Colorado Mammoth
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| Colorado Mammoth | |
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| Founded | 1987 (as the Baltimore Thunder) |
| Home arena | Pepsi Center |
| Based in | Denver, Colorado |
| Colors | Burgundy and Black |
| Head coach | Gary Gait |
| General manager | Steve Govett |
The Colorado Mammoth is a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional sports league in North America. They have played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, since the 2002-2003 season. In 2004 they became the league's attendance leader, beating the Toronto Rock out closely. In 2006, they again came away with the league attendance record, beating out rivals Calgary. In 20 years, 2006 was the first year that the league had an attendance of one million fans in one season. The Colorado Mammoth had the honor of hosting fan number one million, an honor that commissioner Jim Jennings believes to be rightfully theirs, given the impact they had on the league's attendance this year.
They are owned by E. Stanley Kroenke who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Crush (AFL) and the Colorado Rapids (MLS).
They had previously been the Baltimore Thunder from 1987 to 1999, the Pittsburgh CrosseFire from 1999 to 2000 and the Washington Power from 2000 to 2002. As the Baltimore Thunder had played in Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) from 1987 to 1997 where in 1987 they won the MILL championship
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 in a spectacular overtime game of 18-17. Brian Langtry scored the overtime goal. Round two (Western Division finals) was also hosted at Pepsi Center against the Arizona Sting. Again, Mammoth won in an amazing 13-12 game. The game-winning goal was scored by rookie Dan Carey. The Mammoth won the Champion's Cup against the Buffalo Bandits by a score of 16-9 at HSBC Arena. Gavin Prout was named Game MVP.
Notable players
- Gary Gait, who use to be the NLL's All-Time Scoring Leader with 563 goals and 447 assists in 158 games (between 1992-2004). 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 in the world. He now continues his NLL career as Mammoth head coach.
- Brian Langtry, who won the NLL Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, is well-known for his all-out goal scoring attempts.
- Jay Jalbert, who is a crowd favorite with high-scoring and a passion for the game.
- Jamie Hanford, who is one of the top faceoff men over the last few years.
- Gord "Gee" Nash, who was the 2004 Goaltender of the Year.
- Gavin Prout, who is a crowd favorite who consistently puts up high numbers. Prout continues his NLL career in the 2006 season as team captain.
Championships
2006External links
| National Lacrosse League | |
| East Division: Buffalo Bandits | Minnesota Swarm | Philadelphia Wings | Rochester Knighthawks | Toronto Rock | |
| West Division: Arizona Sting | Calgary Roughnecks | Colorado Mammoth | Edmonton Rush | Portland Lumberjax | San Jose Stealth | |
| 2007 Expansion Teams: Chicago Shamrox | New York | |
| NLL Articles: Champion's Cup | NLL All-Star Game | NLL Hall of Fame | List of NLL MVPs | |
| Related Articles: Box lacrosse | Indoor lacrosse | Lacrosse | Major League Lacrosse | |
| Current arenas in the National Lacrosse League |
| Air Canada Centre | Blue Cross Arena | Glendale Arena | HP Pavilion | HSBC Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Rose Garden Arena | Sears Centre | Wachovia Center | Xcel Energy Center |
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