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GAME INFORMATION TONIGHT’S GAME OVERVIEW The Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock get reacquainted for the second time in three weeks Regular-Season Records tonight as the home-and-home series shifts across the border for a North Division showdown at Toronto: 2-1 (1-0 vs. North) Scotiabank Arena. The 7:00 p.m. matchup can be heard live on 107.3 FM The Bull as well as B/R Live. Rochester: 0-3 (0-2 vs. North) The contest will also be broadcast to a global audience on the “NLL Game of the Week”. Fans can catch all the action, free of charge, across B/R Live domestically and Twitter and Facebook worldwide. All-Time Series LAST TIM E OUT - This is the second meeting all-time between these The Knighthawks fell to 0-3 on the young season after seeing yet another comeback attempt come up two franchises. short in a 14-11 loss to the Rock in the previous get-together between the two teams prior to the New Year. Facing a 12-5 deficit late in the third quarter, Rochester went on an impressive 5-1 run to make it a 13-10 game. Goals in the final minutes from Turner Evans and Curtis Knight would bring the This Season Knighthawks as close as they would come before seeing their comeback bid fall just short for the second - This is the second of three matchups between the straight week. Knight led the way offensively for the Knighthawks with a team-high six-point (2+4) night two teams this season. while the duo of Shawn and Turner Evans combined for nine points. Steve Fryer earned his second straight start in net, turning aside 26 shots before being replaced by Craig Wende in the third quarter. 2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS KNIGHTHAWKS TEAM AND LEAGUE LEADERS Date Opponent Result Coming off his four-point effort in the previous matchup against the Rock, forward Holden Cattoni 11/30 GEORGIA 4-14 L paces the Knighthawks in assists (8) and points (11) while also leading the team with 42 shots through his first three games of the season. Shawn Evans, who capped a five-point performance with a hat trick 12/21 at Halifax 12-14 L 12/28 TORONTO 11-14 L against Toronto, remains at a close second with 10 points while his five goals are most on the team. Rookie transition man Ryland Rees, Rochester’s second overall pick in the 2019 NLL Entry Draft, ranks 1/11 at Toronto 1/18 CALGARY among league leaders with a team-high 23 loose balls and Jay Thorimbert, who recently surpassed Geoff Snider for first all-time in league history in career face-off wins, is ninth in the NLL with 33 face- 1/19 at Philadelphia off wins this season, good for a .478 success rate at the face-off dot. 1/31 at Buffalo SCOUTING THE ROCK 2/9 VANCOUVER 2/22 at New England Toronto comes into the matchup having won two straight following the 14-11 win in Rochester back 2/29 NEW YORK on Dec. 28. Dan Dawson, a former Knighthawk in the previous organization, paced the Rock with seven points, including six assists, while Rob Hellyer and Dan Craig each scored four goals as Toronto won its 3/7 at San Diego 3/8 at Colorado second straight on the road to move within a game of Halifax for first place in the NLL’s North Division 3/14 HALIFAX standings. Goaltender Nick Rose made 38 saves to pick up his second win of the season. The Rock own 3/28 HALIFAX one of the most dynamic offensive units in the NLL with four different players averaging more than four points per game, including Craig, who leads Toronto with 14 points and is tied for the team lead with 4/4 at Saskatchewan 4/11 BUFFALO eight assists. Craig also scored the game-winner in each of Toronto’s two wins this season. Dawson, Hellyer and Tom Schreiber all have 13 points on the season while Hellyer continues to rank among 4/17 at Toronto league leaders with a team-high seven goals. A veteran of over 100 NLL games, Hellyer has spent his 4/25 BUFFALO entire nine-year career with the Rock since breaking into the league for the 2011 season. A Second *Overtime | Home games in bold CAPS Team All-Pro selection in 2016, he needs just two more points for 500 in his pro career. Rose currently ranks fourth among all NLL netminders with 129 saves and is tied for fourth in wins (2). DAWSON FAMILY REUNION…AGAIN 2019-20 RECORD WHEN: It’s a family reunion again tonight in Toronto for the Dawson brothers, but this time as opponents. The Scoring first: