2022 Halifax Thunderbirds season

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2022 Halifax Thunderbirds
League NLL
Division3rd East
2022 record11-7
Home record7-2
Road record4-5
Goals for198
Goals against195
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 2022 NLL season is their 2nd season the NLL. They were formerly the Rochester Knighthawks but moved to Halifax, as Rochester gained an expansion franchise.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18144.7780.07–27–2247185+6213.7210.28
2 Toronto Rock –x18135.7221.07–26–3207166+4111.509.22
3 Halifax Thunderbirds –x18117.6113.07–24–5198195+311.0010.83
4 Albany FireWolves –x1899.5005.05–44–5198195+311.0010.83
5 Philadelphia Wings –x1899.5005.04–55–4185199-1410.2811.06
6 Georgia Swarm 1899.5005.04–55–4205212-711.3911.78
7 New York Riptide 18612.3338.03–63–6214226-1211.8912.56
8 Rochester Knighthawks 18414.22210.02–72–7184221-3710.2212.28
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Diego Seals –xy18108.5560.05–45–4202183+1911.2210.17
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18108.5560.06–34–5194201-710.7811.17
3 Colorado Mammoth –x18108.5560.07–23–6196198-210.8911.00
4 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4442.06–32–7196194+210.8910.78
5 Panther City Lacrosse Club 18711.3893.03–64–5190223-3310.5612.39
6 Vancouver Warriors 18612.3334.03–63–6199209-1011.0611.61



Game log

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 4, 2021 Saskatchewan Rush Scotiabank Centre W 12–11OT7,4881–0
2December 10, 2021 Toronto Rock Scotiabank Centre W 11–76,4242–0
3January 15, 2022@ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre W 14–13OT3–0
4January 29, 2022@ Albany FireWolves Times Union Center L 6–85,0383–1
5February 4, 2022 New York Riptide Scotiabank Centre W 13–104–1
6February 13, 2022 Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Scotiabank Centre W 10–85–1
7February 19, 2022 Georgia Swarm Scotiabank Centre W 15–103,0006–1
8February 26, 2022@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 10–89,2367–1
9March 5, 2022 Vancouver Warriors Scotiabank Centre W 14–123,0008–1
10March 11, 2022 Albany FireWolves Scotiabank Centre L 7–85,0008–2
11March 12, 2022@ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena L 9–108,5468–3
12March 26, 2022@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 11–1611,1698–4
13March 27, 2022 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Centre L 11–165,7158–5
14April 1, 2022 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Centre W 11–77,4439–5
15April 8, 2022@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 8–138,3219–6
16April 16, 2022@ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Center L 7–1510,0479–7
17April 23, 2022@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum W 16–134,96810–7
18April 30, 2022@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13–105,15611–7

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Eastern Conference QuarterfinalsMay 6, 2022 Toronto Rock Scotiabank Centre L 13–14OT7,2410–1

Roster

Goaltenders

Defenseman

Forwards

Transition

Practice

Injured

Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

Athletic Performance Coach

Equipment Manager


Entry Draft

The 2021 NLL Entry Draft took place on August 28, 2021. [2] The Thunderbirds made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
112Max WilsonVictoria Shamrocks Jr. A/NJIT
218Drew HutchisonBurlington Jr. A/RIT
228Jackson ReidSix Nations Jr. A/Ohio State
339Kealan PilonSt. Catharines Jr. A/Queen’s University of Charlotte
459Chris FakeYale
574Jeremy WinstonJacksonville
688Colin HintonJacksonville

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References

  1. ↑ "2022 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  2. ↑ "2021 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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