2009 Boston Blazers season


The Boston Blazers are a lacrosse team based in Boston playing in the National Lacrosse League. The 2009 season was their first season in the NLL.
The Blazers began their inaugural season by losing back-to-back games to the division rival New York Titans. But the Blazers surprised everybody by winning seven of their next eight games, on their way to a 10-6 record, tied with New York and Buffalo for best in the East. The Titans won the East on tie-breakers, but the Blazers finished a respectable third and made the playoffs in their first season.
In the Eastern division semi-final, the Blazers were defeated by the defending champion Buffalo Bandits 11-8.

Regular season

Conference standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

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Player stats

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Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerGPGAPtsLBPIM
Dan Dawson163074104548
Daryl Veltman15344377922
Brenden Thenhaus16272653676
Matt Lyons16213152622
Gary Bining15202444494
Sean Morris681624170
Jason Bloom16131023605
Greg Downing14413179510
Nick Cotter1288163221
Totals301482285111739

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
PlayerGPMINWLGASv%GAA
Anthony Cosmo16840:0295142.78110.14
Mike Poulin16122:121125.73412.27
Totals106 168.774 10.50

Transactions

Trades

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008. The Blazers selected the following players:
RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11Daryl VeltmanHobart College
214Nick CotterDowling College
326Jon HarnettAdrian College
437Dilan GrahamBellarmine University
444Reed MacPhailVictoria, BC
552Chad HenryAdelphi University
556Paul ManesisUMass
663Danny BrennanSyracuse University

Roster