2015 Rochester Knighthawks season

2015 Rochester Knighthawks
2015 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2015 record	12 - 6
Home record	7 - 2
Road record	5 - 4
Goals for	205
Goals against	173
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Sid Smith
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Cody Jamieson (36)
Assists	Dan Dawson (62)
Points	Cody Jamieson (92)
Penalties in minutes	Paul Dawson (73)
Loose Balls	Brad Self (133)
Wins	Matt Vinc (10)
Goals against average	Angus Goodleaf (7.85)
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The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season was 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 – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	230	185	+45	12.78	10.28
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	7–2	5–4	205	173	+32	11.39	9.61
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	7–2	4–5	236	208	+28	13.11	11.56
4	Minnesota Swarm	18	6	12	.333	8.0	3–6	3–6	185	226	−41	10.28	12.56
5	New England Black Wolves	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	186	249	−63	10.33	13.83

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

1	Edmonton Rush – xy	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	241	177	+64	13.39	9.83
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	6–3	3–6	212	218	−6	11.78	12.11
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	212	217	−5	11.78	12.06
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	5	13	.278	8.0	3–6	2–7	211	265	−54	11.72	14.72

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

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	L 12–13	OT	9,086	12–6

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster

Active (21-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

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Legend

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

[1] 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:

Round	Overall	Player
1	2	Jeremy Noble
3	27	Brier Jonathan
4	37	Ian Martin
5	46	Anthony Patterson
6	55	Zach Williams

References

^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

[2] "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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