1999 Toronto Rock season

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1999 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
Division Champions
League NLL
Rank1st
1999 record9-3
Home record6-0
Road record3-3
Goals for157
Goals against139
General Manager John Mouradian
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance11,075
Team leaders
Assists Colin Doyle (37)
PointsColin Doyle (54)
Loose BallsJim Veltman (166)
Wins Bob Watson (6)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 1999 season was the 2nd in franchise history and 1st time as "the Rock" after a season in Hamilton, Ontario as the Ontario Raiders.

Contents

The Rock finished on top of the NLL standings, winning its first division in franchise history. The Rock beat the Philadelphia Wings in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game. Their victory over the Rochester Knighthawks in this game gave them their first NLL championship. [1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock –xyz1293.7500.06–03–3157139+1813.0811.58
2 Baltimore Thunder –x1284.6671.05–13–3211175+3617.5814.58
3 Rochester Knighthawks –x1284.6671.04–24–2169160+914.0813.33
4 Philadelphia Wings –x1257.4174.04–21–5153153−-012.7512.75
5 New York Saints 1257.4174.02–43–3149156−712.4213.00
6 Buffalo Bandits 1248.3335.01–53–3158177−1913.1714.75
7 Syracuse Smash 1239.2506.03–30–6161198−3713.4216.50

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

The 1999 Regular Season games are listed below. [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 9, 1999@ Baltimore Thunder Baltimore Arena L 10–215,7380–1
2January 22, 1999 Buffalo Bandits Maple Leaf Gardens W 11–1011,0521–1
3January 29, 1999 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 16–99,6912–1
4February 6, 1999@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–11OT9,0422–2
5February 19, 1999 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Maple Leaf Gardens W 9–710,1663–2
6February 26, 1999 New York Saints Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–99,0124–2
7February 27, 1999@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) First Union Center L 11–12OT17,0574–3
8March 13, 1999@ Syracuse Smash Onondaga County War Memorial W 19–124,2375–3
9March 26, 1999 Syracuse Smash Maple Leaf Gardens W 19–1213,3006–3
10March 27, 1999@ Buffalo Bandits Marine Midland Arena W 13–12OT10,7237–3
11April 2, 1999 Baltimore Thunder Maple Leaf Gardens W 16–1513,2308–3
12April 9, 1999@ New York Saints Nassau Coliseum W 10–95,6199–3

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [4]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
SemifinalsApril 16, 1999 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–212,0261–0
Championship GameApril 23, 1999 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–1015,6912–0

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

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

PlayerGPGAPtsLBPIM
Colin Doyle 12173754
Totals

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average [6]

PlayerGPMINWLGASv%GAA
Bob Watson 54862110.75812.04
Totals

Awards

PlayerAward
Colin Doyle Championship Game MVP [7]
Bob Watson Player of the Month, February [7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team [7]
Bob WatsonSecond All-Pro Team [7]
Bob WatsonAll-Stars [8]
Colin Doyle
Chris Gill
Jim Veltman

Roster

No.PositionPlayer
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefClark, Glenn
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefCoyle, Pat
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdDoyle, Colin
25FwdGill, Chris
No.PositionPlayer
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefLadouceur, Dan
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdStroup, Dan
32 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdVeltman, Jim
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg GoalieWatson, Bob

[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knight, Stephen (1999-04-24). "Toronto rocks on to NLL title, 13-10; Rochester falls short in league championship". The Baltimore Sun .
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 1999 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 1999 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 1999 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Runners". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Goalies". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL . Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  8. ↑ Reinsalu, Valia (1999-02-06). "Rock seeking first road win tonight". Toronto Star.
  9. ↑ "Toronto Rock 1999 Roster". Stats Crew. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
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