2011 Washington Stealth season

The Washington Stealth are a lacrosse team based in Everett, Washington. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the second season in Washington, and the 12th in franchise history (previously the San Jose Stealth and Albany Attack). The Stealth finished third in the West division, but defeated the Minnesota Swarm and Calgary Roughnecks in the playoffs to advance to their second NLL Championship in as many years. They played the Toronto Rock once again, but this time the Rock prevailed 8-7.

2011 Washington Stealth
West Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	3rd West
2011 record	8-8
Home record	3-5
Road record	5-3
Goals for	203
Goals against	198
General Manager	Doug Locker
Coach	Chris Hall
Captain	Jason Bloom
Alternate captains	Kyle Sorensen Cam Sedgwick Mike Grimes
Arena	Comcast Arena at Everett
Team leaders
Goals	Rhys Duch (42)
Assists	Lewis Ratcliff (51)
Points	Lewis Ratcliff (92)
Penalties in minutes	Eric Martin (43)
Loose Balls	Paul Rabil (153)
Wins	Tyler Richards (5)
Goals against average	Tyler Richards (11.61)
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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	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	-36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	-21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	-29	10.94	12.75

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

Regular season

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–10	OT	17,029	1–0
2	January 9, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 11–13		5,364	1–1
3	January 14, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 8–16		3,362	1–2
4	January 22, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 19–14		9,362	2–2
5	January 29, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–11	OT	8,911	2–3
6	February 5, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 10–8		14,091	3–3
7	February 11, 2011	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 12–14		6,100	3–4
8	February 12, 2011	Edmonton Rush	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 14–15		4,088	3–5
9	February 18, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 20–7		3,160	4–5
10	March 5, 2011	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 18–10		7,370	5–5
11	March 13, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 13–17		3,441	5–6
12	March 25, 2011	Boston Blazers	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 9–8		3,616	6–6
13	April 1, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–13	OT	11,424	6–7
14	April 2, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 10–9	OT	18,690	7–7
15	April 9, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 16–15	OT	4,854	8–7
16	April 16, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 10–18		5,161	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 30, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 14–8		5,878	1–0
Division Final	May 7, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 10–8		10,125	2–0
Championship Final	May 14, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 7–8		14,488	2–1

Roster

2011 Washington Stealth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 00 Tyler Richards Defensemen  2 Matt Beers 23 Mike Grimes  6 Curtis Hodgson 25 Eric Martin 24 Chris O'Dougherty  3 Jeff Moleski 44 Chris McElroy -- Kyle Ross		Forwards 10 Rhys Duch  8 Tom Johnson 19 Kory Kowalyk 42 Lewis Ratcliff 29 Cam Sedgwick 15 Luke Wiles  4 Peter Morgan 20 Craig Conn -- Jamie Rooney -- Josh Wasson -- Dan Teat Transition 47 Jason Bloom (C) 21 Chet Koneczny 18 Kyle Hartzell 12 Ben Hunt 39 Jamison Koesterer  9 Paul Rabil		Practice Squad 55 Martin Cummings 41 Bob Snider 32 Chris Seidel Injured Reserve 16 Joel Dalgarno 67 Jeff Zywicki (A) Unable to play 11 Kyle Sorensen		Head Coach Chris Hall Assistant Coaches Dave Evans Rick Lum Dan Stroup Art Webster Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2011-01-19 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2011 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Washington Stealth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
3. "Washington Stealth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.