O-O siblings have been somewhat of a packaged commodity over their combined 31 years in the NLL, having Opponent scores first: O-3 been teammates numerous times throughout their careers, including six seasons in Rochester with the Leading after first quarter: O-1 previous Knighthawks franchise from 2013 to 2018. The duo won back-to-back NLL titles in 2013 and Tied after first quarter: O-O 2014 during the organization’s historic run of three straight league championships. Prior to playing Trailing after first quarter: O-2 alongside one another in Rochester, the Dawson brothers were also teammates in Boston (2009-10) Leading at half: O-1 and Philadelphia (2012) and were reunited against most recently last season in San Diego. Tied at half: O-O MILESTONE WATCH Trailing at half: O-2 • Holden Cattoni needs seven more points for 200 in his pro career. Leading after third quarter: O-0 • Shawn Evans is 16 assists away from tying former teammate John Grant Jr. for fifth all-time in NLL history. The two-time NLL MVP is also three points away for 1,200 career points and would become Tied after third quarter: O-O just the sixth player in league history to reach the mark. Trailing after third quarter: O-3 • Jay Thorimbert needs five loose balls to surpass Pat McCready for sixth all-time in league history. Overtime games: O-O UP NEXT FOR THE KNIGHTHAWKS Outshooting opponent: O-O The Knighthawks open a rare two-game weekend on Saturday, Jan. 18 when they return home to host Outshot by opponent: O-2 the defending NLL champion Calgary Roughnecks at Segar & Sciortino Field at The Blue Cross Arena for Shots even: 0-1 the only time this season. The 7:00 p.m. matchup will be carried live on 107.3 FM The Bull as well as B/R Live. Fans can stay up to date all season long with the latest Knighthawks news, stories and notes at www.rochesterknighthawks.com. 2019-20 ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS ACTIVE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. W t. D.O.B. Birthplace College/Amateur Previous NLL Team 1 Craig Wende G 6-1 218 7/8/91 Kitchener, Ontario Conestoga College Georgia Swarm 39 Steve Fryer G 6-0 195 4/11/90 Toronto, Ontario Colorado Mammoth 49 Rylan Hartley G 5-11 165 5/23/98 Mississauga, Ontario San Diego Seals 2 Paul Dawson (C) D 6-5 237 9/16/85 Etobicoke, Ontario University of Windsor San Diego/Rochester 3 Dylan Evans D 5-11 199 1/17/88 Brampton, Ontario Dowling College Philadelphia Wings 5 Turner Evans F 5-9 170 9/11/93 Peterborough, Ontario Ohio State University San Diego Seals 9 Curtis Knight (A) F 5-10 175 2/20/92 Oshawa, Ontario University of Guelph Saskatchewan Rush 11 Darryl Robertson D 6-0 200 3/9/94 Whitby, Ontario Rochester Knighthawks 14 Dan Lintner F 5-9 185 9/15/92 Ajax, Ontario Cornell University Toronto Rock 15 Shawn Evans (A) F 5-8 175 4/28/86 Peterborough, Ontario Bellarmine University Buffalo Bandits 16 Phil Caputo F 6-3 200 2/8/94 Brampton, Ontario Conestoga College Toronto Rock 17 Ryland Rees T 6-2 195 6/7/97 New Westminster, BC Stony Brook University 19 Holden Cattoni F 5-11 216 8/29/94 Calgary, Alberta Johns Hopkins University Georgia Swarm 20 Matt Bennett D 6-2 198 1/28/93 Brampton, Ontario Sheridan College Philadelphia Wings 23 Dan Michel F 5-11 188 3/22/95 Brampton, Ontario Trent University 26 Thomas Whitty T 6-1 185 1/23/99 St. Catharines, Ontario University of Guelph 34 Doug Utting D 5-9 185 12/6/91 Wallaceburg, Ontario Western Univ./Nipissing U. Colorado Mammoth 45 Chris Willman T 6-0 215 3/8/96 Oshawa, Ontario Hobart College 61 Pat Saunders F 6-1 190 7/1/89 Fergus, Ontario Rochester Knighthawks 75 Jay Thorimbert D 6-0 200 7/6/86 Toronto, Ontario University of Guelph Toronto Rock 96 Cory Highfield T 6-2 200 5/16/96 Brampton, Ontario University of UMass-Lowell PRACTICE SQUAD No. Name Pos. Ht. W t. D.O.B. Birthplace College/Amateur Previous NLL Team 18 Julian Garritano D 6-0 207 4/30/94 Brampton, Ontario Sacred Heart University Colorado Mammoth 29 Tyler Biles D 6-1 209 8/21/98 Etobicoke, Ontario Wilfrid Laurier University 72 Dustyn Pratt D 6-2 185 4/8/99 Orangeville, Ontario Conestoga College INJURED RESERVE No. Name Pos. Ht. W t. D.O.B. Birthplace College/Amateur Previous NLL Team 91 Travis Burton D 6-3 185 1/1/97 Brampton, Ontario Onondaga CC Vancouver Warriors PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM No.
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