2020 Calgary Roughnecks season

2020 Calgary Roughnecks
2020 Calgary Roughnecks
League	NLL
Division	4 West
2020 record	5-5
Home record	1-4
Road record	4-1
Goals for	122
Goals against	111
General Manager	Mike Board
Coach	Curt Malawsky
Captain	Dane Dobbie
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Team leaders
Goals	Curtis Dickson (21)
Assists	Dan Taylor (22)
Points	Curtis Dickson (41)
Penalties in minutes	Tyson Bell (32)
Loose Balls	Zach Currier (108)
Wins	Christian Del Bianco (5)
Goals against average	Christian Del Bianco (10.94)
	← 2019 season 2022 season →

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 19th in franchise history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.^[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.^[2]^[3]

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.^[4]

Final standings

Reference: ^[5]

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

1	Halifax Thunderbirds	12	8	4	.667	0.0	6–1	2–3	139	126	+13	11.58	10.50
2	Toronto Rock	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	122	106	+16	11.09	9.64
3	Buffalo Bandits	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	130	118	+12	11.82	10.73
4	Rochester Knighthawks	12	2	10	.167	6.0	2–3	0–7	115	165	−50	9.58	13.75

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

1	New England Black Wolves	11	8	3	.727	0.0	4–3	4–0	135	101	+34	12.27	9.18
2	Georgia Swarm	12	7	5	.583	1.5	2–4	5–1	149	126	+23	12.42	10.50
3	Philadelphia Wings	14	8	6	.571	1.5	3–3	5–3	151	134	+17	10.79	9.57
4	New York Riptide	13	1	12	.077	8.0	1–5	0–7	116	177	−61	8.92	13.62

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush	10	7	3	.700	0.0	2–3	5–0	111	93	+18	11.10	9.30
2	Colorado Mammoth	13	7	6	.538	1.5	4–2	3–4	128	125	+3	9.85	9.62
3	San Diego Seals	12	6	6	.500	2.0	3–3	3–3	138	131	+7	11.50	10.92
4	Calgary Roughnecks	10	5	5	.500	2.0	1–4	4–1	122	111	+11	12.20	11.10
5	Vancouver Warriors	13	4	9	.308	4.5	2–4	2–5	117	160	−43	9.00	12.31

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

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2019	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	W 12–7		7,456	1–0
2	December 21, 2019	Colorado Mammoth	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 7–8	OT	12,072	1–1
3	December 27, 2019	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena	W 16–11		4,088	2–1
4	December 28, 2019	Philadelphia Wings	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 7–8		11,352	2–2
5	January 18, 2020	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–13		4,505	2–3
6	January 25, 2020	Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 12–15		15,362	2–4
7	February 8, 2020	New York Riptide	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 13–9		12,384	3–4
8	February 22, 2020	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 18–17		7,818	4–4
9	February 29, 2020	San Diego Seals	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 12–13		12,217	4–5
10	March 8, 2020	@ Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Arena	W 13–10		7,826	5–5

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Opponent	Location
11	March 13, 2020	Saskatchewan Rush	Scotiabank Saddledome
12	March 15, 2020	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena
13	March 20, 2020	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center
14	March 28, 2020	Vancouver Warriors	Scotiabank Saddledome
15	April 3, 2020	Buffalo Bandits	Scotiabank Saddledome
16	April 17, 2020	Saskatchewan Rush	Scotiabank Saddledome
17	April 18, 2020	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre
18	April 25, 2020	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena

Roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

35 Christian Del Bianco
00 Tyler Richards

Defensemen

16 Mike Carnegie
11 Greg Harnett (A)
81 Anthony Kalinich
68 Tyler Pace
13 Eli Salama

Forwards

21 Chris Boushy
8 Carter Dickson
44 Dane Dobbie (A)
18 Rhys Duch
89 Riley Loewen
88 Ryan Martel
68 Tyler Pace
26 Dan Taylor

Transition

94 Tyson Bell
7 Tyler Burton
2 Reece Callies
25 Chad Cummings
77 Zach Currier
3 Dan MacRae (C)
22 Shane Simpson
55 Mitch Wilde

Practice Squad

41 Bob Snider
47 Sean Tyrrell

Injured Reserve

10 Curtis Manning
19 Jesse King

Protected list

14 Wesley Berg
17 Curtis Dickson (A)

Head Coach

Curt Malawsky

Assistant Coaches

Bob McMahon
Rob Williams

Legend

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

[1] updated 2017-12-09
NLL Transactions

References

^ "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
^ "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ Saelhof, Todd. "NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season". Calgary Sun.
^ "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.

[1] "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[2] "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.

[3] "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[4] Saelhof, Todd. "NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season". Calgary Sun.

[5] "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.

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