2015 Toronto Rock season

2015 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st East
2015 record 14 - 4
Home record 7 - 2
Road record 7 - 2
Goals for 230
Goals against 185
General Manager Jamie Dawick
Coach John Lovell
Captain Colin Doyle (injured)
Josh Sanderson
Alternate captains Sandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals Brett Hickey (50)
Assists Josh Sanderson (83)
Points Josh Sanderson (102)
Penalties in minutes Bill Hostrawser (90)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (151)
Wins Brandon Miller (8)
Goals against average Nick 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

Current standings

Reference: [1]

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

1 Toronto Rock xyz 18 14 4 0.778 0.0 72 72 230 185 +45 12.78 10.28
2 Rochester Knighthawks x 18 12 6 0.667 2.0 72 54 205 173 +32 11.39 9.61
3 Buffalo Bandits x 18 11 7 0.611 3.0 72 45 236 208 +28 13.11 11.56
4 Minnesota Swarm 18 6 12 0.333 8.0 36 36 185 226 -41 10.28 12.56
5 New England Black Wolves 18 4 14 0.222 10.0 27 27 186 249 -63 10.33 13.83
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xy 18 13 5 0.722 0.0 63 72 241 177 +64 13.39 9.83
2 Colorado Mammoth x 18 9 9 0.500 4.0 63 36 212 218 -6 11.78 12.11
3 Calgary Roughnecks x 18 7 11 0.389 6.0 45 36 212 217 -5 11.78 12.06
4 Vancouver Stealth 18 5 13 0.278 8.0 36 27 211 265 -54 11.72 14.72

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Regular season

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1312 6,421 10
2 January 10, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 2011 4,724 20
3 January 23, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 1311 11,413 30
4 January 24, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 68 6,745 31
5 January 31, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 1211 11,716 41
6 February 13, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 164 8,945 51
7 February 14, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 149 8,668 61
8 February 20, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 1312 OT 7,743 71
9 February 27, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre W 1615 OT 6,239 81
10 March 6, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 179 14,116 91
11 March 13, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 1215 12,903 92
12 March 14, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 1110 OT 11,460 102
13 March 21, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 911 10,296 103
14 March 28, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 1210 12,330 113
15 April 3, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 711 10,218 114
16 April 10, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 147 9,317 124
17 April 17, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 1512 9,271 134
18 May 1, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 107 3,514 144

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Finals Game 1 May 16, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 910 5,808 01
Division Finals Game 2 May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 118 10,210 11
Division Finals tiebreaker game* May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 82 21
Finals
Game 1
May 30, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 915 9,257 22
Finals
Game 2
June 5, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 1011 12,275 23

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

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (20-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
  • John Lovell
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2015-2-25
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

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

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

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
433 Brandon Benn
543 Jordan Robertson
651 Brady Heseltine
652 Darryl Robertson

See also

References

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