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: Spencer@kaganonline.com 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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Rock Roll From Behind to Defeat Knighthawks on Historic Night 4/9/22

April 10, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline V. The Toronto Rock (11-5)  made the trip to Rochester for a game against the Knighthawks (3-12) on a night when Dan Dawson would enter the record books for the second game in a row.  The last game he played (he missed both games last weekend) Dan passed John Tavares for the most games played in the…

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Wings Soars Over Knighthawks & Sweeps the Series 3/26/22

March 27, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline V. Th Rochester Knighthawks (3-10) would play host to the Philadelphia Wings (6-7) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 4,571 for the final game of the series.  The Wings had already defeated the ‘Hawks in their first meeting on January 22 by the score of 18-10.  Both teams have been having a…

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Rochester Drops Their Fifth Straight on the Road in Saskatchewan 3/19/22

March 20, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Hiscock The Rochester Knighthawks (3-9) headed on the road to take on the Saskatchewan Rush (4-9) at the SaskTel Centre in front of a crowd of 9,012.  This would be the first match up between the two teams as the original Knighthawks are now Halifax Thunderbirds.  Both teams were looking for a much needed win to help…

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Knighthawks Woes Continue With Three Game Slide & Loss to Riptide 3/12/22

March 13, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline V. In this weekend’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (3-8) played host to the New York Riptide (3-8) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 3,790.  Rochester was looking to get back into the win column this weekend as they were without goalie Ryan Hartley having been placed on IR with backup net…

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Knighthawks Let Another Slip Away & Can’t Overtake the Swarm in OT 3/4/22

March 12, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Kyle Hess Week Thirteen’s NLL action got started with the Rochester Knighthawks (3-7) traveling to Gas South Arena to take on the Georgia Swarm (5-6).  This was a must win Eastern Conference matchup for both teams as a win for either team would help them climb into a more solid playoff position.  It was a great contest throughout…

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KNIGHTHAWKS COME UP SHORT TO BANDITS 2/26/22

February 27, 2022

[MEDIA RELEASE] Final Score:  Buffalo 14–Rochester 8 Knighthawks rookie forward Ryan Smith (3+1) recorded his second home hat trick of the season while leading the offense with four points. Forwards Turner Evans (1+2) and Holden Cattoni (1+2) both recorded three-point efforts with a goal and an assist apiece, while Charlie Bertrand (1+0), Thomas Hoggarth (1+1) and Matt Gilray (1+0) provided Rochester’s other tallies on the night. Veteran forward Shawn Evans…

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Knighthawks Snap Four Game Losing Streak & Take Series Against Firewolves 2/13/22

February 13, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Michele V. This weekend’s NLL action had the Rochester Knighthawks (3-5) playing host to the Albany Firewolves (4-4) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 3,737.  This was the second meeting of the two teams in the regular season with Rochester claiming victory in both contests.  Shawn Evans would tie the franchise’s single-game record…

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Rochester’s Late Surge Comes Up Short – 2/5/2022

February 6, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert In this weekend’s NLL action, we got to see I-90 rivals in action.  The Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) travelled to the KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Bandits (6-0) in front of a crowd of 9,371.  It seemed as if the Bandits were going to control the tempo of the game as they would hold the Knighthawks to…

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Schreiber “Sock-Trick” Helps Rock Get Back to Their Winning Ways Over the Knighthawks 1/30/22

January 30, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Feature Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (3-3) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-4) on Saturday night January 29, 2022 in Hamilton and it was their second home game in a row without fans.  Both teams came into the game looking to get back into the win column after both had dropped their last two contests.  The game was a back…

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Wings Shut Out the Lights For the Knighthawks in the Second Half 1/22/22

January 23, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Heather Barry In this weekend’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (2-3) would have double the workload after not playing since mid-December due to continued postponements and unknown schedules on an almost weekly basis due to COVID.  After having battled hard the night before at home against the Georgia Swarm (2-3) only to come out on the short end…

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