2023 Halifax Thunderbirds season

LeagueNLL

DivisionEast

2023 record10–8

Home record5–4

The 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds season is the third season in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the National Lacrosse League (NLL) franchise that began play in 2020 after relocating from Rochester, New York, where they operated as the Rochester Knighthawks. The Thunderbirds opened the 2023 season on December 2, 2022, against the Philadelphia Wings.

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	215	191	+24	11.94	10.61
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	8–1	5–4	234	164	+70	13.00	9.11
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	5–4	5–4	238	210	+28	13.22	11.67
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	218	214	+4	12.11	11.89
5	Philadelphia Wings	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	200	211	−11	11.11	11.72
6	Georgia Swarm	18	8	10	.444	6.0	3–6	5–4	219	207	+12	12.17	11.50
7	New York Riptide	18	5	13	.278	9.0	3–6	2–7	201	243	−42	11.17	13.50
8	Albany FireWolves	18	3	15	.167	11.0	0–9	3–6	167	233	−66	9.28	12.94

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	240	193	+47	13.33	10.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	218	167	+51	12.11	9.28
3	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	204	193	+11	11.33	10.72
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	190	208	−18	10.56	11.56
5	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	204	212	−8	11.33	11.78
6	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	9.0	4–5	1–8	179	222	−43	9.94	12.33
7	Vancouver Warriors	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	188	247	−59	10.44	13.72

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 2, 2022	Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	Scotiabank Centre	W 18–8		7,778	1–0
2	December 17, 2022	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Live Center	W 20–11		3,896	2–0
3	December 30, 2022	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 13–18		14,040	2–1
4	January 7, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	W 14–11		3,843	3–1
5	January 13, 2023	Albany FireWolves	Scotiabank Centre	L 10–11	OT	9,211	3–2
6	January 14, 2023	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre	L 8–17		9,304	3–3
7	January 27, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	Scotiabank Centre	W 17–7		7,985	4–3
8	February 4, 2023	Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Centre	L 11–12	OT	9,497	4–4
9	February 11, 2023	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16		5,219	4–5
10	February 19, 2023	New York Riptide	Scotiabank Centre	W 13–12		7,783	5–5
11	March 3, 2023	Buffalo Bandits	Scotiabank Centre	L 9–10		6,724	5–6
12	March 10, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 9–10		14,896	5–7
13	March 18, 2023	Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Centre	W 14–12		9,957	6–7
14	March 25, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 14–10		9,819	7–7
15	April 2, 2023	Georgia Swarm	Scotiabank Centre	L 7–17		7,661	7–8
16	April 15, 2023	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 15–11		8,746	8–8
17	April 22, 2023	New York Riptide	Scotiabank Centre	W 15–6		10,008	9–8
18	April 29, 2023	@ Georgia Swarm	Gas South Arena	W 17–11		9,475	10–8

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	12	Wake:Riat Bowhunter	Six Nations – Jacksonville University
2	29	Jerry Staats	Six Nations Chiefs – Syracuse University
3	54	Jon McConvey	Mimico Jr A – University of Vermont
3	55	Cole Kirst	Syracuse University
4	70	Chris Fake	Notre Dame University
5	86	Tanner Cole	Oakville Jr A
6	101	Keaton Brown	Orangeville Jr B

v t e 2023 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Bandits Halifax Thunderbirds Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock Georgia Swarm Albany FireWolves New York Riptide Philadelphia Wings
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Warriors Panther City Lacrosse Club Las Vegas Desert Dogs

Final standings