2014 Toronto Rock season

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2014 Toronto Rock
League NLL
Division2nd East
2014 record9–9
Home record6–3
Road record3–6
Goals for219
Goals against213
General Manager Terry Sanderson
CoachJohn Lovell
Captain Colin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Josh Sanderson
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals Stephan Leblanc (45)
AssistsGarrett Billings (69)
PointsGarrett Billings (101)
Penalties in minutesBilly Hostrawser (55)
Loose BallsEthan O'Connor (133)
WinsNick Rose (6)
Goals against average Brandon Miller (8.95)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 17th in franchise history, and 16th as the Rock.

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After an up-and-down start to the season, the Rock acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings at the trade deadline [1] hoping to revitalize their shaky defense.

On April 5, star forward Garrett Billings tore his ACL during a game against the Vancouver Stealth and was lost for the remainder of the season. [2] Despite losing the league's scoring leader, the Rock won that game, which started a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season and clinch second place in the Eastern division ahead of the slumping Buffalo Bandits. But the Bandits ended their 8-game losing streak by beating the Rock in the division semi-finals, 15–3. [3]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Rochester Knighthawks –xy18144.7780.08–16–3210167+4311.679.28
2 Toronto Rock –x1899.5005.06–33–6219213+612.1711.83
3 Buffalo Bandits –x18810.4446.06–32–7190200−1010.5611.11
4 Philadelphia Wings 18612.3338.02–74–5202218−1611.2212.11
5 Minnesota Swarm 18414.22210.02–72–7180219−3910.0012.17
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush –xyz18162.8890.08–18–1220157+6312.228.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18126.6674.06–36–3237215+2213.1711.94
3 Colorado Mammoth –x18810.4448.04–54–5201228−2711.1712.67
4 Vancouver Stealth 18414.22212.03–61–8181223−4210.0612.39

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

Reference: [5]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 3, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 16–1111,1201–0
2January 10, 2014@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–1211,4041–1
3January 18, 2014@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–128,1361–2
4January 31, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 17–1211,2342–2
5February 1, 2014@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–1212,7682–3
6February 7, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 20–109,0873–3
7February 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 9–1710,2793–4
8February 22, 2014 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 14–129,2074–4
9February 28, 2014@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre L 10–118,0154–5
10March 1, 2014@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 13–198,9904–6
11March 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 12–1710,8324–7
12March 16, 2014@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 9–8OT6,6285–7
13March 22, 2014@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center L 13–147,1575–8
14March 30, 2014 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 10–1310,6555–9
15April 5, 2014@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Event Centre W 17–93,7216–9
16April 12, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 10–910,6627–9
17April 18, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 13–911,2768–9
18April 26, 2014@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 8–69,0569–9

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 3, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 13–157,8670–1

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damon Edwards
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Greer
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Hostrawser
  • 88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Johnston
  • 41 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Lum-Walker
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rob Marshall
  •  9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Merrill (A)
  • 98 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jimmy Purves
Forwards
Transition
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jesse Gamble
  • 37 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ethan O'Connor
Practice Squad
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Craig England D
  • 39 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Fryer G
  • 22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cam Woods D
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  • 15 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Law F
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2014-3-25
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rock acquire Brandon Miller for Kyle Belton and draft picks". IL Indoor. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Stamp, Stephen (April 6, 2014). "Rock dump Stealth but lose Billings, plus the rest of the NLL story". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Chavez, Bob (May 5, 2014). "With questions answered, Buffalo Bandits move on in NLL playoffs". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Toronto Rock schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
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