2023 Toronto Rock season
2023 Toronto Rock | |
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League | NLL |
Division | East |
2023 record | 13-5 |
Home record | 8-1 |
Road record | 5-4 |
Goals for | 234 |
Goals against | 164 |
General Manager | Jamie Dawick |
Coach | Matt Sawyer |
Captain | Challen Rogers |
Alternate captains | Rob Hellyer Bill Hostrawser Brad Kri Tom Schreiber |
Arena | FirstOntario Centre |
Average attendance | 9,423 |
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the 25th in franchise history, and 24th as the Rock.
Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Reference:[1]
P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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1 | Buffalo Bandits – xyz | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 215 | 191 | +24 | 11.94 | 10.61 |
2 | Toronto Rock – x | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 1.0 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 234 | 164 | +70 | 13.00 | 9.11 |
3 | Halifax Thunderbirds – x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 238 | 210 | +28 | 13.22 | 11.67 |
4 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 218 | 214 | +4 | 12.11 | 11.89 |
5 | Philadelphia Wings | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.0 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 200 | 211 | −11 | 11.11 | 11.72 |
6 | Georgia Swarm | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6.0 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 219 | 207 | +12 | 12.17 | 11.50 |
7 | New York Riptide | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9.0 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 201 | 243 | −42 | 11.17 | 13.50 |
8 | Albany FireWolves | 18 | 3 | 15 | .167 | 11.0 | 0–9 | 3–6 | 167 | 233 | −66 | 9.28 | 12.94 |
P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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1 | San Diego Seals – xy | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 240 | 193 | +47 | 13.33 | 10.72 |
2 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 1.0 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 218 | 167 | +51 | 12.11 | 9.28 |
3 | Panther City Lacrosse Club – x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 204 | 193 | +11 | 11.33 | 10.72 |
4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.0 | 7–2 | 2–7 | 190 | 208 | −18 | 10.56 | 11.56 |
5 | Saskatchewan Rush | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6.0 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 204 | 212 | −8 | 11.33 | 11.78 |
6 | Las Vegas Desert Dogs | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9.0 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 179 | 222 | −43 | 9.94 | 12.33 |
7 | Vancouver Warriors | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10.0 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 188 | 247 | −59 | 10.44 | 13.72 |
Game log
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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1 | December 3, 2022 | Vancouver Warriors | FirstOntario Centre | W 19–8 | 7,344 | 1–0 | |
2 | December 10, 2022 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 7–11 | 4,157 | 1–1 | |
3 | December 17, 2022 | Buffalo Bandits | FirstOntario Centre | L 8–11 | 7,730 | 1–2 | |
4 | January 7, 2023 | @ New York Riptide | Nassau Live Center | W 15–7 | 4,138 | 2–2 | |
5 | January 14, 2023 | Halifax Thunderbirds | FirstOntario Centre | W 17–8 | 9,304 | 3–2 | |
6 | January 21, 2023 | @ Philadelphia Wings | Wells Fargo Center | W 14–5 | 7,330 | 4–2 | |
7 | January 28, 2023 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 11–10 | OT | 9,037 | 5–2 |
8 | February 4, 2023 | New York Riptide | FirstOntario Centre | W 22–14 | 9,419 | 6–2 | |
9 | February 10, 2023 | @ Georgia Swarm | Gas South Arena | W 11–10 | 8,544 | 7–2 | |
10 | February 18, 2023 | Georgia Swarm | FirstOntario Centre | W 16–7 | 8,912 | 8–2 | |
11 | March 4, 2023 | Rochester Knighthawks | FirstOntario Centre | W 9–8 | 10,229 | 9–2 | |
12 | March 6, 2023 | @ Philadelphia Wings | Wells Fargo Center | L 10–11 | 6,180 | 9–3 | |
13 | March 11, 2023 | Albany FireWolves | FirstOntario Centre | W 12–9 | 8,421 | 10–3 | |
14 | March 18, 2023 | @ Halifax Thunderbirds | Scotiabank Centre | L 12–14 | 9,957 | 10–4 | |
15 | March 25, 2023 | @ Albany FireWolves | MVP Arena | W 11–9 | 3,849 | 11–4 | |
16 | April 1, 2023 | Buffalo Bandits | FirstOntario Centre | W 17–8 | 13,127 | 12–4 | |
17 | April 15, 2023 | Philadelphia Wings | FirstOntario Centre | W 12–7 | 10,320 | 13–4 | |
18 | April 22, 2023 | @ Buffalo Bandits | KeyBank Center | L 10–11 | 16,861 | 13–5 |
Playoffs
[edit]Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals | May 5, 2023 | Halifax Thunderbirds | FirstOntario Centre | W 15–11 | 8,831 | 1–0 | |
Eastern Conference finals (game 1) | May 12, 2023 | @ Buffalo Bandits | KeyBank Center | L 5–14 | 11,510 | 1–1 | |
Eastern Conference finals (game 2) | May 13, 2023 | Buffalo Bandits | FirstOntario Centre | L 8–17 | 8,304 | 1–2 |
Roster
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Roster updated 2022-3-1 |
Entry Draft
[edit]The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Toronto Rock made the following selections:[2]
Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
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2 | 28 | Josh Dawick | Whitby Jr A – University of Denver |
2 | 35 | Tyler Hendrycks | Peterborough Jr A – High Point University |
2 | 36 | Brian Cameron | Rutgers University |
2 | 41 | Sam Haines | Oakville Buzz Jr A |
3 | 56 | Tucker Dordevic | Syracuse |
4 | 71 | Marley Angus | Oakville Jr A – Rochester Institute of Technology |
5 | 87 | Brendan Nichtern | Army |
6 | 102 | Brett Makar | University of Maryland |
References
[edit]- ^ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
- ^ mhancock (2022-09-10). "Rock Select 8 At NLL Draft". Toronto Rock. Retrieved 2022-10-28.