2007 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 6th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 2nd in the western division with a 9-7 record but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Arizona Sting.

2007 Calgary Roughnecks
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2007 record	9-7
Home record	4-4
Road record	5-3
Goals for	219
Goals against	202
General Manager	Kurt Silcott
Coach	Chris Hall Jeff Dowling
Captain	Tracey Kelusky
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	11,540
Team leaders
Goals	Lewis Ratcliff (50)
Assists	Lewis Ratcliff (54)
Points	Lewis Ratcliff (104)
Penalties in minutes	Kerry Susheski (48)
Loose Balls	Taylor Wray (119)
Wins	Andrew Leyshon (5)
Goals against average	Ryan Avery (10.64)
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	-7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	-15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	-8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	-38	12.19	14.56

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	-29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	-46	9.56	12.44

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:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 12, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 16–17	OT	12,370	0–1
2	January 13, 2007	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 13–12		10,702	1–1
3	January 20, 2007	Colorado Mammoth	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 17–13		11,582	2–1
4	January 27, 2007	Minnesota Swarm	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 15–14		11,462	3–1
5	February 3, 2007	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 15–11		6,258	4–1
6	February 10, 2007	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 7–10		14,175	4–2
7	February 18, 2007	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 12–15		17,911	4–3
8	February 23, 2007	Toronto Rock	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–12		13,672	4–4
9	February 24, 2007	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–13		15,312	5–4
10	March 16, 2007	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 10–14		5,503	5–5
11	March 24, 2007	Arizona Sting	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 14–12		12,768	6–5
12	March 30, 2007	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 12–13		5,963	6–6
13	March 31, 2007	Portland LumberJax	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 21–11		11,915	7–6
14	April 6, 2007	Edmonton Rush	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 12–13		13,715	7–7
15	April 13, 2007	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	W 12–11		6,556	8–7
16	April 14, 2007	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 17–11		14,790	9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 21, 2007	Arizona Sting	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–13		10,057	0–1

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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
Lewis Ratcliff	16	50	54	104	98	6
Tracey Kelusky	16	35	53	88	95	0
Kaleb Toth	16	28	47	75	53	24
Scott Ranger	16	24	19	43	65	15
Kyle Goundrey	15	11	28	39	59	23
Jeff Shattler	16	16	21	37	114	10
Nolan Heavenor	16	15	18	33	64	18
Kerry Susheski	12	12	10	22	38	48
Jeff Moleski	15	9	10	19	108	12
Totals		336	555	397	1111	58

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
Andrew Leyshon	16	737:30	5	7	161	.737	13.10
Ryan Avery	16	231:09	4	0	41	.782	10.64
Totals			9	7	202	.748	12.63

Awards

Player	Award
Tracey Kelusky	NLL Sportsmanship Award
Lewis Ratcliff	Second Team All-Pro
Taylor Wray	All-Stars
Tracey Kelusky
Lewis Ratcliff

Roster

Reference:[5]

No. Position Player 24 Fwd Anderson, Scott 60 Goalie Avery, Ryan 85 Fwd Cable, Shawn 7 Def Francey, Tyler 26 Fwd Gelsvik, Craig 19 Fwd Goundrey, Kyle 40 Trans Heavenor, Nolan 34 Fwd Hinton, Luke 17 Fwd Kelusky, Tracey 41 Goalie Leyshon, Andrew 37 Def McBride, Andrew

No. Position Player 11 Def McNish, Ryan 14 Trans Moleski, Jeff 20 Def Ogilvie, Andy 74 Def Phillips, Jesse 71 Fwd Ranger, Scott 42 Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis 77 Def Shattler, Jeff 84 Trans Susheski, Kerry 06 ? Gaughan, Derek 9 Fwd Toth, Kaleb 4 Trans Wray, Devan 44 Def Wray, Taylor

See also

• 2007 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Calgary Roughnecks - National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Calgary Roughnecks – National Lacrosse League – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25952&seasonid=1322
5. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25952&seasonid=1322