2000 Toronto Rock season

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2000 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
Division Champions
League NLL
Rank1st
2000 record9-3
Home record5-1
Road record4-2
Goals for162
Goals against130
General Manager John Mouradian
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance13,881
Team leaders
Goals Chris Gill (30)
AssistsJim Veltman (37)
PointsChris Gill (50)
Penalties in minutes Dan Ladouceur (43)
Loose BallsJim Veltman (164)
Wins Bob Watson (9)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2000 season was the 3rd in franchise history and 2nd as the Rock.

Contents

The Rock finished on top of the NLL standings, winning its division for the second straight year. 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 second consecutive championship. [1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock –xyz1293.7500.05–14–2162130+3213.5010.83
2 Buffalo Bandits –x1284.6671.05–13–3202194+816.8316.17
3 Rochester Knighthawks –x1284.6671.05–13–3187149+3815.5812.42
4 Philadelphia Wings –x1275.5832.04–23–3172165+714.3313.75
5 Albany Attack 1266.5003.04–22–4169160+914.0813.33
6 Pittsburgh CrosseFire 1266.5003.04–22–4184164+2015.3313.67
7 New York Saints 1239.2506.02–41–5152194−4212.6716.17
8 Syracuse Smash 12111.0838.01–50–6135207−7211.2517.25

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

The Toronto Rock vs Albany Attack on 8 April 2000 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Rock vs Albany Attack 8 April 2000.jpg
The Toronto Rock vs Albany Attack on 8 April 2000

Game log

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 8, 2000@ Buffalo Bandits Marine Midland Arena W 17–147,4571–0
2January 21, 2000 New York Saints Maple Leaf Gardens W 9–514,0262–0
3January 28, 2000@ Pittsburgh CrosseFire Mellon Arena W 11–93,2173–0
4February 5, 2000@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9–1410,1813–1
5February 11, 2000 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 11–1013,6464–1
6February 26, 2000 Buffalo Bandits Maple Leaf Gardens L 12–1814,0754–2
7March 3, 2000 Syracuse Smash Maple Leaf Gardens W 15–1012,0125–2
8March 11, 2000@ Albany Attack Pepsi Arena L 7–84,3555–3
9March 25, 2000@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) First Union Center W 15–1316,5446–3
10March 31, 2000 Pittsburgh CrosseFire Maple Leaf Gardens W 14–1015,0507–3
11April 8, 2000 Albany Attack Maple Leaf Gardens W 17–815,0788–3
12April 15, 2000@ Syracuse Smash Onondaga County War Memorial W 25–111,9879–3

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [4]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
SemifinalApril 22, 2000 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Maple Leaf Gardens W 14–1010,5611–0
Championship GameMay 6, 2000 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 14–1314,2112–0

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

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

PlayerGPGAPtsLBPIM
Chris Gill 123020506
Dan Stroup 122917466
Jim Veltman 127374416410
Colin Doyle 1116264235
Kaleb Toth 1218224010
Kim Squire 51411255
Steve Toll 12913226
Chris Langdale 108111914
Ryan O'Connor 9712196
Glenn Clark 127101724
Totals162239401284

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 1267993125.77211.05
Pat Campbell 00
Totals93

Awards

PlayerAward
Dan Stroup Championship Game MVP [7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team [7]
Bob Watson

Roster

No.PositionPlayer
97DefBullen, Terry
37GoalieCampbell, Pat
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefClark, Glenn
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefCoyle, Pat
19FwdDiaron, Brad
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdDoyle, Colin
25FwdGill, Chris
22Graham, Rory
14 ??Harrison, Dean
99FwdHeard, Russ
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefLadouceur, Dan
No.PositionPlayer
10FwdLangdale, Chris
76FwdMaynard, Niall
33 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdMillin, Ken
67FwdO'Connor, Ryan
93FwdSquire, Kim
34 ??Squire, Rodd
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdStroup, Dan
17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg DefToll, Steve
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdToth, Kaleb
32 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdVeltman, Jim
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg GoalieWatson, Bob

[8]

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References

  1. ↑ Hicks, Jeff (2000-05-08). "Lacrosse muscles its way in". Toronto Star.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2000 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2000 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2000 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "2000 Toronto Rock Statistics". statscrew.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Goalies". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. 1 2 "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL . Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  8. ↑ "Toronto Rock 2000 Regular Season". NLL. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-06.


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