2007 Chicago Shamrox season

The Chicago Shamrox were a professional lacrosse team based in Chicago, Illinois, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the Shamrox inaugural season. The franchise was awarded to the city of Chicago by the NLL on February 16, 2006,^[1] and the name "Shamrox" was chosen in May 2006.^[2]

2007 Chicago Shamrox
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2007 record	6-10
Home record	4-4
Road record	2-6
Goals for	176
Goals against	191
General Manager	Jamie Batley
Coach	Jamie Batley
Captain	Mat Giles
Arena	Sears Centre
Average attendance	8,639
Team leaders
Goals	Chris Panos (30)
Assists	Jason Clark (41)
Points	Jason Clark (58)
Penalties in minutes	Cam Woods (50)
Loose Balls	Brian Kazarian (151)
Wins	Brandon Miller (6)
Goals against average	Brandon Miller (12.28)
2008 season →

Their first season started off with two consecutive wins, but after splitting the next two games, the Shamrox lost nine of the next ten games (including seven in a row) to finish with a 6–10 record. The Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings also had 6-10 records, but the Rock won the tiebreakers and made the playoffs while the Shamrox and Wings were eliminated.^[3]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[4]

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:^[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 6, 2007	New York Titans	Sears Centre	W 15–12		8,456	1–0
2	January 13, 2007	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–10		10,544	2–0
3	January 20, 2007	@ New York Titans	Madison Square Garden	L 9–11		13,127	2–1
4	January 26, 2007	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 11–10		7,941	3–1
5	February 3, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–13		8,618	3–2
6	February 11, 2007	Buffalo Bandits	Sears Centre	L 11–12		5,010	3–3
7	February 18, 2007	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–11		15,200	3–4
8	February 24, 2007	Minnesota Swarm	Sears Centre	L 11–19		6,101	3–5
9	March 2, 2007	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 7–11		6,244	3–6
10	March 17, 2007	Rochester Knighthawks	Sears Centre	L 12–15		8,017	3–7
11	March 24, 2007	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 11–12		12,132	3–8
12	March 25, 2007	New York Titans	Sears Centre	W 12–8		3,854	4–8
13	March 31, 2007	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 10–15		16,228	4–9
14	April 1, 2007	Edmonton Rush	Sears Centre	L 6–8		4,665	4–10
15	April 7, 2007	Toronto Rock	Sears Centre	W 15–13		5,007	5–10
16	April 14, 2007	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Sears Centre	W 17–11		7,092	6–10

Player stats

Reference:^[6]

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
Jason Clark	15	17	41	58	78	8
Chris Panos	16	30	19	49	31	30
Mat Giles	16	17	30	47	87	38
Josh Wasson	16	20	22	42	65	6
Bill McGlone	16	22	18	40	70	4
Jon Harasym	11	8	26	34	58	14
Thomas Montour	16	11	18	29	107	10
Cody Jacobs	11	14	8	22	19	8
Cam Woods	16	5	15	20	122	50
Totals		277	453	383	1092	46

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
Brandon Miller	16	865:07	6	9	177	.773	12.28
Derek Collins	16	93:07	0	1	12	.789	7.73
Totals			6	10	191	.772	11.94

Awards

Player	Award
Bill McGlone	All-Rookie Team
Cam Woods	All-Stars
Brandon Miller

Transactions

Trades

March 20, 2007[7]

To Chicago Shamrox Rusty Kruger

To Toronto Rock conditional fourth or fifth round pick, 2008 entry draft

Roster

Reference:^[8]

No. Position Player 25 Def Candy, Drew 13 Fwd Clark, Jason 43 Goalie Collins, Derek 42 Fwd Derks, Jonas 7 Def Dupont, Kyle 57  ? Gallagher, Ryan 19 Def Gibson, Darryl 27 Fwd Giles, Mat 16 Fwd Harasym, Jon 41 Def Heffner, Zach 11 Fwd Hobbins, Mike 88 Fwd Jacobs, Cody 9 Trans Kazarian, Bryan

No. Position Player 26 Def Kirk, Mike 20 Fwd Kruger, Rusty 91 Fwd Leigh, Cory 12 Fwd Leveille, Kevin 4 Def Livingstone, Carter  ? Marchildon, Matt 33 Fwd McGlone, Bill 35 Goalie Miller, Brandon Fwd Montgomery, Phil 63 Fwd Montour, Thomas 55 Fwd Panos, Chris 18 Fwd Wasson, Josh 22 Def Woods, Cam

See also

• 2007 NLL season
• Chicago Shamrox

References

1. "League Expands to Chicago for 2007". NLL.com. February 16, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Shamrox Name and Logo Unveiled". NLL.com. May 11, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Wings Fail to Clinch Playoffs in Chicago". NLL.com. April 14, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
4. "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
5. "Chicago Shamrox - National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. "Chicago Shamrox - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
7. "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 20, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
8. "Chicago Shamrox - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".