Class of 2010)
Gary Gait (Class of 2006)
Paul Gait (Class of 2006)

Current roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

30 Tyler Carlson
45 Dillon Ward

Defensemen

13 Brett Craig
37 Dan Coates (C)
82 Joey Cupido (A)
27 Scott Carnegie
3 Tim Edwards
14 Warren Jeffrey
23 Jordan Gilles
18 Robert Hope (A)
86 John Lintz
4 Josh Sullivan

Forwards

67 Kyle Killen
55 Dylan Kinnear
16 Ryan Lee
51 Eli McLaughlin
2 Will Malcom
20 Jacob Ruest
17 Chris Wardle
7 Tyler Digby

Practice Squad

41 Erik Turner
15 Ilija Gajic
91 Jake McNabb
71 Jeff Wittig

Holdout

84 Dylan Molloy

Head Coach

Pat Coyle

Assistant Coaches

Andrew McBride
Shawn Williams

Legend

* Suspended list
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2018-01-02
NLL Transactions

All-time record

Season	Division/Conference^[a]	W–L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
2003	Eastern	9–7	1st	6–2	3–5	226	223	Rod Jensen/Jamie Batley	Lost Division Final
2004	Western	13–3	1st	7–1	6–2	223	173	Jamie Batley	Lost Division Final
2005	Western	8–8	3rd	5–3	3–5	201	182	Jamie Batley	Lost Division Semi-Final
2006	Western	10–6	2nd	6–2	4–4	200	172	Gary Gait	Won Championship
2007	Western	12–4	1st	7–1	5–3	209	179	Gary Gait	Lost Division Semi-Final
2008	Western	9–7	2nd	6–2	3–5	184	162	Bob McMahon	Lost Division Semi-Final
2009	Western	7–9	4th	4–4	3–5	172	184	Bob McMahon	Lost Division Semi-Final
2010	Western	4–12	5th	0–8	4–4	167	201	Bob McMahon/Steve Govett/Bob Hamley	Did Not Qualify
2011	Western	5–11	4th	3–5	2–6	151	172	Bob Hamley	Lost Division Semi-Final
2012	Western	11–5	2nd	5–3	6–2	217	201	Bob Hamley	Lost Division Semi-Final
2013	Western	7–9	4th	3–5	4–4	185	202	Bob Hamley	Lost Division Semi-Final
2014	Western	8–10	3rd	4–5	4–5	201	228	Bob Hamley/Pat Coyle/Chris Gill/Dan Stroup	Lost Division Semi-Final
2015	Western	9–9	3rd	6–3	3–6	212	218	Pat Coyle/Chris Gill/Dan Stroup	Lost Division Semi-Final
2016	Western	12–6	2nd	8–1	4–5	203	202	Pat Coyle/Chris Gill/Dan Stroup	Lost Division Semi-Final
2017	Western	9–9	3rd	5–4	4–5	202	199	Pat Coyle/Chris Gill/Dan Stroup	Lost Division Final
2018	Western	11–7	2nd	5–4	6–3	214	199	Pat Coyle	Lost Division Semi-Final
2019	Western	6–12	4th	3–6	3–6	181	193	Pat Coyle	Lost Division Final
2020	Western	7–6	2nd	4–2	3–4	128	125	Pat Coyle	No playoffs held
2021	Western	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Western	10–8	3rd	7–2	3–6	196	198	Pat Coyle	Won Championship
2023	Western	9–9	4th	7–2	2–7	190	208	Pat Coyle	Lost Championship
2024	Unified	5-13	15th	4-5	1-8	193	226	Pat Coyle	Did Not Qualify
Total	21 seasons	181-170		105-70	76–100	4,055	4,047
Playoff Totals	17 appearances	8-17		3–9	5–8	288	325	2 Championships

