2013 NLL season

2013 National Lacrosse League
Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
East	Buffalo Bandits	Buffalo, New York	First Niagara Center	19,070
	Philadelphia Wings	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center	19,537
	Rochester Knighthawks	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	10,662
	Toronto Rock	Toronto, Ontario	Air Canada Centre	18,800
West	Calgary Roughnecks	Calgary, Alberta	Scotiabank Saddledome	19,289
	Colorado Mammoth	Denver, Colorado	Pepsi Center	18,007
	Edmonton Rush	Edmonton, Alberta	Rexall Place	16,839
	Minnesota Swarm	Saint Paul, Minnesota	XCEL Energy Center	18,064
	Washington Stealth	Everett, Washington	Comcast Arena at Everett	8,513

Reference: ^[5]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	194	176	+18	12.12	11.00
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	3–5	5–3	179	165	+14	11.19	10.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	170	207	−37	10.62	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	6	10	.375	4.0	2–6	4–4	171	211	−40	10.69	13.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	222	211	+11	13.88	13.19
2	Washington Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	5–3	4–4	193	192	+1	12.06	12.00
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	2–6	7–1	203	170	+33	12.69	10.62
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	185	202	−17	11.56	12.62
5	Minnesota Swarm – c	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls The following players lead the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on May 11, 2013.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	LB
Shawn Evans	Calgary Roughnecks	16	32	80	112	25	69
Garrett Billings	Toronto Rock	16	30	70	100	4	66
Rhys Duch	Washington Stealth	16	45	51	96	6	62
Callum Crawford	Minnesota Swarm	14	32	63	95	2	55
John Grant Jr.	Colorado Mammoth	16	43	48	91	22	42
Cody Jamieson	Rochester Knighthawks	16	28	61	89	25	56
Colin Doyle	Toronto Rock	15	26	58	84	13	41
Ryan Benesch	Minnesota Swarm	16	34	50	84	14	59
Ryan Ward	Edmonton Rush	16	21	54	75	6	29
Dan Dawson	Rochester Knighthawks	16	23	52	75	4	67

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average

The following goaltenders lead the league at the conclusion regular season on May 11, 2013.

Player	Team	GP	MP	W	L	GA	SV%	GAA
Matt Vinc	Rochester Knighthawks	16	955:29	8	8	162	.803	10.17
Aaron Bold	Edmonton Rush	16	857:56	8	5	151	.744	10.56
Nick Rose	Toronto Rock	16	905:01	10	5	160	.791	10.61
Tye Belanger	Colorado Mammoth	9	412:13	5	2	74	.776	10.77
Tyler Richards	Washington Stealth	15	818:50	8	5	149	.795	10.92

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Divisional Semifinal

Divisional Final

Champion's Cup Final

E1

Toronto Rock

11

W5

Minnesota Swarm

20

W5

Minnesota Swarm

10

Eastern Division

E2

Rochester Knighthawks

12

E2

Rochester Knighthawks

10

E3

Philadelphia Wings

8

W2

Washington Stealth

10

E2

Rochester Knighthawks

11

W1

Calgary Roughnecks

15

W4

Colorado Mammoth

10

W1

Calgary Roughnecks

13

Western Division

W2

Washington Stealth

14

W2

Washington Stealth

12

W3

Edmonton Rush

11

•Final played at Langley Events Centre due to arena conflict in Washington.

NOTE: In 2013, the NLL added a crossover rule to the playoff format:^[6]

"Eight teams shall earn playoff berths. There is also a crossover allowed which will allow the 5th place team in the West Division to take the place of the 4th place team in the East Division if the 5th place team has a better record. Each division champion faces the fourth place finisher from their division (or the crossover team should that team qualify for the playoffs). The second place finisher in each division faces the third place finisher from their division in the Division Semifinals. Each game is hosted by the higher-seeded team."

With a record of 7-9, the Minnesota Swarm was the 5th place West Division team. With a record of 6-10, the Buffalo Bandits were the 4th place East Division team. Since Minnesota had a better record than Buffalo, the crossover rule went into effect with Minnesota replacing Buffalo and playing as the 4th place team in the East Division playoffs.

