2012 Rochester Knighthawks season

2012 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 2nd East
2012 record 7-9
Home record 5-3
Road record 2-6
Goals for 191
Goals against 197
General Manager Curt Styres
Coach Mike Hasen
Captain Pat McCready
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (36)
Assists Cody Jamieson (49)
Points Cody Jamieson (85)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (46)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (94)
Wins Matt Vinc (7)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (12.21)

The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 18th in franchise history. After a 7-9 season, the Knighthawks came on strong in the playoffs and won their third NLL Championship, defeating the Edmonton Rush 9-6.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

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

1 Toronto Rock xy 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 35 62 198 196 +2 12.38 12.25
2 Rochester Knighthawks x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 53 26 191 197 -6 11.94 12.31
3 Philadelphia Wings x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 35 44 176 207 -31 11.00 12.94
4 Buffalo Bandits x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 44 35 198 204 -6 12.38 12.75
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 53 71 216 170 +46 13.50 10.63
2 Colorado Mammoth x 16 11 5 0.688 1.0 53 62 217 201 +16 13.56 12.56
3 Minnesota Swarm x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 62 35 202 190 +12 12.63 11.88
4 Edmonton Rush x 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 44 26 167 175 -8 10.44 10.94
5 Washington Stealth 16 4 12 0.250 8.0 26 26 179 204 -25 11.19 12.75

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 14, 2012 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 2212 8,813 10
2 January 21, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 912 9,776 11
3 January 27, 2012 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1113 11,862 12
4 January 28, 2012 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 1114 15,210 13
5 February 4, 2012 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 1614 5,267 23
6 February 12, 2012 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 69 8,087 24
7 February 18, 2012 Washington Stealth Blue Cross Arena W 1512 6,163 34
8 February 24, 2012 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1216 10,274 35
9 March 3, 2012 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 118 8,906 45
10 March 10, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 1310 7,254 55
11 March 24, 2012 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 713 5,714 56
12 March 31, 2012 Colorado Mammoth Blue Cross Arena L 1216 5,611 57
13 April 6, 2012 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 1415 9,806 58
14 April 14, 2012 Calgary Roughnecks Blue Cross Arena W 1412 5,964 68
15 April 21, 2012 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 914 18,690 69
16 April 28, 2012 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 97 8,912 79

Playoffs

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 4, 2012 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 1413 5,176 10
Division Final May 12, 2012 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1713 9,384 20
Championship Game May 19, 2012 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena W 96 9,277 30

Transactions

Trades

September 21, 2011[5]
To Rochester Knighthawks
1st round pick, 2011 entry draft (Johnny Powless)
To Calgary Roughnecks
Shawn Evans
July 25, 2011[6]
To Rochester Knighthawks
Ryan Cousins
Andy Secore
Alex Kedoh Hill
To Edmonton Rush
Shawn Williams
Aaron Bold
2nd round pick, 2012 entry draft
March 20, 2012[7]
To Rochester Knighthawks
Jamison Koesterer
To Washington Stealth
3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft

Dispersal Draft

The Knighthawks chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

RoundOverallPlayer
15 Mike Kirk
214 Casey Powell
323 Jack Reid

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[8] The Knighthawks selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
12 Stephen Keogh Syracuse University
15 Johnny Powless Six Nations, ON
210 Joel White Syracuse University
323 Kyle Andrews Brampton, ON
432 Shane Cater Six Nations, ON
536 Aaron Tackaberry Calgary, AB
540 Cal Kitson Brampton, ON
645 Kraig Maracle Six Nations, ON
649 Grant Catalino University of Maryland

Roster

2012 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  •  4 Canada Jamie Batson
  • 77 Canada Tim O'Brien
  •  6 Canada Joe Smith
Holdout
  • -- Canada Troy Bonterre
  • -- Canada Jamison Koesterer
  •  4 Canada Joel McCready
  • 22 United States Casey Powell
  • -- United States Jack Reid
Protected list
  • -- United States Michael Evans
Unable to play
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches

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

updated 2011-12-22
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. Stamp, Stephen (May 20, 2012). "Knighthawks ride Matt Vinc and second-half surge to Champions Cup title, plus the links". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  2. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  4. "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  5. "Rochester trades Evans to draft Powless". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  6. "Edmonton & Rochester make big trade". NLL.com. October 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  7. "2012 Transactions". NLL.com. March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. "2011 Entry Draft results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
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