2005 Anaheim Storm season

The Anaheim Storm were a lacrosse team based in Anaheim, California playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history, second in Anaheim (previously the New Jersey Storm), and last before the franchise folded.

2005 Anaheim Storm
League	NLL
Division	4th West
2005 record	5–11
Home record	2–6
Road record	3–5
Goals for	175
Goals against	212
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Casey Powell
Arena	Arrowhead Pond
Average attendance	7,697
Team leaders
Goals	Casey Powell (27)
Assists	Ryan Powell (31)
Points	Casey Powell (57)
Penalties in minutes	Bruce Murray (34)
Loose Balls	Bruce Murray (83)
Wins	Matt Roik (4)
Goals against average	Matt Roik (12.93)

The Storm followed up their 1–15 inaugural season in Anaheim by improving to 5–11, and finishing 4th in the West division. The 5–11 record was tied for the best in team history, and was the first time the Storm (whether based in Anaheim or New Jersey) had not finished last in their division.[1] The Storm suspended operations following the 2005 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 – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	6–2	6–2	227	190	+37	14.19	11.88
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	183	+34	13.56	11.44
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	2.0	5–3	5–3	193	179	+14	12.06	11.19
4	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	6.0	3–5	3–5	213	218	-5	13.31	13.62
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	5	11	.312	7.0	2–6	3–5	188	231	-43	11.75	14.44

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	216	208	+8	13.50	13.00
2	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	1.0	5–3	4–4	209	209	0	13.06	13.06
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	5–3	3–5	201	182	+19	12.56	11.38
4	Anaheim Storm	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	175	212	-37	10.94	13.25
5	San Jose Stealth	16	4	12	.250	6.0	2–6	2–6	170	197	-27	10.62	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:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Arrowhead Pond	W 13–10		5,732	1–0
2	January 22, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Arrowhead Pond	L 11–15		4,053	1–1
3	January 28, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 8–7		12,514	2–1
4	January 29, 2005	Calgary Roughnecks	Arrowhead Pond	L 12–13		4,159	2–2
5	February 4, 2005	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 10–17		6,313	2–3
6	February 11, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 9–20		8,805	2–4
7	February 18, 2005	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 15–18		9,550	2–5
8	March 4, 2005	Colorado Mammoth	Arrowhead Pond	L 12–13		4,500	2–6
9	March 13, 2005	Toronto Rock	Arrowhead Pond	L 6–14		4,499	2–7
10	March 19, 2005	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 8–16		16,270	2–8
11	March 25, 2005	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 14–15		5,022	2–9
12	March 26, 2005	San Jose Stealth	Arrowhead Pond	W 13–12	OT	4,834	3–9
13	April 2, 2005	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 10–6		18,326	4–9
14	April 9, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	Arrowhead Pond	L 11–12	OT	4,967	4–10
15	April 15, 2005	Arizona Sting	Arrowhead Pond	L 12–14		5,891	4–11
16	April 16, 2005	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	W 11–10		7,731	5–11

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
Casey Powell	14	27	30	57	60	30
Shawn Cable	16	21	27	48	68	13
Ryan Powell	16	15	31	46	76	8
Scott Stewart	16	19	22	41	64	2
Peter Morgan	13	22	15	37	65	4
Richard Morgan	16	18	10	28	62	32
Matt Dwane	16	11	14	25	68	27
B.J. Potter	12	10	12	22	28	29
Chad Wittman	11	8	8	16	48	12
Totals		226	401	349	970	41

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 Roik	13	681:58	4	8	147	.725	12.93
Matt King	6	277:13	1	3	62	.699	13.42
Michael McKay	2	8:29	0	0	2	.800	14.15
Totals			5	11	212	.718	13.25

Awards

Player	Award
Rory Glaves	All-Rookie Team
Casey Powell	All-Stars
Mike Law

Transactions

Trades

March 9, 2005[5]

To Anaheim Storm Bill Greer

To Arizona Sting Chris Seller

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player 6 Def Berthiame, DArcy 20 Def Bysouth, Adam 11 Fwd Cable, Shawn 21 Def Davis, Damien 7 Def Dwane, Matt 19 Def Greer, Bill 12 Def Jones, Pat 30 Goalie King, Matt 16 Def Logeman, Casey 44 Def McElroy, Chris 27 Goalie McKay, Michael 43 Def Melville, Cory

No. Position Player 26 Fwd Mitchell, Raweras 4 Fwd Morgan, Peter 33 Fwd Morgan, Richard 10 Def Murray, Bruce 17 Def Potter, B.J. 22 Fwd Powell, Casey 1 Fwd Powell, Ryan 37 Goalie Roik, Matt Def Seller, Chris 8 Fwd Stewart, Scott 2 Fwd Vallone, Steve 14 Def Wittman, Chad Fwd Yuen, Athen

See also

• 2005 NLL season

References

1. Philly, R.A. (June 3, 2005). "Anaheim Storm Suspends Operations". The Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Anaheim Storm – 2005 Regular Season – Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25950&seasonid=686
5. "Arizona Acquires All-Star Defenseman". NLL.com. March 9, 2005. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25950&seasonid=686