2014 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2014 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division1st East
2014 record14 - 4
Home record8 - 1
Road record6 - 3
Goals for210
Goals against167
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Hasen
CaptainSid Smith
Alternate captainsMike Accursi
Mike Kirk
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (36)
AssistsCody Jamieson (72)
PointsCody Jamieson (108)
Penalties in minutesMac Allen (39)
Loose BallsBrad Self (131)
Wins Matt Vinc (12)
Goals against average Angus Goodleaf (7.08)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 20th in franchise history. The Knighthawks won their third consecutive Champion's Cup becoming the first team in NLL history to win three straight league championships. Dan Dawson was the Most Valuable Player of the Champion's Cup Finals.

Contents

The feat of three consecutive championships in the NLL would be accomplished for a second time by the Buffalo Bandits in 2025. Much like with Rochester, goaltender Matt Vinc would also be a part of all three championships with the Bandits. [1]

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Rochester Knighthawks –xy18144.7780.08–16–3210167+4311.679.28
2 Toronto Rock –x1899.5005.06–33–6219213+612.1711.83
3 Buffalo Bandits –x18810.4446.06–32–7190200−1010.5611.11
4 Philadelphia Wings 18612.3338.02–74–5202218−1611.2212.11
5 Minnesota Swarm 18414.22210.02–72–7180219−3910.0012.17
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush –xyz18162.8890.08–18–1220157+6312.228.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18126.6674.06–36–3237215+2213.1711.94
3 Colorado Mammoth –x18810.4448.04–54–5201228−2711.1712.67
4 Vancouver Stealth 18414.22212.03–61–8181223−4210.0612.39

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

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 28, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 8–66,2381–0
2January 11, 2014 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 13–96,4882–0
3January 18, 2014 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 12–88,1363–0
4January 25, 2014@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–1113,3393–1
5February 1, 2014@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 7–8OT7,9513–2
6February 8, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 9–69,2804–2
7February 15, 2014@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 17–910,2795–2
8February 22, 2014@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 10–119,2075–3
9March 1, 2014@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 11–915,2126–3
10March 8, 2014 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 13–88,5607–3
11March 15, 2014@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 17–1210,8328–3
12March 16, 2014@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 11–77,8949–3
13March 29, 2014 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena L 11–158,6329–4
14April 4, 2014@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 15–14OT6,43010–4
15April 5, 2014 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 12–96,41011–4
16April 12, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Blue Cross Arena W 10–76,24812–4
17April 19, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 8–48,90013–4
18April 26, 2014@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 16–1419,07014–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [4]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division Finals Game 1May 10, 2014@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 8–129,2090–1
Division Finals Game 2May 17, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 13–88,6511–1
Division Finals Game 3*May 17, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 2–1OT--2–1
Finals
Game 1		May 24, 2014@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 7–1016,5412–2
Finals
Game 2		May 31, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 16–109,1883–2
Finals
Game 3*		May 31, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 3–2--4–2

* 10-minute series tiebreaker mini-game

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark White
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Attwood
  • 94 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Wenster Green
Injured Reserve
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Batson
Holdout
  • 57 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jon Sullivan
  • 75 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cody McLeod
  • 86 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rory Glaves
Unable to play
  • 55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Angus Goodleaf
  •    Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zac Reid
Head Coach

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

updated 2011-12-22
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rapoport, Jon (May 24, 2025). "Bandits Clinch NLL Cup and 2nd Three-Peat in League History". NLL.com. Nat. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2014 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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