2017 Rochester Knighthawks season

Lacrosse team 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

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### Final standings

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

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

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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

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

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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

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Rochester Knighthawks roster

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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

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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

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Practice Squad

* 66  Zach Williams (T)

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Head Coach

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[1] updated 2015-05-01
NLL Transactions

### Entry Draft

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The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

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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

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* 2017 NLL season

## References

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1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. ^ "2016 NLL Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.

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2017 NLL season by team

East|

* Buffalo Bandits
* Georgia Swarm
* New England Black Wolves
* Rochester Knighthawks
* Toronto Rock

West|

* Calgary Roughnecks
* Colorado Mammoth
* Saskatchewan Rush
* Vancouver Stealth

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