2020 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2020 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
DivisionNorth
2020 record2-10
Home record2-4
Road record0-6
Goals for115
Goals against165
General ManagerDan Carey
CoachMike Hasen
Arena Blue Cross Arena
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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season will be the team's 1st season in the league. The original Knighthawks moved to Halifax to become the Halifax Thunderbirds. 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

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [4]

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
1November 30, 2019 Georgia Swarm Blue Cross Arena L 4–145,6420–1
2December 21, 2019@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 12–145,2780–2
3December 28, 2019 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 11–145,0360–3
4January 11, 2020@ Toronto Rock Scotiabank Arena L 12–138,6850–4
5January 18, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 13–124,5051–4
6January 19, 2020@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 4–127,0151–5
7January 31, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 15–16OT10,9781–6
8February 9, 2020 Vancouver Warriors Blue Cross Arena L 10–11OT4,0631–7
9February 22, 2020@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 7–185,3281–8
10February 29, 2020 New York Riptide Blue Cross Arena W 13–126,0062–8
11March 7, 2020@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena L 6–196,2922–9
12March 8, 2020@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 8–1012,1212–10

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
13March 14, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds Blue Cross Arena
14March 28, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds Blue Cross Arena
15April 4, 2020@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre
16April 11, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena
17April 17, 2020@ Toronto Rock Scotiabank Arena
18April 25, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Evan Kirk
  • 49 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rylan Hartley
Defensemen
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Bennett
  •  2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Dawson (C)
  •  3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Whitty
  • 18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Julian Garritano
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darryl Robertson
  • 34 Flag of Israel.svg Doug Utting
Forwards
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Caputo
  • 19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Holden Cattoni
  • 41 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Cockerton
  •  5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Turner Evans
  •  9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Curtis Knight(A)
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Lintner
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Michel
Transition
  • 83 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Frank Brown
  • 96 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cory Highfield
  • 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryland Rees
  • 26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Whitty
Practice Squad
  • 29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Biles (T)
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Perroni (T)
  • 72 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustyn Pratt (D)
Injured Reserve
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Travis Burton (D)
  • 75 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jay Thorimbert (D)
Holdout
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Willman (T)
Unable to play
  •  6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zac Reid (T)
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches
    Legend
    • * Suspended list
    • (C) Captain
    • (A) Alternate captain

    Roster updated 2019-09-18
    NLL Transactions


    Entry Draft

    The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [5] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

    RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
    12Ryland ReesStony Brook University
    218Cory HighfieldMassachusetts Lowell University
    232Dustyn PrattOrangeville Northmen Jr. A
    335Thomas WhittySt. Catharines Athletics Jr. A
    337Matt VangalenDetroit Mercy University
    348Sean DarrochLindenwood University
    449Tyler BilesBrampton Excelsiors Jr. A
    462Bradley VoigtSyracuse University
    565Carter BadourCollege of Saint Rose
    677Alec SimonsMimico Mountaineers Jr. A

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