2017 Toronto Rock season

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2017 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2017 record9-9
Home record4-5
Road record5-4
Goals for219
Goals against200
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainBrodie Merrill
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Stephan Leblanc
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Average attendance9,623
Team leaders
GoalsBrett Hickey (45)
AssistsTom Schreiber (61)
PointsTom Schreiber (94)
Penalties in minutesBrodie Merrill (41)
Loose BallsBrodie Merrill (171)
WinsNick Rose (8)
Goals against averageBrandon Miller (10.31)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 20th in franchise history, and 19th as the Rock.

Regular season[]

Finalstandings[]

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarm – xyz18135.7220.07–26–3266213+5314.7811.83
2Toronto Rock – x1899.5004.04–55–4219200+1912.1711.11
3New England Black Wolves – x18810.4445.05–43–6220244-2412.2213.56
4Rochester Knighthawks18711.3896.04–53–6175209-349.7211.61
5Buffalo Bandits18612.3337.03–63–6226251-2512.5613.94
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rush – xy18126.6670.08–14–5231212+1912.8311.78
2Vancouver Stealth – x1899.5003.04–55–4218221-312.1112.28
3Colorado Mammoth – x1899.5003.05–44–5202199+311.2211.06
4Calgary Roughnecks18810.4444.05–43–6212220-811.7812.22

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[]

Regular season[]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 29, 2016 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–5 8,137 1–0
2 January 14, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Air Canada Centre W 13–11 10,275 2–0
3 January 28, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 8–9 10,817 2–1
4 February 3, 2017 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 18–10 8,314 3–1
5 February 12, 2017 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 11–7 8,635 4–1
6 February 17, 2017 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 12–13 OT 8,385 4–2
7 February 18, 2017 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 10–6 5,483 5–2
8 February 25, 2017 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 12–15 14,803 5–3
9 March 3, 2017 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre L 9–10 OT 8,477 5–4
10 March 11, 2017 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 16–10 10,370 6–4
11 March 17, 2017 Colorado Mammoth Air Canada Centre L 11–14 8,596 6–5
12 March 24, 2017 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena W 12–11 OT 3,654 7–5
13 March 25, 2017 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 13–7 9,266 8–5
14 March 31, 2017 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre L 11–14 3,013 8–6
15 April 2, 2017 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 14–15 5,255 8–7
16 April 14, 2017 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 8–13 12,113 8–8
17 April 22, 2017 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 10–15 15,045 8–9
18 April 29, 2017 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 19–15 18,417 9–9

Playoffs[]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern Division Semi-final May 6, 2017 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 18–10 6,260 1–0
Eastern final (Game 1) May 13, 2017 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 8–11 7,329 1–1
Eastern final (Game 2) May 20, 2017 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 9–13 6,382 1–2

Roster[]

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 22 Canada Phil Caputo
  •  5 Canada Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 93 Canada Latrell Harris
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser
  • 20 Canada Bradley Kri
  • 82 Canada Jordan Magnuson
Forwards
  • 10 Canada Rob Hellyer
  • 11 Canada Brett Hickey
  • 16 Canada Adam Jones
  • 17 Canada Stephan Leblanc (A)
  • 41 Canada Dan Lintner
  •  6 United States Kieran McArdle
  • 97 Canada Reid Reinholdt
  • 26 United States Tom Schreiber
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 1 Canada Riley Hutchcraft
  • 47 Canada Adam Jay
  • 27 Canada Darryl Robertson
  • 61 Canada Brandon Slade
Injured Reserve
  • 15 Canada Turner Evans
  • 23 Canada Challen Rogers
Holdout
  •  4 Canada Jesse Gamble
Protected list
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2017-12-03
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft[]

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Rock made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 2 Challen Rogers
2 12 Latrell Harris
3 23 Jordan Magnuson
5 42 Jackson Hullbert
6 50 Jamie McMahon

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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