2012 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 15th in franchise history, and 14th as the Rock.

2012 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2012 record9–7
Home record3–5
Road record6–2
Goals for198
Goals against196
General ManagerTerry Sanderson
CoachTroy Cordingley
CaptainColin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Blaine Manning
Phil Sanderson
Cam Woods
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Average attendance11,173
Team leaders
GoalsGarrett Billings (32)
AssistsGarrett Billings (82)
PointsGarrett Billings (114)
Penalties in minutesPatrick Merrill (48)
Loose BallsSandy Chapman (83)
WinsNick Rose (5)
Goals against averageNick Rose (10.69)

After the retirement of Bob Watson, the Rock needed to fill the starting goaltender spot for the first time in franchise history. In July, the Rock traded defender Kyle Ross to the Washington Stealth for Matt Roik, a 10-year NLL veteran.[1] The Rock lost their first two games of the season, but then won four of their next five. Roik was named Defensive Player of the Week in week 5[2] and was also named to the Eastern All-Star team.[3] But the team lost their next three games, including a 21–14 blowout to the Buffalo Bandits, and management felt a change needed to be made. They sent a draft pick to the Calgary Roughnecks for backup goaltender Nick Rose and released Roik.[4]

The Rock won five of their final six regular season games, finishing the season with a 9–7 record, good enough for first in the Eastern division. In the division semi-finals, they once again faced the Bandits, who had beaten the Rock in 2 of their 3 matchups in the regular season. With stellar goaltending performances by both Rose and former Rock goalie Anthony Cosmo, the Rock defeated the Bandits 7–6 to advance to their third straight Eastern final.

The Rock hosted the Rochester Knighthawks, who had a 4–18 all-time record in Toronto and hadn't beaten the Rock in Toronto since 2008.[5] But the Knighthawks scored early and often, and despite being down by only two at the half, the Rock were never able to regain the lead and Rochester advanced to the Championship game by beating the Rock 17–13.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [6]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xy1697.5620.03–56–2198196+212.3812.25
2Rochester Knighthawks – x1679.4382.05–32–6191197−611.9412.31
3Philadelphia Wings – x1679.4382.03–54–4176207−3111.0012.94
4Buffalo Bandits – x1679.4382.04–43–5198204−612.3812.75
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xyz16124.7500.05–37–1216170+4613.5010.62
2Colorado Mammoth – x16115.6881.05–36–2217201+1613.5612.56
3Minnesota Swarm – x1697.5623.06–23–5202190+1212.6211.88
4Edmonton Rush – x16610.3756.04–42–6167175−810.4410.94
5Washington Stealth16412.2508.02–62–6179204−2511.1912.75

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

Reference:[7]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8, 2012 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 9–12 10,341 0–1
2 January 14, 2012 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 10–14 16,356 0–2
3 January 27, 2012 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 13–11 11,862 1–2
4 January 28, 2012 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 14–13 OT 7,460 2–2
5 February 4, 2012 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center W 15–6 7,807 3–2
6 February 18, 2012 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre L 8–14 10,360 3–3
7 February 24, 2012 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 16–12 10,274 4–3
8 March 3, 2012 Washington Stealth Air Canada Centre L 9–14 10,530 4–4
9 March 9, 2012 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre L 10–12 9,804 4–5
10 March 16, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 14–21 12,153 4–6
11 March 24, 2012 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13–7 5,714 5–6
12 March 31, 2012 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 15–9 17,322 6–6
13 April 7, 2012 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre W 12–8 14,060 7–6
14 April 14, 2012 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 12–19 15,215 7–7
15 April 20, 2012 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena W 16–13 3,846 8–7
16 April 28, 2012 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 12–11 6,478 9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[8]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 5, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 7–6 9,472 1–0
Division Final May 12, 2012 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 13–17 9,384 1–1

Transactions

Trades
July 13, 2011[9]
 To Toronto Rock
Dan Carey
3rd round pick, 2011 entry draft
1st round pick, 2013 entry draft		 To Colorado Mammoth
Mat MacLeod
Creighton Reid
1st round pick, 2011 entry draft
2nd round pick, 2011 entry draft
July 25, 2011[1]
 To Toronto Rock
Matt Roik		 To Washington Stealth
Kyle Ross
September 9, 2011[10]
 To Toronto Rock
Josh Sanderson
Nick Inch		 To Minnesota Swarm
Jeff Gilbert
9th pick, Boston Blazers dispersal draft
12th pick, 2011 entry draft
Conditional 1st round pick, 2012 entry draft
November 4, 2011[11]
 To Toronto Rock
Bill Greer		 To Edmonton Rush
2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft
2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft
March 19, 2012[4]
 To Toronto Rock
Nick Rose
Conditional 2nd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
1st round pick in 2014 Entry Draft

Dispersal Draft

The Rock chose the following player in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

RoundOverallPlayer
218Jon Durno

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[12] The Rock selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
217Jesse GambleCornell University
326Pete RenniePeterborough, ON
435Eric BissellPeterborough, ON
544Kyle DavisBrampton, ON
650Phil RawnKitchener, ON
653Mark BurnettMars Hill College

Roster
2012 Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  •  4 Canada Jesse Gamble
Practice Squad
  • 35 Canada Zak Boychuk
  • 12 Canada Adam McGourty
  • 23 Canada Peter Rennie
Injured Reserve
Holdout
Unable to play
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2012-03-19
NLL Transactions

See also

References
  1. "Toronto trades for goaltender". NLL.com. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. "Players of the Week: Duch, Roik, Rabil, & Powless". NLL.com. February 8, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  3. Chavez, Bob (February 8, 2012). "NLL announces rosters for All-Star Game". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  4. "Rock acquire goalie Nick Rose from Calgary". TorontoRock.com. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  5. Perrow, Graeme (May 14, 2012). "Money Ballers, NLL Playoffs: Rochester's Walters shines in the postseason party". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  6. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  7. "Toronto Rock - 2012 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  8. "Toronto Rock - 2012 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  9. "Colorado trades Carey to Toronto". NLL.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  10. ""Shooter" comes back to Toronto". NLL.com. September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  11. "Bill Greer Acquired for Picks from Edmonton". TorontoRock.com. November 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  12. "2011 Entry Draft results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
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