2018 Toronto Rock season

Last updated
2018 Toronto Rock
League NLL
Division4th East
2018 record8-10
Home record3-6
Road record5-4
Goals for237
Goals against216
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
Captain Brodie Merrill
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Stephan Leblanc
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance9,700
Team leaders
GoalsAdam Jones (37)
AssistsRob Hellyer (63)
PointsRob Hellyer (93)
Penalties in minutesBrock Sorensen (60)
Loose BallsBrad Kri (135)
WinsNick Rose (8)
Goals against average Nick Rose (11.63)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 21st in franchise history, and 20th as the Rock.

Contents

Regular season

Finalstandings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Georgia Swarm xy18117.6110.06354226215+1112.5611.94
2 Rochester Knighthawks x18108.5561.05454236210+2613.1111.67
3 New England Black Wolves x1899.5002.04554194242-4810.7813.44
4 Toronto Rock 18810.4443.03654237216+2113.1712.00
5 Buffalo Bandits 18810.4443.04545232240-812.8913.33
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush xyz18144.7780.06381254196+5814.1110.89
2 Colorado Mammoth x18117.6113.05463214199+1511.8911.06
3 Calgary Roughnecks x18810.4446.05436227211+1612.6111.72
4 Vancouver Stealth 18216.11112.00927186277-9110.3315.39

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 8, 2017@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 91311,51601
2December 16, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Air Canada Centre L 9178,62402
3December 30, 2017 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 20139,39812
4January 6, 2018@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 2474,20622
5January 12, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 1797,10132
6January 27, 2018 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 2199,14542
7February 3, 2018 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 81610,34443
8February 10, 2018@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1295,43953
9February 17, 2018@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 1314OT5,05254
10March 3, 2018 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 71210,67955
11March 11, 2018 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre L 7810,25956
12March 16, 2018@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 1495,83266
13March 24, 2018@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 171412,09776
14March 30, 2018 Colorado Mammoth Air Canada Centre L 71110,28877
15April 8, 2018@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 10114,49678
16April 13, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 111411,46379
17April 21, 2018@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 161116,63089
18April 28, 2018@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 151915,787810

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Drew Belgrave
  • 71 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sheldon Burns
  •  5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damon Edwards
  • 93 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Latrell Harris
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Hostrawser
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bradley Kri
  • 82 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Magnuson (D)
Forwards
  • 22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Caputo
  • 25 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Craig
  • 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rob Hellyer
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Hickey
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Jones
  • 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephan Leblanc (A)
  • 41 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Lintner
  •  6 Flag of the United States.svg Kieran McArdle
  • 97 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Reid Reinholdt
Transition
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Challen Rogers
  •  3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brock Sorensen
Practice Squad
  • 1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Riley Hutchcraft (G)
  • 47 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Jay (D)
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darryl Robertson (D)
  • 61 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon Slade (D)
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jesse Gamble (T)
Protected list
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2018-3-4
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. [2] The Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
215Drew Belgrave
218Zac Mason
330Riley Hutchcraft
435Alec Tulett
440Josh Jubenville
549Christian Burgdorf
657Daniel Craig

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References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2016.