2025 Toronto Rock season

2025 Toronto Rock
League	National Lacrosse League
Rank	13th
2025 record	6–13
Home record	2–7
Road record	4–5
Goals for	189
Goals against	208
General Manager	Jamie Dawick
Coach	Matt Sawyer
Captain	Challen Rogers
Arena	Paramount Fine Foods Centre
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The Toronto Rock are a professional lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2025 season is the 27th in franchise history, and 26th as the Rock. The Rock played this season at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga while their home arena was closed for renovations.

Regular season

The Rock temporarily relocated their home games to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario for the 2024-25 season, as Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre was closed for renovations. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The Rock had a strong 2024 season, finishing with a franchise best 15-3 regular season record and first place in the league. However, the team lost to the eventual champion Buffalo Bandits in the semi-finals of the playoffs. ^[7]

Latrell Harris, the National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2023 who missed all of the 2023 season due to an injury to his ACL sustained in the offseason, will return to the team. ^[7]

The team struggled at the start of the regular season, loosing its first 5 games before defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 18 January. ^[8]

Standings

Reference: ^[9]

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits –xz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	242	195	+47	13.44	10.83
2	Saskatchewan Rush –x	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	213	179	+34	11.83	9.94
3	Halifax Thunderbirds –x	18	11	7	.611	2.0	6–3	5–4	239	213	+26	13.28	11.83
4	Vancouver Warriors –x	18	11	7	.611	2.0	7–2	4–5	196	172	+24	10.89	9.56
5	Rochester Knighthawks –x	18	10	8	.556	3.0	4–5	6–3	228	209	+19	12.67	11.61
6	Calgary Roughnecks –x	18	10	8	.556	3.0	3–6	7–2	219	209	+10	12.17	11.61
7	Georgia Swarm –x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	214	217	−3	11.89	12.06
8	San Diego Seals –x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	6–3	3–6	215	209	+6	11.94	11.61
9	Ottawa Black Bears	18	8	10	.444	5.0	4–5	4–5	183	202	−19	10.17	11.22
10	Colorado Mammoth	18	8	10	.444	5.0	4–5	4–5	195	212	−17	10.83	11.78
11	Albany FireWolves	18	7	11	.389	6.0	5–4	2–7	192	209	−17	10.67	11.61
12	Philadelphia Wings	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	207	231	−24	11.50	12.83
13	Toronto Rock	18	6	12	.333	7.0	2–7	4–5	189	208	−19	10.50	11.56
14	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	4	14	.222	9.0	2–7	2–7	189	256	−67	10.50	14.22

Game log

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2024	@ Ottawa Black Bears	Canadian Tire Centre	L 5–11		6,995	0–1
2	December 7, 2024	Albany FireWolves	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 4–15		5,044	0–2
3	December 14, 2024	@ Georgia Swarm	Gas South Arena	L 9–10		4,570	0–3
4	December 28, 2024	Ottawa Black Bears	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 11–12		5,196	0–4
5	January 10, 2025	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 13–15		17,240	0–5
6	January 18, 2025	Saskatchewan Rush	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	W 11–8		5,011	1–5
7	January 24, 2025	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 9–5		11,759	2–5
8	February 1, 2025	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	W 9–8	OT	10,441	3–5
9	February 8, 2025	San Diego Seals	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 10–11		5,030	3–6
10	February 14, 2025	Buffalo Bandits	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 12–13		5,167	3–7
11	February 22, 2025	Georgia Swarm	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 10–11	OT	5,184	3–8
12	March 7, 2025	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	W 15–12		9,892	4–8
13	March 14, 2025	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	L 8–13		9,990	4–9
14	March 22, 2025	Philadelphia Wings	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	W 15–8		5,232	5–9
15	April 6, 2025	@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Lee's Family Forum	L 13–14	OT	4,916	5–10
16	April 11, 2025	Vancouver Warriors	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 10–12		5,014	5–11
17	April 18, 2025	Halifax Thunderbirds	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	L 9–16		5,235	5–12
18	April 19, 2025	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–10		6,445	6–12

Roster

Reference: ^[10]

Toronto Rock roster view talk edit
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 92 Troy Holowchuk 31 Gowah Abrams Defensemen 22 Jake Darlison 81 Elijah Gash 93 Latrell Harris 91 Billy Hostrawser(A) 37 Robert Hudson  3 T. D. Ierlan 33 Josh Jubenville 20 Bradley Kri(A) 24 Justin J. Martin 55 Chris Weier		Forwards 21 Chris Boushy 44 Brian Cameron 25 Dan Craig  8 Josh Dawick  5 Zack Kearney  2 Zach Manns 42 Mark Matthews 34 Luke Robinson 26 Tom Schreiber 15 Corey Small  9 Gavin Thibeau 95 Aaron Woods Transition 14 Phil Mazzuca 23 Challen Rogers(C)				Head Coach Matt Sawyer Assistant Coaches Bruce Codd Rusty Kruger Blaine Manning Brandon Miller Colin Doyle Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2025-3-6 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2024 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 15th, 2024 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto. The Toronto Rock made the following selections: ^[11]

Round	Overall	Player	Position	College/Club
1	2	Sam English	F	Oakville Rock - Syracuse University
1	13	Jake Darlison	T	Whitby Warriors Jr. A
3	36	Alex Messier	D	Halton Hills Bulldogs Jr. B
4	47	Landen Sinfield	O	Akwesasne Jr. B
4	55	Colton Armitage	O	St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A
5	63	Connor Shellenberger		University of Virginia
5	70	Ethan Fisher	D	St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A

References

1. "Rock Will Relocate Home Games for 2023-24 Season Following HUPEG Announcement". Toronto Rock. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. "2023-24 Toronto Rock Season Will Begin In Hamilton Followed By Temporary Relocation To Mississauga". June 2023.
3. Marshall, Kyle (2023-06-03). "Toronto Rock temporarily relocating to Mississauga as home arena in Hamilton undergoes renovation". The Mississauga News . Retrieved 2024-04-21.
4. "Toronto Rock Will Play Upcoming Season in Hamilton From Start to Finish". 14 September 2023.
5. "Renovation change allows Toronto Rock to keep playing in Hamilton this upcoming season". CBC News. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
6. Mauntah, Richard (2023-12-07). "Toronto Rock season preview: Going everywhere, except Mississauga". Toronto Sun . Retrieved 2024-04-21.
7. Mauntah, Richard (2024-11-27). "Toronto Rock's goal for new season isn't just winning games, it's a championship". Toronto Sun . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
8. Mauntah, Richard (2025-01-18). "Toronto Rock records first win of NLL season, defeating Rush". Toronto Sun . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
9. "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
10. "Players". torontorock.com/. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
11. "DRAFT CENTRAL: 2024 NLL Draft presented by Castore". National Lacrosse League. September 14, 2024.