# 2006 Rochester Knighthawks season

The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 12th 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 | Buffalo Bandits – xyz | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 193 | 167 | +26 | 12.06 | 10.44 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 196 | 180 | +16 | 12.25 | 11.25 |
| 3 | Toronto Rock – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 182 | 179 | +3 | 11.38 | 11.19 |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 158 | 171 | −13 | 9.88 | 10.69 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 184 | 184 | −-0 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Portland LumberJax – xy | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 188 | 177 | +11 | 11.75 | 11.06 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 200 | 172 | +28 | 12.50 | 10.75 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Arizona Sting – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 198 | 199 | −1 | 12.38 | 12.44 |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 151 | 174 | −23 | 9.44 | 10.88 |
| 6 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 1 | 15 | .062 | 10.0 | 0–8 | 1–7 | 150 | 202 | −52 | 9.38 | 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 7, 2006 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 11–12 | | 16,850 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 14, 2006 | Toronto Rock | Blue Cross Arena | W 14–9 | | 10,156 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 21, 2006 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 12–6 | | 7,124 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 28, 2006 | Buffalo Bandits | Blue Cross Arena | W 11–10 | OT | 11,121 | 3–1 |
| 5 | January 29, 2006 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 10–9 | | 7,544 | 4–1 |
| 6 | February 10, 2006 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 10–11 | OT | 16,235 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 11, 2006 | Arizona Sting | Blue Cross Arena | W 16–14 | | 9,386 | 5–2 |
| 8 | February 18, 2006 | San Jose Stealth | Blue Cross Arena | L 12–13 | | 9,731 | 5–3 |
| 9 | March 4, 2006 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | W 18–16 | | 6,183 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 10, 2006 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Blue Cross Arena | W 17–8 | | 9,052 | 7–3 |
| 11 | March 11, 2006 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 12–16 | | 10,959 | 7–4 |
| 12 | March 18, 2006 | Buffalo Bandits | Blue Cross Arena | L 13–14 | OT | 10,209 | 7–5 |
| 13 | March 25, 2006 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 13–18 | | 13,722 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 1, 2006 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 7–8 | | 12,001 | 7–7 |
| 15 | April 8, 2006 | Minnesota Swarm | Blue Cross Arena | W 10–9 | | 10,352 | 8–7 |
| 16 | April 15, 2006 | Toronto Rock | Blue Cross Arena | W 10–7 | | 9,899 | 9–7 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | April 22, 2006 | Toronto Rock | Blue Cross Arena | W 16–8 | | 7,295 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | April 29, 2006 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 10–15 | | 10,897 | 1–1 |

## Player stats

Reference:

### Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
| John Grant, Jr. | 16 | 54 | 43 | 97 | 86 | 22 |
| Shawn Williams | 16 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 68 | 14 |
| Scott Evans | 16 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 81 | 55 |
| Mike Accursi | 16 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 61 | 10 |
| Shawn Evans | 15 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 110 | 59 |
| Steve Toll | 16 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 119 | 6 |
| Ken Millin | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Connor | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Pat Dutton | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 4 |
| Totals | | 281 | 477 | 387 | 1094 | 49 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | GP | MIN | W | L | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Pat O'Toole | 16 | 927:35 | 9 | 6 | 169 | .780 | 10.93 |
| Grant Crawley | 16 | 29:03 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .400 | 18.59 |
| Totals | | | 9 | 7 | 180 | .770 | 11.25 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| John Grant, Jr. | First Team All-Pro |
| Shawn Evans | All-Rookie Team |
| John Grant, Jr. | Overall Player of the Month, January |
| John Grant, Jr. | All-Stars |
| Steve Toll | All-Stars |
| Marshall Abrams | All-Stars |
| Shawn Williams | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 14, 2006 | To Rochester Knighthawks third round pick, 2006 entry draft | To Colorado Mammoth Andrew Burkholder |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 43 | Def | Abrams, Marshall |
| 44 | Fwd | Accursi, Mike |
| | Fwd | Burkholder, Andrew |
| 5 | Fwd | Chapman, Sandy |
| | Def | Cougevan, Pat |
| 52 | Goalie | Crawley, Grant |
| 12 | Fwd | Croswell, Brian |
| 25 | Def | Ditzell, Scott |
| 7 | Fwd | Dutton, Pat |
| 19 | Fwd | Evans, Scott |
| 15 | Fwd | Evans, Shawn |
| 24 | Fwd | Grant, John |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 21 | Fwd | Greer, Bill |
| 10 | Def | Hasen, Mike |
| 23 | Def | Hoar, Stephen |
| 4 | Def | Livingstone, Carter |
| 26 | ? | Miller, Blake |
| 32 | Fwd | Millin, Ken |
| 14 | Fwd | O'Connor, Ryan |
| 39 | Goalie | O'Toole, Pat |
| 20 | Def | Penny, Steve |
| 2 | Def | Schiller, Chris |
| 11 | Def | Thorpe, Regy |
| 17 | Def | Toll, Steve |
| 51 | Fwd | Williams, Shawn |