2007 Arizona Sting 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).

2007 Arizona Sting
LeagueNLL
Division3rd West
2007 record9-7
Home record6-2
Road record3-5
Goals for188
Goals against181
General ManagerBob Hamley
CoachBob Hamley
CaptainPeter Lough
ArenaJobing.com Arena
Average attendance8,720
Team leaders
GoalsDan Dawson (47)
AssistsDan Dawson (60)
PointsDan Dawson (107)
Penalties in minutesPeter Lough (47)
Loose BallsPeter Lough (118)
WinsRob Blasdell (9)
Goals against averageRob Blasdell (10.94)

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.[1] The Knighthawks defeated the Sting 13-11 to win their first NLL Championship in ten years.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Rochester Knighthawks xyz16142.8750.08062249194+5515.5612.12
2Buffalo Bandits x16106.6254.06244207188+1912.9411.75
3Minnesota Swarm x1697.5625.04453200207−712.5012.94
4Toronto Rock x16610.3758.03535187183+411.6911.44
5Chicago Shamrox16610.3758.04426176191−1511.0011.94
6Philadelphia Wings16610.3758.04426178186−811.1211.62
7New York Titans16412.25010.03517195233−3812.1914.56
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Colorado Mammoth xy16124.7500.07153209179+3013.0611.19
2Calgary Roughnecks x1697.5623.04453219202+1713.6912.62
3Arizona Sting x1697.5623.06235188181+711.7511.31
4San Jose Stealth x1697.5623.04453181170+1111.3110.62
5Edmonton Rush16610.3756.04426160189−2910.0011.81
6Portland LumberJax16412.2508.03517153199−469.5612.44

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:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 5, 2007 Colorado Mammoth Jobing.com Arena L 610 7,179 01
2 January 13, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 1411 3,678 11
3 January 19, 2007 Portland LumberJax Jobing.com Arena W 114 5,729 21
4 January 20, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 129 9,238 31
5 February 2, 2007 New York Titans Jobing.com Arena W 1615 5,559 41
6 February 10, 2007 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 911 10,435 42
7 February 18, 2007 Edmonton Rush Jobing.com Arena W 1211 OT 7,063 52
8 February 24, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1619 9,352 53
9 March 2, 2007 Chicago Shamrox Jobing.com Arena W 117 6,244 63
10 March 16, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Jobing.com Arena W 1410 5,503 73
11 March 24, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 1214 12,768 74
12 March 30, 2007 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 148 18,027 84
13 March 31, 2007 San Jose Stealth Jobing.com Arena W 109 4,565 94
14 April 7, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 515 13,492 95
15 April 13, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Jobing.com Arena L 1112 6,556 96
16 April 14, 2007 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 1516 14,144 97

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 21, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 139 10,057 10
Division Final April 28, 2007 San Jose Stealth Jobing.com Arena W 97 6,924 20
Championship Game May 12, 2007 Rochester Knighthawks Jobing.com Arena L 1113 9,796 21

Player stats

Reference:[5]

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 Dawson1647601076516
Craig Conn1621557610635
Lindsay Plunkett163135667520
Derek Malawsky16203555789
Curt Malawsky15242145384
Matt Brown12101424342
Andy Secore14101222478
Scott Self16314179121
Peter Veltman9410141712
Totals31550329997853

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 Blasdell16844:1695154.76110.94
Mike Attwood16114:110225.69913.14
Brandon Atherton00:00000.000.00
Totals97 181 .752 11.31

Awards

PlayerAward
Dan DawsonFirst Team All-Pro
Rob BlasdellOverall Player of the Month, January
Dan DawsonAll-Stars
Rob Blasdell
Peter Lough

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
30 Canada Goalie Atherton, Brandon
43 Canada Goalie Attwood, Mike
17 Canada Def Beisel, Brian
31 Canada Goalie Blasdell, Rob
16 Canada Fwd Brown, Matt
9 Canada Def Codd, Bruce
8 Canada Fwd Conn, Craig
6 Canada Fwd Dawson, Dan
23 Canada Def Grimes, Mike
19 Canada Def Hinman, Greg
14 Iroquois Fwd Lazore, Andrew
No. Position Player
27 Canada Def Lough, Peter
28 Canada Def MacDonald, Brad
11 Canada Fwd Malawsky, Curt
18 Canada Fwd Malawsky, Derek
36 Canada Fwd McKay, Chris
10 Canada Def Murray, Bruce
12 Canada Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
21 Canada Fwd Secore, Andy
7 Canada Def Self, Scott
24 Canada Trans Seller, Chris
20 Canada Fwd Tinning, Mark
13 Canada Fwd Veltman, Peter

See also

References

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