# 2013 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 12th in franchise history.
For the third straight season, the Roughnecks finished the season first in the west, but ran into trouble in the playoffs. Calgary defeated the Colorado Mammoth 15-10 in the division semi-finals but in a thrilling division final game, the Washington Stealth held on to win 14-13 and end the Roughnecks season.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 194 | 176 | +18 | 12.12 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 179 | 165 | +14 | 11.19 | 10.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 170 | 207 | −37 | 10.62 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 171 | 211 | −40 | 10.69 | 13.19 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 222 | 211 | +11 | 13.88 | 13.19 |
| 2 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 193 | 192 | +1 | 12.06 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 2–6 | 7–1 | 203 | 170 | +33 | 12.69 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 185 | 202 | −17 | 11.56 | 12.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm – c | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 12.62 |
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 12, 2013 | Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–13 | | 11,653 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 19, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 12–13 | OT | 8,221 | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 25, 2013 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 19–12 | | 15,103 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 27, 2013 | @ Philadelphia Wings | Wells Fargo Center | W 16–8 | | 8,785 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 2, 2013 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 18–15 | | 7,349 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 9, 2013 | Edmonton Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 9–8 | | 10,002 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 15, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 12–17 | | 10,026 | 4–3 |
| 8 | February 16, 2013 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 17–16 | | 8,254 | 5–3 |
| 9 | February 23, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 14–16 | | 3,819 | 5–4 |
| 10 | March 2, 2013 | Edmonton Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 13–18 | | 11,385 | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 8, 2013 | Minnesota Swarm | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 19–15 | | 8,622 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 23, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 12–11 | OT | 9,493 | 7–5 |
| 13 | March 30, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | W 13–11 | | 4,727 | 8–5 |
| 14 | April 6, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–12 | | 10,008 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 13, 2013 | Rochester Knighthawks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 14–15 | | 12,340 | 8–7 |
| 16 | April 20, 2013 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 12–11 | | 9,213 | 9–7 |

### Game log

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | April 27, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 15–10 | | 8,726 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | May 4, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 12–13 | | 9,583 | 1–1 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| July 26, 2012 | To Toronto Rock Third round selection, 2012 Entry Draft | To Calgary Roughnecks Aaron Pascas |
| November 15, 2012 | To Edmonton RushCory Conway 6th round pick in 2013 Entry Draft | To Calgary Roughnecks3rd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft |

### Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Roughnecks made the following selections:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| 1 | 6 | Joe Resetarits | University of Albany |
| 1 | 7 | Matthew Dinsdale | Coquitlam, BC |
| 2 | 17 | Jackson Decker | Burnaby, BC |
| 4 | 36 | Chad Cummings | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 5 | 45 | Kyle Dexter | Calgary, Alberta |
| 6 | 50 | Curtis Pridham | Calgary, Alberta |
| 6 | 54 | Myles Dennett | Calgary, Alberta |