2007 Rochester Knighthawks season

NLL team season

2007 Rochester Knighthawks

Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League| NLL
Division| 1st East
2007 record| 14-2
Home record| 8-0
Road record| 6-2
Goals for| 249
Goals against| 194
General Manager| Jody Gage
Coach| Ed Comeau
Captain| Mike Hasen (injured)
Regy Thorpe (acting)
Alternate captains| Shawn Williams
John Grant, Jr.
Arena| Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance| 10,458
Team leaders
Goals| John Grant, Jr. (51)
Assists| John Grant, Jr. (60)
Points| John Grant, Jr. (110)
Penalties in minutes| Scott Ditzell (68)
Loose Balls| Steve Toll (177)
Wins| Pat O'Toole (13)
Goals against average| Pat O'Toole (11.80)

← 2006 season

2008 season →

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 13th in franchise history. Rochester started the season 2-2 but then won their last 12 consecutive regular season games. After defeating Toronto and Buffalo in the playoffs, they won the right to host the Championship game against Arizona. However, due to scheduling conflicts at the Blue Cross Arena, the Sting hosted the final game.[1] The Knighthawks extended their winning streak by defeating the Sting 13-11 for their first NLL Championship since 1997.

The winning streak would continue into the 2008 season, but only by a single game.

## Regular season[edit]

### Conference standings[edit]

Reference: [2]

East DivisionP| Team| GP| W| L| PCT| GB| Home| Road| GF| GA| Diff| GF/GP| GA/GP

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1| Rochester Knighthawks - xyz| 16| 14| 2| .875| 0.0| 8-0| 6-2| 249| 194| +55| 15.56| 12.12
2| Buffalo Bandits - x| 16| 10| 6| .625| 4.0| 6-2| 4-4| 207| 188| +19| 12.94| 11.75
3| Minnesota Swarm - x| 16| 9| 7| .562| 5.0| 4-4| 5-3| 200| 207| −7| 12.50| 12.94
4| Toronto Rock - x| 16| 6| 10| .375| 8.0| 3-5| 3-5| 187| 183| +4| 11.69| 11.44
5| Chicago Shamrox| 16| 6| 10| .375| 8.0| 4-4| 2-6| 176| 191| −15| 11.00| 11.94
6| Philadelphia Wings| 16| 6| 10| .375| 8.0| 4-4| 2-6| 178| 186| −8| 11.12| 11.62
7| New York Titans| 16| 4| 12| .250| 10.0| 3-5| 1-7| 195| 233| −38| 12.19| 14.56
West DivisionP| Team| GP| W| L| PCT| GB| Home| Road| GF| GA| Diff| GF/GP| GA/GP

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1| Colorado Mammoth - xy| 16| 12| 4| .750| 0.0| 7-1| 5-3| 209| 179| +30| 13.06| 11.19
2| Calgary Roughnecks - x| 16| 9| 7| .562| 3.0| 4-4| 5-3| 219| 202| +17| 13.69| 12.62
3| Arizona Sting - x| 16| 9| 7| .562| 3.0| 6-2| 3-5| 188| 181| +7| 11.75| 11.31
4| San Jose Stealth - x| 16| 9| 7| .562| 3.0| 4-4| 5-3| 181| 170| +11| 11.31| 10.62
5| Edmonton Rush| 16| 6| 10| .375| 6.0| 4-4| 2-6| 160| 189| −29| 10.00| 11.81
6| Portland LumberJax| 16| 4| 12| .250| 8.0| 3-5| 1-7| 153| 199| −46| 9.56| 12.44

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[edit]

Reference:[3]

Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record

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1 | December 30, 2006 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 15-20 |  | 15,670 | 0-1
2 | January 5, 2007 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 14-11 |  | 4,417 | 1-1
3 | January 13, 2007 |  Toronto Rock | Blue Cross Arena | W 10-6 |  | 10,321 | 2-1
4 | January 19, 2007 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 10-11 |  | 8,174 | 2-2
5 | January 20, 2007 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 19-15 |  | 16,882 | 3-2
6 | January 27, 2007 |  New York Titans | Blue Cross Arena | W 22-18 |  | 9,611 | 4-2
7 | February 3, 2007 |  Chicago Shamrox | Blue Cross Arena | W 13-8 |  | 8,618 | 5-2
8 | February 17, 2007 |  Portland LumberJax | Blue Cross Arena | W 18-12 |  | 9,774 | 6-2
9 | February 24, 2007 |  Arizona Sting | Blue Cross Arena | W 19-16 |  | 9,352 | 7-2
10 | March 3, 2007 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | W 14-13 |  | 11,491 | 8-2
11 | March 17, 2007 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | W 15-12 |  | 8,017 | 9-2
12 | March 24, 2007 | @ New York Titans | Madison Square Garden | W 21-15 |  | 7,746 | 10-2
13 | March 31, 2007 |  Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Blue Cross Arena | W 12-10 |  | 11,200 | 11-2
14 | April 7, 2007 |  Minnesota Swarm | Blue Cross Arena | W 19-9 |  | 9,536 | 12-2
15 | April 13, 2007 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 14-10 |  | 15,334 | 13-2
16 | April 14, 2007 |  Buffalo Bandits | Blue Cross Arena | W 14-8 |  | 11,200 | 14-2

## Playoffs[edit]

### Game log[edit]

Reference:[4]

Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record

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Division Semifinal | April 20, 2007 |  Toronto Rock | Blue Cross Arena | W 10-6 |  | 7,003 | 1-0
Division Final | April 27, 2007 |  Buffalo Bandits | Blue Cross Arena | W 14-13 | OT | 8,558 | 2-0
Championship Game | May 12, 2007 | @ Arizona Sting | Jobing.com Arena | W 13-11 |  | 9,796 | 3-0

## Player stats[edit]

Reference:[5]

### Runners (Top 10)[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | LB  | PIM

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John Grant, Jr. | 15 | 51 | 60 | 111 | 81 | 40
Shawn Williams | 16 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 69 | 8
Scott Evans | 16 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 78 | 48
Mike Accursi | 16 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 69 | 0
Shawn Evans | 16 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 121 | 36
Ken Millin | 16 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 58 | 4
Steve Toll | 16 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 177 | 2
Stephen Hoar | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 67 | 25
Bill Greer | 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 106 | 17
Totals |  | 387 | 636 | 459 | 1165 | 67

### Goaltenders[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player  | GP  | MIN  | W  | L  | GA  | Sv%  | GAA

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Pat O'Toole | 15 | 838:38 | 13 | 1 | 165 | .774 | 11.80
Phil Wetherup | 10 | 66:30 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .791 | 12.63
Mike Miron | 6 | 50:14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .674 | 17.92
Grant Crawley | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .00
Totals |  |  | 14 | 2 |  194 |  .770 |  12.13

## Awards[edit]

Player | Award

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John Grant, Jr. | NLL Most Valuable Player
Ed Comeau | Les Bartley Award
Steve Toll | NLL Transition Player of the Year
John Grant, Jr. | Championship Game MVP
John Grant, Jr. | First Team All-Pro
Steve Toll
Shawn Williams | Second Team All-Pro
John Grant, Jr. | All-Stars
Scott Evans
Shawn Williams
Steve Toll

## Roster[edit]

Reference:[6]

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43  |  | Def  | Abrams, Marshall
44  |  | Fwd  | Accursi, Mike
26  |  | Def  | Brown, David
5  |  | Def  | Chapman, Sandy
42  |  | Def  | Cougevan, Pat
41  |  | Goalie  | Crawley, Grant
12  |  | Fwd  | Croswell, Brian
25  |  | Def  | Ditzell, Scott
7  |  | Def  | Dutton, Pat
19  |  | Fwd  | Evans, Scott
15  |  | Fwd  | Evans, Shawn
36  |  | Def  | Forget, Luke
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24  |  | Fwd  | Grant Jr., John
20  |  | Def  | Greer, Bill
|  | Def  | Hasen, Mike
23  |  | Def  | Hoar, Stephen
32  |  | Fwd  | Millin, Ken
|  | Goalie  | Miron, Mike
39  |  | Goalie  | O'Toole, Pat
18  |  | Def  | Reid, Jack
2  |  | Trans  | Schiller, Chris
11  |  | Def  | Thorpe, Regy
17  |  | Trans  | Toll, Steve
90  |  | Goalie  | Wetherup, Phil
51  |  | Fwd  | Williams, Shawn

## See also[edit]

* 2007 NLL season

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Arizona To Host Championship Game". NLL.com. April 30, 2007. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
2. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2007 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2007 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
6. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

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