2011 Rochester Knighthawks season

2011 Rochester Knighthawks
League NLL
Division 4th East
2011 record 10-6
Home record 4-4
Road record 6-2
Goals for 176
Goals against 159
General Manager Curt Styres
Coach Mike Hasen
Captain Shawn Williams
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (28)
Assists Shawn Williams (54)
Points Shawn Williams (77)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (45)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (101)
Wins Matt Vinc (10)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (9.77)

The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 17th in franchise history. The Knighthawks finished tied with Buffalo and Toronto with the top record in the East, but finished in third place due to tiebreakers. They lost to the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the Division Semifinals.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits – xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 4–4 6–2 169 159 +10 10.56 9.94
2 Toronto Rock – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 7–1 3–5 187 168 +19 11.69 10.50
3 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 4–4 6–2 176 159 +17 11.00 9.94
4 Boston Blazers – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 4–4 4–4 166 155 +11 10.38 9.69
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 5 11 0.313 5.0 2–6 3–5 143 179 -36 8.94 11.19
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 198 181 +17 12.38 11.31
2 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 187 180 +7 11.69 11.25
3 Washington Stealth – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 3–5 5–3 203 198 +5 12.69 12.38
4 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 151 172 -21 9.44 10.75
5 Edmonton Rush 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 4–4 1–7 175 204 -29 10.94 12.75

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–LossesGB–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:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8, 2011 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 11–10 OT 8,242 1–0
2 January 15, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 9–12 6,025 1–1
3 January 22, 2011 @ Boston Blazers TD Garden W 11–10 OT 10,422 2–1
4 January 29, 2011 Boston Blazers Blue Cross Arena L 7–16 4,945 2–2
5 February 5, 2011 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 11–6 4,560 3–2
6 February 12, 2011 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 12–10 4,940 4–2
7 February 18, 2011 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 5–10 9,408 4–3
8 February 19, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 6–13 5,656 4–4
9 February 26, 2011 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena W 13–9 5,371 5–4
10 March 5, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 8–11 18,690 5–5
11 March 26, 2011 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 13–10 6,875 6–5
12 April 2, 2011 @ Boston Blazers TD Garden W 19–8 9,008 7–5
13 April 9, 2011 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 8–9 9,216 7–6
14 April 10, 2011 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 10–6 9,595 8–6
15 April 16, 2011 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett W 18–10 5,161 9–6
16 April 23, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 15–9 18,690 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 1, 2011 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 8–10 10,228 0–1

Roster

2011 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  7 Canada Tyler Burton
  • 10 Canada Pat McCready
  • 12 Canada Troy Bonterre
  • 25 United States Scott Ditzell
  • 40 Canada Ian Rubel
  • 71 Canada Kyle Laverty
  • 79 Iroquois Sid Smith
  • -- United States Mike Kirk
  • -- United States Jack Reid
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 12 Iroquois Cody Johnson
  • 16 Canada Dylan Evans
  • 83 Iroquois Chandon Hill
Injured Reserve
Holdout
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

updated 2011-1-16
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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