April 28, 2013

Toronto Rock

11–20 (4–5, 1–5, 3–4, 3–6)

Minnesota Swarm

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 9,066

Game reference
	Nick Rose Zak Boychuk	Goalies	Tyler Carlson
	Doyle (Billings) (PP) – 03:20 1–0 1–1 03:57 – Matisz (Crawford, Earl) 1–2 07:42 – Benesch (MacIntosh) (PP) Evans (Billings) – 08:26 2–2 Belton – 09:27 3–2 3–3 10:06 – MacIntosh (Earl) 3–4 10:47 – Card (Benesch, Crawford) 3–5 11:24 – Jackson (Crawford) Beirnes (Doyle, Billings) (PP) – 13:19 4–5 4–6 16:21 – Jackson (Sorensen) (SH) 4–7 21:34 – Jackson (Benesch, Matisz) 4–8 22:51 – Card 4–9 24:11 – Benesch (Matisz, Crawford) Evans – 26:44 5–9 5–10 29:02 – Benesch (Jackson) (PP) 5–11 33:36 – MacIntosh (Ball, Carlson) Edwards (Chapman) – 34:52 6–11 6–12 38:13 – Matisz (Crawford, Watt) Doyle (Evans) – 38:45 7–12 7–13 39:21 – MacIntosh Doyle (Billings, Hobbins) – 43:43 8–13 8–14 44:59 – Gillam (Jackson, Benesch) 8–15 45:29 – MacIntosh (Earl) 8–16 45:57 – Matisz (Crawford, Jackson) 8–17 46:17 – Jackson (Crawford, Benesch) (PP) 8–18 51:20 – Tao (Benesch, Card) (PP) 8–19 52:22 – Gillam (MacIntosh, Benesch) (PP) Chapman (Sanderson) – 47:55 9–19 Leblanc (Manning, Doyle) (SH) – 54:05 10–19 10–20 55:56 – Gillam (Card, Matisz) (PP) Manning (Doyle, Billings) (PP) – 59:31 11–20
	47 min	Penalties	27 min
	65	Shots	55

April 27, 2013

Rochester Knighthawks

10–8 (3–0, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2)

Philadelphia Wings

Blue Cross Arena Attendance: 5,963

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Brandon Miller
	D. Dawson (Keogh, Jamieson) – 06:07 1–0 Walters (Burton) – 09:45 2–0 D. Dawson (Jamieson, Campbell) – 14:34 3–0 3–1 15:21 – Mundorf (Westervelt, Buchanan) 3–2 16:24 – Buchanan (Merrill, Miller) Jamieson (B. Self) – 18:33 4–2 4–3 18:56 – Westervelt (Buchanan, Mundorf) 4–4 20:11 – Westervelt (Sweeney, Merrill) (SH) D. Dawson (Powless) (PP) – 20:37 5–4 D. Dawson (Walters, Powless) – 25:10 6–4 6–5 32:07 – Crowley (Hall, Ross) (PP) Keogh (Powless) – 36:51 7–5 7–6 43:23 – Crowley (Reynolds, White) 7–7 45:21 – Mundorf (Westervelt, Rabil) Point (D. Dawson, Walters) (PP) – 54:20 8–7 P. Dawson (Smith) – 58:37 9–7 Accursi (Keogh, D. Dawson) 10–7 10–8 59:53 – Reynolds
	11 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	37

April 27, 2013

Calgary Roughnecks

15–10 (4–3, 3–4, 0–4, 4–3)

Colorado Mammoth

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 8,726

Game reference
	Mike Poulin Frankie Scigliano	Goalies	Tye Belanger Dan Lewis
	0–1 02:01 – Jones (Powell, McBride) 0–2 04:01 – Grant (Powell, Reid) – 04:01 Ranger (Shattler, Evans) – 05:41 1–2 Shattler (Resetarits, Veltman) – 06:10 2–2 Evans (Shattler, Veltman) – 07:02 3–2 3–3 13:25 – MacLeod (McBride) Evans (Dobbie, Veltman) – 14:43 4–3 4–4 17:31 – Jones (Grant) 4–5 19:15 – Powell (McBride, MacLeod) (PP) McFetridge (Dobbie) – 19:40 5–5 5–6 24:19 – Jones (Powell, Grant) Dickson (Ranger, Dobbie) – 25:15 6–6 6–7 25:58 – Powell (Jones, Coates) Resetarits (Dobbie, Veltman) – 29:20 7–7 Ranger (McBride, Harnett) (SH) – 35:07 8–7 Shattler (McFetridge, Snider) (SH) – 38:10 9–7 Veltman (Dickson, Snider) – 39:14 10–7 Cornwall (Evans) – 42:27 11–7 Ranger (Veltman) (PP) – 45:21 12–7 Heavenor (Shattler) – 47:26 13–7 13–8 47:53 – Powell (Grant, Coates) Evans (Shattler, McBride) – 49:33 14–8 Shattler (Cornwall) – 57:31 15–8 15–9 58:53 – Jones (Pollock, McBride) 15–10 59:33 – Grant (McBride)
	13 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	44

