2014 Toronto Rock season

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2014 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2014 record9–9
Home record6–3
Road record3–6
Goals for219
Goals against213
General ManagerTerry Sanderson
CoachJohn Lovell
CaptainColin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Josh Sanderson
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsStephan Leblanc (45)
AssistsGarrett Billings (69)
PointsGarrett Billings (101)
Penalties in minutesBilly Hostrawser (55)
Loose BallsEthan O'Connor (133)
WinsNick Rose (6)
Goals against averageBrandon Miller (8.95)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 17th in franchise history, and 16th as the Rock.

After an up-and-down start to the season, the Rock acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings at the trade deadline[1] hoping to revitalize their shaky defense.

On April 5, star forward Garrett Billings tore his ACL during a game against the Vancouver Stealth and was lost for the remainder of the season.[2] Despite losing the league's scoring leader, the Rock won that game, which started a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season and clinch second place in the Eastern division ahead of the slumping Buffalo Bandits. But the Bandits ended their 8-game losing streak by beating the Rock in the division semi-finals, 15–3.[3]

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Reference: [4]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Rochester Knighthawks – xy18144.7780.08–16–3210167+4311.679.28
2Toronto Rock – x1899.5005.06–33–6219213+612.1711.83
3Buffalo Bandits – x18810.4446.06–32–7190200−1010.5611.11
4Philadelphia Wings18612.3338.02–74–5202218−1611.2212.11
5Minnesota Swarm18414.22210.02–72–7180219−3910.0012.17
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rush – xyz18162.8890.08–18–1220157+6312.228.72
2Calgary Roughnecks – x18126.6674.06–36–3237215+2213.1711.94
3Colorado Mammoth – x18810.4448.04–54–5201228−2711.1712.67
4Vancouver Stealth18414.22212.03–61–8181223−4210.0612.39

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Reference:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 16–11 11,120 1–0
2 January 10, 2014 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–12 11,404 1–1
3 January 18, 2014 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–12 8,136 1–2
4 January 31, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 17–12 11,234 2–2
5 February 1, 2014 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–12 12,768 2–3
6 February 7, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 20–10 9,087 3–3
7 February 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 9–17 10,279 3–4
8 February 22, 2014 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 14–12 9,207 4–4
9 February 28, 2014 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre L 10–11 8,015 4–5
10 March 1, 2014 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 13–19 8,990 4–6
11 March 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 12–17 10,832 4–7
12 March 16, 2014 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 9–8 OT 6,628 5–7
13 March 22, 2014 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center L 13–14 7,157 5–8
14 March 30, 2014 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 10–13 10,655 5–9
15 April 5, 2014 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Event Centre W 17–9 3,721 6–9
16 April 12, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 10–9 10,662 7–9
17 April 18, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 13–9 11,276 8–9
18 April 26, 2014 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 8–6 9,056 9–9

Playoffs[edit]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 3, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 13–15 7,867 0–1

Roster[edit]

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  5 Canada Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 21 Canada Bill Greer
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser
  • 88 Canada Scott Johnston
  • 41 Canada Mike Lum-Walker
  • 14 Canada Rob Marshall
  •  9 Canada Patrick Merrill (A)
  • 98 Canada Jimmy Purves
Forwards
Transition
  •  4 Canada Jesse Gamble
  • 37 Canada Ethan O'Connor
Practice Squad
  • 77 Canada Craig England D
  • 39 Canada Steve Fryer G
  • 22 Canada Cam Woods D
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  • 15 United States Eric Law F
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2014-3-25
NLL Transactions

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rock acquire Brandon Miller for Kyle Belton and draft picks". IL Indoor. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Stamp, Stephen (April 6, 2014). "Rock dump Stealth but lose Billings, plus the rest of the NLL story". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Chavez, Bob (May 5, 2014). "With questions answered, Buffalo Bandits move on in NLL playoffs". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. ^ "Toronto Rock schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
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