The first game of the regular season is in Rochester as the Knighthawks will look to find a way back to the post season and the Toronto Rock debut their new roster. Both teams have plenty of changes, and this will be the first look at both of them in regular season action head-to-head. For the Knighthawks, they’ll spend most of the season without former MVP Cody Jamieson. In his…
The Toronto Rock reshaping continues. After the retirement of Colin Doyle, and the addition of several field players to their training camp roster, the Rock traded veteran forward Kevin Ross to the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday right before the start of the pre season. “It’s such a tough place to come in as a visiting player. I have been doing it for years. It’s definitely one of the…
While teams like New England and Buffalo and Toronto continue to revamp, the Rochester Knighthawks appear to be exiting their dynasty with a whimper. After becoming the first NLL team to win three titles in a row, the Knighthawks missed the post season in 2016 and have continued to lose major cops in their lineup. Rochester locked up anchors like Cody Jamieson, Dan Dawson, and Sid Smith to some of…
The Buffalo Bandits traded their 16th overall selection on Monday night’s NLL draft to the Rochester Knighthawks for transition defender Brad Self. The Knighthawks would use that selection to take Dan Lomas out of High Point and the Oakville Rock. In 2016, Self played in 15 games for the Knighthawks where he played in 15 games and scored 23 points. Self’s career high in points of 29 came in his…
The 2016 NLL Draft is thsevening and the Rochester Knighthawks have two selections in Round 1 (6-7 overall). Just two years ago the talk was “can Rochester make it four in a row?” That season ended with the Rock dismantling the Knighthawks in game two, and the mini-game was a complete collapse. Last season the Knighthawks had the worst season in team history by going 7-11 and allowing a franchise…
The Buffalo Bandits (11-5) and their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks (6-9) will face off in their third and final divisional showdown of the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the Blue Cross Arena. In their first two matchups of the season, the Buffalo Bandits came away with the 13-10 victory at home against the Knighthawks on March 11th and picked up the 14-12 victory again at home on…
The Buffalo Bandits (9-4) and their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) will face off in the second of three divisional showdowns during the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. In their first matchup of the season, the Buffalo Bandits came away with the 13-10 victory at home against the Knighthawks on March 11. Coming up big offensively for the Bandits on the score sheet…
The Rochester Knighthawks made two moves at the Trade Deadline, acquiring lefty forwards Josh Gillam and Joe “Haodias” Maracle from the Georgia Swarm in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft and Rochester’s highest third-round selection in the 2016 Draft. “These are guys who we expect to come in and make us better,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. Originally selected with the 18th…
Shawn Evans Leads his Team with 18 Points in a Pair of Victories. Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks looked for revenge against the New England Blackwolves after losing Friday 16-13. Unfortunately for the Knighthawks and their fans they fell again, but in a much closer game 10-8. New England now sits in second place, only a half game behind Buffalo for first and hold a two game lead over the…
This past weekend the Rochester Knighthawks (5-5) could not afford to lose both games. Friday night they fall to the Bandits (7-4) on Johnny Tavares Night 13-10, so they game Saturday versus the BlackWolves (5-4) was even more of a desperation win, which they did in com from behind fashion 17-13. As the first quarter ended, the Knighthawks were buried in a hole that nobody thought they could get out…