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
LeagueNLL
Division4th East
2009 record7-9
Home record6-2
Road record1-7
Goals for169
Goals against197
General ManagerRegy Thorpe
CoachPaul Gait
CaptainShawn Williams
ArenaBlue Cross Arena
Average attendance9,452
Team leaders
GoalsShawn Evans (30)
AssistsShawn Williams (67)
PointsShawn Williams (93)
Penalties in minutesKyle Laverty (83)
Loose BallsSteve Toll (178)
WinsPat O'Toole (7)
Goals against averagePat O'Toole (10.74)

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
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1New York Titans – xy16106.6250.05–35–3190180+1011.8811.25
2Buffalo Bandits – x16106.6250.05–35–3223170+5313.9410.62
3Boston Blazers – x16106.6250.04–46–2181168+1311.3110.50
4Rochester Knighthawks – x1679.4383.06–21–7169197−2810.5612.31
5Philadelphia Wings1679.4383.04–43–5188193−511.7512.06
6Toronto Rock16610.3754.03–53–5194218−2412.1213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xyz16124.7500.05–37–1206167+3912.8810.44
2Portland LumberJax – x1697.5623.04–45–3181177+411.3111.06
3San Jose Stealth – x1679.4385.05–32–6200185+1512.5011.56
4Colorado Mammoth – x1679.4385.04–43–5172184−1210.7511.50
5Minnesota Swarm16610.3756.02–64–4174198−2410.8812.38
6Edmonton Rush16511.3127.04–41–7159200−419.9412.50

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 Williams16266793854
Shawn Evans1630497910642
Jason Henhawk14182038556
Gary Gait11221537424
Craig Point101711284712
Joe Walters1581220507
Chris Schiller168111910020
Steve Toll16413171786
Ken Millin14511164121
Totals262431373111742

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'Toole13776:4676139.77410.74
Derek Collins393:200328.62718.00
Phil Wetherup249:480021.54325.30
Ben Vanevery1343:52007.7889.57
Jake Henhawk10:00000.000.00
Totals79 197 .744 12.31

Transactions

New players

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:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
218Joel McCreadyCornell University/St. Catharines Athletics Jr.A
329Kyle GuadagnoloSyracuse University
330Brendan LoftusSyracuse University
441Jesse GuerinPeterborough Lakers Jr.A
554Logan KaneOnondaga Community College/Six Nations Arrows Jr.A
667Mitch NanticokeSix Nations Arrows Jr.A

Roster
2009 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 18 Canada Jesse Guerin
  • -- Canada Jake Henhawk
  • -- Canada Darcy Powless
  • -- Pat Saunders
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  • -- United States Kyle Guadagnolo
Protected list
  •  3 Canada Chris Courtney
  • 25 United States Scott Ditzell
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain


NLL Transactions

See also

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. "Rochester Knighthawks - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  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.
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