2020 Toronto Rock season

Last updated
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
2022 season 

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 1284.6670.06123139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54232122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54232130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02307115165-509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04340135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52451149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53353151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01507116177-618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.0235011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54234128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03333138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01441122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52425117160-439.0012.31

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 8127,15801
2December 14, 2019@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 1365,41411
3December 28, 2019@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14115,03621
4January 11, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Arena W 13128,68531
5January 18, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 81012,02632
6January 31, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Arena W 12910,94642
7February 9, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Arena W 1397,02152
8February 15, 2020 Vancouver Warriors Scotiabank Arena W 1478,40162
9February 21, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 899,33763
10February 29, 2020@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 9812,76473
11March 8, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Arena L 10137,82674

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 (Philadelphia)
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

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