2020 Toronto Rock season

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2020 Toronto Rock
League NLL
DivisionNorth
2020 record7-4
Home record4-2
Road record3-2
Goals for122
Goals against106
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
Alternate captainsRob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
Arena Scotiabank Arena

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 23rd in franchise history, and 22nd as the Rock. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. [1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play. [2] [3] On February 3, 2021, the NLL announced that plans for an abbreviated spring season were cancelled due to travel and logistics uncertainty, and that their focus will move toward playing a full 2021–22 NLL season. [4]

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06–12–3139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54–23–2122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54–23–2130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02–30–7115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04–34–0135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52–45–1149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53–35–3151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01–50–7116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.02–35–011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54–23–4128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03–33–3138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01–44–1122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52–42–5117160−439.0012.31

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 7, 2019 New England Black Wolves Scotiabank Arena L 8–127,1580–1
2December 14, 2019@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 13–65,4141–1
3December 28, 2019@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–115,0362–1
4January 11, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Arena W 13–128,6853–1
5January 18, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 8–1012,0263–2
6January 31, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Arena W 12–910,9464–2
7February 9, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Arena W 13–97,0215–2
8February 15, 2020 Vancouver Warriors Scotiabank Arena W 14–78,4016–2
9February 21, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 8–99,3376–3
10February 29, 2020@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 9–812,7647–3
11March 8, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Arena L 10–137,8267–4

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
12March 13, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Arena
13March 27, 2020 Colorado Mammoth Scotiabank Arena
14April 4, 2020@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center
15April 5, 2020@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum
16April 11, 2020@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena
17April 17, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Arena
18April 25, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 71 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sheldon Burns
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitch de Snoo
  • 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Dominey
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damon Edwards
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Hostrawser(A)
  • 47 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Jay
  • 33 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josh Jubenville
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bradley Kri(A)
  • 22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Noble
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Challen Rogers(C)
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Taylor Stuart
Forwards


Practice Squad
  • 42 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamison Dilks (D)
  •  9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitchell Gustavsen (D)
  • 92 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Holowchuk (G)
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alec Simons (F)
Injured Reserve
  • 93 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Latrell Harris (D)
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Jones (F)
  • 61 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon Slade (D)
Holdout
  •  2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AJ Kluck (D)
Protected list
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2020-07-16
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [6] The Toronto Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
115Aaron ForsterNJIT
227Zach MannsDrexel University
343Jamison DilksSix Nations Jr. A
454Troy HolowchukSix Nations Jr. A
569Ryan ConradVirginia University
682Jordan CaskenetteOrangeville Jr. A

References

  1. ↑ "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com . March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
  3. ↑ "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "NLL WILL FOCUS ON NEXT SEASON". NLL.com . February 3, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  6. ↑ "2019 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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