2010 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 16th in franchise history.

2010 Rochester Knighthawks
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2010 record	7-9
Home record	4-4
Road record	3-5
Goals for	155
Goals against	181
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Paul Gait
Captain	Shawn Williams
Arena	Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals	John Grant, Jr. (49)
Assists	Shawn Williams (46)
Points	John Grant, Jr. (83)
Penalties in minutes	Scott Evans (79)
Loose Balls	Steve Toll (153)
Wins	Pat O'Toole (5)
Goals against average	Aaron Bold (11.12)
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Orlando Titans – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	172	154	18	10.75	9.62
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	197	156	41	12.31	9.75
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	169	170	−1	10.56	10.62
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	161	162	−1	10.06	10.12
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	7	9	.438	4.0	4–4	3–5	155	181	−26	9.69	11.31
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	168	194	−26	10.50	12.12

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Stealth – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	211	179	32	13.19	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	193	169	24	12.06	10.56
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	186	201	−15	11.62	12.56
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	189	201	−12	11.81	12.56
5	Colorado Mammoth	16	4	12	.250	7.0	0–8	4–4	167	201	−34	10.44	12.56

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 8, 2010	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–5		8,192	1–0
2	January 16, 2010	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 13–11		17,207	2–0
3	January 23, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 3–17		10,104	2–1
4	January 29, 2010	@ Orlando Titans	Amway Arena	L 8–13		7,367	2–2
5	January 30, 2010	Toronto Rock	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–8		6,676	3–2
6	February 6, 2010	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	L 8–14		7,546	3–3
7	February 13, 2010	Boston Blazers	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–9		6,066	4–3
8	February 20, 2010	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 12–6		10,019	5–3
9	February 27, 2010	Edmonton Rush	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–12	OT	5,229	5–4
10	March 13, 2010	Orlando Titans	Blue Cross Arena	L 4–9		5,930	5–5
11	March 27, 2010	Buffalo Bandits	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–14		10,652	5–6
12	April 3, 2010	Calgary Roughnecks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–11		7,206	5–7
13	April 9, 2010	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–11		9,193	6–7
14	April 10, 2010	Philadelphia Wings	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–12		7,086	7–7
15	April 16, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 7–15		9,959	7–8
16	April 24, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 9–14		4,200	7–9

Transactions

New players

• Aaron Bold - acquired in trade
• John Grant, Jr. - returning from injury
• Peter Jacobs - acquired in trade
• Cody Johnson - acquired in trade
• Ian Rubel - acquired in trade
• Regy Thorpe - resigned as General Manager to resume playing

Players not returning

• Sandy Chapman - traded

Trades

July 7, 2009	To Rochester Knighthawks Peter Jacobs	To Toronto Rock Sandy Chapman
October 15, 2009	To Rochester Knighthawks Aaron Bold Ian Rubel Cody Johnson	To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Hoff second round pick, 2011 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. The Knighthawks selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	1	Sid Smith	Syracuse University
1	2	Ilija Gajic	Denver University
2	18	Holdon Vyse	Six Nations, ON
3	28	Brendan Doran	Brampton, ON
3	34	Ryan Hoff	University of Notre Dame
5	47	Dan Groot	University of Maryland
6	57	Brandon Corp	Colgate University

Roster

2010 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 39 Pat O'Toole 52 Ben Van Every Defensemen  7 Mac Allen 12 Troy Bonterre  5 Sandy Chapman 42 Pat Cougevan 20 Bill Greer -- Anthony Kelly 71 Kyle Laverty		Forwards 15 Shawn Evans 22 Gary Gait 88 Jason Henhawk 73 Dean Hill 14 Mat MacLeod 32 Ken Millin  9 Craig Point  1 Joe Walters 51 Shawn Williams 90 Jamie Rooney 26 Andrew Potter Transition 21 Stuart Hill  2 Chris Schiller 36 Andrew Spack 17 Steve Toll 25 Bobby McBride		Practice Squad 18 Jesse Guerin 30 Jake Henhawk -- Darcy Powless 6 Pat Saunders Injured Reserve 19 Scott Evans 24 John Grant 26 Chandon Hill  6 Logan Kane  9 Joel McCready 28 Mitch Nanticoke Holdout -- Kyle Guadagnolo Protected list  3 Chris Courtney 25 Scott Ditzell		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2009-02-25 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2010 NLL season