2005 Rochester Knighthawks season

2005 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
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)
← 2004 season

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.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 6–2 6–2 227 190 +37 14.19 11.88
2 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 11 5 0.688 1.0 5–3 6–2 217 183 +34 13.56 11.44
3 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 10 6 0.625 2.0 5–3 5–3 193 179 +14 12.06 11.19
4 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 3–5 3–5 213 218 -5 13.31 13.63
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 5 11 0.313 7.0 2–6 3–5 188 231 -43 11.75 14.44
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 6–2 4–4 216 208 +8 13.50 13.00
2 Arizona Sting – x 16 9 7 0.563 1.0 5–3 4–4 209 209 0 13.06 13.06
3 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 5–3 3–5 201 182 +19 12.56 11.38
4 Anaheim Storm 16 5 11 0.313 5.0 2–6 3–5 175 212 -37 10.94 13.25
5 San Jose Stealth 16 4 12 0.250 6.0 2–6 2–6 170 197 -27 10.63 12.31

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–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on 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

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1, 2005 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena L 11–12 8,532 0–1
2 January 15, 2005 Arizona Sting Blue Cross Arena L 8–9 OT 7,508 0–2
3 January 22, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 15–11 4,053 1–2
4 January 28, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 15–6 16,087 2–2
5 January 29, 2005 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 OT 8,867 3–2
6 February 12, 2005 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 16–15 8,061 4–2
7 February 18, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 14–13 OT 12,311 5–2
8 February 19, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 7–11 9,961 5–3
9 February 25, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–15 16,372 5–4
10 March 12, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 13–12 12,731 6–4
11 March 19, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 OT 10,102 7–4
12 March 25, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 11–12 7,764 7–5
13 March 26, 2005 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 20–11 8,557 8–5
14 April 1, 2005 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 9–11 10 8–6
15 April 8, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 8–7 5,120 9–6
16 April 15, 2005 Colorado Mammoth Blue Cross Arena W 13–12 9,342 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 23, 2005 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 19–14 10,014 1–0
Championship Game April 29, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–12 17 1–1

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[4]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
Steve Toll		 To San Jose Stealth
first round pick, 2005 entry draft
second round pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[5]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rochester Knighthawks - 2012 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25958&seasonid=686
  4. ↑ "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  5. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25958&seasonid=686