2011 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 17th in franchise history. The Knighthawks finished tied with Buffalo and Toronto with the top record in the East, but finished in third place due to tiebreakers. They lost to the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the Division Semifinals.

2011 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2011 record	10-6
Home record	4-4
Road record	6-2
Goals for	176
Goals against	159
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Shawn Williams
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Cody Jamieson (28)
Assists	Shawn Williams (54)
Points	Shawn Williams (77)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Laverty (45)
Loose Balls	Pat McCready (101)
Wins	Matt Vinc (10)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (9.77)
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	−36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	−21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	−29	10.94	12.75

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: Losses; GB: 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:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–10	OT	8,242	1–0
2	January 15, 2011	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–12		6,025	1–1
3	January 22, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	W 11–10	OT	10,422	2–1
4	January 29, 2011	Boston Blazers	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–16		4,945	2–2
5	February 5, 2011	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–6		4,560	3–2
6	February 12, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–10		4,940	4–2
7	February 18, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 5–10		9,408	4–3
8	February 19, 2011	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–13		5,656	4–4
9	February 26, 2011	Edmonton Rush	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–9		5,371	5–4
10	March 5, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 8–11		18,690	5–5
11	March 26, 2011	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–10		6,875	6–5
12	April 2, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	W 19–8		9,008	7–5
13	April 9, 2011	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–9		9,216	7–6
14	April 10, 2011	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 10–6		9,595	8–6
15	April 16, 2011	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 18–10		5,161	9–6
16	April 23, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 15–9		18,690	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2011	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–10		10,228	0–1

Roster

2011 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 48 Matt Vinc 77 Aaron Bold Defensemen  7 Tyler Burton 10 Pat McCready 12 Troy Bonterre 25 Scott Ditzell 40 Ian Rubel 71 Kyle Laverty 79 Sid Smith -- Mike Kirk -- Jack Reid		Forwards  9 Craig Point 15 Shawn Evans 22 Gary Gait 42 Jarrett Davis 44 Mike Accursi (A) 51 Shawn Williams (C) 88 Cody Jamieson -- Casey Powell Transition  1 Joe Walters  2 Chris Schiller (A)  3 Josh Ruys  4 Joel McCready  5 Matt Zash 93 Chris Driscoll		Practice Squad 12 Cody Johnson 16 Dylan Evans 83 Chandon Hill Injured Reserve 20 Jordan Hall 43 Marshall Abrams Holdout 23 Cory Vitarelli		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2011-1-16 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2011 NLL season