2020 New York Riptide season

The New York Riptide are a lacrosse team based in Uniondale, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the team's 1st season in the league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. 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.

2020 New York Riptide
League	NLL
Division	East
2020 record	1-12
Home record	1-5
Road record	0-7
Goals for	116
Goals against	177
General Manager	Regy Thorpe
Coach	Regy Thorpe
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Average attendance	4,157
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Regular season

Current standings

Reference:

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

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 7, 2019	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 4–12		6,847	0–1
2	December 14, 2019	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	L 10–14		5,120	0–2
3	December 27, 2019	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 11–21		6,089	0–3
4	December 28, 2019	Saskatchewan Rush	Nassau Coliseum	L 4–11		6,089	0–4
5	January 4, 2020	Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Nassau Coliseum	L 12–15		5,019	0–5
6	January 18, 2020	Georgia Swarm	Nassau Coliseum	W 13–12	OT	2,351	1–5
7	January 24, 2020	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	L 6–14		7,183	1–6
8	January 25, 2020	San Diego Seals	Nassau Coliseum	L 11–15		3,275	1–7
9	February 8, 2020	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–13		12,384	1–8
10	February 15, 2020	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–14		8,591	1–9
11	February 28, 2020	New England Black Wolves	Nassau Coliseum	L 8–12		3,001	1–10
12	February 29, 2020	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–13		6,006	1–11
13	March 7, 2020	Georgia Swarm	Nassau Coliseum	L 7–11		5,207	1–12

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
14	March 15, 2020	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center
15	March 28, 2020	Colorado Mammoth	Nassau Coliseum
16	April 5, 2020	Toronto Rock	Nassau Coliseum
17	April 11, 2020	New England Black Wolves	Nassau Coliseum
18	April 18, 2020	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center

Roster

New York Riptide roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 12 Gowah Abrams 30 Steve Orleman Defensemen 20 Leo Stouros 25 Scott Dominey 27 Darryl Robertson 44 Matt Marinier 45 Damon Edwards 58 Andrew Borgatti 75 Jay Thorimbert		Forwards 4 Dan Lomas 9 Reilly O'Connor 23 Tyler Digby 51 Jeff Teat 68 Larson Sundown 92 Connor Kearnan 98 Callum Crawford Transition 8 Kevin Brownell 15 Brent Noseworthy 19 Jordi Jones-Smith 88 Ron John		Practice Squad 16 Jack Kelly 20 Tyler Davis 33 Mackenzie Mitchell 96 Mason Kamminga Injured Reserve Chad Cummings 3 Dan MacRae Holdout Peter Dearth Chris Gray Cade van Raaphorst 84 Dylan Molloy Unable to play Justin Tkachuk 31 Will Johnston		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2020-02-15 NLL Transactions

Entry draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. The Riptide made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	1	Tyson Gibson	Robert Morris University
1	10	Tyson Bomberry	Syracuse University
2	19	Jake Fox	Johns Hopkins University
2	24	Connor Farrell	Long Island University
2	33	Gale Thorpe	Ohio State University
3	34	John Wagner	Marquette University
3	47	Travis Longboat	Six Nations Arrows
4	50	Jack Rowlett	North Carolina University
4	63	Matthew Borges	Ohio State University
5	64	Daylen Hill	Six Nations
6	78	Brad McKinney	Syracuse University