April 27, 2013

Washington Stealth

12–11 (0–4, 2–3, 7–3, 3–1)

Edmonton Rush

Comcast Arena at Everett Attendance: 3,022

Game reference
	Tyler Richards Matt Roik	Goalies	Aaron Bold
	0–1 05:38 – Knight (Small, Thompson) 0–2 12:38 – Small (Davis, Conway) 0–3 12:57 – Small (Knight, Ward) 0–4 14:31 – LaFontaine (Corbeil, Rubisch) 0–5 16:12 – Matthews (Small) 0–6 16:43 – Small (Conway) Duch (Hill, Bucktooth) (PP) – 19:03 1–6 1–7 27:07 – Matthews (Ward, Small) (PP) Iannucci (Grimes, Hostrawser) – 28:36 2–7 Duch (Ratcliff, Smith) – 30:20 3–7 Duch (Iannucci, Ratcliff) (PP) – 31:04 4–7 4–8 32:47 – Cornwall Garrison (Richards) – 35:22 5–8 Duch (Bucktooth, Smith) – 35:47 6–8 6–9 38:51 – Davis (Matthews) Garrison (Richards) – 42:07 7–9 7–10 43:00 – Turner (Matthews, Quinlan) Iannucci (Duch, Bucktooth) – 43:29 8–10 Grimes (Richards) – 44:59 9–10 Moleski – 45:22 10–10 Ratcliff (Bucktooth) – 47:20 11–10 Bucktooth (Duch, Ratcliff) (PP) – 48:29 12–10 12–11 54:48 – Davis (Ward, Thompson)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	54	Shots	48

May 4, 2013

Rochester Knighthawks

12–10 (3–0, 2–5, 2–1, 5–4)

Minnesota Swarm

Blue Cross Arena Attendance: 5,093

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Tyler Carlson
	Powless (Accursi, Jamieson) – 02:03 1–0 Powless (Vitarelli, Jamieson) 2–0 Walters (B. Self, Smith) – 09:52 3–0 3–1 20:35 – Matisz (Crawford, Sorensen) 3–2 21:02 – Crawford (Benesch) Point (D. Dawson) – 21:35 4–2 4–3 23:26 – Crawford (Gillam, Matisz) Point (Keogh, Jamieson) – 24:10 5–3 5–4 29:01 – Benesch (Crawford) 5–5 29:17 – MacIntosh (Crepinsek) D. Dawson – 32:24 6–5 Accursi (Walters, Powless) – 42:10 7–5 7–6 43:17 – Benesch (Tao, Matisz) 7–7 49:41 – Benesch (Crawford) 7–8 50:34 – Matisz (Benesch, Crawford) 7–9 51:21 – Jackson (Crawford, Benesch) (PP) Powless (Walters) – 53:22 8–9 Point (Keogh) – 54:17 9–9 Jamieson (Accursi) – 55:12 10–9 Point (Jamieson, D. Dawson) – 58:20 11–9 Purves – 58:46 12–9 12–10 59:47 – Benesch (Crawford, MacIntosh)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	35

May 4, 2013

Calgary Roughnecks

13–14 (0–2, 5–6, 5–3, 3–3)

