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.

2008 New York Titans
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2008 record	10-6
Home record	5-1
Road record	5-5
Goals for	197
Goals against	186
General Manager	Timothy Kelly
Coach	Adam Mueller
Captain	Casey Powell
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	9,660
Team leaders
Goals	Mike McLellan (34)
Assists	Casey Powell (54)
Points	Casey Powell (86)
Penalties in minutes	Patrick Merrill (61)
Loose Balls	Jarett Park (147)
Wins	Matt Vinc (9)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (11.35)
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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^[1] 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.^[2]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[3]

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:^[4]

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:^[5]

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:^[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
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[7]
Casey Powell	First Team All-Pro
Matt Vinc
Casey Powell	All-Stars
Jarett Park

Roster

Reference:^[8]

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

See also

• 2008 NLL season

References

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2. "Bandits to Host Championship Game". NLL.com. May 10, 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
3. "National Lacrosse League - 2008 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "New York Titans – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. "New York Titans – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. "New York Titans - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
7. "Adam Mueller Wins Les Bartley Award". NLL.com. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
8. "New York Titans - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".