2009 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, United States, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 15th in franchise history.

2009 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
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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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]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [3]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	New York Titans – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	+10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	+53	13.94	10.62
3	Boston Blazers – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	+13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	-28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	-5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	-24	12.12	13.62

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	+39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	+4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	+15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	-12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	-24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	-41	9.94	12.50

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:[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 2009	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–16		7,422	0–1
2	January 16, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 6–23		15,494	0–2
3	January 18, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 6–16		3,463	0–3
4	January 24, 2009	New York Titans	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–8		6,739	0–4
5	January 31, 2009	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–11		7,088	1–4
6	February 15, 2009	@ New York Titans	Madison Square Garden	L 9–15		5,187	1–5
7	February 21, 2009	New York Titans	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–7		7,142	2–5
8	February 28, 2009	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 18–10		6,739	3–5
9	March 14, 2009	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–14	OT	9,134	4–5
10	March 21, 2009	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–16		14,812	4–6
11	March 28, 2009	Boston Blazers	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–10		7,329	5–6
12	April 3, 2009	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 12–8		16,834	6–6
13	April 4, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–12		10,098	6–7
14	April 10, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 9–13		17,118	6–8
15	April 11, 2009	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	L 5–10		8,097	6–9
16	April 18, 2009	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–8		8,539	7–9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2009	@ New York Titans	Prudential Center	L 10–11	OT	4,878	0–1

Player stats

Reference:[6]

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

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

Transactions

New players

• Aaron Wilson - acquired in trade
• Gary Gait - acquired in trade
• Chris Courtney - acquired in trade

Players not returning

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

Trades

February 19, 2009[7]	To Rochester Knighthawks Craig Point Dean Hill	To Minnesota Swarm Aaron Wilson conditional draft pick
December 9, 2008[8]	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[9]	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

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[10] 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

Roster

2009 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 39 Pat O'Toole 52 Ben Van Every Defensemen  7 Mac Allen 12 Troy Bonterre  5 Sandy Chapman 42 Pat Cougevan 20 Bill Greer -- Anthony Kelly 71 Kyle Laverty 11 Regy Thorpe		Forwards 15 Shawn Evans 22 Gary Gait 88 Jason Henhawk 73 Dean Hill 14 Mat MacLeod -- Bobby McBride 32 Ken Millin  9 Craig Point  1 Joe Walters 51 Shawn Williams Transition 21 Stuart Hill  2 Chris Schiller 36 Andrew Spack 17 Steve Toll		Practice Squad 18 Jesse Guerin -- Jake Henhawk -- Darcy Powless -- Pat Saunders Injured Reserve 19 Scott Evans 24 John Grant 26 Chandon Hill  6 Logan Kane  9 Joel McCready 28 Mitch Nanticoke Holdout -- Kyle Guadagnolo Protected list  3 Chris Courtney 25 Scott Ditzell		Head Coach Paul Gait 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

See also

• 2009 NLL season

References

1. "Grant To Miss 2009 Season". NLL.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
2. "Gary Gait Traded To Rochester". NLL.com. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
3. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
5. "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25958&seasonid=3260
7. "Knighthawks Trade Wilson To Swarm". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
8. 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. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
9. "Draft Day Blockbuster; Wilson, Wiles traded". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
10. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.