2023 Toronto Rock season

Last updated
2023 Toronto Rock
League NLL
DivisionEast
2023 record13-5
Home record8-1
Road record5-4
Goals for234
Goals against164
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
Alternate captainsRob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
Arena FirstOntario Centre
Average attendance9,423
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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the 25th in franchise history, and 24th as the Rock.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2 Toronto Rock –x18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3 Halifax Thunderbirds –x18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4 Rochester Knighthawks –x18108.5564.06–34–5218214+412.1111.89
5 Philadelphia Wings 1899.5005.04–55–4200211−1111.1111.72
6 Georgia Swarm 18810.4446.03–65–4219207+1212.1711.50
7 New York Riptide 18513.2789.03–62–7201243−4211.1713.50
8 Albany FireWolves 18315.16711.00–93–6167233−669.2812.94
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Diego Seals –xy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3 Panther City Lacrosse Club –x18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4 Colorado Mammoth –x1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
5 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4446.05–43–6204212−811.3311.78
6 Las Vegas Desert Dogs 18513.2789.04–51–8179222−439.9412.33
7 Vancouver Warriors 18414.22210.02–72–7188247−5910.4413.72

Game log

Regular season

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 3, 2022 Vancouver Warriors FirstOntario Centre W 19–87,3441–0
2December 10, 2022@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 7–114,1571–1
3December 17, 2022 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 8–117,7301–2
4January 7, 2023@ New York Riptide Nassau Live Center W 15–74,1382–2
5January 14, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds FirstOntario Centre W 17–89,3043–2
6January 21, 2023@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 14–57,3304–2
7January 28, 2023@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 11–10OT9,0375–2
8February 4, 2023 New York Riptide FirstOntario Centre W 22–149,4196–2
9February 10, 2023@ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena W 11–108,5447–2
10February 18, 2023 Georgia Swarm FirstOntario Centre W 16–78,9128–2
11March 4, 2023 Rochester Knighthawks FirstOntario Centre W 9–810,2299–2
12March 6, 2023@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center L 10–116,1809–3
13March 11, 2023 Albany FireWolves FirstOntario Centre W 12–98,42110–3
14March 18, 2023@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 12–149,95710–4
15March 25, 2023@ Albany FireWolves MVP Arena W 11–93,84911–4
16April 1, 2023 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre W 17–813,12712–4
17April 15, 2023 Philadelphia Wings FirstOntario Centre W 12–710,32013–4
18April 22, 2023@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 10–1116,86113–5

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Eastern Conference QuarterfinalsMay 5, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds FirstOntario Centre W 15–118,8311–0
Eastern Conference finals (game 1)May 12, 2023@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 5–1411,5101–1
Eastern Conference finals (game 2)May 13, 2023 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 8–178,3041–2

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
  • 42 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamison Dilks
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Damon Edwards
  • 93 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Latrell Harris
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Billy Hostrawser(A)
  •  3 Flag of the United States.svg T. D. Ierlan
  • 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
  • 61 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon Slade (D)
Forwards
Transition
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Mazzuca
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Challen Rogers(C)
Practice Squad
  • 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Forster (F)
  • 92 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Holowchuk (G)
Injured Reserve
  • 47 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Jay (D)
  • 55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Weier (D)
Holdout
  • 51 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan McKenna (D)
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2022-3-1
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Toronto Rock made the following selections: [2]

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
228Josh DawickWhitby Jr A – University of Denver
235Tyler HendrycksPeterborough Jr A – High Point University
236Brian CameronRutgers University
241Sam HainesOakville Buzz Jr A
356Tucker DordevicSyracuse
471Marley AngusOakville Jr A – Rochester Institute of Technology
587Brendan NichternArmy
6102Brett MakarUniversity of Maryland

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References

  1. ↑ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  2. ↑ mhancock (2022-09-10). "Rock Select 8 At NLL Draft". Toronto Rock. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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