2010 Toronto Rock season

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2010 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division2nd East
2010 record9–7
Home record6–2
Road record3–5
Goals for197
Goals against156
General Manager Terry Sanderson
CoachTroy Cordingley
Captain Colin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Phil Sanderson
Pat McCready
Blaine Manning
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance10,067
Team leaders
GoalsStephan Leblanc (36)
AssistsColin Doyle (62)
PointsColin Doyle (84)
Penalties in minutes Drew Petkoff (30)
Loose BallsSandy Chapman (86)
WinsBob Watson (7)
Goals against average Bob Watson (9.31)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 14th in franchise history, and 13th as the Rock.

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Shortly after the 2009 season ended, the Rock franchise was sold to Jamie Dawick, a professional poker player [1] and businessman from nearby Oakville, Ontario. [2] Dawick's first move was to bring Terry Sanderson back on board as general manager. [2] Sanderson soon hired former Calgary Roughnecks head coach Troy Cordingley to coach the Rock [3] and the Rock's fortunes changed immediately.

They finished the 2010 season with a 9–7 record, their best record since their Championship win in 2005 and made the playoffs for the first time in three years. They defeated the Buffalo Bandits and Orlando Titans to get to the Championship game for the seventh time in team history but were defeated by the Washington Stealth.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [4]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Orlando Titans –xy16115.6880.05–36–2172154+1810.759.62
2 Toronto Rock –x1697.5622.06–23–5197156+4112.319.75
3 Buffalo Bandits –x1688.5003.04–44–4169170−110.5610.62
4 Boston Blazers –x1688.5003.05–33–5161162−110.0610.12
5 Rochester Knighthawks 1679.4384.04–43–5155181−269.6911.31
6 Philadelphia Wings 16511.3126.03–52–6168194−2610.5012.12
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Washington Stealth –xyz16115.6880.06–25–3211179+3213.1911.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x16106.6251.05–35–3193169+2412.0610.56
3 Edmonton Rush –x16106.6251.05–35–3186201−1511.6212.56
4 Minnesota Swarm –x16511.3126.03–52–6189201−1211.8112.56
5 Colorado Mammoth 16412.2507.00–84–4167201−3410.4412.56

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

Reference: [5]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 9, 2010@ Boston Blazers TD Garden W 17–78,2151–0
2January 15, 2010 Boston Blazers Air Canada Centre W 8–7OT11,5022–0
3January 23, 2010 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 17–310,1043–0
4January 30, 2010@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–166,6763–1
5February 5, 2010 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 19–1110,2564–1
6February 6, 2010@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 14–1014,4675–1
7February 12, 2010 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre W 16–710,0526–1
8January 14, 2010@ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 8–1010,1936–2
9February 21, 2010@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 13–147,3876–3
10February 27, 2010 Orlando Titans Air Canada Centre L 12–1610,9846–4
11March 12, 2010 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 10–11OT8,5676–5
12March 27, 2010@ Orlando Titans Amway Arena L 8–105,6916–6
13April 2, 2010 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 9–89,1087–6
14April 3, 2010@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center W 13–610,2468–6
15April 10, 2010@ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–1318,5758–7
16April 16, 2010 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 15–79,9599–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [6]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 1, 2010 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 13–119,3671–0
Division FinalMay 8, 2010@ Orlando Titans Amway Arena W 15–104,6512–0
Championship GameMay 15, 2010@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 11–158,6092–1

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

December 22, 2009 [7]
To Toronto Rock
Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft		To Boston Blazers
Dave Cutten
December 15, 2009 [8]
To Toronto Rock
Colin Doyle
Conditional Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		To Washington Stealth
Lewis Ratcliff
Joel Dalgarno
Tyler Codron
September 3, 2009 [9]
To Toronto Rock
First round pick, 2009 entry draft
Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft		To Calgary Roughnecks
Craig Conn
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
August 4, 2009 [10]
To Toronto Rock
Pat McCready
Third round pick, 2009 entry draft		To Buffalo Bandits
Second round pick, 2009 entry draft
First round pick, 2010 entry draft
Second round pick, 2011 entry draft
July 27, 2009 [11]
To Toronto Rock
Mike Hominuck		To Edmonton Rush
Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 21, 2009 [12]
To Toronto Rock
Phil Sanderson 		To Buffalo Bandits
Chris Driscoll
July 7, 2009 [13]
To Toronto Rock
Sandy Chapman		To Rochester Knighthawks
Peter Jacobs
July 7, 2009 [13]
To Toronto Rock
Peter Jacobs
First round pick, 2011 entry draft		To Philadelphia Wings
Kevin Huntley
Bill McGlone
July 7, 2009 [13]
To Toronto Rock
Kevin Huntley
First round pick, 2011 entry draft		To Washington Stealth
Luke Wiles

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. [14] The Rock selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
16Garrett BillingsUniversity of Virginia
17 Joel Dalgarno Ohio State University
111Stephen LeblancQueens University
331Damon EdwardsOrangeville, ON
543Anthony LackeyOrangeville, ON
653John QuarrieOrangeville, ON

Roster

2010 Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards


Practice Squad
  •  1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Wetherup
  •  2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pat Saunders
  • 47 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Geoff McNulty
Head Coach

{{{Head Coach}}}

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

Roster updated 2010-03-06
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rock owner to play in WSOP main event". NLL.com. June 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. 1 2 "Toronto Rock announce new ownership". NLL.com. June 30, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Rock name Cordingley head coach". NLL.com. July 14, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2010 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2010 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ "ROCK TRADE DAVE CUTTEN TO BOSTON". torontorock.com. December 22, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  8. ↑ "COLIN DOYLE RETURNS TO TORONTO". torontorock.com. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Roughnecks Acquire Craig Conn From Rock". NLL.com. September 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  10. ↑ "McCready Heading To Rock For Draft Picks". NLL.com. August 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  11. ↑ "Hominuck Heads to Toronto". NLL.com. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  12. ↑ "Rock and Bandits Swap Driscoll, Sanderson". NLL.com. July 21, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  13. 1 2 3 "Busy Day on Trading Front". NLL.com. July 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  14. ↑ "2009 Entry Draft - Live Results". NLL.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
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