2014 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 17th in franchise history, and 16th as the Rock.

2014 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2014 record9–9
Home record6–3
Road record3–6
Goals for219
Goals against213
General ManagerTerry Sanderson
CoachJohn Lovell
CaptainColin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Josh Sanderson
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsStephan Leblanc (45)
AssistsGarrett Billings (69)
PointsGarrett Billings (101)
Penalties in minutesBilly Hostrawser (55)
Loose BallsEthan O'Connor (133)
WinsNick Rose (6)
Goals against averageBrandon Miller (8.95)

After an up-and-down start to the season, the Rock acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings at the trade deadline[1] hoping to revitalize their shaky defense.

On April 5, star forward Garrett Billings tore his ACL during a game against the Vancouver Stealth and was lost for the remainder of the season.[2] Despite losing the league's scoring leader, the Rock won that game, which started a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season and clinch second place in the Eastern division ahead of the slumping Buffalo Bandits. But the Bandits ended their 8-game losing streak by beating the Rock in the division semi-finals, 15–3.[3]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Rochester Knighthawks xy18144.7780.08163210167+4311.679.28
2Toronto Rock x1899.5005.06336219213+612.1711.83
3Buffalo Bandits x18810.4446.06327190200−1010.5611.11
4Philadelphia Wings18612.3338.02745202218−1611.2212.11
5Minnesota Swarm18414.22210.02727180219−3910.0012.17
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rush xyz18162.8890.08181220157+6312.228.72
2Calgary Roughnecks x18126.6674.06363237215+2213.1711.94
3Colorado Mammoth x18810.4448.04545201228−2711.1712.67
4Vancouver Stealth18414.22212.03618181223−4210.0612.39

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; 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

Regular season

Reference:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2014 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 1611 11,120 10
2 January 10, 2014 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 1012 11,404 11
3 January 18, 2014 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 812 8,136 12
4 January 31, 2014 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 1712 11,234 22
5 February 1, 2014 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 1012 12,768 23
6 February 7, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 2010 9,087 33
7 February 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 917 10,279 34
8 February 22, 2014 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 1412 9,207 44
9 February 28, 2014 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Centre L 1011 8,015 45
10 March 1, 2014 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 1319 8,990 46
11 March 15, 2014 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 1217 10,832 47
12 March 16, 2014 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 98 OT 6,628 57
13 March 22, 2014 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center L 1314 7,157 58
14 March 30, 2014 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 1013 10,655 59
15 April 5, 2014 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Event Centre W 179 3,721 69
16 April 12, 2014 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Air Canada Centre W 109 10,662 79
17 April 18, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 139 11,276 89
18 April 26, 2014 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 86 9,056 99

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 3, 2014 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 1315 7,867 01

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  5 Canada Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 21 Canada Bill Greer
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser
  • 88 Canada Scott Johnston
  • 41 Canada Mike Lum-Walker
  • 14 Canada Rob Marshall
  •  9 Canada Patrick Merrill (A)
  • 98 Canada Jimmy Purves
Forwards
Transition
  •  4 Canada Jesse Gamble
  • 37 Canada Ethan O'Connor
Practice Squad
  • 77 Canada Craig England D
  • 39 Canada Steve Fryer G
  • 22 Canada Cam Woods D
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  • 15 United States Eric Law F
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2014-3-25
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. "Rock acquire Brandon Miller for Kyle Belton and draft picks". IL Indoor. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. Stamp, Stephen (April 6, 2014). "Rock dump Stealth but lose Billings, plus the rest of the NLL story". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. Chavez, Bob (May 5, 2014). "With questions answered, Buffalo Bandits move on in NLL playoffs". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. "Toronto Rock schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
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