2013 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 19th in franchise history.

2013 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2013 record	8 – 8
Home record	3 – 5
Road record	5 – 3
Goals for	179
Goals against	165
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 (28)
Assists	Cody Jamieson (61)
Points	Cody Jamieson (89)
Penalties in minutes	Ian Llord (34) Paul Dawson (34)
Loose Balls	Brad Self (96)
Wins	Matt Vinc (8)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (10.17)
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The Knighthawks finished the season second in the East division with an 8-8 record. But for the second straight year, they got hot in the playoffs, defeating the Philadelphia Wings, Minnesota Swarm, and Washington Stealth to win their second straight NLL Championship.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	194	176	+18	12.12	11.00
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	3–5	5–3	179	165	+14	11.19	10.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	170	207	-37	10.62	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	6	10	.375	4.0	2–6	4–4	171	211	-40	10.69	13.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	222	211	+11	13.88	13.19
2	Washington Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	5–3	4–4	193	192	+1	12.06	12.00
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	2–6	7–1	203	170	+33	12.69	10.62
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	185	202	-17	11.56	12.62
5	Minnesota Swarm – c	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62

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: [2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 5, 2013	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena	L 12–13		7,023	0–1
2	January 19, 2013	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–14		7,834	0–2
3	January 26, 2013	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–11		5,762	0–3
4	February 2, 2013	Washington Stealth	Blue Cross Arena	W 7–6		7,914	1–3
5	February 8, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 20–10		5,139	2–3
6	February 9, 2013	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 15–7		14,833	3–3
7	February 16, 2013	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–10		9,156	3–4
8	February 23, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–10		6,674	3–5
9	March 2, 2013	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 12–11		16,118	4–5
10	March 16, 2013	Edmonton Rush	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–11		7,009	4–6
11	March 30, 2013	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–8		7,013	5–6
12	April 6, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–7		7,467	6–6
13	April 7, 2013	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–10		10,073	6–7
14	April 13, 2013	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–14		12,340	7–7
15	April 14, 2013	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 10–14		6,116	7–8
16	April 20, 2013	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 10–9		19,070	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 27, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–8		5,963	1–0
Division Final	May 4, 2013	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–10		5,096	2–0
Final	May 11, 2013	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena	W 11–10		5,200	3–0

Roster

2013 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 55 Angus Goodleaf 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen  4 Jamie Batson  7 Tyler Burton 37 Scott Campbell  2 Paul Dawson 16 Dylan Evans 86 Rory Glaves 26 Mike Kirk (A) 79 Sid Smith (C) 29 Ian Llord		Forwards 44 Mike Accursi (A)  6 Dan Dawson 66 Alex Kedoh Hill 88 Cody Jamieson 28 Stephen Keogh  9 Craig Point 22 Casey Powell 93 Johnny Powless 23 Cory Vitarelli  1 Joe Walters Transition 14 Matt Hummel 10 Joel McCready 25 Brad Self		Practice Squad 45 Cody McLeod 83 Tom Montour Holdout -- Jamison Koesterer 17 Kyle Laverty Unable to play 50 Ryan Cousins		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

Transactions

Trades

December 14, 2012[4]

To Rochester Knighthawks Dan Dawson Paul Dawson 1st round pick, 2016 entry draft

To Philadelphia Wings Paul Rabil Jordan Hall Joel White Rob Campbell 2nd round pick, 2014 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[5] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	26	Robbie Campbell	Stony Brook University
3	29	Cody Hawkins	Delta, BC
4	38	Matt Hummel	Mercyhurst University
5	47	Chris Attwood	St. Catharines, Ontario
6	56	Cody McLeod	Orangeville, Ontario

See also

• 2013 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
2. "Rochester Knighthawks schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
3. "Rochester Knighthawks - 2013 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
4. "Wings acquire Paul Rabil, move Dawsons in big trade". NLL.com. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
5. "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.