The Rochester Knighthawks dropped to 3-5 on the season Saturday night as they lost to the 3-4 Philadelphia Wings. The Philadelphia win was their first against Rochester since 2009. The Knighthawks now have a brutal 1-4 home record. Rochester started out on a roll, leading 4-0 after the first quarter with goals from Cody Jamieson, Paul Dawson, Casey Powell and Cory Vitarelli. But the Wings quickly erased that deficit in…
The Rochester Knighthawks were thoroughly dominated by the Buffalo Bandits Saturday night as Buffalo rolled to a 10-6 win at the Blue Cross Arena. The Bandits improve to 4-3 as the Knighthawks drop to 3-4. The star of the game, without a doubt, was the Bandits’ star goaltender, Anthony Cosmo. Cosmo made 54 saves on 60 shots, outdueling Rochester goaltender Matt Vinc who made 41 saves on 51 shots. The…
The 3-3 Rochester Knighthawks are finally figuring it out. Since a horrendous 0-3 start, the Hawks are on a three-game win streak and are finally looking like the Championship team they became last season, with the potential to be much better than last year’s squad. The player I’ve been most surprised by and impressed with is #23, Cory Vitarelli. Knighthawks fans knew the player known as “The Dog” was a…
The Rochester Knighthawks got their first win of the season Saturday night as they defeated the Washington Stealth 7-6 in a very defensive battle. Rochester is now 1-3 on the season and Washington drops to 3-3. Brad Self started the scoring six minutes in to give the Knighthawks a 1-0 lead. Lewis Ratcliff quickly answered a half a minute later to tie it at one. Cory Vitarelli had the only…
The 0-3 Rochester Knighthawks look for that elusive first win on Saturday night at the Blue Cross Arena as they face off against the 3-2 Western Division-leading Washington Stealth at 8:00. This is undeniably a must-win game for Rochester, the only team without a win in the National Lacrosse League. One of the players off to a hot start for the Knighthawks is #23 Cory Vitarelli. Vitarelli leads Rochester in…
The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 11-7 at the Blue Cross Arena Saturday night. The Rock improve their record to 4-1 while the Knighthawks drop to a stunning 0-3. Leading Toronto in tonight’s game was Garrett Billings, who had two goals and four assists for the Rock. Josh Sanderson, Colin Doyle, and Kasey Beirnes chipped in four points each. The Rock outscored the Knighthawks by three in the first…
Saturday night will be a big night at the Blue Cross Arena, as the 0-2 Rochester Knighthawks host the 2-1 Toronto Rock. The struggling defending champion Knighthawks have lost two one-goal games so far. The Hawks dropped a 13-12 contest to the Stealth on Opening Night, then lost a heartbreaking 14-13 game on Banner Night against the rival Bandits last Saturday. Toronto started out 2-0 before dropping a tough 8-7…