2014 NLL season

2014 NLL season
League National Lacrosse League
Sport Indoor lacrosse
Duration December 28, 2013 – May 31, 2014
Number of teams 9
Regular Season
Season MVP Cody Jamieson
Top scorer Cody Jamieson
Playoffs
Eastern champions Rochester Knighthawks
  Eastern runners-up Buffalo Bandits
Western champions Calgary Roughnecks
  Western runners-up Edmonton Rush
Finals
Champions Rochester Knighthawks
  Runners-up Calgary Roughnecks
Finals MVP Dan Dawson (Rochester)

The 2014 National Lacrosse League season, the 28th in the history of the NLL, began on December 28, 2013[1] and ended on May 31, 2014, the date of Game 2 and 3 of the championship series. After finishing the regular season atop the East Division, the Rochester Knighthawks continued winning in the playoffs and took their third consecutive Champion's Cup, the first time a team has won the league title three straight years.

Milestones and events

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Final standings

Reference: [32]

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

1 Rochester Knighthawks xy 18 14 4 0.778 0.0 81 63 210 167 +43 11.67 9.28
2 Toronto Rock x 18 9 9 0.500 5.0 63 36 219 213 +6 12.17 11.83
3 Buffalo Bandits x 18 8 10 0.444 6.0 63 27 190 200 -10 10.56 11.11
4 Philadelphia Wings 18 6 12 0.333 8.0 27 45 202 218 -16 11.22 12.11
5 Minnesota Swarm 18 4 14 0.222 10.0 27 27 180 219 -39 10.00 12.17
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xyz 18 16 2 0.889 0.0 81 81 220 157 +63 12.22 8.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks x 18 12 6 0.667 4.0 63 63 237 215 +22 13.17 11.94
3 Colorado Mammoth x 18 8 10 0.444 8.0 45 45 201 228 -27 11.17 12.67
4 Vancouver Stealth 18 4 14 0.222 12.0 36 18 181 223 -42 10.06 12.39

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Overall seeds

Team W L Pct. Tiebreaker Seed
Edmonton Rush
16
2
.889
1
Rochester Knighthawks
14
4
.778
2
Calgary Roughnecks
12
6
.667
3
Toronto Rock
9
9
.500
4
Buffalo Bandits
8
10
.444 Won both games against Colorado during the regular season
5
Colorado Mammoth
8
10
.444 Lost both games against Buffalo during the regular season
6
Philadelphia Wings
6
12
.333
7
Vancouver Stealth
4
14
.222 Won only game played against Minnesota during the regular season
8
Minnesota Swarm
4
14
.222 Lost only game played against Vancouver during the regular season
9

Playoffs

  Division semifinals     Division finals     Finals
                           
  East Division     E1  Rochester Knighthawks 2  
  E2  Toronto Rock 13     E3  Buffalo Bandits 1    
  E3  Buffalo Bandits 15         2  Rochester Knighthawks 2
      3  Calgary Roughnecks 1
  West Division     W1  Edmonton Rush 1    
  W2  Calgary Roughnecks 16 (OT)     W2  Calgary Roughnecks 2  
  W3  Colorado Mammoth 15  

Division Finals and Champion's Cup Final individual game results

East Division Finals

Saturday May 10 - Game 1 at First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Bandits 12, Rochester Knighthawks 8[33]
Saturday May 17 - Game 2 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 13, Buffalo Bandits 8[34]
Saturday May 17 - Game 3 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 2, Buffalo Bandits 1, overtime[35]
Rochester wins series, 2-1.

West Division Finals

Saturday May 10 - Game 1 at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 12, Edmonton Rush 11, overtime[36]
Friday May 16 - Game 2 at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Edmonton Rush 15, Calgary Roughnecks 13[37]
Friday May 16 - Game 3 at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 2, Edmonton Rush 1[38]
Calgary wins series, 2-1.

Champion's Cup

Saturday May 24 - Game 1 at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 10, Rochester Knighthawks 7[39]
Saturday May 31 - Game 2 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 16, Calgary Roughnecks 10[40]
Saturday May 31 - Game 3 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 3, Calgary Roughnecks 2[41]
Rochester wins series, 2-1.

