2012 Washington Stealth season

The Washington Stealth are a lacrosse team based in Everett, Washington. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the third season in Washington, and the 13th in franchise history.

2012 Washington Stealth
League	NLL
Division	5th West
2012 record	4-12
Home record	2-6
Road record	2-6
Goals for	179
Goals against	204
General Manager	Doug Locker
Coach	Art Webster (interim)
Captain	Jason Bloom
Alternate captains	Kyle Sorensen Cam Sedgwick
Arena	Comcast Arena at Everett
Team leaders
Goals	Lewis Ratcliff (36)
Assists	Rhys Duch (46)
Points	Rhys Duch (79)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Beers (48)
Loose Balls	Bob Snider (202)
Wins	Tyler Richards (3)
Goals against average	Tyler Richards (12.70)
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Before the season, head coach Chris Hall was diagnosed with throat cancer and missed the entire season. Defensive co-ordinator Art Webster took over head coaching duties for the season.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	198	196	+2	12.38	12.25
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	191	197	-6	11.94	12.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	176	207	-31	11.00	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	4–4	3–5	198	204	-6	12.38	12.75

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	216	170	+46	13.50	10.62
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	201	+16	13.56	12.56
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	202	190	+12	12.62	11.88
4	Edmonton Rush – x	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	167	175	-8	10.44	10.94
5	Washington Stealth	16	4	12	.250	8.0	2–6	2–6	179	204	-25	11.19	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

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 14, 2012	Calgary Roughnecks	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 10–13		4,687	0–1
2	January 21, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	L 9–10	OT	8,024	0–2
3	January 28, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 5–16		4,168	0–3
4	February 4, 2012	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 11–10	OT	14,577	1–3
5	February 10, 2012	Calgary Roughnecks	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 11–12		3,509	1–4
6	February 18, 2012	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–15		6,163	1–5
7	February 24, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 7–15		3,755	1–6
8	March 3, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 14–9		10,530	2–6
9	March 10, 2012	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–13		17,116	2–7
10	March 11, 2012	Colorado Mammoth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 11–8		3,919	3–7
11	March 24, 2012	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 9–10		6,853	3–8
12	March 25, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 20–13		3,618	4–8
13	March 31, 2012	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–13		8,203	4–9
14	April 14, 2012	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–14		8,239	4–10
15	April 20, 2012	Toronto Rock	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 13–16		3,846	4–11
16	April 28, 2012	Buffalo Bandits	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 16–17		3,770	4–12

Transactions

Trades

July 15, 2011[4]	To Washington Stealth 3rd round pick, 2011 entry draft 2nd round pick, 2012 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Luke Wiles
July 25, 2011[5]	To Washington Stealth Kyle Ross	To Toronto Rock Matt Roik
February 13, 2012[6]	To Washington Stealth Athan Iannucci 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Paul Rabil 1st round pick in 2012 Entry Draft
March 20, 2012[7]	To Washington Stealth 3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft	To Rochester Knighthawks Jamison Koesterer

Dispersal Draft

The Stealth chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round	Overall	Player
1	8	Jamie Rooney
2	17	Josh Wasson
3	26	Dan Teat

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[8] The Stealth selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	21	Mike Mallory	Delta, BC
3	22	Adam McGourty	Brampton, ON
4	34	Trevor Moore	Robert Morris
5	43	Brett Hickey	Windsor, ON
6	52	Justin Salt	New Westminster, BC

Roster

2012 Washington Stealth roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Kevin Croswell 34 Matt King 00 Tyler Richards Defensemen  2 Matt Beers 47 Jason Bloom (C) 23 Mike Grimes  6 Curtis Hodgson 25 Eric Martin 44 Chris McElroy  3 Jeff Moleski 24 Chris O'Dougherty 17 Justin Salt 11 Kyle Sorenson (A)		Forwards 26 Brett Bucktooth 10 Rhys Duch 73 Dean Hill 83 Athan Iannucci 42 Lewis Ratcliff 27 Cliff Smith 67 Jeff Zywicki Transition 18 Kyle Hartzell 21 Chet Koneczny 97 Kyle Ross 41 Bob Snider		Practice Squad 55 Martin Cummings 88 Mike Mallory 32 Chris Seidel		Head Coach Art Webster (interim) Assistant Coaches Dave Evans Rick Lum Dan Stroup Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2012-01-14 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2012 NLL season

References

1. Paterson, Travis (December 13, 2011). "Ex-Shamrocks coach battling cancer". Victoria News. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Washington Stealth – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
4. "Washington trades Wiles to Buffalo". NLL.com. July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
5. "Toronto trades for goaltender". NLL.com. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
6. "Athan Ianucci traded to Washington Stealth for Paul Rabil". ilindoor.com. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
7. "2012 Transactions". NLL.com. March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
8. "2011 Entry Draft Results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.