2020 Halifax Thunderbirds season

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2020 Halifax Thunderbirds
League NLL
DivisionNorth
2020 record8-4
Home record6-1
Road record2-3
Goals for139
Goals against126
General ManagerCurt Styres
CoachMike Accursi
Arena Scotiabank Centre

The Halifax Thunderbirds are a lacrosse team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). the 2020 NLL season was their first season the NLL. They were formerly the Rochester Knighthawks but moved to Halifax, as Rochester gained an expansion franchise. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. [1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play. [2] [3]

Contents

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic. [4]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06–12–3139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54–23–2122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54–23–2130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02–30–7115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04–34–0135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52–45–1149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53–35–3151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01–50–7116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.02–35–011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54–23–4128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03–33–3138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01–44–1122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52–42–5117160−439.0012.31

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 7, 2019 New York Riptide Scotiabank Centre W 12–46,8471–0
2December 21, 2019 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Centre W 14–125,2782–0
3December 28, 2019@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 15–1013,5763–0
4January 11, 2020 Colorado Mammoth Scotiabank Centre W 12–97,6234–0
5January 18, 2020 San Diego Seals Scotiabank Centre W 8–57,2195–0
6January 25, 2020@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 15–1215,3626–0
7January 31, 2020@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–1210,9466–1
8February 15, 2020 Saskatchewan Rush Scotiabank Centre L 15–16OT8,8336–2
9February 21, 2020 Toronto Rock Scotiabank Centre W 9–89,3377–2
10February 29, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 9–1312,8137–3
11March 1, 2020@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 10–165,5027–4
12March 8, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Centre W 11–98,3598–4

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
13March 14, 2020@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena
14March 28, 2020@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena
15April 3, 2020@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena
16April 18, 2020 Philadelphia Wings Scotiabank Centre
17April 19, 2020@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena
18April 25, 2020 Toronto Rock Scotiabank Centre

Roster

Goaltenders

Defenseman

Forwards

Transition

Practice

Injured

Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

Athletic Performance Coach

Equipment Manager

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [6] The Thunderbirds made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
15Clarke PettersonCornell University (NCAA D1)
114Trevor SmythRochester Institute of Technology (NCAA D1)
230Clay ScanlanSix Nations Arrows (OJALL)
338Nonkon ThompsonAkwesasne Indians (OJBLL)
568Matt DziamaVirginia University (NCAA D1)
681Brad FannellSt. Catharines Athletics (OJALL)

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