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
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2018 record10-8
Home record5-4
Road record5-4
Goals for236
Goals against210
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Hasen
CaptainSid Smith
Alternate captainsScott Campbell
ArenaBlue Cross Arena
Average attendance6,760
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Resetaritis, Kyle Jackson (37)
AssistsCody Jamieson, Joe Resetaritis (63)
PointsJoe Resetaritis (100)
Penalties in minutesBilly Dee Smith (35)
Loose BallsGraeme Hossack (163)
WinsMatt Vinc (9)
Goals against averageMatt Vinc (11.37)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarmxy18117.6110.06–35–4226215+1112.5611.94
2Rochester Knighthawksx18108.5561.05–45–4236210+2613.1111.67
3New England Black Wolvesx1899.5002.04–55–4194242−4810.7813.44
4Toronto Rock18810.4443.03–65–4237216+2113.1712.00
5Buffalo Bandits18810.4443.04–54–5232240−812.8913.33
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxyz18144.7780.06–38–1254196+5814.1110.89
2Colorado Mammothx18117.6113.05–46–3214199+1511.8911.06
3Calgary Roughnecksx18810.4446.05–43–6227211+1612.6111.72
4Vancouver Stealth18216.11112.00–92–7186277−9110.3315.39

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; GBGames 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

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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

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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

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Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards


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

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

Roster updated 2018-01-18
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017.[2] 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

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 NLL Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.