2016 Toronto Rock season

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2016 Toronto Rock
League NLL
Division5th East
2016 record5–13
Home record4–5
Road record1–8
Goals for190
Goals against224
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachJohn Lovell
Captain Colin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Josh Sanderson
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsRob Hellyer (45)
AssistsRob Hellyer (69)
PointsRob Hellyer (114)
Penalties in minutesBilly Hostrawser (95)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (180)
WinsNick Rose (5)
Goals against average Nick Rose (11.26)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was the 19th in franchise history, and 18th as the Rock.

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After an 0–6 start to the season, the Rock were able to turn things around, winning three of four including a 17–6 shelling of the Knighthawks. [1] But the turnaround was temporary, as injuries decimated the team. The Rock only won two more games the rest of the season, finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

Regular season

Finalstandings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18135.7220.08–15–4251214+3713.9411.89
2 New England Black Wolves –x18108.5563.06–34–5229212+1712.7211.78
3 Georgia Swarm –x18810.4445.04–54–5238240−213.2213.33
4 Rochester Knighthawks 18711.3896.03–64–5200215−1511.1111.94
5 Toronto Rock 18513.2788.04–51–8190224−3410.5612.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush –xy18135.7220.07–26–3233190+4312.9410.56
2 Colorado Mammoth –x18126.6671.08–14–5203202+111.2811.22
3 Calgary Roughnecks –x18810.4445.05–43–6216216−-012.0012.00
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.04–51–8198245−4711.0013.61

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 9, 2016@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 7–129,0870–1
2January 14, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 7–129,3870–2
3January 16, 2016@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 5–128,3650–3
4January 23, 2016@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 6–1213,3590–4
5January 29, 2016 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 17–2010,3450–5
6February 14, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 16–17OT3,5120–6
7February 19, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 14–127,8371–6
8February 27, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 17–610,2992–6
9March 11, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 10–158,1782–7
10March 13, 2016 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 9–68,1853–7
11March 25, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush Air Canada Centre L 9–118,8363–8
12March 26, 2016@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 8–1313,1233–9
13April 2, 2016@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 9–63,5604–9
14April 9, 2016 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre L 10–1410,1284–10
15April 15, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 12–99,2375–10
16April 16, 2016@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 8–1417,2705–11
17April 23, 2016@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 5–1014,1225–12
18April 30, 2016@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 17–18OT15,9805–13

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Batson
  • 74 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Colin Boucher
  •  5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Gilbert
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Hostrawser
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bradley Kri
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rob Marshall
  • 48 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Luc Magnan
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 39 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Fryer (G)
Injured Reserve
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Greer (D)
  • 97 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Farthing (D)
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Hickey (F)
  • 88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Johnston (D)
  •  9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Merrill (A) (D)
  •  3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brock Sorensen (T)
Protected list
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Grimes
Unable to play
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2016-02-24
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 28, 2015To Toronto Rock
Mike Grimes
34th overall selection, 2015 entry draft		To Georgia Swarm
29th overall selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2018 entry draft
October 12, 2015To Toronto Rock
Dan Lintner
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft		To New England Black Wolves
Kevin Crowley

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. [3] The Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
210Turner Evans
217Luc Magnan
434Kyle Acquin
653Jamie Batten
654Tyler Roche

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chavez, Bob (March 1, 2016). "Toronto Rock back on track after 2 straight wins". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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