1999 Toronto Rock season

1999 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Winners
Division Champions
Division 1st
1999 record 9-3
Home record 6-0
Road record 3-3
Goals for 157
Goals against 139
General Manager John Mouradian
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance 11,075
Team leaders
Assists Colin Doyle (37)
Points Colin Doyle (54)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (166)
Wins Bob Watson (6)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 1999 season was the 2nd in franchise history and 1st as the Rock.

The Rock finished on top of the NLL standings, winning its first division in franchise history. The Rock beat the Philadelphia Wings in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game. Their victory over the Rochester Knighthawks in this game gave them their first NLL championship.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Toronto Rock 9 3 - .750 6-0 3-3 157 139
x-Baltimore Thunder 8 4 1 .667 5-1 3-3 211 175
x-Rochester Knighthawks 8 4 1 .667 4-2 4-2 169 160
x-Philadelphia Wings 5 7 4 .417 4-2 1-5 153 153
e-New York Saints 5 7 4 .417 2-4 3-3 149 156
e-Buffalo Bandits 4 8 5 .333 1-5 3-3 158 177
e-Syracuse Smash 3 9 6 .250 3-3 0-6 161 198

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention[2]

Game log

# Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 9 @ Baltimore Baltimore Arena L 21 - 10 5,738 0-1
2 January 22 Buffalo Maple Leaf Gardens W 11 - 10 11,052 1-1
3 January 29 Rochester Maple Leaf Gardens W 16 - 9 9,691 2-1
4 February 6 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 11 - 10 OT 9,042 2-2
5 February 19 Philadelphia Maple Leaf Gardens W 9 - 7 10,166 3-2
6 February 26 New York Maple Leaf Gardens W 13 - 9 9,012 4-2
7 February 27 @ Philadelphia First Union Center L 12 - 11 OT 17,057 4-3
8 March 13 @ Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial W 19 - 12 4,237 5-3
9 March 26 Syracuse Maple Leaf Gardens W 19 - 12 13,300 6-3
10 March 27 @ Buffalo Marine Midland Arena W 13 - 12 OT 10,723 7-3
11 April 2 Baltimore Maple Leaf Gardens W 16 - 15 13,230 8-3
12 April 9 @ New York Nassau Coliseum W 9 - 3 5,619 9-3

[3]

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Semifinals April 16 Philadelphia Maple Leaf Gardens W 13 - 2 12,026
Championship Game April 23 Rochester Maple Leaf Gardens W 13 - 10 15,691

[4]

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes[5]

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Colin Doyle 12 17 37 54
Totals

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average[6]

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Bob Watson 548 6 2 110 .758 12.04
Totals

Awards

Player Award
Colin Doyle Championship Game MVP[7]
Bob Watson Player of the Month, February[7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team[7]
Bob Watson Second All-Pro Team[7]
Bob Watson All-Stars[8]
Colin Doyle
Chris Gill
Jim Veltman

Roster

No. Position Player
11 Def Clark, Glenn
2 Def Coyle, Pat
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
25 Fwd Gill, Chris
No. Position Player
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
8 Fwd Stroup, Dan
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob

[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Knight, Stephen (1999-04-24). "Toronto rocks on to NLL title, 13-10; Rochester falls short in league championship". 
  2. ^ "1999 Regular Season - League". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&subType=0&season_id=30&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  3. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=15&season_id=30&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=15&season_id=31&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Runners". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=6&season_id=30&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  6. ^ "Goalies". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=6&season_id=30&leagueId=3&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  7. ^ a b c d "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book". NLL. http://www.nllfiles.com/2010mediaguide.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  8. ^ Reinsalu, Valia (1999-02-06). "Rock seeking first road win tonight". Toronto Star. 
  9. ^ "Toronto Rock 1999 Regular Season". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=30&team_id=15. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 

External links

Toronto Rock seasons
1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Bold indicates Champion's Cup winner
1998 season played as the Ontario Raiders
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