2005 Rochester Knighthawks season

2005 Rochester Knighthawks
Division 3rd East
2005 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 193
Goals against 179
General Manager Paul Day
Coach Paul Day
Captain Mike Hasen
Alternate captains Shawn Williams
John Grant, Jr.
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance 9,711
Team leaders
Goals John Grant, Jr. (49)
Assists John Grant, Jr. (56)
Points John Grant, Jr. (105)
Penalties in minutes Casey Zapf (58)
Loose Balls Mike Hasen (91)
Wins Pat O'Toole (9)
Goals against average Pat O'Toole (11.10)

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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 11th in franchise history.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Toronto Rock 12 4 - .750 6-2 6-2 227 190
x-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 1 .688 5-3 6-2 217 183
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 2 .625 5-3 5-3 193 179
e-Philadelphia Wings 6 10 6 .375 3-5 3-5 213 218
e-Minnesota Swarm 5 11 7 .313 3-6 3-5 188 231
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 216 208
x-Arizona Sting 9 7 1 .563 5-3 4-4 209 209
x-Colorado Mammoth 8 8 2 .500 5-3 3-5 201 182
e-Anaheim Storm 5 11 5 .313 2-6 3-5 175 212
e-San Jose Stealth 4 12 6 .250 2-6 2-6 170 197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1 Minnesota L 12 - 11 8,532 0-1
2 January 15 Arizona L 9 - 8 OT 7,508 0-2
3 January 22 @ Anaheim W 15 - 11 4,053 1-2
4 January 28 @ Toronto W 15 - 6 16,087 2-2
5 January 29 Toronto W 12 - 11 OT 8,867 3-2
6 February 12 Philadelphia W 16 - 15 8,061 4-2
7 February 18 @ Philadelphia W 14 - 13 OT 12,311 5-2
8 February 19 Buffalo L 11 - 7 9,961 5-3
9 February 25 @ Toronto L 15 - 9 16,372 5-4
10 March 12 @ Philadelphia W 13 - 12 12,731 6-4
11 March 19 Buffalo W 12 - 11 OT 10,102 7-4
12 March 25 @ Minnesota L 12 - 11 7,764 7-5
13 March 26 Minnesota W 20 - 11 8,557 8-5
14 April 1 @ Buffalo L 11 - 9 10,014 8-6
15 April 8 @ San Jose W 8 - 7 5,120 9-6
16 April 15 Colorado W 13 - 12 9,342 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Final April 23 @ Buffalo W 19 - 14 10,014
Championship Game April 29 @ Toronto L 12 - 10 17,289

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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
John Grant, Jr. 15 49 56 105 83 31
Shawn Williams 16 33 50 83 74 12
Mike Accursi 16 23 48 71 74 12
Scott Evans 16 29 23 52 59 25
Ryan O'Connor 14 14 17 31 19 6
Ken Millin 16 8 18 26 45 6
Mat Giles 15 10 13 23 44 18
Andrew Turner 16 0 13 13 80 28
Steve Toll 5 5 5 10 33 0
Totals 294 487 377 1055 50

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
Pat O'Toole 16 907:59 9 6 168 .775 11.10
Pat Campbell 4 53:02 1 0 8 .822 9.05
Totals 10 6 179 .775 11.19

Awards

Player Award
Andrew Turner Defensive Player of the Year
John Grant, Jr. First Team All-Pro
John Grant, Jr. Player of the Month, February

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005[1]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
Steve Toll		 To San Jose Stealth
first round pick, 2005 entry draft
second round pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
43 Def Abrams, Marshall
44 Fwd Accursi, Mike
37 Goalie Campbell, Pat
42 Def Cougevan, Pat
12 Fwd Croswell, Brian
7 Fwd Dutton, Pat
19 Fwd Evans, Scott
15 Fwd Giles, Mat
24 Fwd Grant, John
10 Def Hasen, Mike
23 Def Hoar, Stephen
Fwd Juleff, Dennis
No. Position Player
4 Def Livingstone, Carter
32 Fwd Millin, Ken
14 Fwd O'Connor, Ryan
39 Goalie O'Toole, Pat
20 Def Penny, Steve
2 Def Schiller, Chris
33 Fwd Soudan, Tim
11 Def Thorpe, Regy
17 Def Toll, Steve
26 Def Turner, Andrew
51 Fwd Williams, Shawn
27 Fwd Zaph, Casey

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. http://nll.com/article.php?id=1029. Retrieved 2008-05-14. 
East
Buffalo • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West