Playoff results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2003	Quarterfinals	Vancouver 12	Colorado 15
2003	Semifinals	Colorado 11	Toronto 15
2004	Division Finals	Calgary 13	Colorado 11
2005	Division Semifinals	Colorado 13	Arizona 16
2006	Division Semifinals	Calgary 17	Colorado 18
	Division Finals	Arizona 12	Colorado 13
	Championship	Colorado 16	Buffalo 9
2007	Division Semifinals	San Jose 15	Colorado 14 (OT)
2008	Division Semifinals	Calgary 15	Colorado 13
2009	Division Semifinals	Colorado 8	Calgary 15
2011	Division Semifinals	Colorado 6	Calgary 10
2012	Division Semifinals	Minnesota 14	Colorado 10
2013	Division Semifinals	Colorado 10	Calgary 15
2014	Division Semifinals	Colorado 15	Calgary 16 (OT)
2015	Division Semifinals	Calgary 11	Colorado 6
2016	Division Semifinals	Calgary 11	Colorado 10 (OT)
2017	Division Semifinals	Colorado 13	Vancouver 12
	Western Finals (Game 1)	Saskatchewan 18	Colorado 9
	Western Finals (Game 2)	Colorado 10	Saskatchewan 11
2018	Division Semifinals	Calgary 15	Colorado 12
2019	Division Semifinals	Colorado 11	Saskatchewan 10 (OT)
2019	Western Division Final	Colorado 4	Calgary 8
2022	Western Conference Semifinals	Colorado 16	Calgary 12
	Western Conference Finals Game 1	Colorado 14	San Diego 12
	Western Conference Finals Game 2	San Diego 11	Colorado 10
	Western Conference Finals Game 3	Colorado 15	San Diego 13
	NLL Finals Game 1	Colorado 14	Buffalo 15
	NLL Finals Game 2	Buffalo 8	Colorado 11
	NLL Finals Game 3	Colorado 10	Buffalo 8
2023	Western Conference Semifinals	Colorado 13	San Diego 12
	Western Conference Finals Game 1	Calgary 7	Colorado 8
	Western Conference Finals Game 2	Colorado 12	Calgary 13
	Western Conference Finals Game 3	Colorado 9	Calgary 7
	NLL Finals Game 1	Colorado 12	Buffalo 13
	NLL Finals Game 2	Buffalo 10	Colorado 16
	NLL Finals Game 3	Colorado 4	Buffalo 13

Head coaching history

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	W%	GC	W	L	W%
1	Rod Jensen	2003	9	4	5	.444	–	–	–	–
2	Jamie Batley	2003–2005	39	26	13	.667	4	1	3	.250
3	Gary Gait	2006–2007	32	22	10	.688	4	3	1	.750
4	Bob McMahon	2008–2010	34	16	18	.471	2	0	2	.000
5	Steve Govett	2010	7	2	5	.286	–	–	–	–
6	Bob Hamley	2010–2014	66	29	37	.440	3	0	3	.000
7	Pat Coyle, Chris Gill, Dan Stroup	2015–2017	54	30	24	.556	5	1	4	.200
8	Pat Coyle	2018–	103	48	55	.466	17	10	7	.588
Source:^[7]

Notes

^ Conference play began in the 2022 season

References

^ "NLL Welcomes Millionth Fan". NLL. April 28, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
^ Paton, James (March 21, 2008). "Mammoth sales". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008.
^ @nll (June 18, 2022). "Dillon Ward is your NLL Finals MVP 🏆 His 55 saves in game 3 are a new NLL Championship record" (Tweet). Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Gait Steps Down as Mammoth Coach". NLL. August 22, 2007. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
^ "Brian Langtry announces retirement". NLL. October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ "Prout traded back to Colorado". NLL. March 15, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ "2017 NLL Media Guide" (PDF). National Lacrosse League. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

External links

Preceded by None	Major Indoor Lacrosse League Champions 1987	Succeeded by New Jersey Saints
Preceded by Toronto Rock	National Lacrosse League Champions 2006	Succeeded by Rochester Knighthawks

[7] Conference play began in the 2022 season

[1] "NLL Welcomes Millionth Fan". NLL. April 28, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2007.

[2] Paton, James (March 21, 2008). "Mammoth sales". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008.

[3] @nll (June 18, 2022). "Dillon Ward is your NLL Finals MVP 🏆 His 55 saves in game 3 are a new NLL Championship record" (Tweet). Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via Twitter.

[4] "Gait Steps Down as Mammoth Coach". NLL. August 22, 2007. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.

[5] "Brian Langtry announces retirement". NLL. October 11, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.

[6] "Prout traded back to Colorado". NLL. March 15, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.

[2017nll-8] "2017 NLL Media Guide" (PDF). National Lacrosse League. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

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