# 2017 Calgary Roughnecks season

The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 16th in franchise history.

## Final standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Georgia Swarm – xyz | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 266 | 213 | +53 | 14.78 | 11.83 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.0 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 219 | 200 | +19 | 12.17 | 11.11 |
| 3 | New England Black Wolves – x | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.0 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 220 | 244 | −24 | 12.22 | 13.56 |
| 4 | Rochester Knighthawks | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.0 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 175 | 209 | −34 | 9.72 | 11.61 |
| 5 | Buffalo Bandits | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7.0 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 226 | 251 | −25 | 12.56 | 13.94 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush – xy | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 0.0 | 8–1 | 4–5 | 231 | 212 | +19 | 12.83 | 11.78 |
| 2 | Vancouver Stealth – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 218 | 221 | −3 | 12.11 | 12.28 |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 202 | 199 | +3 | 11.22 | 11.06 |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.0 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 212 | 220 | −8 | 11.78 | 12.22 |
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
### Regular season

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 6, 2017 | Vancouver Stealth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–12 | | 11,510 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 14, 2017 | @ Vancouver Stealth | Langley Events Centre | W 14–10 | | 3,513 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 20, 2017 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 14–12 | | 12,735 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 28, 2017 | Colorado Mammoth | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 12–8 | | 11,280 | 3–1 |
| 5 | February 4, 2017 | Saskatchewan Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 11–15 | | 13,558 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 12, 2017 | Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 7–11 | | 8,635 | 3–3 |
| 7 | February 18, 2017 | Vancouver Stealth | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 10–13 | | 9,361 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 25, 2017 | @ Saskatchewan Rush | SaskTel Centre | L 11–12 | OT | 15,045 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 3, 2017 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9–18 | | 15,898 | 3–6 |
| 10 | March 4, 2017 | Georgia Swarm | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 18–11 | | 9,780 | 4–6 |
| 11 | March 11, 2017 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 10–16 | | 10,370 | 4–7 |
| 12 | March 17, 2017 | @ Georgia Swarm | Infinite Energy Arena | L 8–17 | | 3,793 | 4–8 |
| 13 | March 24, 2017 | @ Saskatchewan Rush | SaskTel Centre | L 10–13 | | 15,039 | 4–9 |
| 14 | March 26, 2017 | New England Black Wolves | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 18–13 | | 10,775 | 5–9 |
| 15 | April 1, 2017 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 11–9 | | 6,824 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 8, 2017 | Buffalo Bandits | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 13–8 | | 10,855 | 7–9 |
| 17 | April 15, 2017 | @ Vancouver Stealth | Langley Events Centre | L 11–15 | | 3,725 | 7–10 |
| 18 | April 29, 2017 | Saskatchewan Rush | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 14–7 | | 18,845 | 8–10 |

### Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Roughnecks made the following selections:
| Round | Overall | Player |
| 1 | 5 | Holden Cattoni |
| 2 | 15 | Vaughn Harris |
| 2 | 21 | Matt Symes |
| 3 | 26 | Brody Eastwood |
| 3 | 27 | Keegan Rittinger |
| 4 | 36 | Jake Archdekin |
| 5 | 45 | Tony Tremblay |
| 6 | 53 | Austin Rockwell |