2004 Toronto Rock season

2004 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st East
2004 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 202
Goals against 176
General Manager Derek Keenan (interim)
Terry Sanderson
Coach Ed Comeau (interim)
Terry Sanderson
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 16,907
Team leaders
Goals Blaine Manning (36)
Assists Colin Doyle (55)
Points Blaine Manning (90)
Penalties in minutes Patrick Merrill (19)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (193)
Wins Bob Watson & Anthony Cosmo (5)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (10.39)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2004 season was the 7th in franchise history and 6th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the sixth straight year. The Rock lost to the Buffalo Bandits in the division final,[1] failing in their attempt at three consecutive championships.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 5–3 5–3 202 176 +26 12.63 11.00
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 6–2 2–6 173 186 -13 10.81 11.63
3 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 4–4 4–4 205 198 +7 12.81 12.38
4 Philadelphia Wings 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 3–5 4–4 192 198 -6 12.00 12.38
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Colorado Mammoth – xyz 16 13 3 0.813 0.0 7–1 6–2 223 173 +50 13.94 10.81
2 San Jose Stealth – x 16 11 5 0.688 2.0 7–1 4–4 204 201 +3 12.75 12.56
3 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 10 6 0.625 3.0 4–4 6–2 214 187 +27 13.38 11.69
4 Arizona Sting 16 7 9 0.438 6.0 6–2 1–7 200 208 -8 12.50 13.00
5 Vancouver Ravens 16 5 11 0.313 8.0 3–5 2–6 188 213 -25 11.75 13.31
6 Anaheim Storm 16 1 15 0.063 12.0 1–7 0–8 171 227 -56 10.69 14.19

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–LossesGB–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

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 10, 2004 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–13 8,214 0–1
2 January 16, 2004 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 18–12 16,124 1–1
3 January 23, 2004 Vancouver Ravens Air Canada Centre W 17–12 15,400 2–1
4 January 31, 2004 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–11 8,786 2–2
5 February 7, 2004 Philadelphia Wings Air Canada Centre L 8–10 17,550 2–3
6 February 13, 2004 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 9–13 15,107 2–4
7 February 20, 2004 @ Vancouver Ravens GM Place W 15–6 8,824 3–4
8 February 27, 2004 Philadelphia Wings Air Canada Centre W 18–15 15,820 4–4
9 February 28, 2004 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 11–10 13,606 5–4
10 March 5, 2004 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 13–11 9,299 6–4
11 March 12, 2004 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 13–9 17,625 7–4
12 March 13, 2004 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 12–10 14,184 8–4
13 March 26, 2004 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 14–11 18,809 9–4
14 March 27, 2004 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 15–9 10,599 10–4
15 April 2, 2004 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 10–11 2OT 12,454 10–5
16 April 9, 2004 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 11–13 18,821 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 25, 2004 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 10–19 14,618 0–1

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes[5]

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Blaine Manning 16 36 54 90 81 7
Colin Doyle 16 33 55 88 64 11
Jim Veltman 16 12 53 65 179 9
Matt Shearer 12 26 18 44 32 3
Aaron Wilson 13 24 18 42 58 3
Steve Toll 16 15 19 34 141 1
Chris Driscoll 16 15 19 34 64 9
Ken Millin 14 12 15 27 48 5
Ryan Painter 8 8 11 19 25 3
Darryl Gibson 16 6 8 14 62 11
Totals 202 311 513 1110 147

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average[6]

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Bob Watson 11 571:07 5 5 106 .755 11.14
Anthony Cosmo 9 392:44 5 1 68 .766 10.39
Totals 10 6 176 .757 10.92

Awards

Player Award
Jim Veltman NLL Most Valuable Player[7]
Jim Veltman Player of the Month, March[7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning Second All-Pro Team[7]
Colin Doyle
Colin Doyle All-Stars[8]
Blaine Manning
Pat Coyle
Glenn Clark
Jim Veltman

Roster

No. Position Player
5 Canada Fwd Sandy Chapman
11 Canada Def Glenn Clark
2 Canada Def Pat Coyle
44 Canada Goalie Anthony Cosmo
91 ?? Brian Croswell
7 Canada Fwd Colin Doyle
73 Canada Fwd Chris Driscoll
19 Canada Def Darryl Gibson
12 ?? Pat Jones
6 Canada Def Dan Ladouceur
21 ?? Marc Landriault
4 ?? Carter Livingstone
No. Position Player
16 Canada Fwd Blaine Manning
9 Canada Def Patrick Merrill
33 Canada Fwd Ken Millin
42 ?? Eric Pacey
14 ?? Ryan Painter
40 Canada Def Ian Rubel
24 Canada Fwd Matt Shearer
27 Canada Def Derek Suddons
17 Canada Def Steve Toll
32 Canada Fwd Jim Veltman
29 Canada Goalie Bob Watson
10 Canada Fwd Aaron Wilson

[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bandits steal NLL victory from 'embarrassed' Rock". Guelph Mercury. 2004-04-26. p. B.2.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2004 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2004 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2004 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Runners". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Goalies". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  8. ↑ "East Division All-Star Reserves Announced". NLL. 2004-02-11. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  9. ↑ "Toronto Rock 2004 Regular Season". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

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