The Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 5th in franchise history and 2nd as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).
The Sting finished 2nd in the West division with a 9-7 record, and hosted the Colorado Mammoth in the opening round of the playoffs. Arizona defeated Colorado 16-13 to advance to the Western division final against the defending champion Calgary Roughnecks. The Sting defeated Calgary 19-15 in Calgary, advancing to the Championship game in only their second year in Arizona. The Sting faced the Toronto Rock in Toronto for the Championship, and with an NLL record crowd of over 19,400 fans, the Rock defeated the Sting 19-13 to win their fifth championship in seven years.
Regular season
Conference standings
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Playoffs
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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 Dan Dawson 16 48 36 84 73 8 Pat Maddalena 16 31 28 59 71 6 Cory Bomberry 15 24 23 47 23 0 Jonas Derks 11 18 22 40 41 8 Lindsay Plunkett 12 14 22 36 49 14 Peter Veltman 15 13 13 26 57 2 Jason Clark 15 13 9 22 46 8 Gewas Schindler 7 6 16 22 15 6 Scott Self 13 4 15 19 64 16 Totals 253 462 218 1082 52
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 Mike Miron 15 765:12 5 7 169 .740 13.25 Ken Montour 7 208:27 4 0 39 .735 11.23 Totals 9 7 209 .738 13.06
Awards Player Award Bob Hamley Les Bartley Award Bob Hamley GM of the Year Dan Dawson First Team All-Pro Dan Dawson All-Stars Peter Lough Scott Self
Transactions
Trades February 2, 2005 To Arizona Sting Jonas Derks To Buffalo Bandits second round pick, 2005 entry draftsecond round pick, 2007 entry draft March 9, 2005 To Arizona Sting Chris Seller To Anaheim Storm Bill Greer March 24, 2005 To Arizona Sting Craig Conn To Minnesota Swarm first round pick, 2006 entry draftfirst round pick, 2007 entry draft March 24, 2005 To Arizona Sting Chris Panos To Colorado Mammoth third round pick, 2005 entry draft
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See also 2005 NLL season
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