Washington Stealth

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 9,583

Game reference
	Mike Poulin	Goalies	Tyler Richards
	0–1 08:15 – Smith (Ratcliff, Iannucci) 0–2 10:08 – Ratcliff (Iannucci, Bucktooth) Evans (Shattler) (PP) – 15:49 1–2 Dobbie (MacRae, Carnegie) (SH) – 17:10 2–2 2–3 19:11 – Iannucci (Duch, Moleski) 2–4 19:23 – Salt 2–5 21:47 – Iannucci (Duch, Grimes) Dobbie (Evans) – 22:51 3–5 Dobbie (Veltman) – 23:05 4–5 Resetarits (Shattler, Cornwall) (SH) – 25:40 5–5 5–6 26:31 – Duch (Hill, Snider) (PP) 5–7 27:42 – Bucktooth (Ratcliff) 5–8 29:02 – Iannucci (Duch, Smith) 5–9 30:30 – Henderson (Garrison, Richards) 5–10 32:49 – Hill (Ratcliff, Iannucci) (PP) Dickson (McBride, Snider) (SH) – 33:15 6–10 Dickson (McFetridge, Heavenor) (PP) – 35:37 7–10 Dickson (Evans) – 36:11 8–10 8–11 37:38 – Bucktooth (Duch) Dickson (Shattler, McBride) – 38:30 9–11 Ranger (Dobbie, Dickson) – 40:06 10–11 Dickson (Dobbie) – 46:44 11–11 11–12 48:58 – Duch (Bucktooth, Smith) Dickson (McBride) – 50:36 12–12 12–13 51:04 – Salt (Sorensen, Grimes) Dickson (Evans, Shattler) – 52:05 13–13 13–14 53:06 – Duch (Iannucci, Smith)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	52

May 11, 2013

Washington Stealth

10–11 (2–5, 5–5, 2–0, 1–1)

Rochester Knighthawks

Xfinity Arena Attendance: 5,200

Game reference
	Tyler Richards	Goalies	Matt Vinc
	0–1 03:16 – Vitarelli (Walters, Jamieson) Duch (Bucktooth, Iannucci) – 03:56 1–1 1–2 05:58 – Jamieson (D. Dawson, Smith) Iannucci (PP) – 06:27 2–2 2–3 10:00 – D. Dawson (Point, Powless) 2–4 10:25 – B. Self (Burton) 2–5 12:29 – Accursi (D. Dawson, Walters) Ratcliff (Smith, Moleski) – 17:19 3–5 3–6 17:47 – Jamieson (D. Dawson, Powless) 3–7 19:39 – Jamieson (Walters) Garrison (Grimes, Sorensen) – 20:33 4–7 Smith (Bucktooth, Duch) – 21:09 5–7 Duch (Ratcliff, Bucktooth) (PP) – 23:18 6–7 Smith (Ratcliff) – 24:16 7–7 7–8 25:09 – Vitarelli (Jamieson, Walters) 7–9 27:13 –Powless (Jamieson, Walters) 7–10 27:51 – Point (D. Dawson, Vitarelli) Duch (Ratcliff, Bucktooth) – 33:29 8–10 Bucktooth (Iannucci) – 35:55 9–10 9–11 47:24 – Walters (Accursi, Point) Garrison – 48:19 10–11
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	49

• August 13, 2012: The league announced that the 2012 entry draft would be held in Toronto on October 1. There would also be a player combine the day before the draft at the new Toronto Rock practice facility in Oakville, Ontario.^[7]
• October 2, 2012: Former NLL goaltender and current Buffalo Bandits GM Steve Dietrich was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Toronto.^[8]
• December 8, 2012: The Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Colorado Mammoth 20-11 in a pre-season game at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia. This was the second pre-season game at the LEC, as the Toronto Rock and Washington Stealth played there in 2012.^[9]
• December 14, 2012: The National Lacrosse League returned to Montreal as the Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 14-10 at the Bell Centre in front of 7,269 fans.^[10]
• December 14, 2012: In a blockbuster trade, NLL superstar Dan Dawson was traded to the Rochester Knighthawks along with his brother Paul Dawson and a first-round draft pick in 2016 for Paul Rabil, Jordan Hall, Joel White, Robbie Campbell, and a second round draft pick in 2014.^[11]
• December 20, 2012: Kaleb Toth, the longest-serving member of the Calgary Roughnecks, announced his retirement from the NLL.^[12]

