2015 Toronto Rock season

2015 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2015 record14 - 4
Home record7 - 2
Road record7 - 2
Goals for230
Goals against185
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachJohn Lovell
CaptainColin Doyle (injured)
Josh Sanderson
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsBrett Hickey (50)
AssistsJosh Sanderson (83)
PointsJosh Sanderson (102)
Penalties in minutesBill Hostrawser (90)
Loose BallsBrodie Merrill (151)
WinsBrandon Miller (8)
Goals against averageNick Rose (9.70)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 18th in franchise history, and 17th as the Rock.

Regular season

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Current standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xyz18144.7780.07–27–2230185+4512.7810.28
2Rochester Knighthawks – x18126.6672.07–25–4205173+3211.399.61
3Buffalo Bandits – x18117.6113.07–24–5236208+2813.1111.56
4Minnesota Swarm18612.3338.03–63–6185226−4110.2812.56
5New England Black Wolves18414.22210.02–72–7186249−6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rush – xy18135.7220.06–37–2241177+6413.399.83
2Colorado Mammoth – x1899.5004.06–33–6212218−611.7812.11
3Calgary Roughnecks – x18711.3896.04–53–6212217−511.7812.06
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.03–62–7211265−5411.7214.72

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

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Regular season

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13–12 6,421 1–0
2 January 10, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 20–11 4,724 2–0
3 January 23, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 13–11 11,413 3–0
4 January 24, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 6–8 6,745 3–1
5 January 31, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 12–11 11,716 4–1
6 February 13, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 16–4 8,945 5–1
7 February 14, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 14–9 8,668 6–1
8 February 20, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 13–12 OT 7,743 7–1
9 February 27, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre W 16–15 OT 6,239 8–1
10 March 6, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 17–9 14,116 9–1
11 March 13, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 12–15 12,903 9–2
12 March 14, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 11–10 OT 11,460 10–2
13 March 21, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 9–11 10,296 10–3
14 March 28, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 12–10 12,330 11–3
15 April 3, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 7–11 10,218 11–4
16 April 10, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 14–7 9,317 12–4
17 April 17, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 15–12 9,271 13–4
18 May 1, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 10–7 3,514 14–4

Playoffs

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Finals Game 1 May 16, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9–10 5,808 0–1
Division Finals Game 2 May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 11–8 10,210 1–1
Division Finals tiebreaker game* May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 8–2 – 2–1
Finals
Game 1		 May 30, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 9–15 9,257 2–2
Finals
Game 2		 June 5, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 10–11 12,275 2–3

* 10-minute series tiebreaker mini-game played immediately following game 2

Roster

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Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  5 Canada Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 44 Canada Jeff Gilbert
  • 21 Canada Bill Greer
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser
  • 14 Canada Rob Marshall
  •  9 Canada Patrick Merrill (A)
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 27 Canada Glen Bryan (D)
  •  8 Canada Nick Diachenko (D)
  • 39 Canada Steve Fryer (G)
  • 77 Canada Mark White (T)
Injured Reserve
  • 92 Canada Brandon Benn
  • 88 Canada Scott Johnston
  • 16 Canada Jordan Robertson
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2015-2-25
NLL Transactions

Transactions

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Trades

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August 20, 2014 To Toronto Rock
Brock Sorensen 		To Minnesota Swarm
Ethan O'Connor
1st round selection, 2017 entry draft
August 28, 2014 To Toronto Rock
Brodie Merrill
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft 		To New England Black Wolves
Craig England
Mike Burke
2nd round selection, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft
March 31, 2015[2] To Toronto Rock
Kevin Crowley 		To New England Black Wolves
Garrett Billings

Entry Draft

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The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[3] The Rock made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
4 33 Brandon Benn
5 43 Jordan Robertson
6 51 Brady Heseltine
6 52 Darryl Robertson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rock acquire Kevin Crowley from New England". TorontoRock.com. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
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