2011 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2011 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
Division4th East
2011 record10-6
Home record4-4
Road record6-2
Goals for176
Goals against159
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Hasen
Captain Shawn Williams
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
GoalsCody Jamieson (28)
AssistsShawn Williams (54)
PointsShawn Williams (77)
Penalties in minutesKyle Laverty (45)
Loose BallsPat McCready (101)
Wins Matt Vinc (10)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (9.77)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 17th in franchise history. The Knighthawks finished tied with Buffalo and Toronto with the top record in the East, but finished in third place due to tiebreakers. They lost to the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the Division Semifinals.

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 2011 National Lacrosse League season, the 25th in the history of the NLL, began January 8, 2011, and ended with the Championship game, won by the Toronto Rock 8-7.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xy16106.6250.04–46–2169159+1010.569.94
2 Toronto Rock –x16106.6250.07–13–5187168+1911.6910.50
3 Rochester Knighthawks –x16106.6250.04–46–2176159+1711.009.94
4 Boston Blazers –x1688.5002.04–44–4166155+1110.389.69
5 Philadelphia Wings 16511.3125.02–63–5143179-368.9411.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks –xyz16115.6880.06–25–3198181+1712.3811.31
2 Minnesota Swarm –x1688.5003.05–33–5187180+711.6911.25
3 Washington Stealth –x1688.5003.03–55–3203198+512.6912.38
4 Colorado Mammoth –x16511.3126.03–52–6151172-219.4410.75
5 Edmonton Rush 16511.3126.04–41–7175204-2910.9412.75

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, 2011@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 11–10OT8,2421–0
2January 15, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 9–126,0251–1
3January 22, 2011@ Boston Blazers TD Garden W 11–10OT10,4222–1
4January 29, 2011 Boston Blazers Blue Cross Arena L 7–164,9452–2
5February 5, 2011 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 11–64,5603–2
6February 12, 2011 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 12–104,9404–2
7February 18, 2011@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 5–109,4084–3
8February 19, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 6–135,6564–4
9February 26, 2011 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena W 13–95,3715–4
10March 5, 2011@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 8–1118,6905–5
11March 26, 2011 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 13–106,8756–5
12April 2, 2011@ Boston Blazers TD Garden W 19–89,0087–5
13April 9, 2011 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 8–99,2167–6
14April 10, 2011@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 10–69,5958–6
15April 16, 2011@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett W 18–105,1619–6
16April 23, 2011@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 15–918,69010–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 1, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 8–1010,2280–1

Roster

2011 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Burton
  • 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pat McCready
  • 12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Bonterre
  • 25 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Ditzell
  • 40 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ian Rubel
  • 71 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Laverty
  • 79 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Sid Smith
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Mike Kirk
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Jack Reid
Pat McCready lacrosse player

Pat McCready is a retired Canadian lacrosse player who played most of his National Lacrosse League career for Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits. As of 2013, he ranks third in NLL history in loose balls (1,593), second in penalty minutes (468), and seventh in games played (219).

Sid Smith is an Iroquois lacrosse player who plays for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League.

Forwards

Craig Point, is an Iroquois lacrosse player who currently plays for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse. He was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and comes from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.

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.

Transition
Joe Walters lacrosse player

Joe Walters is a professional lacrosse player for the Redwoods Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League.

Chris Schiller is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. In 2006, he was named the team's Unsung Hero. Schiller also plays for the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse (MLL).

Matt Zash is a retired lacrosse player, formerly of the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League, and of the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. He plans to wed in the summer of 2014 and move to Bangladesh to start an orphanage and raise the awareness of Lacrosse across Asia.

Practice Squad
  • 12 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Cody Johnson
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dylan Evans
  • 83 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Chandon Hill
Injured Reserve
Holdout
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

updated 2011-1-16
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References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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