2020 New York Riptide season

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2020 New York Riptide
League NLL
DivisionEast
2020 record1-12
Home record1-5
Road record0-7
Goals for116
Goals against177
General ManagerRegy Thorpe
CoachRegy Thorpe
Arena Nassau Coliseum
Average attendance4,157

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. [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]

Contents

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [4]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06123139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54232122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54232130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02307115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04340135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52451149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53353151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01507116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.0235011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54234128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03333138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01441122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52425117160−439.0012.31

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 7, 2019@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 4126,84701
2December 14, 2019@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena L 10145,12002
3December 27, 2019@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 11216,08903
4December 28, 2019 Saskatchewan Rush Nassau Coliseum L 4116,08904
5January 4, 2020 Philadelphia Wings (2018–) Nassau Coliseum L 12155,01905
6January 18, 2020 Georgia Swarm Nassau Coliseum W 1312OT2,35115
7January 24, 2020@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 6147,18316
8January 25, 2020 San Diego Seals Nassau Coliseum L 11153,27517
9February 8, 2020@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 91312,38418
10February 15, 2020@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 9148,59119
11February 28, 2020 New England Black Wolves Nassau Coliseum L 8123,001110
12February 29, 2020@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 12136,006111
13March 7, 2020 Georgia Swarm Nassau Coliseum L 7115,207112

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
14March 15, 2020@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center
15March 28, 2020 Colorado Mammoth Nassau Coliseum
16April 5, 2020 Toronto Rock Nassau Coliseum
17April 11, 2020 New England Black Wolves Nassau Coliseum
18April 18, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center

Roster

Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 12 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Gowah Abrams
  • 30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Orleman
Defensemen
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leo Stouros
  • 25 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Dominey
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darryl Robertson
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Marinier
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damon Edwards
  • 58 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Borgatti
  • 75 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jay Thorimbert
Forwards
  • 4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Lomas
  • 9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Reilly O'Connor
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Digby
  • 51 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Teat
  • 68 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Larson Sundown
  • 92 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Connor Kearnan
  • 98 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Callum Crawford
Transition
  • 8 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Brownell
  • 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Noseworthy
  • 19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordi Jones-Smith
  • 88 Flag of the United States.svg Ron John
Practice Squad
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jack Kelly
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Davis
  • 33 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Mitchell
  • 96 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mason Kamminga
Injured Reserve
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chad Cummings
  • 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan MacRae
Holdout
  • Flag of the United States.svg Peter Dearth
  • Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Chris Gray
  • Flag of the United States.svg Cade van Raaphorst
  • 84 Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Molloy
Unable to play
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Tkachuk
  • 31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Will Johnston
Head Coach

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

updated 2020-02-15
NLL Transactions


Entry draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [5] The Riptide made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11Tyson GibsonRobert Morris University
110Tyson BomberrySyracuse University
219Jake FoxJohns Hopkins University
224Connor FarrellLong Island University
233Gale ThorpeOhio State University
334John WagnerMarquette University
347Travis LongboatSix Nations Arrows
450Jack RowlettNorth Carolina University
463Matthew BorgesOhio State University
564Daylen HillSix Nations
678Brad McKinneySyracuse University

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