2018 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season was the 24th in franchise history.

2018 Rochester Knighthawks
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2018 record	10-8
Home record	5-4
Road record	5-4
Goals for	236
Goals against	210
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Sid Smith
Alternate captains	Scott Campbell
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance	6,760
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Resetaritis, Kyle Jackson (37)
Assists	Cody Jamieson, Joe Resetaritis (63)
Points	Joe Resetaritis (100)
Penalties in minutes	Billy Dee Smith (35)
Loose Balls	Graeme Hossack (163)
Wins	Matt Vinc (9)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (11.37)
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Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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 9, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	W 17–6		4,596	1–0
2	December 23, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 21–11		7,272	2–0
3	December 30, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 11–14		6,254	2–1
4	January 12, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–17		7,101	2–2
5	January 13, 2018	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–9		6,336	2–3
6	January 21, 2018	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 9–11		5,373	2–4
7	February 3, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16		9,425	2–5
8	February 10, 2018	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–12		5,439	2–6
9	February 11, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 17–10		3,181	3–6
10	February 17, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–11		6,188	4–6
11	February 24, 2018	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 17–10		15,302	5–6
12	March 10, 2018	Georgia Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–10	OT	7,214	6–6
13	March 17, 2018	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 13–14		15,070	6–7
14	March 24, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 13–10		14,811	7–7
15	March 31, 2018	Colorado Mammoth	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–14		6,228	8–7
16	April 13, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 14–11		11,463	9–7
17	April 21, 2018	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–11		8,143	9–8
18	April 28, 2018	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 15–13		19,070	10–8

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-final	May 4, 2018	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–11		5,263	1–0
Eastern division final	May 12, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 9–8		4,106	2–0
finals (game 1)	May 26, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 9–16		11,842	2–1
finals (game 2)	June 2, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–8		9,174	3–1
finals (game 3)	June 9, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 10–15		13,645	3–2

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 48 Matt Vinc 55 Angus Goodleaf Defensemen  2 Paul Dawson  3 Billy Dee Smith  4 Graeme Hossack 16 Dylan Evans 18 Jake Withers 21 Eric Shewell 29 Ian Llord 37 Scott Campbell 45 Luc Magnan 79 Sid Smith (C)		Forwards  6 Dan Dawson 11 Austin Shanks 15 Joe Resetarits 23 Cory Vitarelli 27 Josh Currier 47 Kyle Jackson 61 Dan Lomas 66 Eric Fannell 88 Cody Jamieson (A)		Practice Squad  7 Greg Longboat 33 Adam Perroni 77 Quinn Powless 12 Mike Triolo Injured Reserve 10 Brad Gillies (D/T) Holdout    Brandon Robinson    Sean Young		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2018-01-18 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Knighthawks made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	2	Jake Withers
1	5	Austin Shanks
1	6	Eric Fannell
2	14	Adam Perroni
5	44	Trevor Stacey
6	52	Kessler Doolittle

See also

• 2018 NLL season