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2002 Long Island Lizards Statistics
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in MLL's American Division
Postseason: 1-1
Lost Championship
Coach: John DeTommaso (10-6)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 25,675, Avg. 3,668 in 7 home dates
The Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse ended the 2002 season with a record of 10 wins, 6 losses and 0 ties for points, finishing first in MLL's American Division, and compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Lizards scored 265 goals, most in the league. Long Island conceded 228 goals. Casey Powell netted 37 goals for the team, while Greg Traynor, Tim Goettelmann, Matt O'Kelly, Kevin Finneran, AJ Haugen, Terry Riordan, Ken Garcia and Greg McCavera each contributed ten or more also. Casey Powell accounted for 30 assists. Brian Carcaterra earned 8 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 13.64 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
John DeTommaso coached the team. The 2002 Long Island Lizards lost in the Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | 2G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | GWG | Shts | SOG | S% | SG% | GB | FO | FW | FO% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casey Powell | A,F,M | 14 | 37 | 1 | 30 | 68 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 0 | 33.6 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Goettelmann | A,F | 13 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 52.9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Kevin Finneran | M,F | 14 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 43.6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||
AJ Haugen | M | 14 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 25.9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Garcia | A | 13 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 55.8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Riordan | F,A | 10 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 41.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg McCavera | A | 13 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 33.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Traynor | F | 12 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 31.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt O'Kelly | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 45.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stephen Sombrotto | F | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vincent Sombrotto | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nick Hartofilis | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
Matt Caione | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Martin | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Ghedina | M | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7.7 | 24 | 120 | 48 | 40.0 | |
Eric Wedin | F | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 54 | 323 | 157 | 48.6 | |
Dan Paccione | M,F,D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt McFarland | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Tony Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Larry Falkman | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kirk Howell | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nicholas Murtha | G,D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brian Spallina | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brian Carcaterra | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brandon Testa | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Kelly | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pat McCabe | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Gagliardi | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 275 | 227 | 6 | 104 | 337 | 44.5 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 651 | 0 | 34.9 | 538 | 445 | 207 | 46.5 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | 2GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirk Howell | 1 | 45:00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9.33 | 13 | 6 | .462 |
Larry Falkman | 2 | 75:00 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12.00 | 32 | 17 | .531 |
Nicholas Murtha | 2 | 70:00 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12.86 | 31 | 16 | .516 |
Brian Carcaterra | 11 | 651:00 | 8 | 3 | 148 | 6 | 13.64 | 346 | 198 | .572 |
Totals | 16 | 841:00 | 9 | 5 | 185 | 11 | 13.20 | 422 | 237 | .562 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | 2G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | GWG | Shts | SOG | S% | SG% | GB | FO | FW | FO% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casey Powell | A,F,M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Goettelmann | A,F | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 62.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kevin Finneran | M,F | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
AJ Haugen | M | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 38.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Garcia | A | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Riordan | F,A | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg McCavera | A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Traynor | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt O'Kelly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stephen Sombrotto | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vincent Sombrotto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nick Hartofilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Matt Caione | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Ghedina | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | |
Eric Wedin | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | ||
Nicholas Murtha | G,D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brian Carcaterra | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Brandon Testa | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Kelly | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pat McCabe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Gagliardi | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 40 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 47 | 7.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 37.8 | 45 | 70 | 35 | 50.0 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | 2GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas Murtha | 1 | 15:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
Brian Carcaterra | 2 | 105:00 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 16.57 | 57 | 28 | .491 |
Totals | 3 | 120:00 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 15.00 | 59 | 29 | .492 |