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BUF at SD - Sat. 10pm ET on ESPNews Schedule

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WK
1
Fri, Dec 2
FINAL
Philadelphia
8
Halifax
18
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Vancouver
8
Toronto
19
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
San Diego
15
New York
14
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Albany
11
Buffalo
10
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Rochester
16
Georgia
11
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Colorado
6
Saskatchewan
18
WK
2
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL
Las Vegas
11
Panther City
13
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
12
San Diego
13
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Toronto
7
Rochester
11
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Vancouver
9
Calgary
11
WK
3
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
5
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Panther City
9
Las Vegas
3
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Buffalo
11
Toronto
8
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Rochester
14
Albany
13
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Philadelphia
13
Georgia
12
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Halifax
20
New York
11
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Colorado
12
Panther City
9
WK
5
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
Halifax
13
Buffalo
18
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
San Diego
17
Calgary
14
Sat, Dec 31
FINAL
Panther City
9
Saskatchewan
11
WK
6
Fri, Jan 6
FINAL
Philadelphia
14
Las Vegas
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Panther City
9
Rochester
17
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Halifax
14
Albany
11
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Buffalo
18
Georgia
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Toronto
15
New York
7
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Calgary
8
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Vancouver
11
San Diego
16
WK
7
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Albany
11
Halifax
10
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
10
Colorado
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Halifax
8
Toronto
17
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Panther City
12
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Georgia
9
Buffalo
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
San Diego
10
Calgary
14
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Las Vegas
16
Vancouver
19
Sun, Jan 15
FINAL
Rochester
11
New York
8
WK
8
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Buffalo
12
Rochester
15
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
15
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
Toronto
14
Philadelphia
5
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
New York
16
Albany
10
WK
9
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Rochester
7
Halifax
17
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Buffalo
13
Philadelphia
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Buffalo
16
New York
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Las Vegas
10
Saskatchewan
15
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL/OT
Toronto
11
Calgary
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
San Diego
13
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Panther City
20
Vancouver
7
WK
10
Fri, Feb 3
FINAL
Georgia
10
Colorado
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL/OT
Calgary
12
Halifax
11
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
New York
14
Toronto
22
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Albany
5
Philadelphia
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Rochester
10
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Panther City
10
San Diego
12
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
14
Vancouver
8
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Colorado
8
Las Vegas
13
WK
11
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Toronto
11
Georgia
10
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
13
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Halifax
14
Rochester
16
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Albany
12
New York
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Vancouver
13
Panther City
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Colorado
9
Calgary
13
WK
12
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
9
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
16
San Diego
11
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Georgia
7
Toronto
16
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
Albany
10
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
12
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Colorado
7
Panther City
13
Sun, Feb 19
FINAL
New York
12
Halifax
13
WK
13
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Panther City
12
Colorado
14
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Calgary
9
Las Vegas
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL/OT
New York
10
Rochester
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Albany
4
Georgia
20
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Vancouver
16
Saskatchewan
12
WK
14
Fri, Mar 3
FINAL
Buffalo
10
Halifax
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
New York
12
Philadelphia
19
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
San Diego
15
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Rochester
8
Toronto
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL/OT
Georgia
9
Albany
8
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
10
Panther City
16
Mon, Mar 6
FINAL
Toronto
10
Philadelphia
11
WK
15
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL/OT
Halifax
9
Buffalo
10
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL
Calgary
16
Colorado
10
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Albany
6
Toronto
12
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Philadelphia
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
San Diego
12
Saskatchewan
11
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
5
Sun, Mar 12
FINAL
Rochester
19
Georgia
18
WK
16
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
11
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
San Diego
16
Vancouver
9
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Georgia
13
Philadelphia
12
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Toronto
12
Halifax
14
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Albany
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Colorado
13
Buffalo
8
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
8
Panther City
11
Sun, Mar 19
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
9
Rochester
8
WK
17
Fri, Mar 24
FINAL
San Diego
17
Panther City
9
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 25
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Mar 25
21:30:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Buffalo
San Diego
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 25
22:30:00
Rochester
Las Vegas
WK
18
Fri, Mar 31
19:00:00
New York
Georgia
Fri, Mar 31
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Colorado
Fri, Mar 31
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sat, Apr 1
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Apr 1
20:00:00
Albany
Panther City
Sat, Apr 1
21:30:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 2
13:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Sun, Apr 2
18:00:00
Rochester
Philadelphia
WK
19
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sat, Apr 8
22:30:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
WK
20
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Georgia
Albany
Sat, Apr 15
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 15
21:30:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 15
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
WK
21
Fri, Apr 21
20:30:00
Calgary
Panther City
Sat, Apr 22
18:00:00
New York
Halifax
Sat, Apr 22
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 22
21:30:00
Colorado
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 22
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Apr 23
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Albany
WK
22
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Halifax
Georgia
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 29
22:30:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
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Knighthawks Edge Mammoth At Home

If the Rochester Knighthawks making it back to .500 after a six-game losing streak put them at 2-6 was improbable, how improbable is 8-7 and a share of first place in the East? That is exactly where the Knighthawks find themselves after defeating the Colorado Mammoth 16-14 in front of 6,228 fans Saturday night.

 

Just like the entire season has been, this win was not easy. The Mammoth got on the board early and often in the first half, opening the game with three goals in the first 6:04. Former Rochester forward Stephen Keogh got the third goal of the run and he was no where near finished with that, finishing the night with seven goals and two assists.

 

“I was talking to Coach (Dan) Stroup during the game there,” said Mammoth head coach Pat Coyle. “I said once every four or five years, you get to see something like this. He was on fire, and he was dialed in. We had Adam Jones do it a few times, had John Grant Jr do it a few times, seen (Colin) Doyle do it a few times, he’s in pretty good company.”

