GAME INFORMATION TONIGHT’S GAME OVERVIEW The Rochester Knighthawks remain in search of that elusive first win of the season tonight as they open Regular-Season Records a rare two-game weekend against the defending NLL champion Calgary Roughnecks at Segar & Sciortino Calgary: 2-2 (0-0 vs. North) Field at The Blue Cross Arena. The 7:00 p.m. matchup will be the first and only meeting of the season Rochester: 0-4 (0-3 vs. North) between the two teams and can be heard live on 107.3 FM The Bull as well as B/R Live. LAST TIME OUT All-Time Series A thrilling back-and-forth offensive battle between the Knighthawks and Toronto Rock came down to - This is the first meeting all-time between these two the final minute with Rochester ultimately coming up a goal short in a 13-12 loss to the Rock this past franchises. Saturday at Scotiabank Arena. Holden Cattoni (5+4) led the way offensively for the Knighthawks, notching his fourth five-goal game of his pro career, while also adding four assists for a career-high nine-point night as he eclipsed the 200-point mark in his pro career. Shawn Evans matched Cattoni This Season with a nine-point effort (2+7) of his own to become just the sixth player in NLL history to reach 1,200 - This is the first and only matchup between the two career points. The two-time NLL MVP factored in on each of Rochester’s first six goals of the night, teams this season. including scoring off a floor-length pass from goaltender Craig Wende. Phil Caputo (2+1) netted a pair of goals, including Rochester’s final tally of the evening to pull the team within one goal with just under 2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS three minutes left. Dan Michel (1+0), Matt Bennett (1+0) and Curtis Knight (1+2) contributed to the Date Opponent Result final score line with a goal apiece. Wende (0-3) made his second start in the net for Rochester, making 49 saves on 62 shots on goal. Netminder Steve Fryer came in for 45 seconds during the third quarter 11/30 GEORGIA 4-14 L of play, making one save in his time out on the floor. 12/21 at Halifax 12-14 L KNIGHTHAWKS TEAM AND LEAGUE LEADERS 12/28 TORONTO 11-14 L Coming off his dominant performance Saturday in Toronto, Cattoni, who spent the first two years of 1/11 at Toronto 12-13 L 1/18 CALGARY his NLL career with the Roughnecks, remains Rochester’s top point-getter, leading the team in goals (8), assists (12) and points (20) through the first four games of the season. He comes into the weekend 1/19 at Philadelphia ranked 12th in the in NLL in scoring while his eight goals are also 12th-most among league leaders in that 1/31 at Buffalo 2/9 VANCOUVER category. Evans, who played five seasons in Calgary where he led the team in scoring four straight years and was a two-time NLL MVP, remains at a close second with 19 points. His 12 assists are tied with 2/22 at New England Cattoni for the team lead and are tied for 14th in the league. Ryland Rees, Rochester’s second overall 2/29 NEW YORK pick in the 2019 NLL Entry Draft, ranks among league leaders with a team-high 30 loose balls and Jay 3/7 at San Diego Thorimbert, who recently surpassed Geoff Snider for first all-time in league history in career face-off 3/8 at Colorado 3/14 HALIFAX wins, is fifth in the NLL with 50 face-off wins, good for a .521 success rate at the face-off dot. EVANS JOINS ELITE COMPANY 3/28 HALIFAX With his nine-point effort Saturday in Toronto, Evans became just the sixth player in NLL history to 4/4 at Saskatchewan th 4/11 BUFFALO reach 1,200 career points. It didn’t take him long either as the 15 -year pro recorded a point on each of Rochester’s first six goals of the contest, including the primary assist on all three first-quarter scores. 4/17 at Toronto Evans notched his 1,200th point with a goal just 53 seconds into the second quarter and now trails only 4/25 BUFFALO John Tavares, Josh Sanderson, Dan Dawson, Colin Doyle and John Grant for the most points all-time in *Overtime | Home games in bold CAPS league history. SCOUTING THE ROUGHNECKS The defending champion Roughnecks have started their title defense with a 2-2 record with both wins 2019-20 RECORD WHEN: coming on the road. They’re one of seven teams to remain unbeaten on the road this season. Calgary Scoring first: O-1 returns 16 of its players from last season’s championship squad, including the goaltending tandem of Opponent scores first: O-3 Christian Del Bianco and Tyler Richards, as well as veteran forward Curtis Dickson, who leads the Leading after first quarter: O-2 Roughnecks with eight goals, nine assists and 17 points. Dickson has spent his entire 10-year NLL career Tied after first quarter: O-O with Calgary, where he’s amassed 739 points on 403 goals and 336 assists in 156 games. Calgary, Trailing after first quarter: O-2 however, remains without captain and two-time NLL champion Dane Dobbie, who’s currently serving Leading at half: O-2 a six-game suspension. Defending the crease, it seems as though Calgary has relied solely on Del Bianco, Tied at half: O-O as he’s made all four starts in the net so far this season and ranks third in the NLL in saves (195). The Trailing at half: O-2 Roughnecks make their only trip to Rochester coming off an 8-7 setback to Philadelphia. MILESTONE WATCH Leading after third quarter: O-0 • Shawn Evans is nine assists away from tying former teammate John Grant Jr. for fifth all-time in NLL Tied after third quarter: O-O history. He also needs 13 more goals for 450 in his career. Trailing after third quarter: O-4 • After surpassing Pat McCready for sixth all-time in loose balls Saturday at Toronto, Jay Thorimbert Overtime games: O-O needs only two more loose balls for 1,600 in his pro career. Outshooting opponent: O-O UP NEXT FOR THE KNIGHTHAWKS Outshot by opponent: O-3 The Knighthawks close out the weekend on Sunday, Jan. 19 when they travel to Wells Fargo Arena to Shots even: 0-1 take on the Philadelphia Wings at 7:00 p.m. for 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 18 Julian Garritano D 6-0 207 4/30/94 Brampton, Ontario Sacred Heart University Colorado Mammoth 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 29 Tyler Biles D 6-1 209 8/21/98 Etobicoke, Ontario Wilfrid Laurier University 34 Doug Utting D 5-9 185 12/6/91 Wallaceburg, Ontario Western Univ./Nipissing U. Colorado Mammoth 61 Pat Saunders F 6-1 190 7/1/89 Fergus, Ontario Rochester Knighthawks 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 72 Dustyn Pratt D 6-2 185 4/8/99 Orangeville, Ontario Conestoga College INJURED RESERVE/HOLDOUT LIST No. Name Pos. Ht. W t. D.O.B. Birthplace College/Amateur Previous NLL Team 45 Chris Willman* T 6-0 215 3/8/96 Oshawa, Ontario Hobart College 75 Jay Thorimbert D 6-0 200 7/6/86 Toronto, Ontario University of Guelph Toronto Rock 91 Travis Burton D 6-3 185 1/1/97 Brampton, Ontario Onondaga CC Vancouver Warriors *Holdout list PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM No.