2005 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history.

2005 Calgary Roughnecks
West Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2005 record	10-6
Home record	6-2
Road record	4-4
Goals for	216
Goals against	208
General Manager	Kurt Silcott
Coach	Chris Hall
Captain	Tracey Kelusky
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	10,822
Team leaders
Goals	Tracey Kelusky (45)
Assists	Lewis Ratcliff (50)
Points	Lewis Ratcliff (86)
Penalties in minutes	Jesse Phillips (69)
Loose Balls	Jesse Phillips (99)
Wins	Curtis Palidwor (7)
Goals against average	Andrew Leyshon (9.89)
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The Roughnecks followed up their Championship season by finishing first in the west in 2005. However, they were not as successful in the playoffs, losing to the Arizona Sting in the division final.

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	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:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 1, 2005	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 7–12		16,397	0–1
2	January 7, 2005	San Jose Stealth	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 10–12		10,042	0–2
3	January 8, 2005	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 14–10		7,028	1–2
4	January 22, 2005	Arizona Sting	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 15–14		9,886	2–2
5	January 29, 2005	@ Anaheim Storm	Arrowhead Pond	W 13–12		4,159	3–2
6	February 4, 2005	Colorado Mammoth	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 18–16		10,031	4–2
7	February 12, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–16		17,240	4–3
8	February 18, 2005	Anaheim Storm	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 18–15		9,550	5–3
9	March 13, 2005	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 13–10		17,380	6–3
10	March 18, 2005	San Jose Stealth	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 15–11		10,517	7–3
11	March 19, 2005	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 11–10		5,564	8–3
12	March 25, 2005	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 16–18		6,584	8–4
13	April 1, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–16		17,141	8–5
14	April 3, 2005	Arizona Sting	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 17–10		10,140	9–5
15	April 9, 2005	Buffalo Bandits	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–14		10,183	9–6
16	April 17, 2005	Toronto Rock	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 20–12		11,311	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Final	April 30, 2005	Arizona Sting	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 15–19		11,468	0–1

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
Lewis Ratcliff	16	36	50	86	69	10
Tracey Kelusky	16	45	32	77	77	12
Kaleb Toth	16	38	34	72	93	14
Kyle Goundrey	16	11	29	40	52	24
Jason Wulder	14	15	19	34	37	9
Jesse Phillips	14	11	14	25	99	69
Andrew Biers	14	9	16	25	68	12
Ted Dowling	5	11	9	20	21	6
Taylor Wray	11	2	13	15	90	26
Totals		304	520	445	1044	50

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
Curtis Palidwor	16	848:57	7	6	189	.748	13.36
Andrew Leyshon	9	109:10	3	0	18	.780	9.89
Totals			10	6	208	.750	13.00

Awards

Player	Award
Tracey Kelusky	Second Team All-Pro
Tracey Kelusky	All-Stars
Craig Gelsvik
Jesse Phillips
Lewis Ratcliff
Kaleb Toth

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[5]

To Calgary Roughnecks Ted Dowling third round pick, 2006 entry draft

To San Jose Stealth conditional pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player 12 Fwd Biers, Andrew 88 Def Catton, Rich 15 Fwd Dostie, Kevin 16 Fwd Dowling, Ted 26 Def Gelsvik, Craig Fwd Gill, Chris Def Gillespie, Travis 19 Fwd Goundrey, Kyle 18 Fwd Howard, Kevin 17 Fwd Kelusky, Tracey 41 Goalie Leyshon, Andrew 28 Def MacDonald, Brad 37 Def McBride, Andrew Def McNish, Ryan

No. Position Player 14 Def Moleski, Jeff ? Neufeld, Kyle Def Ogilvie, Andy Def Olson, John 0 Goalie Palidwor, Curtis 74 Def Phillips, Jesse 42 Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis 76 Def Sharp, Ryan 25 ? Sundher, Jordan 9 Fwd Toth, Kaleb 72 Def Williams, Rob Def Wray, Devan 44 Def Wray, Taylor 22 Fwd Wulder, Jason

See also

• 2005 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Calgary Roughnecks - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Calgary Roughnecks - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25952&seasonid=686
5. "Dowling a Roughneck Again". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25952&seasonid=686