2018 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season is the 21st in franchise history, and 20th as the Rock.

2018 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division4th East
2018 record8-10
Home record3-6
Road record5-4
Goals for237
Goals against216
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainBrodie Merrill
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Stephan Leblanc
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Average attendance9,700
Team leaders
GoalsAdam Jones (37)
AssistsRob Hellyer (63)
PointsRob Hellyer (93)
Penalties in minutesBrock Sorensen (60)
Loose BallsBrad Kri (135)
WinsNick Rose (8)
Goals against averageNick Rose (11.63)

Regular season

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Finalstandings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarmxy18117.6110.06–35–4226215+1112.5611.94
2Rochester Knighthawksx18108.5561.05–45–4236210+2613.1111.67
3New England Black Wolvesx1899.5002.04–55–4194242−4810.7813.44
4Toronto Rock18810.4443.03–65–4237216+2113.1712.00
5Buffalo Bandits18810.4443.04–54–5232240−812.8913.33
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxyz18144.7780.06–38–1254196+5814.1110.89
2Colorado Mammothx18117.6113.05–46–3214199+1511.8911.06
3Calgary Roughnecksx18810.4446.05–43–6227211+1612.6111.72
4Vancouver Stealth18216.11112.00–92–7186277−9110.3315.39

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; GBGames 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

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Regular season

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 8, 2017 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 9–13 11,516 0–1
2 December 16, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Air Canada Centre L 9–17 8,624 0–2
3 December 30, 2017 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 20–13 9,398 1–2
4 January 6, 2018 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 24–7 4,206 2–2
5 January 12, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 17–9 7,101 3–2
6 January 27, 2018 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre W 21–9 9,145 4–2
7 February 3, 2018 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 8–16 10,344 4–3
8 February 10, 2018 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–9 5,439 5–3
9 February 17, 2018 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 13–14 OT 5,052 5–4
10 March 3, 2018 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 7–12 10,679 5–5
11 March 11, 2018 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre L 7–8 10,259 5–6
12 March 16, 2018 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 14–9 5,832 6–6
13 March 24, 2018 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 17–14 12,097 7–6
14 March 30, 2018 Colorado Mammoth Air Canada Centre L 7–11 10,288 7–7
15 April 8, 2018 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 10–11 4,496 7–8
16 April 13, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 11–14 11,463 7–9
17 April 21, 2018 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 16–11 16,630 8–9
18 April 28, 2018 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 15–19 15,787 8–10

Roster

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Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  2   Drew Belgrave
  • 71   Sheldon Burns
  •  5   Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45   Damon Edwards
  • 93   Latrell Harris
  • 91   Bill Hostrawser
  • 20   Bradley Kri
  • 82   Jordan Magnuson (D)
Forwards
  • 22   Phil Caputo
  • 25   Dan Craig
  • 10   Rob Hellyer
  • 11   Brett Hickey
  • 16   Adam Jones
  • 17   Stephan Leblanc (A)
  • 41   Dan Lintner
  •  6   Kieran McArdle
  • 97   Reid Reinholdt
Transition
  • 23   Challen Rogers
  •  3   Brock Sorensen
Practice Squad
  • 1   Riley Hutchcraft (G)
  • 47   Adam Jay (D)
  • 27   Darryl Robertson (D)
  • 61   Brandon Slade (D)
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  •  4   Jesse Gamble (T)
Protected list
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2018-3-4
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017.[2] The Rock made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 15 Drew Belgrave
2 18 Zac Mason
3 30 Riley Hutchcraft
4 35 Alec Tulett
4 40 Josh Jubenville
5 49 Christian Burgdorf
6 57 Daniel Craig

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2016.