Regular season results table

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Buffalo Bandits - BUF • Calgary Roughnecks - CAL • Colorado Mammoth - COL • Edmonton Rush - EDM • Philadelphia Wings - PHI
Minnesota Swarm - MIN • Rochester Knighthawks - ROC • Toronto Rock - TOR • Vancouver Stealth - VAN
Win   Loss   Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Buffalo Bandits PHITORPHICOLROCTORROCPHIMINCOLEDMMINVANCALMINTORROCROC
13-1712-1012-11 (OT)16-911-1012-106-913-712-912-95-149-108-1213-169-109-134-814-16
Calgary Roughnecks TORCOLEDMVANCOLMINVANROCTORCOLEDMVANMINPHIBUFEDMEDMVAN
11-1613-118-1515-1213-14 (OT)15-1320-911-1019-139-10 (OT)7-1513-815-1113-916-1311-1514-13 (OT)14-8
Colorado Mammoth EDMVANCALEDMVANBUFCALMINVANVANROCCALBUFPHIEDMEDMMINPHI
10-1313-1211-136-1713-149-1614-13 (OT)14-1210-99-199-1110-9 (OT)9-1212-1411-1210-818-1213-12
Edmonton Rush COLCOLCALVANROCPHIMINTORVANCALBUFROCTORCOLCOLCALCALVAN
13-1017-615-89-88-7 (OT)8-614-911-1010-915-714-515-1113-1012-118-1015-1113-14 (OT)10-5
Minnesota Swarm ROCVANPHIPHICOLCALEDMTORPHIBUFTORBUFCALROCROCBUFCOLTOR
6-85-811-108-1512-1413-159-1412-1415-149-128-9 (OT)10-911-1514-159-1210-912-186-8
Philadelphia Wings BUFROCBUFMINMINVANTOREDMBUFMINROCROCTORCOLCALTORVANCOL
17-139-1311-12 (OT)10-1115-815-910-206-87-1314-158-137-1114-1314-129-139-1015-1112-13
Rochester Knighthawks MINPHITORBUFEDMBUFTORCALCOLPHITORPHIEDMMINMINVANBUFBUF
8-613-912-810-117-8 (OT)9-617-910-1111-913-817-1211-711-1515-1412-910-78-416-14
Toronto Rock CALBUFROCVANBUFPHIROCMINEDMCALROCMINPHIEDMVANPHIBUFMIN
16-1110-128-1217-1210-1220-109-1714-1210-1113-1912-179-8 (OT)13-1410-1317-910-913-98-6
Vancouver Stealth COLMINCOLCALEDMTORPHICOLCOLCALEDMCALBUFTORROCPHIEDMCAL
12-138-514-1312-158-912-179-159-1019-99-209-108-1312-89-177-1011-155-108-14

Awards

Annual awards

For the first time, the winners of the NLL's annual awards were not announced during the playoffs. Instead, three finalists for each award were announced during the two weeks following the final Championship game. The winners were announced at the first-ever NLL Season Awards Ceremony on September 21, 2014.[42]

Award Winner Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player Cody Jamieson, Rochester Garrett Billings, Toronto
Matt Vinc, Rochester[43]
Goaltender of the Year Matt Vinc, Rochester Aaron Bold, Edmonton
Anthony Cosmo, Buffalo[44]
Defensive Player of the Year Kyle Rubisch, Edmonton Chris Corbeil, Edmonton
Steve Priolo, Buffalo[45]
Transition Player of the Year Jordan MacIntosh, Minnesota Brodie Merrill, Philadelphia
Jeremy Thompson, Edmonton[46]
Rookie of the Year Logan Schuss, Minnesota Robert Church, Edmonton
Dillon Ward, Colorado[47]
Sportsmanship Award Garrett Billings, Toronto Curtis Knight, Edmonton
Shawn Williams, Buffalo[42]
GM of the Year Derek Keenan, Edmonton Mike Board, Calgary
Curt Styres, Rochester[48]
Les Bartley Award Derek Keenan, Edmonton Mike Hasen, Rochester
Curt Malawsky, Calgary[49]
Executive of the Year Award John Bean, Calgary Curt Styres, Rochester
Bruce Urban, Edmonton[50]
Tom Borrelli Award Bob Chavez, ILIndoor.com[51]

All-Rookie team

All-Pro teams

First team

Second team

Monthly awards

Awards are given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.

Month Overall Rookie
January[52] Adam Jones Tyler Digby
February[53] Garrett Billings Logan Schuss
March[54] Garrett Billings Logan Schuss
April[55] Rob Hellyer Logan Schuss

Statistics leaders

Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.

StatPlayerTeamTotal
GoalsDane DobbieCalgary51
AssistsShawn EvansCalgary79
PointsCody JamiesonRochester108
Penalty MinutesAndrew SuitorMinnesota73
Shots on GoalJohn Grant, Jr.Colorado188
Loose BallsGeoff SniderCalgary209
Save PctMatt VincRochester.798
GAAAaron BoldEdmonton8.73
SavesAnthony CosmoBuffalo752

Stadiums and locations

Buffalo Bandits Minnesota Swarm Philadelphia Wings Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
First Niagara Center Xcel Energy Center Wells Fargo Center Blue Cross Arena Air Canada Centre
Capacity: 19,070 Capacity: 17,954 Capacity: 19,537 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 18,819
Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Edmonton Rush Vancouver Stealth
Scotiabank Saddledome Pepsi Center Rexall Place Langley Events Centre
Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007 Capacity: 16,839 Capacity: 5,276

See also

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