NLL Power Rankings: Week 8
Every week during the 2021/22 National Lacrosse League season, The Lax Mag will publish updated NLL Power Rankings reflecting the previous week’s performances, as well as a team’s overall regular season rep, status and success rate.
With only three games on Week 8’s schedule, albeit with very revealing results reflected in the rankings below, this week we’re taking a deeper data dive into all 14 NLL teams’ rosters to determine the most experienced, youngest and protocol problematic so far this season.
Here’s quick rundown of what we tracked for every team (as of January 25th, 5pm ET)…
Players rostered: How many different players have been used on a team’s active roster (plus NLL rank - most to least)
Average age: How old the average active rostered player is for each team (plus NLL rank - oldest to youngest)
Rookies rostered: How many rookies (players making their debut this year and players who played three games or less in previous season) have been used on a team’s active roster
30+ rostered: How many players age 30 and up have been used on a team’s active roster (player who have turned 30 this week or earlier were included)
Protocol: How many players have been placed in COVID-19 protocol (still in protocol or already released) from any (active, practice, etc.) team roster (plus NLL rank - most to least). See the complete list of NLL players in COVID protocol.
Buffalo Bandits 4-0 (1)
Players rostered: 23 (6)
Average age: 27.1 (7)
Rookies rostered: 6 (Sam La Roue, Brad McCulley, Tehoka Nanticoke, Devlin Shanahan, Jordan Stouros and Dalton Sulver)
30+ rostered: 5 (Kevin Brownell, Kyle Buchanan, Ethan O’Connor, Steve Priolo and Matt Vinc)
Protocol: 6 (6)
Halifax Thunderbirds 3-0 (1)
Players rostered: 23 (6)
Average age: 29.2 (1)
Rookies rostered: 2 (Connor Watson and Ryan Terefenko)
30+ rostered: 8 (Aaron Bold, David Brock, Scott Campbell, Rhys Duch, Brad Gillies, Cody Jamieson, Stephen Keogh and Stephan Leblanc)
Protocol: 2 (11)
San Diego Seals 4-1 (3)
Players rostered: 29 (1)
Average age: 26.7 (12)
Rookies rostered: 10 (Mathieu Boissonneault, Oliver Bolsterli, Jacob Dunbar, Justin Geddie, Devyn Mayea, Mac O’Keefe, Christopher Origlieri, Tre Leclaire, Patrick Shoemay and Moose Whinery)
30+ rostered: 8 (Dane Dobbie, Zack Greer, Cam Holding, Casey Jackson, Brodie Merrill, Jeremy Noble, Tor Reinholdt and Frank Scigliano)
Protocol: 8 (4)
Toronto Rock 2-3 (4)
Players rostered: 26 (2)
Average age: 26.9 (8)
Rookies rostered: 7 (Jamison Dilks, Aaron Forster, Troy Holowchuk, TD Ierlan, Phil Mazzuca, Justin Scott and Chris Weier)
30+ rostered: 6 (Sheldon Burns, Mark Cockerton, Dan Dawson, Billy Hostrawser, Jason Noble and Nick Rose)
Protocol: 8 (4)
Colorado Mammoth 3-1 (5)
Players rostered: 21 (14)
Average age: 28.2 (5)
Rookies rostered: 4 (Jalen Chaster, Ron John, Sam LeClair and Erik Turner)
30+ rostered: 8 (Tyler Carlson, Scott Carnegie, Joey Cupido, Tyler Digby, Robert Hope, John Lintz, Josh Sullivan and Dillon Ward)
