2008 Rochester Knighthawks season

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2008 Rochester Knighthawks
Division 5th East
2008 record 8-8
Home record 4-4
Road record 4-4
Goals for 197
Goals against 171
General Manager Jody Gage
Coach Ed Comeau
Captain Regy Thorpe
Alternate captains Shawn Williams
John Grant, Jr.
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance 10,691
Team leaders
Goals John Grant, Jr. (47)
Assists Shawn Williams (55)
Points John Grant, Jr. (92)
Penalties in minutes Shawn Evans (63)
Loose Balls Steve Toll (166)
Wins Pat O'Toole (8)
Goals against average Pat O'Toole (10.52)

The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 14th in franchise history.

After finishing the 2007 season with a 14-game winning stream winning the Champion's Cup, the Knighthawks hoped to continue their success into 2008. They continued their winning streak by beating the Buffalo Bandits in the season opener, but then lost the next three. The Knighthawks finished with an 8-8 record, good for 5th place in the Eastern division, and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 7-2 3-4 203 174
x-Minnesota Swarm 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 199 196
x-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-1 5-5 197 186
x-Philadelphia Wings 10 6 - .625 7-1 3-5 225 220
e-Rochester Knighthawks 8 8 2 .500 4-4 4-4 197 171
e-Toronto Rock 7 9 3 .438 4-5 3-4 172 174
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 176 212
West Division                
y-San Jose Stealth 9 7 - .563 4-4 5-3 185 172
x-Colorado Mammoth 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 184 167
x-Calgary Roughnecks 7 9 2 .438 5-3 2-6 183 178
x-Portland LumberJax 6 10 3 .375 3-5 3-5 179 194
e-Edmonton Rush 4 11 5 .250 3-5 1-7 141 197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention


[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record
1 January 11 Rochester 12 - 9 Buffalo OToole 18,670 1-0
2 January 12 Buffalo 14 - 9 Rochester Thompson 10,939 1-1
3 January 18 Rochester 14 - 15 Philadelphia Blasdell 9,248 1-2
4 January 26 Minnesota 18 - 17 Rochester OT Patterson 9,686 1-3
5 February 9 Toronto 4 - 11 Rochester OToole 9,925 2-3
6 February 16 Calgary 12 - 15 Rochester OToole 8,871 3-3
7 February 23 New York 14 - 11 Rochester Vinc 10,118 3-4
8 March 1 Rochester 18 - 8 Chicago OToole 5,335 4-4
9 March 15 Rochester 9 - 10 Edmonton OT Palidwor 6,711 4-5
10 March 22 Chicago 12 - 11 Rochester Roik 10,221 4-6
11 March 29 Philadelphia 12 - 20 Rochester OToole 8,940 5-6
12 April 3 Rochester 8 - 11 Colorado Nash 16,860 5-7
13 April 5 Rochester 9 - 6 Toronto OToole 15,422 6-7
14 April 12 Buffalo 6 - 11 Rochester OToole 10,517 7-7
15 April 19 Rochester 11 - 8 Minnesota OToole 11,568 8-7
16 April 26 Rochester 11 - 12 New York Vinc 8,026 8-8

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [2]

[edit] 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 47 45 92 116 16
Shawn Williams 16 25 55 80 64 2
Scott Evans 16 44 34 78 88 28
Shawn Evans 15 25 38 63 61 63
Ken Millin 15 8 25 33 49 8
Steve Toll 16 7 25 32 166 8
Stephen Hoar 16 5 17 22 76 36
Sandy Chapman 16 1 15 16 77 12
Matt Lyons 12 9 6 15 26 9
Totals 317 514 375 1167 44

[edit] 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 16 889:25 8 6 156 .776 10.52
Phil Wetherup 15 71:39 0 2 13 .759 10.89
Grant Crawley 1 4:30 0 0 0 1.000 .00
Totals 8 8 171 .773 10.69

[edit] Awards

Player Award
John Grant, Jr. All-Stars
Scott Evans
Steve Toll
Shawn Williams

[edit] Roster

Reference: [3]

No. Position Player
43 Flag of the United States Def Abrams, Marshall
26 Flag of Canada Def Brown, David
 ? Bucktooth, Drew
5 Flag of Canada Def Chapman, Sandy
42 Flag of the United States Def Cougevan, Pat
52 Flag of Canada Goalie Crawley, Grant
25 Flag of the United States Def Ditzell, Scott
Flag of the United States Def Dutton, Pat
19 Flag of Canada Fwd Evans (sc), Scott
15 Flag of Canada Fwd Evans (sh), Shawn
Flag of Canada Def Forget, Luke
24 Flag of Canada Fwd Grant, John
20 Flag of Canada Def Greer, Bill
23 Flag of Canada Trans Hoar, Stephen
No. Position Player
21 Flag of Canada Fwd Lyons, Matt
14 Flag of the United States Fwd McLeod, Mat
32 Flag of Canada Fwd Millin, Ken
39 Flag of Canada Goalie O'Toole, Pat
16 Flag of Canada Fwd Potter, Andrew
18 Flag of the United States Def Reid, Jack
2 Flag of the United States Trans Schiller, Chris
Flag of the United States Fwd Spillett, Brandon
11 Flag of the United States Def Thorpe, Regy
17 Flag of Canada Trans Toll, Steve
22  ? Vitarelli, Cory
90 Flag of Canada Goalie Wetherup, Phil
 ? Wilkins, Shawn
51 Flag of Canada Fwd Williams, Shawn

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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2008 NLL season by team
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