2005 Rochester Knighthawks season

2005 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2005 record	10-6
Home record	5-3
Road record	5-3
Goals for	193
Goals against	179
General Manager	Paul Day
Coach	Paul Day
Captain	Mike Hasen
Alternate captains	Shawn Williams John Grant, Jr.
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Average attendance	9,711
Team leaders
Goals	John Grant, Jr. (49)
Assists	John Grant, Jr. (56)
Points	John Grant, Jr. (105)
Penalties in minutes	Casey Zapf (58)
Loose Balls	Mike Hasen (91)
Wins	Pat O'Toole (9)
Goals against average	Pat O'Toole (11.10)
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The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 11th in franchise history.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	6–2	6–2	227	190	+37	14.19	11.88
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	183	+34	13.56	11.44
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	2.0	5–3	5–3	193	179	+14	12.06	11.19
4	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	6.0	3–5	3–5	213	218	−5	13.31	13.62
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	5	11	.312	7.0	2–6	3–5	188	231	−43	11.75	14.44

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	216	208	+8	13.50	13.00
2	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	1.0	5–3	4–4	209	209	−-0	13.06	13.06
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	5–3	3–5	201	182	+19	12.56	11.38
4	Anaheim Storm	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	175	212	−37	10.94	13.25
5	San Jose Stealth	16	4	12	.250	6.0	2–6	2–6	170	197	−27	10.62	12.31

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:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 1, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–12		8,532	0–1
2	January 15, 2005	Arizona Sting	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–9	OT	7,508	0–2
3	January 22, 2005	@ Anaheim Storm	Arrowhead Pond	W 15–11		4,053	1–2
4	January 28, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 15–6		16,087	2–2
5	January 29, 2005	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–11	OT	8,867	3–2
6	February 12, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–15		8,061	4–2
7	February 18, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 14–13	OT	12,311	5–2
8	February 19, 2005	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–11		9,961	5–3
9	February 25, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–15		16,372	5–4
10	March 12, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 13–12		12,731	6–4
11	March 19, 2005	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–11	OT	10,102	7–4
12	March 25, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–12		7,764	7–5
13	March 26, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	Blue Cross Arena	W 20–11		8,557	8–5
14	April 1, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 9–11		10,014	8–6
15	April 8, 2005	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 8–7		5,120	9–6
16	April 15, 2005	Colorado Mammoth	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–12		9,342	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 23, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 19–14		10,014	1–0
Division Final	April 29, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–12		17,289	1–1

Player stats

Reference:

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.	15	49	56	105	83	31
Shawn Williams	16	33	50	83	74	12
Mike Accursi	16	23	48	71	74	12
Scott Evans	16	29	23	52	59	25
Ryan O'Connor	14	14	17	31	19	6
Ken Millin	16	8	18	26	45	6
Mat Giles	15	10	13	23	44	18
Andrew Turner	16	0	13	13	80	28
Steve Toll	5	5	5	10	33	0
Totals		294	487	377	1055	50

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	907:59	9	6	168	.775	11.10
Pat Campbell	4	53:02	1	0	8	.822	9.05
Totals			10	6	179	.775	11.19

Awards

Player	Award
Andrew Turner	Defensive Player of the Year
John Grant, Jr.	First Team All-Pro
John Grant, Jr.	Player of the Month, February

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 2005

To Rochester Knighthawks Steve Toll

To San Jose Stealth first round pick, 2005 entry draft second round pick, 2005 entry draft

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 43 Def Abrams, Marshall 44 Fwd Accursi, Mike 37 Goalie Campbell, Pat 42 Def Cougevan, Pat 12 Fwd Croswell, Brian 7 Fwd Dutton, Pat 19 Fwd Evans, Scott 15 Fwd Giles, Mat 24 Fwd Grant, John 10 Def Hasen, Mike 23 Def Hoar, Stephen Fwd Juleff, Dennis

No. Position Player 4 Def Livingstone, Carter 32 Fwd Millin, Ken 14 Fwd O'Connor, Ryan 39 Goalie O'Toole, Pat 20 Def Penny, Steve 2 Def Schiller, Chris 33 Fwd Soudan, Tim 11 Def Thorpe, Regy 17 Def Toll, Steve 26 Def Turner, Andrew 51 Fwd Williams, Shawn 27 Fwd Zaph, Casey

See also

• 2005 NLL season