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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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Rochester Rematch: Roughnecks Revisit Knighthawks

The Rochester Knighthawks (5-3) welcome the Calgary Roughnecks (1-6) back to Blue Cross Arena on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET for the first time since the riveting finale to the Champion’s Cup Finals last season. Watch on NLL LIVE in the U.S. and TSN GO in Canada.

The Knighthawks are coming off an overtime thriller against the Buffalo Bandits at the BCA last Saturday night. Rochester led 5-4 at the half but found itself down 11-6 in the third quarter before storming back and winning the game 13-12 in overtime.

“It was a big win,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. “We got away with one against Buffalo there. We peaked at the right time in that game and made our shots count… It was a team thing there in the third quarter against ‘Buff’. A lot of credit goes to Buffalo there. They picked up their game. We just couldn’t quite match it at that particular time. The good thing about this group is we’ll bend, but we pride ourselves on not breaking. We’ll always keep pushing right to the very end. We did that, had a great fourth quarter and got the W.”

The man who made his shots count the most was Cody Jamieson, scoring a natural hat trick to bring the Knighthawks back and eventually win the game in overtime. He was named second star of Week 8 by Stephen Stamp of IL Indoor.

Even after the excitement of the season sweep of Buffalo, the Knighthawks were quickly focused on the next game. The Roughnecks may have a bad record but no one on Rochester is looking past them. The Knighthawks remember the battle that was the Champion’s Cup Finals against Calgary. It took the mini-game for Rochester to win their league-record third-straight title.

“It’s right back into the fire with Calgary coming to town,” Hasen said. “Their record is nowhere near the type of team they are. They’re going to come in and compete. We’ve got to get to that level.”

“They’re definitely a team that you don’t want to underestimate,” said Knighthawks defenseman Jon Sullivan. “Regardless of their record, they’re the team that was minutes away from winning the championship last year. They’re definitely a team we’re not looking past. We know how hungry they are for wins, so we really need to show up for this one.”

Last year may have been devastating for the ‘Necks, but head coach Curt Malawsky is confident that his team learned from such a disappointing finish.

“I’d be lying to you if I said that the guys aren’t gonna think about it,” Malawsky admitted. “I think the guys are gonna take some extra motivation out of it.”

Fourth-year Calgary defenseman Dan MacRae agrees with what his coach said and will be looking to use the emotion of last year’s loss as fuel for Saturday’s game.

“I think that’s definitely the way you’ve got to take it,” MacRae said. “Use it towards the added motivation. We lost a tight one there last year.”

Despite this year’s record, the ‘Necks are not dwelling on last year’s defeat.

“That was last year and this is this year,” Malawsky stated. “It’s a whole different season, we’re not looking at the 1-6 record, we’re not looking at last year’s championship…it’s not so much what happened last year, it will be more of what we need to get done this year.”

The Riggers coaching staff made a point to its players during last week’s preparation. A message the team really understood.

“The message from the coaching staff last week seemed to relate pretty well and work for the guys,” MacRae said. “It was to take it shift-by-shift, and that’s what we’re gonna be doing going into Rochester. Hopefully, we’re gonna be racking up win number two.”

The Roughnecks finally got its first win of the year after defeating the Vancouver Stealth (3-4) at home by a score of 16-13 last weekend. Calgary had lost its two previous contests to the Stealth and were in jeopardy of dropping the season series. The win has given the ‘Necks some new found energy which should transfer into this weekend.

“Our guys definitely knew what was on the line,” Malawsky said. “We had some great performances from our guys. We know it’s an uphill battle and we’re just going to continue to get better each week.”

Roughnecks forward Dane Dobbie will be on the sidelines for Saturday’s game after dropping his appeal of a two-game suspension assessed for a high-sticking incident a few weeks ago during a game against the Stealth.

“We’ve got Travis Cornwall that we could probably slide into the lineup, and he’d play up front for ‘Dobs’ (Dane Dobbie),” Malawsky said. “We’re more than confident that he can battle, compete up there and create some space for ‘Velts’ (Daryl Veltman), and ‘Shats’ (Jeff Shattler).”

The Roughnecks, currently sitting 3.5 games back from the first place Edmonton Rush, are looking to gain some ground in the West Division.

“I’m sure our guys will be fired up to be out there,” Malawsky said.

Prior to the game, the team along with former Knighthawks greats will help induct Casey Zaph, who played with Rochester from 1999-2005, into the team’s Hall of Fame.

Story by Jeremy Pike (@KnighthawksBeat) & Laura Bates (@RoughnecksBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Larry Palumbo.

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