2006 Rochester Knighthawks season

2006 Rochester Knighthawks
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2006 record9-7
Home record6-2
Road record3-5
Goals for196
Goals against180
General ManagerJody Gage
CoachEd Comeau
CaptainMike Hasen
Alternate captainsShawn Williams
John Grant, Jr.
ArenaBlue Cross Arena
Average attendance10,657
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Grant, Jr. (54)
AssistsShawn Williams (49)
PointsJohn Grant, Jr. (97)
Penalties in minutesShawn Evans (59)
Loose BallsSteve Toll (119)
WinsPat O'Toole (9)
Goals against averagePat O'Toole (10.93)

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 12th in franchise history.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz16115.6880.06–25–3193167+2612.0610.44
2Rochester Knighthawks – x1697.5622.06–23–5196180+1612.2511.25
3Toronto Rock – x1688.5003.05–33–5182179+311.3811.19
4Minnesota Swarm – x1688.5003.03–55–3158171−139.8810.69
5Philadelphia Wings1688.5003.05–33–5184184−-011.5011.50
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Portland LumberJax – xy16115.6880.05–36–2188177+1111.7511.06
2Colorado Mammoth – x16106.6251.06–24–4200172+2812.5010.75
3Calgary Roughnecks – x1697.5622.04–45–3183178+511.4411.12
4Arizona Sting – x1688.5003.04–44–4198199−112.3812.44
5San Jose Stealth16511.3126.03–52–6151174−239.4410.88
6Edmonton Rush16115.06210.00–81–7150202−529.3812.62

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 7, 2006 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 11–12 16,850 0–1
2 January 14, 2006 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 14–9 10,156 1–1
3 January 21, 2006 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 12–6 7,124 2–1
4 January 28, 2006 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena W 11–10 OT 11,121 3–1
5 January 29, 2006 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 10–9 7,544 4–1
6 February 10, 2006 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–11 OT 16,235 4–2
7 February 11, 2006 Arizona Sting Blue Cross Arena W 16–14 9,386 5–2
8 February 18, 2006 San Jose Stealth Blue Cross Arena L 12–13 9,731 5–3
9 March 4, 2006 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 18–16 6,183 6–3
10 March 10, 2006 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Blue Cross Arena W 17–8 9,052 7–3
11 March 11, 2006 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 12–16 10,959 7–4
12 March 18, 2006 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 13–14 OT 10,209 7–5
13 March 25, 2006 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 13–18 13,722 7–6
14 April 1, 2006 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 7–8 12,001 7–7
15 April 8, 2006 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 10–9 10,352 8–7
16 April 15, 2006 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 10–7 9,899 9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 22, 2006 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 16–8 7,295 1–0
Division Final April 29, 2006 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–15 10,897 1–1

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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. 16 54 43 97 86 22
Shawn Williams 16 31 49 80 68 14
Scott Evans 16 22 48 70 81 55
Mike Accursi 16 27 36 63 61 10
Shawn Evans 15 21 16 37 110 59
Steve Toll 16 14 18 32 119 6
Ken Millin 11 4 12 16 20 0
Ryan O'Connor 7 5 6 11 7 11
Pat Dutton 10 4 7 11 39 4
Totals 281 477 387 1094 49

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 16 927:35 9 6 169 .780 10.93
Grant Crawley 16 29:03 0 1 9 .400 18.59
Totals 9 7 180 .770 11.25

Awards

Player Award
John Grant, Jr. First Team All-Pro
Shawn Evans All-Rookie Team
John Grant, Jr. Overall Player of the Month, January
John Grant, Jr. All-Stars
Steve Toll
Marshall Abrams
Shawn Williams

Transactions

Trades

March 14, 2006[5]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
third round pick, 2006 entry draft 		To Colorado Mammoth
Andrew Burkholder

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
43 United States Def Abrams, Marshall
44 Canada Fwd Accursi, Mike
Canada Fwd Burkholder, Andrew
5 Canada Fwd Chapman, Sandy
United States Def Cougevan, Pat
52 Canada Goalie Crawley, Grant
12 Canada Fwd Croswell, Brian
25 United States Def Ditzell, Scott
7 United States Fwd Dutton, Pat
19 Canada Fwd Evans, Scott
15 Canada Fwd Evans, Shawn
24 Canada Fwd Grant, John
No. Position Player
21 Canada Fwd Greer, Bill
10 Canada Def Hasen, Mike
23 Canada Def Hoar, Stephen
4 Canada Def Livingstone, Carter
26 United States ? Miller, Blake
32 Canada Fwd Millin, Ken
14 Canada Fwd O'Connor, Ryan
39 Canada Goalie O'Toole, Pat
20 Canada Def Penny, Steve
2 United States Def Schiller, Chris
11 United States Def Thorpe, Regy
17 Canada Def Toll, Steve
51 Canada Fwd Williams, Shawn

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2006 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  5. ^ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 14, 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ "Rochester Knighthawks - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".