2016 Rochester Knighthawks season

2016 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	East
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Sid Smith
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season will be the 22nd 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	New England Black Wolves	5	3	2	0.600	0.0	1–1	2–1	61	45	+16	12.20	9.00
2	Rochester Knighthawks	5	3	2	0.600	0.0	2–2	1–0	63	56	+7	12.60	11.20
3	Buffalo Bandits	5	3	2	0.600	0.0	3–0	0–2	59	55	+4	11.80	11.00
4	Georgia Swarm	6	3	3	0.500	0.5	1–1	2–2	77	72	+5	12.83	12.00
5	Toronto Rock	5	0	5	0.000	3.0	0–2	0–3	42	68	-26	8.40	13.60

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

1	Colorado Mammoth	8	6	2	0.750	0.0	3–0	3–2	100	90	+10	12.50	11.25
2	Saskatchewan Rush	5	3	2	0.600	1.5	2–1	1–1	59	52	+7	11.80	10.40
3	Calgary Roughnecks	7	3	4	0.429	2.5	2–2	1–2	73	84	-11	10.43	12.00
4	Vancouver Stealth	6	2	4	0.333	3.0	1–2	1–2	68	80	-12	11.33	13.33

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	Attendance	Record
1	January 9, 2016	Colorado Mammoth	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16	7,982	0–1
2	January 14, 2016	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 12–7	9,387	1–1
3	January 16, 2016	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–5	8,365	2–1
4	January 30, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–13	8,770	2–2
5	February 13, 2016	Vancouver Stealth	Blue Cross Arena
6	February 19, 2016	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre
7	February 27, 2016	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre
8	March 5, 2016	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome
9	March 11, 2016	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center
10	March 12, 2016	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena
11	March 18, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Blue Cross Arena
12	March 25, 2016	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena
13	March 26, 2016	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena
14	April 9, 2016	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center
15	April 16, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Blue Cross Arena
16	April 23, 2016	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena
17	April 30, 2016	Saskatchewan Rush	Blue Cross Arena
18	May 1, 2016	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster

Active (20-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

55 Angus Goodleaf
48 Matt Vinc

Defensemen

74 Colin Boucher
37 Scott Campbell
2 Paul Dawson
16 Dylan Evans
26 Mike Kirk (A)
29 Ian Llord
40 Justin Pychel
19 Zac Reid
5 Scott Self
79 Sid Smith (C)
32 Jon Sullivan

Forwards

6 Dan Dawson
20 Derek Hopcroft
88 Cody Jamieson (A)
28 Stephen Keogh
9 Craig Point
15 Joe Resetarits
23 Cory Vitarelli
1 Joe Walters

Transition

44 Jordan Hall
17 Brier Jonathan
91 Joel Matthews
25 Brad Self

Practice Squad

66 Zach Williams (T)

Head Coach

Mike Hasen

Assistant Coaches

Jason Johnson
Pat O'Toole
Paul Day
Andy Secore

Legend

* Suspended list
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate captain

updated 2015-04-20
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 24, 2015	To Rochester Knighthawks 9th overall selection, 2015 entry draft	To Saskatchewan Rush 1st round selection, 2016 entry draft
September 24, 2015	To Rochester Knighthawks 14th overall selection, 2015 entry draft	To Saskatchewan Rush 1st round selection, 2018 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015.^[2] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
1	2	Graeme Hossack
1	9	Brad Gillies
2	14	Derek Searle
2	16	Adam Bomberry
3	26	John St. John
4	38	Greg Longboat

References

↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
↑ "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

2016 NLL season by team

East	Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock

West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth

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