# 2005 Arizona Sting season

The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 5th in franchise history and 2nd as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).
The Sting finished 2nd in the West division with a 9-7 record, and hosted the Colorado Mammoth in the opening round of the playoffs. Arizona defeated Colorado 16-13 to advance to the Western division final against the defending champion Calgary Roughnecks. The Sting defeated Calgary 19-15 in Calgary, advancing to the Championship game in only their second year in Arizona. The Sting faced the Toronto Rock in Toronto for the Championship, and with an NLL record crowd of over 19,400 fans, the Rock defeated the Sting 19-13 to win their fifth championship in seven years.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 227 | 190 | +37 | 14.19 | 11.88 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 217 | 183 | +34 | 13.56 | 11.44 |
| 3 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 193 | 179 | +14 | 12.06 | 11.19 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 213 | 218 | −5 | 13.31 | 13.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 7.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 188 | 231 | −43 | 11.75 | 14.44 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 216 | 208 | +8 | 13.50 | 13.00 |
| 2 | Arizona Sting – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 209 | 209 | −-0 | 13.06 | 13.06 |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 201 | 182 | +19 | 12.56 | 11.38 |
| 4 | Anaheim Storm | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 175 | 212 | −37 | 10.94 | 13.25 |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.0 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 170 | 197 | −27 | 10.62 | 12.31 |
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:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 7, 2005 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Jobing.com Arena | L 9–10 | OT | 5,903 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 8, 2005 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 16–15 | | 17,289 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 15, 2005 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 9–8 | OT | 7,508 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 21, 2005 | San Jose Stealth | Jobing.com Arena | L 13–14 | | 6,216 | 2–2 |
| 5 | January 22, 2005 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 14–15 | | 9,886 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 4, 2005 | Anaheim Storm | Jobing.com Arena | W 17–10 | | 6,313 | 3–3 |
| 7 | February 13, 2005 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 12–13 | OT | 16,238 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 18, 2005 | Minnesota Swarm | Jobing.com Arena | W 17–16 | OT | 6,448 | 4–4 |
| 9 | March 11, 2005 | San Jose Stealth | Jobing.com Arena | W 13–12 | OT | 6,614 | 5–4 |
| 10 | March 12, 2005 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 12–10 | | 5,069 | 6–4 |
| 11 | March 18, 2005 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 10–18 | | 18,173 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 25, 2005 | Calgary Roughnecks | Jobing.com Arena | W 18–16 | | 6,584 | 7–5 |
| 13 | April 3, 2005 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 10–17 | | 10,140 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 9, 2005 | Colorado Mammoth | Jobing.com Arena | W 15–12 | | 6,735 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 15, 2005 | @ Anaheim Storm | Arrowhead Pond | W 14–12 | | 5,891 | 9–6 |
| 16 | April 16, 2005 | Anaheim Storm | Jobing.com Arena | L 10–11 | | 7,731 | 9–7 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | April 22, 2005 | Colorado Mammoth | Jobing.com Arena | W 16–13 | 5,549 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | April 30, 2005 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 19–15 | 11,468 | 2–0 |
| Championship Game | May 14, 2005 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 13–19 | 19,432 | 2–1 |

## Player stats

Reference:

### Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
| Dan Dawson | 16 | 48 | 36 | 84 | 73 | 8 |
| Pat Maddalena | 16 | 31 | 28 | 59 | 71 | 6 |
| Cory Bomberry | 15 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 23 | 0 |
| Jonas Derks | 11 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 41 | 8 |
| Lindsay Plunkett | 12 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 49 | 14 |
| Peter Veltman | 15 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 57 | 2 |
| Jason Clark | 15 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 8 |
| Gewas Schindler | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| Scott Self | 13 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 64 | 16 |
| Totals | | 253 | 462 | 218 | 1082 | 52 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | GP | MIN | W | L | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Mike Miron | 15 | 765:12 | 5 | 7 | 169 | .740 | 13.25 |
| Ken Montour | 7 | 208:27 | 4 | 0 | 39 | .735 | 11.23 |
| Totals | | | 9 | 7 | 209 | .738 | 13.06 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Bob Hamley | Les Bartley Award |
| Bob Hamley | GM of the Year |
| Dan Dawson | First Team All-Pro |
| Dan Dawson | All-Stars |
| Peter Lough | All-Stars |
| Scott Self | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| February 2, 2005 | To Arizona Sting Jonas Derks | To Buffalo Bandits second round pick, 2005 entry draft second round pick, 2007 entry draft |
| March 9, 2005 | To Arizona Sting Chris Seller | To Anaheim Storm Bill Greer |
| March 24, 2005 | To Arizona Sting Craig Conn | To Minnesota Swarm first round pick, 2006 entry draft first round pick, 2007 entry draft |
| March 24, 2005 | To Arizona Sting Chris Panos | To Colorado Mammoth third round pick, 2005 entry draft |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| | Fwd | Beirnes, Kasey |
| 72 | Fwd | Bomberry, Cory |
| 2 | Def | Bonterre, Troy |
| 13 | Fwd | Clark, Jason |
| 5 | Def | Cochrane, Mark |
| 9 | Def | Codd, Bruce |
| 8 | Fwd | Conn, Craig |
| 6 | Fwd | Dawson, Dan |
| 43 | Fwd | Derks, Jonas |
| 19 | Def | Gibson, Darryl |
| | Def | Greer, Bill |
| 18 | Def | Halls, Darren |
| | Fwd | Henderson, Tony |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 27 | Def | Lough, Peter |
| 36 | Fwd | Maddalena, Pat |
| 38 | Fwd | McKay, Chris |
| 41 | Goalie | Miron, Mike |
| 29 | Goalie | Montour, Ken |
| | Fwd | Panos, Chris |
| 11 | Fwd | Plunkett, Lindsay |
| 23 | Def | Robertson, Brock |
| | Fwd | Schindler, Gewas |
| 7 | Def | Self, Scott |
| 24 | Def | Seller, Chris |
| 16 | Fwd | Talbot, Noah |
| 4 | Fwd | Tinning, Mark |
| 33 | Fwd | Veltman, Peter |