2010 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2010 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
Division5th East
2010 record7-9
Home record4-4
Road record3-5
Goals for155
Goals against181
General ManagerCurt Styres
Coach Paul Gait
Captain Shawn Williams
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals John Grant, Jr. (49)
AssistsShawn Williams (46)
PointsJohn Grant, Jr. (83)
Penalties in minutesScott Evans (79)
Loose Balls Steve Toll (153)
Wins Pat O'Toole (5)
Goals against average Aaron Bold (11.12)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 16th in franchise history.

Rochester, New York City in Western New York

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York. With a population of 208,046 residents, Rochester is the seat of Monroe County and the third most populous city in New York state, after New York City and Buffalo. The metropolitan area has a population of just over 1 million people. It is about 73 miles (117 km) east of Buffalo and 87 miles (140 km) west of Syracuse.

National Lacrosse League Professional indoor lacrosse league

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. Headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, the NLL currently has thirteen teams: eight in the United States and five in Canada. The NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the NHL and NBA. Unlike other box lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring, from December to June. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the National Lacrosse League Cup. The NLL has averaged between 8,900 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004.

The 2010 National Lacrosse League season, the 24th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2010 and ended with the Championship game on May 15.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Orlando Titans –xy16115.6880.05–36–2172154+1810.759.62
2 Toronto Rock –x1697.5622.06–23–5197156+4112.319.75
3 Buffalo Bandits –x1688.5003.04–44–4169170-110.5610.62
4 Boston Blazers –x1688.5003.05–33–5161162-110.0610.12
5 Rochester Knighthawks 1679.4384.04–43–5155181-269.6911.31
6 Philadelphia Wings 16511.3126.03–52–6168194-2610.5012.12
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Washington Stealth –xyz16115.6880.06–25–3211179+3213.1911.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x16106.6251.05–35–3193169+2412.0610.56
3 Edmonton Rush –x16106.6251.05–35–3186201-1511.6212.56
4 Minnesota Swarm –x16511.3126.03–52–6189201-1211.8112.56
5 Colorado Mammoth 16412.2507.00–84–4167201-3410.4412.56

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

Games behind

In most North American sports, the phrase games behind or games back is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.

Game log

Reference: [2]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 8, 2010 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 10–58,1921–0
2January 16, 2010@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 13–1117,2072–0
3January 23, 2010@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 3–1710,1042–1
4January 29, 2010@ Orlando Titans Amway Arena L 8–137,3672–2
5January 30, 2010 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 16–86,6763–2
6February 6, 2010@ Boston Blazers TD Banknorth Garden L 8–147,5463–3
7February 13, 2010 Boston Blazers Blue Cross Arena W 11–96,0664–3
8February 20, 2010@ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 12–610,0195–3
9February 27, 2010 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena L 11–12OT5,2295–4
10March 13, 2010 Orlando Titans Blue Cross Arena L 4–95,9305–5
11March 27, 2010 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 7–1410,6525–6
12April 3, 2010 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena L 9–117,2065–7
13April 9, 2010@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 12–119,1936–7
14April 10, 2010 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 15–127,0867–7
15April 16, 2010@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 7–159,9597–8
16April 24, 2010@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 9–144,2007–9

Transactions

New players

Aaron Bold is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays goalie for the Vancouver Warriors of the National Lacrosse League. Bold was drafted in the third round in the 2005 National Lacrosse League entry draft by the Portland Lumberjax.

Regy Thorpe was a professional lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League who is now retired. He played his entire NLL career with the Knighthawks. He also played with the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse. Currently, Thorpe is the head coach for the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.

Players not returning

Trades

July 7, 2009 [3] To Rochester Knighthawks
Peter Jacobs		To Toronto Rock
Sandy Chapman
October 15, 2009 [4] To Rochester Knighthawks
Aaron Bold
Ian Rubel
Cody Johnson		To Minnesota Swarm
Ryan Hoff
second round pick, 2011 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. [5] The Knighthawks selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11 Sid Smith Syracuse University
12Ilija GajicDenver University
218Holdon VyseSix Nations, ON
328Brendan DoranBrampton, ON
334Ryan HoffUniversity of Notre Dame
547Dan GrootUniversity of Maryland
657Brandon CorpColgate University

Roster

2010 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen

Macdonald Allen is a lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. Allen was a member of the Edmonton Rush from 2007 to 2008 and the Rochester Knighthawks from 2009 to 2010. He was traded along with superstar John Grant, Jr. to Colorado for goaltender Matt Vinc.

Pat Cougevan is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. In 2007, he was named the team's "Comeback Player of the Year" after suffering a season-ending injury in the 2006 season.

Anthony Kelly is a retired professional lacrosse player that played on the Chesapeake Bayhawks in the MLL. He has also played for the Rochester Knighthawks and New York Titans in the NLL, the Kentucky Stickhorses in the NALL, and the Los Angeles Riptide, Chicago Machine, Rochester Rattlers, Ohio Machine, and Denver Outlaws of the MLL. He is a faceoff specialist and won a Bronze Medal with U.S. Men's National Indoor Team in 2007. He retired in April 2018.

Forwards

Shawn Evans is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League, and the Dallas Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse. Evans' brothers, Scott and Stephen have also played in the NLL. Evans is the only lacrosse player in history to win the Minto Cup, the Mann Cup, and the NLL Champion's Cup all within 12 months of each other. He is also only one of three lacrosse players in history to win 2 Minto Cups back to back with 2 different Junior teams.

Gary Gait Canadian lacrosse player

Gary Charles Gait is a Canadian retired professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately. On January 24, 2017, he was named the Interim Commissioner of the United Women's Lacrosse League.

Jason Henhawk is a First Nation lacrosse player who played for the Rochester Knighthawks. At 16, he became the youngest man to play in the National Lacrosse League, in 1998.

Transition
Practice Squad
  • 18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jesse Guerin
  • 30 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Jake Henhawk
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darcy Powless
  • 6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pat Saunders
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Guadagnolo
Protected list
  •  3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Courtney
  • 25 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Ditzell
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Freeman Bucktooth
  • Ron Chatelaine
  • John Grant
  • Mike Hasen
  • Jason Johnson
  • Ben Miller
  • Steve Voituk
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2009-02-25
NLL Transactions

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References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Busy Day on Trading Front". NLL.com. July 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Swarm, Knighthawks In Four Player Trade". NLL.com. October 15, 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  5. ↑ "Knighthawks Select Sid Smith First Overall". NLL.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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