2015 Rochester Knighthawks season

2015 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
Division 2nd East
2015 record 12 - 5
Home record 7 - 2
Road record 5 - 3
Goals for 193
Goals against 160
General Manager Curt Styres
Coach Mike Hasen
Captain Sid Smith
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (32)
Assists Dan Dawson (56)
Points Cody Jamieson (87)
Penalties in minutes Paul Dawson (73)
Loose Balls Brad Self (128)
Wins Matt Vinc (10)
Goals against average Angus Goodleaf (7.85)
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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 21st in franchise history.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

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

1 Toronto Rock – x 17 13 4 0.765 0.0 7–2 6–2 220 178 +42 12.94 10.47
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 17 12 5 0.706 1.0 7–2 5–3 193 160 +33 11.35 9.41
3 Buffalo Bandits – x 17 10 7 0.588 3.0 6–2 4–5 216 198 +18 12.71 11.65
4 Minnesota Swarm 17 5 12 0.294 8.0 2–6 3–6 172 214 -42 10.12 12.59
5 New England Black Wolves 16 4 12 0.250 8.5 2–6 2–6 169 219 -50 10.56 13.69
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush – xy 17 12 5 0.706 0.0 6–3 6–2 228 167 +61 13.41 9.82
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 17 9 8 0.529 3.0 6–2 3–6 202 205 -3 11.88 12.06
3 Calgary Roughnecks 17 6 11 0.353 6.0 4–5 2–6 198 204 -6 11.65 12.00
4 Vancouver Stealth 17 5 12 0.294 7.0 3–5 2–7 198 251 -53 11.65 14.76

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

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2015 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 12–13 6,421 0–1
2 January 10, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun L 7–17 4,004 0–2
3 January 24, 2015 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 8–6 6,745 1–2
4 January 31, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 17–11 6,994 2–2
5 February 6, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 6–7 OT 9,645 2–3
6 February 14, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 15–10 14,737 3–3
7 February 15, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun W 15–10 3,558 4–3
8 February 21, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 13–12 OT 6,669 5–3
9 February 28, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 7,018 6–3
10 March 14, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 13–7 13,212 7–3
11 March 28, 2015 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena L 3–16 6,801 7–4
12 April 3, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 11–7 10,218 8–4
13 April 4, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 10–2 6,294 9–4
14 April 11, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Blue Cross Arena W 14–5 7,988 10–4
15 April 17, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 10–11 15,621 10–5
16 April 18, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 13–9 3,042 11–5
17 April 25, 2015 New England Black Wolves Blue Cross Arena W 14–6 8,535 12–5
18 May 2, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 74 Canada Colin Boucher
  • 37 Canada Scott Campbell
  •  2 Canada Paul Dawson
  • 16 Canada Dylan Evans
  • 26 Canada Mike Kirk (A)
  • 29 Canada Ian Llord
  • 40 Canada Justin Pychel
  • 19 Canada Zac Reid
  •  5 Canada Scott Self
  • 79 Iroquois Sid Smith (C)
  • 32 Canada Jon Sullivan
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 66 Iroquois Zach Williams (T)
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

updated 2015-04-20
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 22, 2014 To Rochester Knighthawks
2nd & 11th selections, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
1st round selection, 2017 entry draft		 To Vancouver Stealth
Johnny Powless
Joel McCready
9th & 23rd selections, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To Rochester Knighthawks
27th selection, 2014 entry draft		 To New England Black Wolves
3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To Rochester Knighthawks
Jordan Hall		 To New England Black Wolves
11th & 28th selection, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[2] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
12 Jeremy Noble
327 Brier Jonathan
437 Ian Martin
546 Anthony Patterson
655 Zach Williams

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.