# 2012 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 11th in franchise history.

## 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 – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 198 | 196 | +2 | 12.38 | 12.25 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 191 | 197 | −6 | 11.94 | 12.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 176 | 207 | −31 | 11.00 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 198 | 204 | −6 | 12.38 | 12.75 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xyz | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 7–1 | 216 | 170 | +46 | 13.50 | 10.62 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 217 | 201 | +16 | 13.56 | 12.56 |
| 3 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 202 | 190 | +12 | 12.62 | 11.88 |
| 4 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 | 4–4 | 2–6 | 167 | 175 | −8 | 10.44 | 10.94 |
| 5 | Washington Stealth | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 8.0 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 179 | 204 | −25 | 11.19 | 12.75 |
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 8, 2012 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 12–9 | | 10,341 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 14, 2012 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena at Everett | W 13–10 | | 4,687 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 21, 2012 | Colorado Mammoth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 12–13 | OT | 9,341 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 28, 2012 | Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 13–14 | OT | 7,460 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 10, 2012 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena at Everett | W 12–11 | | 3,509 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 18, 2012 | Edmonton Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 12–8 | | 8,049 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 24, 2012 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 21–10 | | 15,134 | 5–2 |
| 8 | March 3, 2012 | Minnesota Swarm | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–15 | | 7,638 | 5–3 |
| 9 | March 9, 2012 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 13–10 | | 7,438 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 10, 2012 | Edmonton Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 16–9 | | 8,316 | 7–3 |
| 11 | March 24, 2012 | Buffalo Bandits | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 17–6 | | 7,687 | 8–3 |
| 12 | March 30, 2012 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 15–10 | | 8,510 | 9–3 |
| 13 | March 31, 2012 | Washington Stealth | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 13–11 | | 8,203 | 10–3 |
| 14 | April 6, 2012 | Rochester Knighthawks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 15–14 | | 9,806 | 11–3 |
| 15 | April 14, 2012 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 12–14 | | 5,964 | 11–4 |
| 16 | April 21, 2012 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 9–6 | | 7,737 | 12–4 |

## Playoffs
### Game logs

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | May 5, 2012 | Edmonton Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–19 | | 11,161 | 0–1 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| September 21, 2011 | To Calgary Roughnecks 1st round pick, 2011 entry draft (Johnny Powless) | To Rochester Knighthawks Shawn Evans |
| March 19, 2012 | To Calgary Roughnecks 1st round pick in 2014 Entry Draft | To Toronto Rock Nick Rose Conditional 2nd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft |

### Dispersal Draft

The Roughnecks chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:
| Round | Overall | Player |
| 1 | 7 | Nick Rose |
| 2 | 16 | Geoff McNulty |
| 3 | 25 | Brock Armour |
| 4 | 32 | Kevin Leveille |

### Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011. The Roughnecks selected the following players:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| 1 | 7 | Travis Cornwall | Coquitlam, BC |
| 2 | 11 | Greg Harnett | Orangeville, ON |
| 2 | 18 | Frankie Scigliano | New Westminster, BC |
| 5 | 42 | Barclay Hickey | Okotoks, AB |
| 6 | 46 | Darren Kinnear | Edmonton, AB |