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16-718: The Thunder won back-to-back WLA Championships in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Notable Thunder players include Athan Iannucci , Alex Turner, and Matt Leveque . The Langley Thunder hosted the Mann Cup in September 2011 at the Langley Events Centre where they played the Brampton Excelsiors , losing the series 4–1 to the visitors. The Langley Junior Thunder of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League and

32-789: A disc herniation. Iannucci played only three years at Hofstra, after his NCAA eligibility waiver for a fourth year was denied due to his prior playing career in the Canadian summer box lacrosse leagues. Iannucci lives in Langley , British Columbia, with his wife Jamie and four children, Ryker, Nixon, Hawksen, and Presley. Reference: GP –Games played; G –Goals; A –Assists; Pts –Points; LB –Loose balls; PIM –Penalty minutes; Pts/GP –Points per games played; LB/GP –Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP –Penalty minutes per games played. Colorado Mammoth The Colorado Mammoth are

48-615: A few minutes. Iannucci sat out the 2010 NLL season to undergo further surgery, a right leg ligament reconstruction. After scoring 100 (71g 29a) points with the Wings in 2011, Philadelphia traded Iannucci to the Edmonton Rush with teammates Alex Turner and Brodie McDonald, along with Philadelphia's first round draft picks in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In exchange, the Wings acquired Edmonton transition player Brodie Merrill , Rush forwards Dean Hill, Mike McLellan, and Edmonton's 41st selection in

64-839: A professional box lacrosse team playing in the National Lacrosse League . The Mammoth have played at Ball Arena in Denver , Colorado since the 2003 season . They are owned by Stan Kroenke , who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanche , Denver Nuggets , and the Colorado Rapids of MLS . The Mammoth franchise previously played as the Baltimore Thunder from 1987 to 1999 , the Pittsburgh CrosseFire in 2000 , and

80-686: The Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League . He was a member of the now defunct St. Regis Indians of the Ontario Lacrosse Association 's Senior-A Major Series Lacrosse . He plays in the summer months for the WLA Langley Thunder . Iannucci was a first-round draft pick (8th overall) by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League in the 2007 NLL entry draft. He

96-630: The Joe Nieuwendyk Award as the top rookie in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League . In 2008, he played for St. Regis Indians of the Ontario Lacrosse Association 's Senior-A Major Series Lacrosse until he injured his knee. The knee was successfully repaired by surgery and Iannucci is expected to rehabilitate for approximately 6 months, in time for the next NLL season. While playing for the Langley Thunder on August 27, 2011,

112-639: The Washington Power from 2001 to 2002 . Up until the joining of the expansion team San Diego Seals , Colorado was the only non-Canadian team in the Western Division from 2014 to 2018. They have only missed the playoffs twice since moving to Colorado. In 2004 and from 2006 to 2008 , the Mammoth lead the league in attendance. 2006 was the first year in the 20-year history of the NLL that

128-741: The 2007 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft, though he played sparingly with the team in 2007 . He signed with the Toronto Nationals expansion team in 2009, but played just two games with the team before being released. In 2007, Iannucci won the Denny Huddleston Memorial Trophy in the Western Lacrosse Association as the league's top scorer with the New Westminster Salmonbellies . In 1999, he won

144-666: The 2011 entry draft, and the 4th round selection in 2013. Iannucci never signed a contract with the Rush, and on February 13, 2012, he was traded to the Washington Stealth for Paul Rabil . After two seasons in Washington, Iannucci was released by the Stealth prior to the 2014 season but only two weeks into the season, he was signed by the Colorado Mammoth . The Chicago Machine selected Iannucci first Overall in

160-777: The Langley Intermediate Thunder also play at the LEC, operating under the same management as the WLA Thunder. The Thunder has undergone multiple name changes and transfer since their origination in 1994. Beginning in 2004, the team has been known as the Langley Thunder: Athan Iannucci Athan Iannucci (born April 15, 1982) is a professional lacrosse player. He played collegiate lacrosse at Hofstra University . Iannucci played professional lacrosse for

176-692: The league had an attendance of more than one million fans in one season. The Mammoth had the honor of hosting fan number one million. In 2008, the Mammoth average attendance per game was higher than Pepsi Center's other teams, the Colorado Avalanche ( NHL ) and the Denver Nuggets ( NBA ). In the 2006 season, the Mammoth went to the playoffs in the #2 seed in the Western Division. Round one was hosted in Colorado against rivals Calgary. The Mammoth won 18–17 in overtime. Brian Langtry scored

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192-692: The overtime goal. Round two (Western Division finals) was also hosted at Pepsi Center against the Arizona Sting. Rookie Dan Carey scored the winning goal as the Mammoth defeated the Sting 13–12. The championship game was held at HSBC Arena in Buffalo against the Bandits who held the league's best record and the incumbent league MVP, goaltender Steve Dietrich . The Mammoth won the Champion's Cup by

208-538: The team won the Western Lacrosse Association Championship for the first time in franchise history. Iannucci is expected to play in the national Mann Cup that will be held in September 2011 at the Langley Events Centre . Iannucci attended Hofstra University . In 2006, he tied with teammate Chris Unterstein for leading scorer the nation with 80 points (62G, 18A) in 19 games. While at Hofstra, Iannucci had back surgery to repair

224-511: Was awarded Rookie of the Week Honors in Week 5 and Week 15 of the 2007 season , and was also named to the 2007 All-Rookie team. As a rookie, he led the Wings in goals scored. Iannucci's second season in the league was record-setting. On April 12, 2008, Iannucci scored three goals and broke Gary Gait's National Lacrosse League record of 61 goals in a season . During 2008 , Iannucci

240-465: Was awarded Player of the Month honours in both January and February, the first time since 1996 that a player has been Player of the Month in back-to-back months. He was also named player of the month for April, giving him three of the four player of the month awards in the 2008 season. He led the league in goals, points, and shots on goal, was named Offensive and Overall Player of the Week in week 16,

256-563: Was named to both the starting All-Star team and the First All-Pro team. His stellar season was capped off when he was named 2008 NLL Most Valuable Player , the first Wings player to do so since Gary Gait in 1997 . In June 2008, Iannucci suffered two meniscal tears in his knee, and underwent successful knee surgery in July. He did not play again until Philadelphia's third game of the 2009 season , but left that game after only playing

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