NLL Rochester Knighthawks

NLL Playoffs Start Saturday

April 29, 2014 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Rochester Knighthawks News Release


With the completion of the 2014 National Lacrosse League regular season, the NLL Playoffs are set to begin this weekend with two first-round single-elimination postseason matchups. The Buffalo Bandits visit the Toronto Rock at Air Canada Centre for the NLL East Division Semifinal at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3rd, while the Calgary Roughnecks host the Colorado Mammoth at Scotiabank Saddledome for the West Division Semifinal at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3rd.

The East Division regular season champion Rochester Knighthawks (14-4) earned a bye from the single-elimination round. The Edmonton Rush (16-2) also clinched a first-round bye as West Division regular season champs along with home field advantage throughout the playoffs as the top overall seed in the league.

Rochester and Edmonton will play the winners of the Division Semifinal games in the East and West Divisions respectively. The Division Finals and Champion's Cup Finals will both be decided by a two-game series. In the event of a series split with both teams winning one game, a 10-minute tiebreaker game will be played immediately following the conclusion of Game Two to determine the winner of the playoff series.

The two Division Semifinal winners will host Game One of the Division Finals during the weekend of May 9-11. Edmonton hosts Game Two of the West Division Finals on Friday, May 16th at 10:00 p.m., while Rochester hosts Game Two of the East Division Finals on Saturday, May 17th at 7:30 p.m.

The Champion's Cup Finals will start the weekend of May 23-25 with Game One hosted by the lower-seeded team. Game Two of the Champion's Cup Finals will be hosted by the higher seed on the weekend of May 30-June 1.

Knighthawks Playoff Tickets are currently on sale at ticketmaster.com. Individual playoff tickets range in price from $17 to $22 prior to the day of the game. Game day tickets are $25 and $30. For more information on playoff pricing, please call (585) 454-4295.

NLL Playoffs Calendar

Saturday, May 3: East & West Division Semifinal

Weekend of May 9-11: East & West Division Finals Game One

Friday, May 16: West Division Finals Game Two at Edmonton

Saturday, May 17: East Division Finals Game Two at Rochester

Weekend of May 23-25: Champion's Cup Finals Game One

Weekend of May 30-June 1: Champion's Cup Finals Game Two

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