The Rochester Knighthawks took defender Sid Smith and forward Ilija Gajic with the first two picks in tonight's National Lacrosse League entry draft, held at HSBC Arena in Buffalo.

Smith's selection out of Syracuse University was hardly a surprise, as the Knighthawks have been billing him as the team's third-ever leadoff pick (following Casey Powell in 1998 and John Grant, Jr. in 1999) for the past few days.

The Knighthawks left a little suspense for the second pick, with Zach Greer and Garrett Billings among those being mentioned as possible selections.

Greer was immediately scooped up by Minnesota with the third pick, while Billings slid to Toronto at sixth-overall.

In between, the Colorado Mammoth grabbed a pair of players with local ties, drafting Denver University products Cliff Smith and Alex Gajic.

Toronto had its own double shot soon after, following the Billings selection by drafting Joel Dalgarno from Ohio State.

The first trade of the evening came two picks later, when Minnesota dealt the ninth-overall selection to Edmonton for Richard Morgan. The Rush spent the pick on Corey Small, a scorer from the University of Albany.

The Rock soon returned to the podium, taking Stephen Leblanc eleventh-overall with a pick acquired last night; Toronto had dealt Craig Conn and a 2010 second-round selection to Calgary for this pick and a sixth-rounder next year.

Among the notables to be drafted in the second-round was Bobby Snider, sixteenth-overall to Philadelphia. He is the younger brother of Geoff Snider, the Wings all-around terror, and has a similar profile.

Later on, the Buffalo Bandits traded their third-round selection (24th overall, acquired from Edmonton) to Washington for Frank Resetarits. It was the fourth of six deals on a relatively quiet draft night.

Complete entry draft results follow. Selections marked by an asterisk indicate that the pick was traded today.

##  TEAM                SELECTION 
--  ------------------  ---------------------------------------
 1  Rochester           Sid Smith (Syracuse University)
 2  Rochester           Ilija Gajic (Denver University)
 3  Minnesota           Zach Greer (Bryant University)
 4  Colorado            Cliff Smith (Denver University)
 5  Colorado            Alex Gajic (Denver University)
 6  Toronto             Garrett Billings (Univ. of Virginia)
 7  Toronto             Joel Dalgarno (Ohio State Univeristy)
 8  Boston              Max Seibald (Cornell University)
 9  * Edmonton          Corey Small (University of Albany)
10  * Buffalo           Kyle Clancy (Peterborough, ON)
11  Toronto             Stephen Leblanc (Queens University)
12  Edmonton            Scott Tinning (Brampton, ON)

13  * Washington        Matt Beers (Coquitlam, BC)
14  Edmonton            Dane Stevens (Brampton, ON)
15  Buffalo             Chris Corbeil (Brampton, ON)
16  Philadelphia        Bobby Snider (Bellarmine University)
17  Colorado            Brad Richardson (Denver University)
18  Rochester           Holdon Vyse (Six Nations, ON)
19  * Orlando           Dan Hardy (Syracuse University)
20  Boston              Matt Abbott (Syracuse University)
21  Buffalo             Steve Priolo (St. Catharines, ON)
22  Orlando             Michael Evans (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
23  * Washington        Erik Sage (Victoria, BC)

24  * Washington        Ben Hunt (Univ. of North Carolina)
25  Edmonton            Brett Mydske (New Westminster, BC)
26  Philadelphia        John Glynn (Cornell University)
27  Calgary             Carlton Schuss (Delta, BC)
28  Rochester           Brendan Doran (Brampton, ON)
29  Washington          Rhys Jones (Victoria, BC)
30  Washington          Ray Hodgkinson (Burnaby, BC)
31  Toronto             Damon Edwards (Orangeville, ON)
32  Colorado            Shaun Dhaliwal (Burnaby, BC)
33  Boston              Scott Kahoe (Syracuse University)
34  Rochester           Ryan Hoff (University of Notre Dame)

35  Colorado            Ryan McFadyen (Duke University)
36  Minnesota           Kevin Colleluori (Colgate University)
37  Philadelphia        Peet Poillon (UMBC)
38  Boston              Matt Messina (NYIT)
39  Buffalo             Zac McIlmoyle (Peterborough, ON)
40  * Philadelphia      Mike Timms (University of Virginia)
41  Orlando             Kenny Nims (Syracuse University)

42  Edmonton            Geoff McNulty (St. Catharines, ON)
43  Toronto             Anthony Lackey (Orangeville, ON)
44  Minnesota           Cody Johnson (Onondaga CC)
45  Philadelphia        PT Ricci (Loyola College)
46  Colorado            Ben Davies (New Westminster, BC)
47  Rochester           Dan Groot (University of Maryland)
48  Edmonton            Sean Lapatynski (Edmonton, AB)
49  Washington          Chris Taylor (Georgetown University)
50  Orlando             Ryan Learn (Burlington, ON)
51  Calgary             Garrett Werschke (Calgary, AB)

52  Edmonton            Craig Zeeh (Kitchener, ON)
53  Toronto             John Quarrie (Orangeville, ON)
54  Minnesota           Matt Kelly (University of Virginia)
55  * Colorado          Neil Tyacke (New Westminster, BC)
56  Colorado            Rocco Romero (Cornell University)
57  Rochester           Brandon Corp (Colgate University)
58  Washington          Chris O'Dougherty (Rutgers University)
59  Boston              Mike Stone (Middlebury College)
60  Buffalo             Matt Freedman (Canisius College)
61  Orlando             Ryan McCafferty (Elizabethtown College)
62  Calgary             Casey MacIntyre (Calgary, AB)

DRAFT DAY TRADES:
 - Minnesota traded the 9th-overall selection to Edmonton 
    for Richard Morgan
 - Orlando traded the 10th-overall selection to Buffalo for 
    the 19th-overall selection and a 2011 first-round pick
 - Minnesota traded the 13th- and 23rd-overall selections 
    to Washington for Alex Turner and Aaron Bold
 - Buffalo traded the 24th-overall selection to Washington 
    for Frank Resetarits
 - Buffalo traded the 40th-overall selection to Philadelphia 
    for Jon Harasym
 - Philadelphia traded the 55th-overall selection to Colorado 
    for Mike Ward