2009 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2009 Rochester Knighthawks
Division 4th East
2009 record 7-9
Home record 6-2
Road record 1-7
Goals for 169
Goals against 197
General Manager Regy Thorpe
Coach Paul Gait
Captain Shawn Williams
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance 9,452
Team leaders
Goals Shawn Evans (30)
Assists Shawn Williams (67)
Points Shawn Williams (93)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (83)
Loose Balls Steve Toll (178)
Wins Pat O'Toole (7)
Goals against average Pat O'Toole (10.74)

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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 14th in franchise history.

In September 2008, Knighthawks superstar John Grant, Jr. underwent emergency surgery on his left knee to remove an infection from his ACL.[1] The surgery meant that Grant would miss the entire 2009 season.[1] To make up for the loss of their most potent scoring threat, the Knighthawks pulled an unexpected move: they traded forward Andrew Potter and two first round draft picks to the Colorado Mammoth for the rights to lacrosse legend Gary Gait, and convinced Gait to return to playing after a three-year retirement.[2]

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 190 180
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 223 170
x-Boston Blazers 10 6 - .625 4-4 6-2 181 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 3 .438 6-2 1-7 169 197
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 4-4 3-5 188 193
e-Toronto Rock 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 194 218
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 12 4 - .750 5-3 7-1 206 167
x-Portland LumberJax 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 177
x-San Jose Stealth 7 9 5 .438 5-3 2-6 200 185
x-Colorado Mammoth 7 9 5 .438 4-4 3-5 172 184
e-Minnesota Swarm 6 10 6 .375 2-6 4-4 174 198
e-Edmonton Rush 5 11 7 .313 4-4 1-7 159 200

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention


[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 10 Philadelphia L 16 - 13 7,422 0-1
2 January 16 @ Buffalo L 23 - 6 15,494 0-2
3 January 18 @ San Jose L 16 - 6 3,463 0-3
4 January 24 New York L 8 - 7 6,739 0-4
5 January 31 Toronto W 13 - 11 7,088 1-4
6 February 15 @ New York L 15 - 9 5,187 1-5
7 February 21 New York W 15 - 7 7,142 2-5
8 February 28 Toronto W 18 - 10 6,739 3-5
9 March 14 Buffalo W 15 - 14 OT 9,134 4-5
10 March 21 @ Toronto L 16 - 10 14,812 4-6
11 March 28 Boston W 11 - 10 7,329 5-6
12 April 3 @ Colorado W 12 - 8 16,834 6-6
13 April 4 @ Calgary L 12 - 9 10,098 6-7
14 April 10 @ Buffalo L 13 - 9 17,118 6-8
15 April 11 @ Boston L 10 - 5 8,097 6-9
16 April 18 Philadelphia W 11 - 8 8,539 7-9

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 1 @ New York L 11-10 OT 4,878

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [2]

[edit] Runners (Top 10)

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

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Shawn Williams 16 26 67 93 85 4
Shawn Evans 16 30 49 79 106 42
Jason Henhawk 14 18 20 38 55 6
Gary Gait 11 22 15 37 42 4
Craig Point 10 17 11 28 47 12
Joe Walters 15 8 12 20 50 7
Chris Schiller 16 8 11 19 100 20
Steve Toll 16 4 13 17 178 6
Ken Millin 14 5 11 16 41 21
Totals 262 431 373 1117 42

[edit] Goaltenders

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
Pat O'Toole 13 776:46 7 6 139 .774 10.74
Derek Collins 3 93:20 0 3 28 .627 18.00
Phil Wetherup 2 49:48 0 0 21 .543 25.30
Ben Vanevery 13 43:52 0 0 7 .788 9.57
Jake Henhawk 1 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 7 9 197 .744 12.31

[edit] Transactions

[edit] New players

[edit] Players not returning

  • Stephen Hoar - traded
  • Andrew Potter - traded
  • Jack Reid - traded
  • John Grant, Jr. - injured, out for season
  • Luke Forget - traded

[edit] Trades

February 19, 2009[3] To Rochester Knighthawks
Craig Point
Dean Hill		 To Minnesota Swarm
Aaron Wilson
conditional draft pick
December 9, 2008[4] To Rochester Knighthawks
second round selection, 2009 entry draft		 To Portland LumberJax
Luke Forget
November 19, 2008 To Rochester Knighthawks
Chris Courtney		 To Minnesota Swarm
fourth round pick, 2010 entry draft
October 15, 2008[2]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
Gary Gait		 To Colorado Mammoth
Andrew Potter
1st round pick, 2009 entry draft
1st round pick, 2010 entry draft
September 7, 2008[5]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
Aaron Wilson
first round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Toronto)		 To Toronto Rock
Luke Wiles
Stephen Hoar		 To San Jose Stealth
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Rochester)
July 29, 2008 To Rochester Knighthawks
Kyle Laverty		 To Boston Blazers
Jack Reid
June 30, 2008 To Rochester Knighthawks
Troy Bonterre
Mac Allen
third round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Lindsay Plunkett
Matt Brown

[edit] Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[6] The Knighthawks selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 18 Joel McCready Cornell University/St. Catharines Athletics Jr.A
3 29 Kyle Guadagnolo Syracuse University
3 30 Brendan Loftus Syracuse University
4 41 Jesse Guerin Peterborough Lakers Jr.A
5 54 Logan Kane Onondaga Community College/Six Nations Arrows Jr.A
6 67 Mitch Nanticoke Six Nations Arrows Jr.A

[edit] Roster

2009 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

 Forwards

Transition

 Practice Squad
  • 18 Canada Jesse Guerin
  • -- Canada Jake Henhawk
  • -- Canada Darcy Powless
  • -- Pat Saunders

Injured Reserve

Holdout

  • -- United States Kyle Guadagnolo

Protected list

  •  3 Canada Chris Courtney
  • 25 United States Scott Ditzell


 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Freeman Bucktooth
  • Ron Chatelaine
  • John Grant
  • Mike Hasen
  • Jason Johnson
  • Ben Miller
  • Steve Voituk
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain


NLL Transactions

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Grant To Miss 2009 Season". NLL.com. September 9, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3588. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  2. ^ a b "Gary Gait Traded To Rochester". NLL.com. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081016093614/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3615. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  3. ^ "Knighthawks Trade Wilson To Swarm". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3810. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
  4. ^ Tutka, Paul (December 9, 2008). "Luke Forget traded to Portland, Edmonton releases keeper Curtis Palidwor". NLLInsider.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/12/09/luke-forget-traded-to-portland-edmonton-release-keeper-curtis-palidwor/. Retrieved 2008-12-09. 
  5. ^ "Draft Day Blockbuster; Wilson, Wiles traded". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080909210523/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3586. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  6. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080907191025/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
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