2007 Rochester Knighthawks 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.

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

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
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 Division

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

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
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

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
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

Reference:[5]

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
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

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	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

Player	Award
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

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player 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

No. Position Player 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

• 2007 NLL season

References

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. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25958&seasonid=1322
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25958&seasonid=1322