Rochester Knighthawks General Manager and Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Dan Carey announced today that the team has re-signed forward Curtis Knight to a one-year contract for the 2024-25 National Lacrosse League seasons, pending league approval.
Knight, 32, finished his fourth season with the Knighthawks in 2023-24, totaling seven goals and 21 assists for 28 points in nine games while serving as an alternate captain. He recorded 25 loose balls and 39 shots before tallying a pair of points (1+1) in one playoff contest with Rochester.
In 154 career NLL games between Rochester, Edmonton and Saskatchewan, the 5-foot-10, 175-pound forward has totaled 499 points on 182 goals and 317 assists since the start of the 2013 campaign. Additionally, he has gathered 582 loose ball recoveries while also registering 938 shots.
Prior to joining the Knighthawks, the Oshawa, Ontario, native spent the first six seasons of his NLL career with the Saskatchewan Rush from 2013-19, recording 307 points (122+185) and 350 loose balls in 99 games. Knight helped the Rush to six consecutive first-place finishes in the regular season while also leading the team to a pair of NLL titles over a three-year span.
In his second season with the Rush in 2014, Knight was named team MVP after registering a career-high 72 points, including 35 goals, which ranked 10th in the NLL.
Knight was originally drafted by the Edmonton Rush in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2012 NLL Entry Draft.