2014 NLL season

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2014 NLL season
League National Lacrosse League
Sport Indoor lacrosse
DurationDecember 28, 2013 – May 31, 2014
Number of games18
Number of teams9
Regular Season
Season MVP Cody Jamieson
Top scorer Cody Jamieson
Playoffs
Eastern champions Rochester Knighthawks
  Eastern runners-up Buffalo Bandits
Western champions Calgary Roughnecks
  Western runners-up Edmonton Rush
Finals
Champions Rochester Knighthawks (5th title)
  Runners-up Calgary Roughnecks
Finals MVP Dan Dawson (Rochester)
NLL seasons

The 2014 National Lacrosse League season, the 28th in the history of the NLL, began on December 28, 2013 [1] and ended on May 31, 2014, the date of Game 2 and 3 of the championship series. After finishing the regular season atop the East Division, the Rochester Knighthawks continued winning in the playoffs and took their third consecutive Champion's Cup, the first time a team has won the league title three straight years.

Contents

Teams

Blue pog.svg East Division Red pog.svg West Division
2014 National Lacrosse League
DivisionTeamCityArenaCapacity
East Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center 19,070
Minnesota Swarm Saint Paul, Minnesota XCEL Energy Center 18,064
Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 19,537
Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662
Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800
West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289
Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007
Edmonton Rush Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place 16,839
Vancouver Stealth Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre 5,276

Milestones and events

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Final standings

Reference: [32]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Rochester Knighthawks xy18144.7780.08163210167+4311.679.28
2 Toronto Rock x1899.5005.06336219213+612.1711.83
3 Buffalo Bandits x18810.4446.06327190200−1010.5611.11
4 Philadelphia Wings 18612.3338.02745202218−1611.2212.11
5 Minnesota Swarm 18414.22210.02727180219−3910.0012.17
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xyz18162.8890.08181220157+6312.228.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks x18126.6674.06363237215+2213.1711.94
3 Colorado Mammoth x18810.4448.04545201228−2711.1712.67
4 Vancouver Stealth 18414.22212.03618181223−4210.0612.39

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

Playoffs

Division semifinals Division finals Finals
         
E1 Rochester2
East Division
E3 Buffalo 1
E2 Toronto 13
E3 Buffalo15
2 Rochester2
3 Calgary 1
W1 Edmonton 1
West Division
W2 Calgary2
W2 Calgary16*
W3 Colorado 15

*Overtime

Division Finals and Champion's Cup Final individual game results

East Division Finals

Saturday May 10 - Game 1 at First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Bandits 12, Rochester Knighthawks 8 [33]
Saturday May 17 - Game 2 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 13, Buffalo Bandits 8 [34]
Saturday May 17 - Game 3 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 2, Buffalo Bandits 1, overtime [35]
Rochester wins series, 2–1.

West Division Finals

Saturday May 10 - Game 1 at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 12, Edmonton Rush 11, overtime [36]
Friday May 16 - Game 2 at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Edmonton Rush 15, Calgary Roughnecks 13 [37]
Friday May 16 - Game 3 at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 2, Edmonton Rush 1 [38]
Calgary wins series, 2–1.

Champion's Cup

Saturday May 24 - Game 1 at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Roughnecks 10, Rochester Knighthawks 7 [39]
Saturday May 31 - Game 2 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 16, Calgary Roughnecks 10 [40]
Saturday May 31 - Game 3 at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York: Rochester Knighthawks 3, Calgary Roughnecks 2 [41]
Rochester wins series, 2–1.

Regular-season results table

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Buffalo Bandits - BUF • Calgary Roughnecks - CAL • Colorado Mammoth - COL • Edmonton Rush - EDM • Philadelphia Wings - PHI
Minnesota Swarm - MIN • Rochester Knighthawks - ROC • Toronto Rock - TOR • Vancouver Stealth - VAN
Win Loss Home
ClubMatch
123456789101112131415161718
Buffalo Bandits PHITORPHICOLROCTORROCPHIMINCOLEDMMINVANCOLMINTORROCROC
13-1712-1012-11 (OT)16-911-1012-106-913-712-912-95-149-108-1213-169-109-134-814-16
Calgary Roughnecks TORCOLEDMVANCOLMINVANROCTORCOLEDMVANMINPHIBUFEDMEDMVAN
11-1613-118-1515-1213-14 (OT)15-1320-911-1019-139-10 (OT)7-1513-815-1113-916-1311-1514-13 (OT)14-8
Colorado Mammoth EDMVANCALEDMVANBUFCALMINVANVANROCCALBUFPHIEDMEDMMINPHI
10-1313-1211-136-1713-149-1614-13 (OT)14-1210-99-199-1110-9 (OT)9-1212-1411-1210-818-1213-12
Edmonton Rush COLCOLCALVANROCPHIMINTORVANCALBUFROCTORCOLCOLCALCALVAN
13-1017-615-89-88-7 (OT)8-614-911-1010-915-714-515-1113-1012-118-1015-1113-14 (OT)10-5
Minnesota Swarm ROCVANPHIPHICOLCALEDMTORPHIBUFTORBUFCALROCROCBUFCOLTOR
6-85-811-108-1512-1413-159-1412-1415-149-128-9 (OT)10-911-1514-159-1210-912-186-8
Philadelphia Wings BUFROCBUFMINMINVANTOREDMBUFMINROCROCTORCOLCALTORVANCOL
17-139-1311-12 (OT)10-1115-815-910-206-87-1314-158-137-1114-1314-129-139-1015-1112-13
Rochester Knighthawks MINPHITORBUFEDMBUFTORCALCOLPHITORPHIEDMMINMINVANBUFBUF
8-613-912-810-117-8 (OT)9-617-910-1111-913-817-1211-711-1515-1412-910-78-416-14
Toronto Rock CALBUFROCVANBUFPHIROCMINEDMCALROCMINPHIEDMVANPHIBUFMIN
16-1110-128-1217-1210-1220-109-1714-1210-1113-1912-179-8 (OT)13-1410-1317-910-913-98-6
Vancouver Stealth COLMINCOLCALEDMTORPHICOLCOLCALEDMCALBUFTORROCPHIEDMCAL
12-138-514-1312-158-912-179-159-1019-99-209-108-1312-89-177-1011-155-108-14

