2012 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2012 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division2nd East
2012 record7-9
Home record5-3
Road record2-6
Goals for191
Goals against197
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Hasen
CaptainPat McCready
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (36)
Assists Cody Jamieson (49)
Points Cody Jamieson (85)
Penalties in minutesKyle Laverty (46)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (94)
Wins Matt Vinc (7)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (12.21)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 18th in franchise history. After a 7-9 season, the Knighthawks came on strong in the playoffs and won their third NLL Championship, defeating the Edmonton Rush 9-6. [1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xy1697.5620.03562198196+212.3812.25
2 Rochester Knighthawks x1679.4382.05326191197-611.9412.31
3 Philadelphia Wings x1679.4382.03544176207-3111.0012.94
4 Buffalo Bandits x1679.4382.04435198204-612.3812.75
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xyz16124.7500.05371216170+4613.5010.62
2 Colorado Mammoth x16115.6881.05362217201+1613.5612.56
3 Minnesota Swarm x1697.5623.06235202190+1212.6211.88
4 Edmonton Rush x16610.3756.04426167175-810.4410.94
5 Washington Stealth 16412.2508.02626179204-2511.1912.75

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

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 14, 2012@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 22128,81310
2January 21, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 9129,77611
3January 27, 2012@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 111311,86212
4January 28, 2012@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 111415,21013
5February 4, 2012 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 16145,26723
6February 12, 2012@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 698,08724
7February 18, 2012 Washington Stealth Blue Cross Arena W 15126,16334
8February 24, 2012@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 121610,27435
9March 3, 2012@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 1188,90645
10March 10, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 13107,25455
11March 24, 2012 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 7135,71456
12March 31, 2012 Colorado Mammoth Blue Cross Arena L 12165,61157
13April 6, 2012@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 14159,80658
14April 14, 2012 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 14125,96468
15April 21, 2012@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 91418,69069
16April 28, 2012 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 978,91279

Playoffs

Reference: [4]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 4, 2012 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 14135,17610
Division FinalMay 12, 2012@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 17139,38420
Championship GameMay 19, 2012 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena W 969,27730

Transactions

Trades

September 21, 2011 [5]
To Rochester Knighthawks
1st round pick, 2011 entry draft (Johnny Powless)
To Calgary Roughnecks
Shawn Evans
July 25, 2011 [6]
To Rochester Knighthawks
Ryan Cousins
Andy Secore
Alex Kedoh Hill
To Edmonton Rush
Shawn Williams
Aaron Bold
2nd round pick, 2012 entry draft
March 20, 2012 [7]
To Rochester Knighthawks
Jamison Koesterer
To Washington Stealth
3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft

Dispersal Draft

The Knighthawks chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

RoundOverallPlayer
15Mike Kirk
214 Casey Powell
323Jack Reid

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011. [8] The Knighthawks selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
12Stephen KeoghSyracuse University
15Johnny PowlessSix Nations, ON
210Joel WhiteSyracuse University
323Kyle AndrewsBrampton, ON
432Shane CaterSix Nations, ON
536Aaron TackaberryCalgary, AB
540Cal KitsonBrampton, ON
645Kraig MaracleSix Nations, ON
649Grant CatalinoUniversity of Maryland

Roster

2012 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Batson
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tim O'Brien
  •  6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joe Smith
Holdout
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Bonterre
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamison Koesterer
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joel McCready
  • 22 Flag of the United States.svg Casey Powell
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Jack Reid
Protected list
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Michael Evans
Unable to play
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches

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

updated 2011-12-22
NLL Transactions

See also

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