The Portland LumberJax (sometimes referred to as the Jax ) were a professional box lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon , which played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) starting in the 2006 season and ending operations after the 2009 season . Angela Batinovich , the owner of the team, entered the league as the youngest owner of a professional sports franchise at the age of 24. Announced by the NLL on May 11, 2005, the LumberJax played their home games at the Rose Garden . It was announced on May 4, 2009 that the team would be leaving Portland after four seasons of play and on July 7, 2009 the NLL held a dispersal draft for the Lumberjax players.
25-589: The expansion LumberJax got off to a slow start in their first year , but later turned their season around and made it to the playoffs with an 11-5 record. The LumberJax finished first in their division, becoming the only expansion team to win their division in the 20-year history of the NLL. The LumberJax season ended with a loss in the opening round of the playoffs to the Arizona Sting . The LumberJax were less successful in their sophomore season , finishing last in
50-540: A "games behind" statistic even more complicated compared to if it were to be used under the traditional system in which a tie was effectively worth a "half-win." The Canadian Football League (CFL) also does not use games behind, and awards standings points. However, unlike leagues such as the National Hockey League (NHL), the CFL does not award points for overtime losses, although it experimented with such
75-420: A certain number of points for each win or tie. In competitions where ties have been abolished (especially in hockey), points are still awarded for an "overtime loss" such that they are often (but not always) the same value as ties previously were, while in soccer the traditional value of two points for a win has been replaced by three points, while ties are still worth one point. These changes would make calculating
100-552: A system in the early 21st century. Also, unlike most other football codes that award three points for a win , the CFL still uses the traditional values of two points for a win and one for a tie. Therefore, a tie in the CFL is still effectively worth a "half-win" as it always has been in Canadian football (and also as it has been in the NFL since 1972). Teams are sometimes referred to as being over or under "five hundred", in comparison to
125-537: A tie (i.e. 1 ⁄ 2 win and a 1 ⁄ 2 loss). In reality, teams in an actual sports league can have an unequal number of games played due to various scheduling anomalies, postponements, or cancellations. This can result in: Such conditions have occurred multiple times in major sports leagues, examples include: Leagues generally use winning percentage to order teams in official standings. However, standings appearing in newspapers or online may order teams based on games behind. The games behind calculation
150-841: A total of 12 points. They then defeated the Calgary Roughnecks in the Western Division Final 16-12, to earn their first ever trip to the Champion's Cup , which took place Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York against the Buffalo Bandits at 7:30 PM Eastern. The LumberJax lost 14-13. On May 4, 2009 the team announced it would be leaving Portland after four seasons of play due to financial concerns. Future options included moving
175-505: Is a leading team, and Team B is a trailing team. Example math in this section uses the above standings, with Montreal as Team A and Atlanta as Team B. Alternately: Notes: A games behind calculation can be misleading when attempting to compare teams that have played an unequal number of games. This is because the games behind calculation simply computes the difference between wins and losses for each team, and then averages those two numbers. Essentially, this treats each unplayed game as being
200-532: Is not as closely followed as in baseball, because more teams qualify for the NBA playoffs, and the divisional statistics are not as important for playoff qualification. Sometimes, especially nearing the end of the regular season, games behind will be given with respect to the sixth through tenth positions in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference , due to the significance of the seeds in relation with
225-457: Is often used in professional baseball and basketball , where tie games are not permitted. Standings for these sports appearing in print or online during a season usually will have teams ordered by winning percentages, with a "GB" column provided as a convenience to the reader. Games behind is used less often in American football , where ties are possible but relatively uncommon. Games behind
250-480: Is rarely used in ice hockey and soccer , where ties are or were traditionally common and standings points are typically used. Major League Baseball (MLB) defines games behind as "the average of the differences between the leading team wins and the trailing team wins, and the leading teams losses and the trailing team losses." A games behind column almost always appears in MLB standings for each five-team division. In
275-463: The 1994 MLB season , the American League and National League each split into three divisions, and each added a wild card team to the playoffs. Following this change, it became common for the media to publish an additional set of standings for the wild card race. It included all teams from a league, with the exception of the division leaders, and games behind was calculated with respect to
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#1732802251587300-542: The 1994 Major League Baseball season , the Atlanta Braves are six games behind the Montreal Expos . Atlanta would have to win six games, and Montreal would have to lose six games, to tie for first. The leading team is by definition zero games behind itself, and this is indicated in the standings with a dash, not a zero. Games behind is calculated by using either of the following formulas, in which Team A
