2023 Halifax Thunderbirds season

2023 Halifax Thunderbirds
League	NLL
Division	East
2023 record	0–0
Home record	0-0
Road record	0-0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
General Manager	Curt Styres
Coach	Mike Accursi
Arena	Scotiabank Centre
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The Halifax Thunderbirds are a lacrosse team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). the 2023 NLL season is their 3rd season the NLL. They were formerly the Rochester Knighthawks but moved to Halifax, as Rochester gained an expansion franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2	Toronto Rock	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
3	Halifax Thunderbirds	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
4	Albany FireWolves	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5	Philadelphia Wings	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
6	Georgia Swarm	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
7	New York Riptide	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
8	Rochester Knighthawks	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2	Calgary Roughnecks	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
3	Colorado Mammoth	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
4	Saskatchewan Rush	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5	Panther City Lacrosse Club	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
6	Vancouver Warriors	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
7	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 2, 2022	Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	Scotiabank Centre
2	December 17, 2022	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Live Center
3	December 30, 2022	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center
4	January 7, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena
5	January 13, 2023	Albany FireWolves	Scotiabank Centre
6	January 14, 2023	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre
7	January 27, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	Scotiabank Centre
8	February 4, 2023	Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Centre
9	February 11, 2023	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena
10	February 19, 2023	New York Riptide	Scotiabank Centre
11	March 3, 2023	Buffalo Bandits	Scotiabank Centre
12	March 10, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center
13	March 18, 2023	Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Centre
14	March 25, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
15	April 2, 2023	Georgia Swarm	Scotiabank Centre
16	April 15, 2023	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre
17	April 22, 2023	New York Riptide	Scotiabank Centre
18	April 29, 2023	@ Georgia Swarm	Gas South Arena

Roster

Goaltenders

• 35 Peter Dubenski
• 76 Warren Hill

Defenseman

• 4 Graeme Hossack
• 18 Jake Withers
• 19 Nonkon Thompson
• 25 James Barclay
• 34 Cory Becker
• 37 Scott Campbell
• 45 Luc Magnan
• 68 Trevor Smyth

Forwards

• 7 Eric Fannell
• 16 Mike Burke
• 17 Ryan Benesch
• 21 Chris Boushy
• 24 Clarke Petterson
• 28 Stephen Keogh
• 33 Austin Shanks
• 47 Kyle Jackson
• 88 Cody Jamieson

Transition

•  6 Brad Gillies
• 44 Colton Armstrong

Practice

• 00 Johnny Jimerson
• 12 Chet Koneczny
• 13 Brandon Robinson
• 81 Clay Scanlan

Injured

• 20 Luke Van Schepen

Head Coach

• Mike Accursi

Assistant Coaches

• Chad Culp
• Jason Johnson
• Roger Chrysler
• Billy Dee Smith

Athletic Performance Coach

• Dan Noble

Equipment Manager

• Dave Sowden

Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Thunderbirds made the following selections:

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