• January 22, 2013: Buffalo Bandits forward Shawn Williams continued his record-setting consecutive game streak, playing in his 200th consecutive NLL game.^[13]
• February 15, 2013: The rare "sock-trick" was accomplished twice on the same night, as Edmonton Rush rookie Mark Matthews and Toronto Rock forward Garrett Billings scored six goals each to lead their teams to victory.^[14][15]
• February 25, 2013: Minnesota Swarm captain Andrew Suitor suffered a knee injury in a game against the Edmonton Rush, ending his 2013 season.^[16]
• March 12, 2013: Former league MVP Casey Powell was traded by the Rochester Knighthawks to the Colorado Mammoth in exchange for Jon Sullivan and a 3rd round draft pick in 2014.^[17]
• March 14, 2013: Buffalo Bandits GM and retired goaltender Steve Dietrich traded a 6th round draft pick to the Toronto Rock for his own playing rights.^[18]
• March 15, 2013: The league announced that the regular season schedule would be expanded to 18 games for the 2014 NLL season. The league had been playing a 16-game schedule since 2002.^[19]

• May 11, 2013: Despite having earned the right to host the Championship game, the Washington Stealth were forced to play the game in a neutral site arena because of schedule conflicts with Comcast Arena. The game was played at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia.^[20]

Award	Winner	Team
Most Valuable Player	Shawn Evans[21]	Calgary Roughnecks
Goaltender of the Year	Matt Vinc[22]	Rochester Knighthawks
Defensive Player of the Year	Kyle Rubisch[23]	Edmonton Rush
Transition Player of the Year	Jordan MacIntosh[24]	Minnesota Swarm
Rookie of the Year	Mark Matthews[25]	Edmonton Rush
Sportsmanship Award	Garrett Billings[26]	Toronto Rock
GM of the Year	Doug Locker[27]	Washington Stealth
Les Bartley Award	Troy Cordingley[28]	Toronto Rock
Executive of the Year Award	Jamie Dawick[29]	Toronto Rock
Tom Borrelli Award	Stephen Stamp[30]	ILIndoor.com

• Joey Cupido, Colorado
• Shayne Jackson, Minnesota
• Curtis Knight, Edmonton
• Mark Matthews, Edmonton
• Kiel Matisz, Minnesota
• Joe Resetarits, Calgary
• Dhane Smith, Buffalo

First team

• Garrett Billings, Toronto
• Rhys Duch, Washington
• Shawn Evans, Calgary
• Jordan MacIntosh, Minnesota
• Kyle Rubisch, Edmonton
• Matt Vinc, Rochester

Second team

• Callum Crawford, Minnesota
• Curtis Dickson, Calgary
• John Grant, Jr., Colorado
• Jesse Gamble, Toronto
• Mike Grimes, Washington
• Brandon Miller, Philadelphia

The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.

Month	Week	Offensive	Defensive	Transition	Rookie
January	1	Cliff Smith	Matt Vinc	Mitch McMichael	Kyle Buchanan
	2	Cliff Smith	Nick Rose	Brodie Merrill	Curtis Knight
	3	John Grant, Jr.	Brandon Miller	Brodie Merrill	Mark Matthews
	4	Shawn Evans	Mike Poulin	Geoff Snider	Kiel Matisz
February	5	John Grant, Jr.	Matt Vinc	Geoff Snider	Shayne Jackson
	6	Cody Jamieson	Tyler Richards	Tyler Hass	Mitch McMichael
	7	Mark Matthews	Anthony Cosmo	Jeremy Thompson	Kiel Matisz
	8	Rhys Duch	Brandon Miller	Jordan MacIntosh	Kiel Matisz
March	9	Ryan Ward	Kyle Rubisch	Jay Thorimbert	Mark Matthews
	10	Dane Dobbie	Tyler Richards	Jesse Gamble	Tye Belanger
	11	Callum Crawford	Tyler Carlson	Jordan MacIntosh	Kyle Belton
	12	Corey Small	Aaron Bold	Alex Kedoh Hill	Curtis Knight
	13	Callum Crawford	Matt Vinc	Jordan MacIntosh	Kiel Matisz
April	14	Callum Crawford	Tye Belanger	Jordan MacIntosh	Shayne Jackson
	15	Dan Dawson	Brandon Miller	Jordan MacIntosh	Jordan Critch
	16	Shawn Evans	Mike Grimes	Jordan MacIntosh	Dhane Smith

Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.

Month	Overall	Rookie
January	Shawn Evans	Mark Matthews
February	Garrett Billings	Mark Matthews
March	Colin Doyle	Mark Matthews
April	Callum Crawford	Kiel Matisz