Rout also secures playoff host role

In a league that seemingly specializes in games decided by one goal, the Colorado Mammoth had a much-needed laugher Friday night.

The Mammoth walloped the visiting Edmonton Rush 15-4 at the Pepsi Center, clinching at least one home playoff game and setting an abundance of team superlatives in the process.

Colorado allowed the fewest goals in its history, trumping the previous best of six. For a while, it appeared Colorado would challenge the overall National Lacrosse League record of two goals allowed, set by the Toronto Rock in the 1999 postseason.

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DENVER — With its sixth-consecutive NLL playoff berth already wrapped up, the Colorado Mammoth lacrosse team will put playoff tickets for a potential first-round home game on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Tickets start at $5 and will be available at the Pepsi Center box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

The Mammoth (7-6) needs one more win to secure a home game for the first round.

Marquis Games Include the MLL All-Star Game and 4th of July Fireworks

DENVER—April 14, 2008— Denver Outlaws Lacrosse single game tickets are now on sale by visiting www.Ticketmaster.com. Single game seats start as low as $8. Season tickets are on sale for as low as $99, by calling 303-OUTLAWS or visiting www.DenverOutlaws.com.

This Friday (April 18), INVESCO Field welcomes a CHSAA boy’s lacrosse double header: East vs. Kent (5pm) and Ft. Collins vs. Cherry Creek (7pm). Tickets for the boys double header are $10/adult, $6/student and can be found by visiting www.Ticketmaster.com

This summer, INVESCO Field at Mile High will host six Outlaws games (May 17, May 31, June 14, June 21, July 4, July 26), the 2008 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game (July 17), the CHSAA boy’s lacrosse championship game (May 17), CU vs. CSU men’s and women’s club lacrosse games (April 26) and the women’s college club championship game (May 10).

For more information, please call 303-OUTLAWS or check out www.DenverOutlaws.com

NEW YORK – The New York Titans opened the second quarter with a five-goal run that proved to be the difference in a 14-10 victory over the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday night.

Mike McLellan scored two of his team-leading four goals during the run, helping the Titans build a 9-4 halftime lead before a crowd of 6,337 at Madison Square Garden.

The Mammoth, which has already clinched a playoff spot in the National Lacrosse League’s West Division, fell to 7-6. The Titans improved to 7-6 and helped their playoff chances in the log jammed East Division race.

Chris Gill led the Mammoth with four goals, three on the power play, and Jamie Shewchuk had a game-high seven assists. Gavin Prout chipped in with three goals and three assists.

Casey Powell and Brendan Mundorf each tallied two goals and four assists to lead the Titans to victory in their first meeting with the Mammoth.

Goaltender Chris Levis, who relieved starter Gee Nash, took the loss for Colorado after making 21 saves on 27 shots. Nash, who stopped 14 of 21 shots, was replaced after the Titans’ five-goal outburst. Matt Vinc made 35 saves and earned the victory in goal for New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Colorado Mammoth unloaded 56 shots at HSBC Arena on Saturday night, but Buffalo Bandits goaltender Mike Thompson made 45 saves to lead his team to a 12-11 victory.

A near sellout crowd of 16,905 saw the Bandits improve to 8-5 while the Mammoth fell to 7-5.

Thompson and the Bandits defense held Colorado scoreless for the first 20-plus minutes of the game, jumping out to a 4-0 lead. Colorado bounced back, tying the score at 5-5 in the second quarter, but Buffalo did not trail the entire game.

Brian Langtry and Jason Wulder led the Mammoth with three goals each, while Jed Prossner added two for the playoff-bound Mammoth. Gavin Prout had a game-high six assists and goaltender Gee Nash made 26 saves and took the loss in net.

Mark Steenhuis led Buffalo with three goals, while Kevin Dostie and Roger Vyse scored two apiece.

National Lacrosse League All-Star Gee Nash turned in his best performance of the season and the Colorado Mammoth punched its ticket to the postseason with an 11-8 victory over the Rochester Knighthawks on Thursday night.

A Pepsi Center crowd of 16,860 grew louder and more appreciative with each of Nash’s 46 saves, as the former NLL goaltender of the year held the high-powered Knighthawks to their lowest goal output of 2008.

“What can you say? Gee was on his game tonight,” Mammoth coach Bob McMahon said. “He was seeing the ball well and feeling confident.”

Colorado improved to 7-4 overall and 5-2 at home, securing one of four West Division playoff spots on the strength of a remarkably balanced offensive attack. Brian Langtry, Gavin Prout, Jamie Shewchuk and Jason Wulder registered two goals and two assists apiece and Nenad Gajic matched the four-point effort with a goal and three assists.

Rochester’s John Grant was typically productive, notching four goals, while Ken Millin added two goals and two assists.

The Mammoth dominated the early stages of the third quarter, as Shewchuk scored twice and Langtry added one in a span of less than two minutes. The Knighthawks got one back late in the quarter to cut the Mammoth advantage to 9-5.

Nash took over in the fourth quarter, making 17 saves to improve to 6-3 on the season. Rochester’s Pat O’Toole took the loss in goal, stopping 32-of-43 shots.

After each team scored just once in the first quarter, the offense opened up at both ends of the floor in the second. Wulder scored twice on one-touch shots and Langtry, Prout and Catton each added one. Rochester managed three goals in the quarter and trailed 6-4 at halftime. Catton’s tally was his first of the season. He picked up a loose ball that was jarred away from O’Toole by Prout, dashed down the left side and buried his chance to give the Mammoth a 4-2 lead.

The Mammoth travels to Buffalo for a Saturday showdown against the Bandits on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Mountain time at the HSBC Arena.

Colorado Mammoth forward Brian Langtry has been named the National Lacrosse League’s offensive player of the week for his record-setting performance in Thursday’s game against the Portland LumberJax.

Langtry set the Mammoth single-game goal record with nine, doubling his total for the season to 18. He added four assists to lead all scorers with 13 points in the Mammoth’s 16-15 loss.

Langtry’s nine-goal game was one short of the league record of 10, achieved by Gary Gait and Paul Gait in 1999 and 1994, respectively. It also marks the most goals scored by an individual player in one game since John Grant of the Rochester Knighthawks scored nine on Jan. 27, 2007.

The NLL also announced that Toronto Rock goaltender Bob Watson was named defensive and overall player of the week. The New York Titans’ Mitch Belisle was named transition player of the week and Sean Morris of the San Jose Stealth was named rookie of the week.

The team with the highest average attendance at the Pepsi Center is not the Nuggets or the Avalanche.

It’s the Colorado Mammoth, the lacrosse club usually found near the bottom of the list of Stan Kroenke’s vast sports holdings.

Filling the arena is a lot easier when you have only eight home games a year and your priciest tickets cost less than $40. Still, the Mammoth draw about 17,400 a night, on average, keeping Kroenke happy at a time when hockey ticket sales are down and basketball is flat. It’s also helping the National Lacrosse League as it tries to stabilize and raise its profile in a crowded field.

“These are the best lacrosse players, and Kroenke Sports treats it as such,” said Jim Jennings, commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. “They look at it as a major sport.”

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