Knighthawks Four Game Slide Could Be Critical for Playoff Spot 4/8/23

April 9, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit:  S. Cordaro As the NLL regular season is winding down every game becomes more important for each team in their own right.  One of those matchups this weekend in the NLL saw the playoff hopeful Rochester Knighthawks (9-7)  host the Albany FireWolves (3-12) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Both teams were looking to get back in the win column as Rochester…

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Desert Dogs Chase the Knighthawks from the Pound Who Drop Second in a Row 3/25/23

March 26, 2023

Christopher Crane,  Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Rosenthal This weekend’s NLL action had the Rochester Knighthawks (9-5) traveling out West to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (5-8) at Michelob Ultra Arena for Tucker Out Lymphoma Night.  This was the first ever meeting of the two teams as well.  Rochester would be looking to bounce back from last week’s overtime loss against the…

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Knighthawks Contain the Swarm in Sunday Afternoon Contest 3/12/23

March 13, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit:  J. Beam The NLL would close out the weekend with some Sunday action as the Rochester Knighthawks (9-3) would travel south to the Gas South Arena to take on the (2-8) Georgia Swarm in their first meeting of two on the season.  Rochester would be looking to bounce back from the one goal loss they suffered against the Toronto Rock…

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Rock Defeats the Knighthawks in Epic Eastern Division Battle 3/4/23

March 5, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (9-2) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (8-3) on Saturday night in front of their largest crowd since moving to Hamilton and the 10,229 fans were treated to an epic contest.  The Rock didn’t have the lead until halfway through the fourth quarter in this close game which had great defense, goaltending, highlight goals and…

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2nd Longest Game in NLL History & Breakaway by Gillies Gives Knighthawks “W” in Overtime Thriller Against Riptide 2/25/23

February 26, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Cordaro In an Eastern Division matchup on Saturday February 25, 2023, the Rochester Knighthawks (8-2) played host to the New York Riptide (2-8) at the Blue Cross Arena.  The last time these two teams met was back on January 15th with the Knighthawks winning that game 11-8.  This second match up would be a little different as…

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Rochester Downs Halifax to Even the Series at 1-1  2/11/23

February 12, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (7-2) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-5) at the Blue Cross Arena on Saturday February 11, 2023.  This was the second matchup for the two teams this season with Halifax taking the first.  However, Rochester had other plans for this second matchup only allowing Halifax to have the lead once during the…

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Knighthawks Continues to Amaze with Sixth Straight Win Defeating The Bandits at Home 1/20/23

January 21, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Veluvolu On Friday January 20, 2023 fans got to see the much anticipated faceoff between what some were calling a big brother versus little brother matchup as the Rochester Knighthawks (6-0) played host to the Buffalo Bandits (4-2) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Both teams were playing for possession of first place in the Eastern Division and…

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Knighthawks Continue Winning Ways Against Panther City 1/7/23

January 8, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu In this week’s NLL action, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-0) played host to Panther City LC (2-3) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Panther City was looking to bounce back into the win column after dropping their last two games with Rochester looking to extend its’ perfect start to the season.  The Knighthawks would leave no doubt and…

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Knighthawks Sneak Past FireWolves 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  V. Strobel This week the Rochester Knighthawks (3-0) were on the road to take on the Albany FireWolves (1-1) at MVP Arena.  It began as a fast-paced matchup where both sides were able to keep up with each other’s transition game until Albany’s John LaFontaine (1g 1a) was able to sneak behind Rochester’s defense at 12:39 to put the…

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Rochester Rolls Past the Rock to 2-0 Start 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (2-0) played host to the Toronto Rock (1-1) in an Eastern Division matchup at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday December 10, 2022.  Rochester would look to continue their momentum from their week one win over the Georgia Swarm (0-1) and the Knighthawks defense with their netminder Ryan Hartley who would have a career high…

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Two Streaks Come to an End for the Knighthawks and Roughnecks 4/22/22

April 23, 2022

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline V. On Friday April 22, 2022, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-13) played host to the Calgary Roughnecks (9-8) in only the second meeting of the two teams in league history.  The 3,707 Knighthawks fans who attended the game were glad they did as they saw a stellar performance by their team who did not disappoint.  Each team was heading…

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Riptide Roll the Knighthawks & Take the Series 4/16/22

April 17, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: [email protected] In Week 20 of NLL Action, the Rochester Knighthawks (3-13) traveled to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to take on the New York Riptide (6-10) in front of a crowd of 4,689.  With both teams out of playoff contention this would be a battle for the year end placing.  Rochester was also looking to snap a seven-game losing…

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