2024 Toronto Rock season

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2024 Toronto Rock
League NLL
DivisionEast
2024 record15-3
Home record7-2
Road record8-1
Goals for218
Goals against169
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
Alternate captainsRob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
Arena FirstOntario Centre
Average attendance7,894
2025 season 

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2024 season is the 26th in franchise history, and 25th as the Rock. [1]

Contents

Regular season

It was originally announced that beginning in January 2024, the Rock would need to temporarily relocate their home games to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, as following their home games in December 2023 Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre would close for renovations for approximately two years. [2] [3] [4] This also forced the Bulldogs and Honey Badgers to temporarily and permanently relocate to Brantford and Brampton, respectively. However, in September 2023 it was announced that the renovations would be delayed and that the Toronto Rock would play the entirety of the 2023/24 season in Hamilton before temporarily relocating to Mississauga for the following season until the renovations are completed. [5] [6] [7]

Prior to the season the league announced a new alignment of teams, with the Eastern and Western conferences being eliminated in favour of a single unified standings for ranking the teams. [1] [8] [7]

The Rock made a number of notable acquisitions in the offseason via trades and free agency, including Mark Matthews, Chris Boushy, Dan Lintner, and Justin Martin. [8] Meanwhile, the team lost Jamison Dilks, Zach Manns and Adam Jay. Additionally, Dan Dawson retired. [8] [7]

Latrell Harris, the defending National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award, injured his ACL in the offseason and will be out for the full season. [8] [7]

The team had a strong start to the regular season, winning its first 5 games. [9] The Rock finished 15–3, and clinched first place after defeating the Rochester Knighthawks 13–6 on April 13. [10]

Final standings

Reference: [11]

PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xz18153.8330.07281218169+4912.119.39
2 San Diego Seals x18135.7222.08154210178+3211.679.89
3 Albany FireWolves x18117.6114.05463206191+1511.4410.61
4 Buffalo Bandits x18117.6114.06354237212+2513.1711.78
5 Georgia Swarm x18108.5565.06345198197+111.0010.94
6 Halifax Thunderbirds x18108.5565.06345228200+2812.6711.11
7 Panther City Lacrosse Club x1899.5006.05445205202+311.3911.22
8 Rochester Knighthawks x18810.4447.04545214226−1211.8912.56
9 New York Riptide 18810.4447.04545206234−2811.4413.00
10 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4447.04545217210+712.0611.67
11 Calgary Roughnecks 18810.4447.06327198194+411.0010.78
12 Vancouver Warriors 18810.4447.05436202211−911.2211.72
13 Philadelphia Wings 18612.3339.01854198233−3511.0012.94
14 Las Vegas Desert Dogs 18513.27810.02736176223−479.7812.39
15 Colorado Mammoth 18513.27810.04518193226−3310.7212.56

Game log

Regular season

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 9, 2023 Philadelphia Wings FirstOntario Centre W 1177,21710
2December 22, 2023@ Panther City Lacrosse Club Dickies Arena W 13102,86220
3December 30, 2023 New York Riptide FirstOntario Centre W 1489,56630
4January 12, 2024@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 1198,92140
5January 20, 2024 Georgia Swarm FirstOntario Centre W 1297,42050
6January 27, 2024 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 14168,58651
7February 3, 2024@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 979,97161
8February 10, 2024 Calgary Roughnecks FirstOntario Centre L 10117,26362
9February 16, 2024@ New York Riptide Place Bell W 16106,43772
10February 24, 2024 Vancouver Warriors FirstOntario Centre W 957,61182
11March 1, 2024@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs Michelob Ultra Arena W 16116,03992
12March 2, 2024@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 15134,199102
13March 9, 2024 Colorado Mammoth FirstOntario Centre W 1279,220112
14March 16, 2024@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 121418,463113
15March 23, 2024 Halifax Thunderbirds FirstOntario Centre W 98OT9,588123
16April 6, 2024@ Albany FireWolves MVP Arena W 1075,749133
17April 13, 2024 Rochester Knighthawks FirstOntario Centre W 13611,256143
18April 20, 2024@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 12119,069153

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
QuarterfinalsApril 27, 2024 Rochester Knighthawks FirstOntario Centre W 966,93410
Semifinals (game 1)May 3, 2024 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 4127,13011
Semifinals (game 2)May 5, 2024@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 81016,31212

Roster

Reference: [12]

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 2023 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 11, 2023. The Toronto Rock made the following selections: [13]

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
339Zack KearneyUmass Amherst- Oakville Rock Sr. B
350Chase SchiavonOrangeville
465John WhellerWhitby Warriors
579Brett HandsorJohns Hopkins- Oakville Rock Sr. B
694Luke DawickOakville Buzz Jr. A

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