2012 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 18th in franchise history. After a 7-9 season, the Knighthawks came on strong in the playoffs and won their third NLL Championship, defeating the Edmonton Rush 9-6.[1]

2012 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2012 record	7-9
Home record	5-3
Road record	2-6
Goals for	191
Goals against	197
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Hasen
Captain	Pat McCready
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Cody Jamieson (36)
Assists	Cody Jamieson (49)
Points	Cody Jamieson (85)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Laverty (46)
Loose Balls	Pat McCready (94)
Wins	Matt Vinc (7)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (12.21)
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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	Toronto Rock – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	198	196	+2	12.38	12.25
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	191	197	-6	11.94	12.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	176	207	-31	11.00	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	4–4	3–5	198	204	-6	12.38	12.75

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	216	170	+46	13.50	10.62
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	201	+16	13.56	12.56
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	202	190	+12	12.62	11.88
4	Edmonton Rush – x	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	167	175	-8	10.44	10.94
5	Washington Stealth	16	4	12	.250	8.0	2–6	2–6	179	204	-25	11.19	12.75

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	January 14, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 22–12		8,813	1–0
2	January 21, 2012	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–12		9,776	1–1
3	January 27, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–13		11,862	1–2
4	January 28, 2012	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–14		15,210	1–3
5	February 4, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–14		5,267	2–3
6	February 12, 2012	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 6–9		8,087	2–4
7	February 18, 2012	Washington Stealth	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–12		6,163	3–4
8	February 24, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–16		10,274	3–5
9	March 3, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 11–8		8,906	4–5
10	March 10, 2012	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–10		7,254	5–5
11	March 24, 2012	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–13		5,714	5–6
12	March 31, 2012	Colorado Mammoth	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–16		5,611	5–7
13	April 6, 2012	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 14–15		9,806	5–8
14	April 14, 2012	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–12		5,964	6–8
15	April 21, 2012	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 9–14		18,690	6–9
16	April 28, 2012	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–7		8,912	7–9

Playoffs

Reference:[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 4, 2012	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–13		5,176	1–0
Division Final	May 12, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–13		9,384	2–0
Championship Game	May 19, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–6		9,277	3–0

Transactions

Trades

September 21, 2011[5]	To Rochester Knighthawks 1st round pick, 2011 entry draft (Johnny Powless)	To Calgary Roughnecks Shawn Evans
July 25, 2011[6]	To Rochester Knighthawks Ryan Cousins Andy Secore Alex Kedoh Hill	To Edmonton Rush Shawn Williams Aaron Bold 2nd round pick, 2012 entry draft
March 20, 2012[7]	To Rochester Knighthawks Jamison Koesterer	To Washington Stealth 3rd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft

Dispersal Draft

The Knighthawks chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round	Overall	Player
1	5	Mike Kirk
2	14	Casey Powell
3	23	Jack Reid

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[8] The Knighthawks selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	2	Stephen Keogh	Syracuse University
1	5	Johnny Powless	Six Nations, ON
2	10	Joel White	Syracuse University
3	23	Kyle Andrews	Brampton, ON
4	32	Shane Cater	Six Nations, ON
5	36	Aaron Tackaberry	Calgary, AB
5	40	Cal Kitson	Brampton, ON
6	45	Kraig Maracle	Six Nations, ON
6	49	Grant Catalino	University of Maryland

Roster

2012 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 33 Jake Henhawk 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen  7 Tyler Burton 37 Scott Campbell 50 Ryan Cousins 16 Dylan Evans 26 Mike Kirk 17 Kyle Laverty 10 Pat McCready (C) 79 Sid Smith		Forwards 44 Mike Accursi 42 Jarrett Davis 88 Cody Jamieson 28 Stephen Keogh  9 Craig Point 94 Johnny Powless 23 Cory Vitarelli  1 Joe Walters Transition 20 Jordan Hall 25 Brad Self 11 Joel White		Practice Squad  4 Jamie Batson 77 Tim O'Brien  6 Joe Smith Holdout -- Troy Bonterre -- Jamison Koesterer  4 Joel McCready 22 Casey Powell -- Jack Reid Protected list -- Michael Evans Unable to play 86 Rory Glaves 47 Travis Hill		Head Coach Mike Hasen Assistant Coaches Jason Johnson Paul Day Pat O'Toole Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2011-12-22 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2012 NLL season

References

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2. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
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4. "Rochester Knighthawks – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
5. "Rochester trades Evans to draft Powless". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
6. "Edmonton & Rochester make big trade". NLL.com. October 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
7. "2012 Transactions". NLL.com. March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
8. "2011 Entry Draft results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.