Protocol: 3 (7)
Albany FireWolves 2-2 (6)
Players rostered: 22 (9)
Average age: 27.9 (6)
Rookies rostered: 3 (Curtis Conley, Charlie Kitchen and Tanner Thomson)
30+ rostered: 6 (Ryan Benesch, Greg Downing, John LaFontaine, Brett Manney, Joe Resetarits and Adrian Sorichetti)
Protocol: 3 (7)
Philadelphia Wings 4-3 (7)
Players rostered: 24 (5)
Average age: 28.7 (3)
Rookies rostered: 3 (Blake Gibson-McDonald, Kyle Marr and Jackson Suboch)
30+ rostered: 10 (Alex Crepinsek, Kevin Crowley, Brett Hickey, Zach Higgins, Ian Llord, Kiel Matisz, Ben McIntosh, John Ranagan, Corey Small and Cory Vitarelli)
Protocol: 10 (2)
Vancouver Warriors 2-2 (8)
Players rostered: 22 (9)
Average age: 29.2 (2)
Rookies rostered: 3 (Reid Bowering, Adam Charalambides and Tyrell Hamer-Jackson)
30+ rostered: 13 (Keegan Bal, Tyler Codron, Matthew Dinsdale, Steve Fryer, Brandon Goodwin, Mitch Jones, Riley Loewen, Jordan McBride, Garrett McIntosh, Brett Mydske, Colton Porter, Justin Salt and Logan Schuss)
Protocol: 3 (7)
Georgia Swarm 2-3 (10)
Players rostered: 25 (4)
Average age: 26.8 (10)
Rookies rostered: 11 (Tanner Buck, Jeff Henrick, Robert Hudson, TJ Comizio, Connor Kirst, Ryan MacSpadyen, Ethan Riggs, Thomas Semple, Bubba Voigt, Ethan Walker and Aiden Walsh)
30+ rostered: 6 (Jordan Hall, Shayne Jackson, Jordan MacIntosh, Mike Poulin, Craig Wende and Joel White)
Protocol: 11 (1)
Calgary Roughnecks 1-2 (11)
Players rostered: 21 (9)
Average age: 25.6 (14)
Rookies rostered: 7 (Tanner Cook, Landon Kells, Harrison Matsuoka, Carter McKenzie, Andrew Mullen, Ethan Ticehurst and Kyle Waters)
30+ rostered: 3 (Curtis Dickson, Curtis Manning and Mitch Wilde)
Protocol: 2 (11)
Rochester Knighthawks 2-3 (9)
Players rostered: 23 (6)
Average age: 26.8 (9)
Rookies rostered: 4 (Charlie Bertrand, Mitch Ogilvie, Ryan Smith and Joel Watson)
30+ rostered: 5 (Dan Coates, Dan Dawson, Shawn Evans, Evan Kirk* and Doug Utting)
Protocol: 1 (14)
Saskatchewan Rush 1-4 (12)
Players rostered: 22 (9)
Average age: 28.5 (4)
Rookies rostered: 4 (Bobby Kidd III, Connor McClelland, Marshall Powless and Clark Walter)
30+ rostered: 10 (Matt Beers, Robert Church, Chris Corbeil, Jeff Cornwall, Ryan Dilks, Mike Mallory, Mark Matthews, Kyle Rubisch, Jeff Shattler and Adam Shute)
Protocol: 3 (7)
New York Riptide 1-4 (14)
Players rostered: 22 (9)
Average age: 26.7 (11)
Rookies rostered: 8 (Andrew Borgatti, LeRoy Halftown, Matt Marinier, Steve Orleman, Larson Sundown, Jeff Teat, Ty Thompson and Bryce Tolmie)
30+ rostered: 4 (Callum Crawford, Damon Edwards, Dan MacRae and Jay Thorimbert)
Protocol: 2 (11)
Panther City Lacrosse Club 1-4 (13)
Players rostered: 26 (2)
Average age: 26.0 (13)
Rookies rostered: 10 (Taite Cattoni, Patrick Dodds, Patrick Foley, Nathan Grenon, Dylan Hutchison, Jack Jasinski, Ryan McLean, Josh Medeiros, Liam Phillips and Jordan Trottier)
30+ rostered: 5 (Ryan Benesch*, Travis Cornwall, Chad Cummings, Jeremy Thompson and Mike Triolo)
Protocol: 9 (3)