Colorado Mammoth

The Colorado Mammoth are a member of the National Lacrosse League. They have played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, United States, since the 2003 season.

In 2004 they became the league's attendance leader, closely beating the Toronto Rock. In 2006, they again came away with the league attendance record, again beating out the Toronto Rock. 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 Colorado Mammoth had the honor of hosting fan number one million, an honor that commissioner Jim Jennings believed to be rightfully theirs, given the impact they had on the league's attendance that year.^[2] In 2008, the Mammoth average attendance per game was highest among Pepsi Center's residents, including the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and the Denver Nuggets (NBA).^[3]

They are owned by E. Stanley Kroenke who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Denver Nuggets (NBA) and the Colorado Rapids (MLS).

They had previously been the Baltimore Thunder from 1987 to 1999, the Pittsburgh CrosseFire in 2000 and the Washington Power from 2001 to 2002. Since 2014, they are currently the only non-Canadian team in the Western Division.

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.

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.

Awards and honors

NLL Hall of Fame members

• Pat Coyle (Class of 2014)
• Gary Gait (Class of 2006)
• Paul Gait (Class of 2006)

Roster

All-time record

Playoff results

Head coaching history

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† On March 5, 2014 Colorado announced all three would share interim coaching duties after Bob Hamley's firing. ^[8] On July 24, 2014 they announced the group would continue to share duties in the 2015 season. ^[9]

See also

• Colorado Mammoth seasons

References

External links

• Colorado Mammoth news

Sports teams based in Colorado
Baseball	MLB Colorado Rockies PCL Colorado Springs Sky Sox PL Grand Junction Rockies
Basketball	NBA Denver Nuggets ABA Colorado Kings
Football	NFL Denver Broncos IFL Colorado Crush WFA Colorado Voodoo Mile High Blaze IWFL Colorado Freeze Rocky Mountain Thunderkatz
Ice hockey	NHL Colorado Avalanche ECHL Colorado Eagles WSHL Breckenridge Bucks Colorado Junior Eagles Superior RoughRiders
Inline hockey	PIHA Colorado Springs Thunder Denver Blizzard Fort Collins Catz Lakewood Fire Parker Prowlers
Lacrosse	MLL Denver Outlaws NLL Colorado Mammoth
Roller derby	WFTDA Ark Valley High Rollers Boulder County Bombers Castle Rock 'n' Rollers Denver Roller Derby FoCo Girls Gone Derby Pikes Peak Derby Dames Pueblo Derby Devil Dollz Rocky Mountain Rollergirls Slaughterhouse Derby Girls Others Choice City Rebels
Rugby union	PRO Denver Stampede PRP Denver Barbarians Glendale Raptors
Soccer	MLS Colorado Rapids USL Colorado Springs Switchbacks PDL Real Colorado Foxes
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Air Force Colorado Colorado College (men's ice hockey and women's soccer only) Colorado State Denver Northern Colorado