2013 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2013 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division2nd East
2013 record8 – 8
Home record3 – 5
Road record5 – 3
Goals for179
Goals against165
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Hasen
CaptainSid Smith
Alternate captainsMike Accursi
Mike Kirk
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (28)
AssistsCody Jamieson (61)
PointsCody Jamieson (89)
Penalties in minutesIan Llord (34)
Paul Dawson (34)
Loose Balls Brad Self (96)
Wins Matt Vinc (8)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (10.17)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 19th in franchise history.

Contents

The Knighthawks finished the season second in the East division with an 8-8 record. But for the second straight year, they got hot in the playoffs, defeating the Philadelphia Wings, Minnesota Swarm, and Washington Stealth to win their second straight NLL Championship.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock –xyz16106.6250.05–35–3194176+1812.1211.00
2 Rochester Knighthawks –x1688.5002.03–55–3179165+1411.1910.31
3 Philadelphia Wings –x1679.4383.04–43–5170207−3710.6212.94
4 Buffalo Bandits 16610.3754.02–64–4171211−4010.6913.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks –xy1697.5620.03–56–2222211+1113.8813.19
2 Washington Stealth –x1697.5620.05–34–4193192+112.0612.00
3 Edmonton Rush –x1697.5620.02–67–1203170+3312.6910.62
4 Colorado Mammoth –x1679.4382.03–54–4185202−1711.5612.62
5 Minnesota Swarm –c1679.4382.05–32–6219202+1713.6912.62

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: [2]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 5, 2013@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 12–137,0230–1
2January 19, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 13–147,8340–2
3January 26, 2013 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 7–115,7620–3
4February 2, 2013 Washington Stealth Blue Cross Arena W 7–67,9141–3
5February 8, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 20–105,1392–3
6February 9, 2013@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 15–714,8333–3
7February 16, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 6–109,1563–4
8February 23, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena L 8–106,6743–5
9March 2, 2013@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 12–1116,1184–5
10March 16, 2013 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena L 9–117,0094–6
11March 30, 2013 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 12–87,0135–6
12April 6, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 14–77,4676–6
13April 7, 2013@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–1010,0736–7
14April 13, 2013@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 15–1412,3407–7
15April 14, 2013@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 10–146,1167–8
16April 20, 2013@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 10–919,0708–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalApril 27, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 10–85,9631–0
Division FinalMay 4, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 12–105,0962–0
FinalMay 11, 2013@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena W 11–105,2003–0

Roster

2013 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Hummel
  • 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joel McCready
  • 25 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Self
Practice squad
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cody McLeod
  • 83 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Tom Montour
Holdout
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamison Koesterer
  • 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Laverty
Unable to play
Head coach

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

updated 2011-12-22
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

December 14, 2012 [4] To Rochester Knighthawks
Dan Dawson
Paul Dawson
1st round pick, 2016 entry draft		To Philadelphia Wings
Paul Rabil
Jordan Hall
Joel White
Rob Campbell
2nd round pick, 2014 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. [5] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
326Robbie Campbell Stony Brook University
329Cody Hawkins Delta, BC
438Matt Hummel Mercyhurst University
547Chris Attwood St. Catharines, Ontario
656Cody McLeod Orangeville, Ontario

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2013 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wings acquire Paul Rabil, move Dawsons in big trade". NLL.com. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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