2015 Toronto Rock season

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2015 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division1st East
2015 record14 - 4
Home record7 - 2
Road record7 - 2
Goals for230
Goals against185
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachJohn Lovell
Captain Colin Doyle (injured)
Josh Sanderson
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsBrett Hickey (50)
Assists Josh Sanderson (83)
PointsJosh Sanderson (102)
Penalties in minutesBill Hostrawser (90)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (151)
Wins Brandon Miller (8)
Goals against average Nick Rose (9.70)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 18th in franchise history, and 17th as the Rock.

Contents

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xyz18144.7780.07272230185+4512.7810.28
2 Rochester Knighthawks x18126.6672.07254205173+3211.399.61
3 Buffalo Bandits x18117.6113.07245236208+2813.1111.56
4 Minnesota Swarm 18612.3338.03636185226−4110.2812.56
5 New England Black Wolves 18414.22210.02727186249−6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xy18135.7220.06372241177+6413.399.83
2 Colorado Mammoth x1899.5004.06336212218−611.7812.11
3 Calgary Roughnecks x18711.3896.04536212217−511.7812.06
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.03627211265−5411.7214.72

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 3, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13126,42110
2January 10, 2015@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 20114,72420
3January 23, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 131111,41330
4January 24, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 686,74531
5January 31, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 121111,71641
6February 13, 2015@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 1648,94551
7February 14, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 1498,66861
8February 20, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 1312OT7,74371
9February 27, 2015@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre W 1615OT6,23981
10March 6, 2015@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 17914,11691
11March 13, 2015@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 121512,90392
12March 14, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 1110OT11,460102
13March 21, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 91110,296103
14March 28, 2015@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 121012,330113
15April 3, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 71110,218114
16April 10, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 1479,317124
17April 17, 2015 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 15129,271134
18May 1, 2015@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 1073,514144

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division Finals Game 1May 16, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9105,80801
Division Finals Game 2May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 11810,21011
Division Finals tiebreaker game*May 23, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 8221
Finals
Game 1
May 30, 2015 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 9159,25722
Finals
Game 2
June 5, 2015@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 101112,27523

* 10-minute series tiebreaker mini-game played immediately following game 2

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
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Gilbert
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Greer
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Hostrawser
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rob Marshall
  •  9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Merrill (A)
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glen Bryan (D)
  •  8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Diachenko (D)
  • 39 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Fryer (G)
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark White (T)
Injured Reserve
  • 92 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon Benn
  • 88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Johnston
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Robertson
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2015-2-25
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

August 20, 2014To Toronto Rock
Brock Sorensen
To Minnesota Swarm
Ethan O'Connor
1st round selection, 2017 entry draft
August 28, 2014To Toronto Rock
Brodie Merrill
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
To New England Black Wolves
Craig England
Mike Burke
2nd round selection, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft
March 31, 2015 [2] To Toronto Rock
Kevin Crowley
To New England Black Wolves
Garrett Billings

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. [3] The Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
433Brandon Benn
543Jordan Robertson
651Brady Heseltine
652Darryl Robertson

See also

References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. "Rock acquire Kevin Crowley from New England". TorontoRock.com. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  3. "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.