2014 Rochester Knighthawks season

2014 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2014 record	14 - 4
Home record	8 - 1
Road record	6 - 3
Goals for	210
Goals against	167
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Sid Smith
Alternate captains	Mike Accursi Mike Kirk
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Cody Jamieson (36)
Assists	Cody Jamieson (72)
Points	Cody Jamieson (108)
Penalties in minutes	Mac Allen (39)
Loose Balls	Brad Self (131)
Wins	Matt Vinc (12)
Goals against average	Angus Goodleaf (7.08)
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The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 20th in franchise history. The Knighthawks won their third consecutive Champion's Cup becoming the first team in NLL history to win three straight league championships. Dan Dawson was the Most Valuable Player of the Champion's Cup Finals.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	8–1	6–3	210	167	+43	11.67	9.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	6–3	3–6	219	213	+6	12.17	11.83
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	6–3	2–7	190	200	−10	10.56	11.11
4	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	.333	8.0	2–7	4–5	202	218	−16	11.22	12.11
5	Minnesota Swarm	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	180	219	−39	10.00	12.17

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xyz	18	16	2	.889	0.0	8–1	8–1	220	157	+63	12.22	8.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	12	6	.667	4.0	6–3	6–3	237	215	+22	13.17	11.94
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	8	10	.444	8.0	4–5	4–5	201	228	−27	11.17	12.67
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	4	14	.222	12.0	3–6	1–8	181	223	−42	10.06	12.39

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

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 28, 2013	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 8–6		6,238	1–0
2	January 11, 2014	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–9		6,488	2–0
3	January 18, 2014	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–8		8,136	3–0
4	January 25, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–11		13,339	3–1
5	February 1, 2014	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 7–8	OT	7,951	3–2
6	February 8, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–6		9,280	4–2
7	February 15, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–9		10,279	5–2
8	February 22, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 10–11		9,207	5–3
9	March 1, 2014	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–9		15,212	6–3
10	March 8, 2014	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–8		8,560	7–3
11	March 15, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–12		10,832	8–3
12	March 16, 2014	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 11–7		7,894	9–3
13	March 29, 2014	Edmonton Rush	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–15		8,632	9–4
14	April 4, 2014	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–14	OT	6,430	10–4
15	April 5, 2014	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–9		6,410	11–4
16	April 12, 2014	Vancouver Stealth	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–7		6,248	12–4
17	April 19, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 8–4		8,900	13–4
18	April 26, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 16–14		19,070	14–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Finals Game 1	May 10, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 8–12		9,209	0–1
Division Finals Game 2	May 17, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–8		8,651	1–1
Division Finals Game 3*	May 17, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 2–1	OT	--	2–1
Finals Game 1	May 24, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 7–10		16,541	2–2
Finals Game 2	May 31, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–10		9,188	3–2
Finals Game 3*	May 31, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	W 3–2		--	4–2

* 10-minute series tiebreaker mini-game

Roster

Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 66 Mike Thompson 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen  2 Paul Dawson  5 Scott Self  7 Tyler Burton 16 Dylan Evans 26 Mike Kirk (A) 29 Ian Llord 37 Scott Campbell 75 Mac Allen 79 Sid Smith (C)		Forwards  1 Joe Walters  6 Dan Dawson  9 Craig Point 23 Cory Vitarelli 28 Stephen Keogh 88 Cody Jamieson (A) 93 Johnny Powless Transition 25 Brad Self 10 Joel McCready		Practice Squad 77 Mark White 91 Chris Attwood 94 Wenster Green Injured Reserve  4 Jamie Batson Holdout 57 Jon Sullivan 75 Cody McLeod 86 Rory Glaves Unable to play 55 Angus Goodleaf    Zac Reid		Head Coach Mike Hasen Assistant Coaches Jason Johnson Pat O'Toole Paul Day Andy Secore Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2011-12-22 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2014 NLL season