Awards

Annual awards

For the first time, the winners of the NLL's annual awards were not announced during the playoffs. Instead, three finalists for each award were announced during the two weeks following the final Championship game. The winners were announced at the first-ever NLL Season Awards Ceremony on September 21, 2014. [42]

AwardWinnerOther Finalists
Most Valuable Player Cody Jamieson, RochesterGarrett Billings, Toronto
Matt Vinc, Rochester [43]
Goaltender of the Year Matt Vinc, Rochester Aaron Bold, Edmonton
Anthony Cosmo, Buffalo [44]
Defensive Player of the Year Kyle Rubisch, Edmonton Chris Corbeil, Edmonton
Steve Priolo, Buffalo [45]
Transition Player of the Year Jordan MacIntosh, Minnesota Brodie Merrill, Philadelphia
Jeremy Thompson, Edmonton [46]
Rookie of the Year Logan Schuss, MinnesotaRobert Church, Edmonton
Dillon Ward, Colorado [47]
Sportsmanship Award Garrett Billings, TorontoCurtis Knight, Edmonton
Shawn Williams, Buffalo [42]
GM of the Year Derek Keenan, EdmontonMike Board, Calgary
Curt Styres, Rochester [48]
Les Bartley Award Derek Keenan, EdmontonMike Hasen, Rochester
Curt Malawsky, Calgary [49]
Executive of the Year Award John Bean, CalgaryCurt Styres, Rochester
Bruce Urban, Edmonton [50]
Tom Borrelli Award Bob Chavez, ILIndoor.com [51]

All-Rookie team

All-Pro teams

First team

  • Cody Jamieson, Rochester
  • Shawn Evans, Calgary
  • Garrett Billings, Toronto
  • Jordan MacIntosh, Minnesota
  • Kyle Rubisch, Edmonton
  • Matt Vinc, Rochester

Second team

  • Dane Dobbie, Calgary
  • Adam Jones, Colorado
  • Curtis Dickson, Calgary
  • Brodie Merrill, Philadelphia
  • Chris Corbeil, Edmonton
  • Aaron Bold, Edmonton

Monthly awards

Awards are given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.

MonthOverallRookie
January [52] Adam JonesTyler Digby
February [53] Garrett BillingsLogan Schuss
March [54] Garrett BillingsLogan Schuss
April [55] Rob HellyerLogan Schuss

Statistics leaders

Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Goals Dane Dobbie Calgary51
Assists Shawn Evans Calgary79
Points Cody Jamieson Rochester108
Penalty MinutesAndrew SuitorMinnesota73
Shots on Goal John Grant, Jr. Colorado188
Loose Balls Geoff Snider Calgary209
Save Pct Matt Vinc Rochester.798
GAAAaron BoldEdmonton8.73
Saves Anthony Cosmo Buffalo752

Stadiums and locations

Buffalo Bandits Minnesota Swarm Philadelphia Wings Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
First Niagara Center Xcel Energy Center Wells Fargo Center Blue Cross Arena Air Canada Centre
Capacity: 19,070Capacity: 17,954Capacity: 19,537Capacity: 11,200Capacity: 18,819
HSBC Arena Lacrosse.jpg Box Lacrosse.jpg Wells Fargo Center.jpg Rochester Blue Cross Arena - NW Exterior.jpg Air Canada Centre and CN Tower from Bay St.jpg
Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Edmonton Rush Vancouver Stealth
Scotiabank Saddledome Pepsi Center Rexall Place Langley Events Centre
Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007Capacity: 16,839Capacity: 5,276
Pengrowth Saddledome lacrosse.jpg Denver Pepsi Center 1.jpg Edmonton Rush versus Toronto Rock February 2010.jpg LangleyEventsCentreExterior.jpg

Attendance

Regular Season

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [56]
Colorado Mammoth915,706141,356
Buffalo Bandits914,611131,506
Calgary Roughnecks910,61595,535
Toronto Rock910,53394,802
Edmonton Rush97,84470,600
Rochester Knighthawks97,65468,892
Minnesota Swarm97,45767,120
Philadelphia Wings96,86461,778
Vancouver Stealth93,59032,312
League819,430763,901

Playoffs

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [57]
Calgary Roughnecks314,17842,534
Buffalo Bandits19,2099,209
Edmonton Rush29,12018,240
Toronto Rock17,8677,867
Rochester Knighthawks46,62226,490
League119,485104,340

See also

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