2011 Boston Blazers season

The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was their third and final season in the NLL. After acquiring both Casey Powell and Josh Sanderson in the off-season, the Blazers looked to dominate the NLL East. But the Blazers did not gel as much as they might have hoped, and finished 4th in the East with an 8-8 record.

2011 Boston Blazers
LeagueNLL
Division4th East
2011 record8-8
Home record4-4
Road record4-4
Goals for166
Goals against155
General ManagerDoug Reffue
CoachTom Ryan
CaptainDan Dawson
ArenaTD Banknorth Garden
Team leaders
GoalsCasey Powell (34)
AssistsDan Dawson (59)
PointsDan Dawson (90)
Penalties in minutesJack Reid (48)
Loose BallsKyle Rubisch (143)
WinsAnthony Cosmo (8)
Goals against averageAnthony Cosmo (9.66)

Standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits xy16106.6250.04462169159+1010.569.94
2Toronto Rock x16106.6250.07135187168+1911.6910.50
3Rochester Knighthawks x16106.6250.04462176159+1711.009.94
4Boston Blazers x1688.5002.04444166155+1110.389.69
5Philadelphia Wings16511.3125.02635143179-368.9411.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks xyz16115.6880.06253198181+1712.3811.31
2Minnesota Swarm x1688.5003.05335187180+711.6911.25
3Washington Stealth x1688.5003.03553203198+512.6912.38
4Colorado Mammoth x16511.3126.03526151172-219.4410.75
5Edmonton Rush16511.3126.04417175204-2910.9412.75

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:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8, 2011 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center W 106 7,940 10
2 January 15, 2011 Edmonton Rush TD Garden W 107 8,536 20
3 January 21, 2011 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1415 OT 9,104 21
4 January 22, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks TD Garden L 1011 OT 10,422 22
5 January 28, 2011 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) TD Garden L 511 7,492 23
6 January 29, 2011 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 167 4,945 33
7 February 5, 2011 Toronto Rock TD Garden W 97 7,598 43
8 February 12, 2011 Colorado Mammoth TD Garden W 116 8,462 53
9 February 19, 2011 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 1411 7,051 63
10 March 6, 2011 Buffalo Bandits TD Garden L 89 8,524 64
11 March 12, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1012 16,347 65
12 March 25, 2011 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 89 3,616 66
13 March 26, 2011 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 89 OT 17,123 67
14 April 2, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks TD Garden L 819 9,008 68
15 April 9, 2011 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) TD Garden W 97 9,654 78
16 April 16, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 169 17,318 88

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 30, 2011 Buffalo Bandits TD Garden L 1011 11,273 01

Transactions

Trades

August 23, 2010[4] To Boston Blazers
Kevin Buchanan
Fourth round pick, 2010 entry draft
To Washington Stealth
Mat Giles
First round pick, 2012 entry draft
August 13, 2010[5] To Boston Blazers
Josh Sanderson
First round pick, 2010 entry draft
To Calgary Roughnecks
Daryl Veltman
Jon Harnett
Kyle Ross
First round pick, 2010 entry draft
August 12, 2010[6] To Boston Blazers
Fourth round pick, 2011 entry draft
To Calgary Roughnecks
Paul Dawson

Entry draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010.[7] The Blazers selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
12Kyle RubischDowling College
17David BrockUniversity at Albany
326Matt QuintonRoanoke College
435Martin CahillUniversity of Delaware
436Brock ArmourTowson University
546Tyler CollinsColgate University
654Chase WilliamsBellarmine University

Roster

2011 Boston Blazers roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 85 Mitch Belisle
  • 12 Jon "Bubba" Durno
  • 28 Dilan Graham
  • 33 Jon Harnett
  •  4 Carter Livingstone
  • 15 Curtis Ptolemy
  • 18 Jack Reid
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 20 Travis Brown
  • 05 Paul Manesis
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
  • Todd Francis
  • Randy Fraser
  • Corey Hallman

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

Roster updated 2009-02-04
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  3. "Boston Blazers – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  4. "Blazers & Swarm Trade Forwards". NLL.com. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  5. "Josh Sanderson To Blazers In Big Trade". NLL.com. August 13, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  6. "Roughnecks Acquire Paul Dawson In Trade". NLL.com. August 12, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  7. "2010 Entry Draft, Presented By Marc Mesh". NLL.com. September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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