 

“I was just trying to move my feet and get the ball on net,” said Keogh. “It’s more on my teammates finding me when I’m open, banging bodies to get me open. The thing is we lost. It was a tough loss for us. We’ve got to learn from our mistakes and just move on.”

 

This was Keogh’s first game at the Blue Cross Arena where he sported colors other than Rochester’s purple and teal, and it was a big moment for him.

 

“It was an emotional game for me,” Keogh said. “First time back. This organization did so much for me. Winning three championships here, being here throughout more of my career has been good. All those guys, I’m still really close with them. Great place to play, I was excited.”

 

Ryan Benesch was a big part of Keogh’s night. Benesch finished with seven points (1+6), and three of his assists occurred on goals scored by Keogh.

 

Joe Resetarits answered back to get the Knighthawks on the board, continuing his career season. While he may not have had quite the game Keogh had, Resetarits was definitely an impact player, putting up a hat trick and six points total on the night.

 

Colorado then reeled off two straight to make it 5-1 before the Knighthawks responded with a two goal run to make it 5-3 at the half. Jake Withers got the first goal for Rochester and it was his only point of the night, but he was dominant at the dot, going 25-for-32 and taking sixth place in franchise history for faceoff wins.

 

After trading goals in the first minute and a half of the second to make it 6-4, the Mammoth went on a 4-1 run over the next five minutes to make it 10-5 less than halfway through the second, leaving the crowd reeling. The run was keyed by Keogh scoring three times and another former Rochester player in Brad Self scoring in transition. In fact, the five-goal margin could be explained as former Knighthawks scoring against their old team as Keogh had four goals at that point in the game along with Self’s lone tally of the night.

 

After Keogh scored his second of the run, Rochester head coach Mike Hasen made the decision to pull starting goalie Matt Vinc and put in backup goalie Angus Goodleaf with the score 8-4. While the Mammoth were able to put two more past Goodleaf to get to 10-5, he was a difference maker in net, making 30 saves on 36 shots faced.

“He was real good,” said Hasen. “It’s a tough spot. We said to the boys it’s a tough spot for Gussy to be in, because in my opinon, we have the best goalie in this league on our team. He just sits in there, and for years, he’s just biding his time. We know that at the same time, when we do put him in, he’s going to be ready to go. Tonight, shaky at the start, but he settled in nicely for us, and he was a big reason why we got this win, which is great.”

 

While Rochester could have folded, they instead channeled the resilience found through bouncing back from that six-game losing streak and scored five goals of their own over the next seven minutes to tie the game just before half. The crowd was back in a big way.

 

The Mammoth could have wilted at that point. They were coming off a Friday night victory against the Toronto Rock. They could have used the excuse of tired legs.

 

“We were happy with the way we came out,” Coyle said. “Toronto, they ran us to the ground, they played hard, they had a bunch of transition goals against us. We knew Rochester saw that, and they ran us hard all night. Maybe at the end of the day, the legs were a factor in the fourth quarter, but it’s not like we didn’t know it was going to happen, right? We’re not using that as an excuse. We just played against a team that’s really good tonight, and they came at us.”

 

The Mammoth in turn made the same decision Hasen made earlier in the quarter. When Graeme Hossack tied the game at 10 with a transition breakaway goal, Colorado head coach Pat Coyle went to his bench, putting Steve Fryer in for starter Dillon Ward. Fryer’s impact was identical to Goodleaf’s, allowing six goals in relief while facing two extra shots.

 

“I thought he looked real good,” Coyle said. “They were coming at us hard in that second half, and he made some big saves for us, point-blankers, just like Goodleaf did for them. We’ve got two great goalies, and it doesn’t matter who’s in net, we’re happy with both.”

 

Then Keogh struck with his fifth goal of the game with 47 seconds left in the half to make it 11-10. The score held at the buzzer, but even with that, the crowd was feeling it.

 

The Knighthawks opened the second half with three straight goals over the first 10 minutes with Cory Vitarelli completing his hat trick, Cody Jamieson getting his first of the night, and then Kyle Jackson scoring his lone goal of the night. Rochester turned a 10-5 deficit into a 13-11 lead in 17:04 of game time.

 

The Mammoth were not done. Eli McLaughlin scored his second of the night to make it 13-12. Then Keogh struck twice more, once with only 13 seconds left in the third, then again only 1:14 into the fourth to give Colorado the 14-13 lead.

 

The Mammoth held the lead for more than seven minutes, but Greg Downing took a holding the stick penalty and Austin Shanks tied the game up with 5:59 left in the fourth. Jamieson gave Rochester the lead with under two minutes to go, and Shanks put his second of the night in the back of the net with 1:18 left to make it 16-14.

 

“You never know what’s going to happen,” Coyle said. “You’ve just got to make sure you’re riding those momentum swings the right way. They get four or five, two or three, you’ve got to just have a short memory and be ready for the next shift.”

 

All that was left was for Goodleaf to make a stellar transition save with under 50 seconds to play that could have turned momentum right back to the Mammoth, and Rochester was able to slam the door on any comeback opportunity.

 

“It was not the script for the most part,” Hasen said. “But an entertaining game. . .  It’s great to come away with the ‘W’ at home.”

 

The Knighthawks have the bye week before a Friday night matchup on April 13 against the Toronto Rock that will have big repercussions on the East standings as there is barely any separation between the teams.

 

Meanwhile, the Mammoth head to the Sasktel Centre to take on the Saskatchewan Rush to try to tighten the 1.5 game lead the Rush currently hold for the West Division lead.

 

Three stars as voted by the media:

 

Stephen Keogh

Joe Resetarits

Ryan Benesch

 

 

 

 

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