2017 Rochester Knighthawks season

2017 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2017 record	7-11
Home record	4-5
Road record	3-6
Goals for	175
Goals against	209
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Sid Smith
Alternate captains	Scott Campbell
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance	6,755
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Resetarits (27)
Assists	Joe Resetarits (39)
Points	Joe Resetarits (66)
Penalties in minutes	Paul Dawson (30)
Loose Balls	Graeme Hossack (125)
Wins	Matt Vinc (6)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (11.37)
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The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was the 23rd in franchise history.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	−24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	−34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	−25	12.56	13.94

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	−3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	−8	11.78	12.22

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 29, 2016	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 5–12		8,137	0–1
2	January 7, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–8		6,256	1–1
3	January 21, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 8–16		15,007	1–2
4	January 28, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 9–8		10,817	2–2
5	February 3, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 9–10	OT	4,543	2–3
6	February 11, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–21		7,194	2–4
7	February 18, 2017	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–10		5,483	2–5
8	February 19, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–15		4,170	2–6
9	February 25, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 12–8		2,651	3–6
10	March 3, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 9–13		14,475	3–7
11	March 4, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–8	OT	6,102	4–7
12	March 17, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 11–12		4,449	4–8
13	March 25, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–10		8,765	5–8
14	April 1, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–11		6,824	5–9
15	April 15, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 7–13		16,003	5–10
16	April 22, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–13		5,816	6–10
17	April 28, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–13		6,221	6–11
18	April 29, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 9–8		5,126	7–11

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 55 Angus Goodleaf 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen 37 Scott Campbell  2 Paul Dawson 16 Dylan Evans 26 Mike Kirk (A) 29 Ian Llord 19 Zac Reid  5 Scott Self 79 Sid Smith (C) 32 Jon Sullivan		Forwards  6 Dan Dawson 88 Cody Jamieson (A) 28 Stephen Keogh  9 Craig Point 15 Joe Resetarits 23 Cory Vitarelli  1 Joe Walters Transition 91 Joel Matthews 25 Brad Self		Practice Squad 66 Zach Williams (T)		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2015-05-01 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Knighthawks made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	6	Josh Currier
1	7	Kyle Jackson
2	16	Dan Lomas
4	34	Tyler Albrecht
5	43	Luke Laszkiewicz
6	51	Brine Rice

See also

• 2017 NLL season