325-806: The Defensive Player of the Year and the Rookie of the Year awards. Portland continued its domination of the post-season awards with Derek Keenan , himself a former Rookie of the Year Award winner (1992 with Buffalo), winning both the Les Bartley Award for coach of the year and the GM of the Year Award , and owner Angela Batinovich winning the Executive of the Year Award . The season featured
350-448: The 2003 season where, for two seasons, they were not able to attract enough fans. Reference: x : Clinched playoff berth; c : Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y : Clinched division; z : Clinched best regular season record; GP : Games Played W : Wins; L : Losses; GB : Games back ; PCT : Win percentage; Home : Record at Home; Road : Record on
375-529: The East Division 14–13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks , who scored 4 goals, including the game winner. This marked the second straight year that a Roughneck player was All-Star Game MVP, with Tracy Kelusky having won it in 2005. First Team Second Team The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best defensive player, and best rookie. Awards are also given out monthly for
400-459: The NBA’s play-in tournament . National Football League (NFL) standings sometimes report games behind, although the statistic is not emphasized; winning percentage is used, computed from each team's win–loss–tie record. This is especially true since the introduction of the bye week in 1990 , exacerbating differences in the number of games that teams have played at various points in time, in addition to
425-610: The Road; GF : Goals scored; GA : Goals allowed Differential : Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP : Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP : Average number of goals allowed per game Toronto won the 3-way tiebreaker with Minnesota and Philadelphia The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated
450-790: The West Division with a 4-12 record. In their third year , the LumberJax finished with a sub-500 record for the second straight year (6-10), but were able to enter the playoffs as the fourth-seed in the West. The LumberJax won their first playoff game in franchise history on May 4, 2008, an 18-16 victory over the San Jose Stealth at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California . Dan Dawson scored 7 goals and added 5 assists for
475-421: The best overall player and best rookie. Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records. Games behind In some North American sports, the phrase games behind or games back (often abbreviated GB ) refers to a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. In the standings below from
500-673: The championship game on May 13, 2006. The defending champion Toronto Rock were once again the favourite to win the Champions' Cup, but a slow start plus a dismal performance in the semifinal game against Rochester removed the Rock from contention. The Colorado Mammoth , under first-year head coach Gary Gait , won their first title since winning the first ever title in 1987, as the Baltimore Thunder . Highly touted Portland rookie Brodie Merrill lived up to his hype, winning both
525-880: The debut of two expansion teams; the Edmonton Rush and the Portland LumberJax , both in the Western Division. Portland beat the expansion team odds and won its division, finishing with an 11–5 record, while Edmonton did not fare so well. The Rush finished the season 1–15, their only win coming at the hands of their provincial rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks . Before the 2006 season, the Anaheim Storm folded not being able to attract enough fans in their two years in Southern California moving from their original home of New Jersey after
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#1732802251587550-672: The final qualifier, indicated by a plus sign ("+") in the standings. For example, see the 2012 NL Wild Card standings , which shows the Atlanta Braves six games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals , and the 2022 AL Wild Card standings , which shows the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners six games and four games, respectively, ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays . National Basketball Association (NBA) standings typically report games behind within each five-team division. However, it
575-503: The franchise to another city or selling it to new owners; however on July 7, 2009, a dispersal draft was held for Portland's players, essentially shutting down the franchise. 2006 NLL season The 2006 National Lacrosse League season was the 20th season in the history of the league, which began as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League in 1987. The season began on December 30, 2005 and concluded with
600-453: The possibility of tied games , which while highly uncommon since the introduction of overtime in the regular season starting in 1974 do still occur on occasion. Games behind is omitted from standings on the NFL's website and is absent from most published standings. The games behind statistic is eschewed in sports where tie games are traditionally common, such as ice hockey and soccer . Leagues in these sports typically rank teams by awarding
625-531: The team with the highest standing in the wild card race. In the 2012 MLB season , both leagues added a second wild card team, and a third wild card team was added for each league starting with the 2022 MLB season . Games behind in the wild card race is now calculated with respect to the final wild card position. MLB's website distinguishes this statistic as wild card games behind , abbreviated WCGB. Unless all wild card qualifying teams are tied, this results in some teams being shown as some number of "games ahead" of
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