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 – xy16106.6250.04–46–2169159+1010.569.94
2Toronto Rock – x16106.6250.07–13–5187168+1911.6910.50
3Rochester Knighthawks – x16106.6250.04–46–2176159+1711.009.94
4Boston Blazers – x1688.5002.04–44–4166155+1110.389.69
5Philadelphia Wings16511.3125.02–63–5143179-368.9411.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xyz16115.6880.06–25–3198181+1712.3811.31
2Minnesota Swarm – x1688.5003.05–33–5187180+711.6911.25
3Washington Stealth – x1688.5003.03–55–3203198+512.6912.38
4Colorado Mammoth – x16511.3126.03–52–6151172-219.4410.75
5Edmonton Rush16511.3126.04–41–7175204-2910.9412.75

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 10–6 7,940 1–0
2 January 15, 2011 Edmonton Rush TD Garden W 10–7 8,536 2–0
3 January 21, 2011 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 14–15 OT 9,104 2–1
4 January 22, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks TD Garden L 10–11 OT 10,422 2–2
5 January 28, 2011 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) TD Garden L 5–11 7,492 2–3
6 January 29, 2011 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 16–7 4,945 3–3
7 February 5, 2011 Toronto Rock TD Garden W 9–7 7,598 4–3
8 February 12, 2011 Colorado Mammoth TD Garden W 11–6 8,462 5–3
9 February 19, 2011 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 14–11 7,051 6–3
10 March 6, 2011 Buffalo Bandits TD Garden L 8–9 8,524 6–4
11 March 12, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–12 16,347 6–5
12 March 25, 2011 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 8–9 3,616 6–6
13 March 26, 2011 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 8–9 OT 17,123 6–7
14 April 2, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks TD Garden L 8–19 9,008 6–8
15 April 9, 2011 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) TD Garden W 9–7 9,654 7–8
16 April 16, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 16–9 17,318 8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 30, 2011 Buffalo Bandits TD Garden L 10–11 11,273 0–1

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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