2018 Rochester Knighthawks season

2018 Rochester Knighthawks
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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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.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: ^[1]

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	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

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

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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.^[2] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

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

References

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

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.

[2] "2017 NLL Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.

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