# 2008 New York Titans season

The New York Titans are a lacrosse team based in New York City playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 2nd in franchise history.
The Titans improved on their 4-12 last place finish from 2007 by tying for the best record in the league, though tiebreakers meant that the Titans actually finished 3rd in the east. They beat the Minnesota Swarm in the team's first ever playoff game to advance to the division finals against the Buffalo Bandits. The Bandits' playoff experience proved too much for the young Titans, and the Bandits went on to the Championship game by defeating the Titans 19-12.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Buffalo Bandits – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 203 | 174 | +29 | 12.69 | 10.88 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 12.44 | 12.25 |
| 3 | New York Titans – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 5–5 | 197 | 186 | +11 | 12.31 | 11.62 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 225 | 220 | +5 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 197 | 171 | +26 | 12.31 | 10.69 |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 172 | 174 | −2 | 10.75 | 10.88 |
| 7 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 176 | 212 | −36 | 11.00 | 13.25 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | San Jose Stealth – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 185 | 172 | +13 | 11.56 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 184 | 167 | +17 | 11.50 | 10.44 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Portland LumberJax – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 179 | 194 | −15 | 11.19 | 12.12 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 141 | 197 | −56 | 8.81 | 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 12, 2008 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | W 14–11 | | 10,893 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 19, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 13–17 | | 11,878 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 26, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 10–14 | | 14,142 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 31, 2008 | San Jose Stealth | Madison Square Garden | L 7–12 | | 7,332 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 8, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–16 | | 10,204 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 10, 2008 | Buffalo Bandits | Madison Square Garden | W 10–9 | OT | 6,742 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 16, 2008 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | W 14–9 | | 4,427 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 23, 2008 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 14–11 | | 10,118 | 4–4 |
| 9 | February 29, 2008 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 12–16 | | 11,419 | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 14, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 14–10 | | 14,233 | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Madison Square Garden | W 20–13 | | 5,239 | 6–5 |
| 12 | April 5, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–12 | | 10,854 | 6–6 |
| 13 | April 12, 2008 | Colorado Mammoth | Madison Square Garden | W 14–10 | | 6,337 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 18, 2008 | Chicago Shamrox | Madison Square Garden | W 14–7 | | 5,379 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 19, 2008 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | W 11–8 | | 17,340 | 9–6 |
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | Madison Square Garden | W 12–11 | | 8,026 | 10–6 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | May 3, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 11–8 | | 11,088 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | May 10, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 12–19 | | 11,012 | 1–1 |

## 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 |
| Casey Powell | 16 | 32 | 54 | 86 | 79 | 10 |
| Pat Maddalena | 15 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 66 | 6 |
| Jordan Hall | 16 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 109 | 18 |
| Ryan Boyle | 16 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 65 | 4 |
| Mike McLellan | 16 | 34 | 22 | 56 | 29 | 0 |
| Brendan Mundorf | 13 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 39 | 8 |
| Jeff Ratcliffe | 16 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 12 |
| Jarett Park | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 147 | 24 |
| John Orsen | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 126 | 59 |
| Totals | | 301 | 498 | 359 | 1052 | 60 |

### 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 |
| Matt Vinc | 16 | 888:06 | 9 | 5 | 168 | .770 | 11.35 |
| Erik Miller | 16 | 74:23 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .726 | 13.71 |
| John McLellan | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .00 |
| Totals | | | 10 | 6 | 186 | .765 | 11.63 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Adam Mueller | Les Bartley Award |
| Casey Powell | First Team All-Pro |
| Matt Vinc | First Team All-Pro |
| Casey Powell | All-Stars |
| Jarett Park | All-Stars |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 3 | Def | Alrich, Matt |
| 41 | Def | Barrett, Bryan |
| 36 | Def | Belisle, Mitch |
| | Def | Bigas, Jeff |
| 14 | Fwd | Boyle, Ryan |
| 32 | Def | Brzeski, Rich |
| | Fwd | Colsey, Roy |
| 71 | Trans | Galbraith, Keevin |
| 44 | Trans | Hall, Jordan |
| 5 | Def | Hanford, Jamie |
| | Def | Horsey, Bobby |
| 34 | Def | Kelly, Anthony |
| | Fwd | Lochte, Hunter |
| 42 | Fwd | Maddalena, Pat |
| | Goalie | McLellan, John |
| 19 | Fwd | McLellan, Mike |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 16 | Def | Merrill, Patrick |
| 21 | Goalie | Miller, Erik |
| 2 | Fwd | Mundorf, Brendan |
| 56 | Def | Orsen, John |
| 12 | Def | Park, Jarett |
| | ? | Passavia, Chris |
| 20 | Trans | Peyser, Greg |
| | ? | Polanco, Nick |
| 22 | Fwd | Powell, Casey |
| 90 | Fwd | Ratcliffe, Jeff |
| | ? | Smith, Rob |
| 24 | Def | Smith, Rory |
| | ? | Spallina, Brian |
| 47 | Def | Spano, Jeff |
| 10 | Fwd | Tower, Brian |
| 48 | Goalie | Vinc, Matt |
| | Trans | Zash, Matt |