Rochester Knighthawks

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Rochester Knighthawks
Founded: 1995
Stadion: Blue Cross Arena
Location: Rochester , New York
Club colors: black, mint green, purple
Division: Eastern
Head coach: Mike Bunnies
General Manager: Curt Styres
Championships: 1997, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014

The Rochester Knighthawks are a team of the North American National Lacrosse League (NLL) and are based in Rochester , New York . The team was founded in 1995 and played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) until 1997, before being converted to the NLL in 1998.

successes

The team was able to move into the final of the playoffs in their first season in the MILL , where they were only barely subject to the Philadelphia Wings . In 1997 they won their first championship title and the last of the MILL. The following year the NLL started its first season.

In 1999 and 2000 the Knighthawks moved back into the finals, but the Champion's Cup , which has been awarded as a championship trophy since 1998, they could not win.

Their fifth participation in the final saw the team in 2003. After they had finished the regular season for the first time as the best team, they moved to the final against the Toronto Rock , but lost there with 6-8.

The Rochester Knighthawks never missed the playoffs and were able to qualify for the finals for the 13th time in a row in 2007. That is a record in MILL / NLL history. They also won the Champion's Cup for the first time that year after beating the Arizona Sting in the final.

After beating The Edmonton Rush 9-6 in the final in 2012 and successfully defending that title the next season with an 11-10 win over the Washington Stealth, they were first in 2014 with a 3-2 mini-game win over the Calgary Roughnecks NLL team a "three peat", ie winning three consecutive titles.

Season results

season division SN RS home Away ET GT Playoffs
1995   4-4 3. 3-1 1-3 97 94 final
1996   6-4 4th 4-1 2-3 148 137 Semifinals
1997   5-5 4th 2-3 3-2 156 136 championship
1998   6-6 3. 3-3 3-3 168 159 Semifinals
1999   8-4 3. 4-2 4-2 169 160 final
2000   8-4 3. 5-1 3-3 187 149 final
2001   10-4 3. 6-1 4-3 198 159 Semifinals
2002 Central 13-3 2. 8-0 5-3 261 202 Semifinals
2003 Central 12-4 1. 6-2 6-2 214 173 final
2004 Eastern 8-8 2. 6-2 2-6 173 186 Divisional semi-finals
2005 Eastern 10-6 3. 5-3 5-3 193 179 Division finals
2006 Eastern 9-7 2. 6-2 3-5 196 180 Division finals
Total 12 seasons 99-59   58-21 41-38 2.160 1.914
Playoff totals   9-11   3-3 6-8 247 252  

SN = victories-defeats; RS = division placement of the regular season; ET = goals scored; GT = goals conceded;

In 2007 they became champions again thanks to an outstanding John Grant

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