2002 Toronto Rock season

2002 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Winners
Northern Division Champions
Division 1st Northern
2002 record 11-5
Home record 8-0
Road record 3-5
Goals for 223
Goals against 176
General Manager Les Bartley
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 15,689
Team leaders
Goals Colin Doyle (47)
Assists Blaine Manning (50)
Points Colin Doyle (80)
Penalties in minutes Pat Coyle (60)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (203)
Wins Bob Watson (9)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (10.55)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2002 season was the 5th in franchise history and 4th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fourth straight year. The Rock beat the Washington Power in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Albany Attack. Their victory in this game gave the Rock three out of the last four championships.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Eastern Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Washington Power 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 253 243
x-Philadelphia Wings 8 8 1 .500 6-2 2-6 222 237
e-New York Saints 5 11 4 .313 2-6 3-5 200 249
e-New Jersey Storm 5 11 4 .313 3-5 2-6 178 232
Central Division                
y-Albany Attack 14 2 - .875 7-1 7-1 252 194
x-Rochester Knighthawks 13 3 1 .813 8-0 5-3 261 202
e-Montreal Express 8 8 6 .500 4-4 4-4 237 227
e-Buffalo Bandits 8 8 6 .500 4-4 4-4 210 215
e-Columbus Landsharks 5 11 9 .313 2-6 3-5 198 230
Northern Division                
y-Toronto Rock 11 5 - .688 8-0 3-5 223 176
x-Vancouver Ravens 10 6 1 .625 6-2 4-4 236 192
e-Calgary Roughnecks 4 12 7 .250 2-6 2-6 224 264
e-Ottawa Rebel 4 12 7 .250 1-7 3-5 202 245

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

Game log

# Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 November 17 Vancouver Air Canada Centre W 16 - 11 13,049 1-0
2 December 1 @ Vancouver GM Place L 13 - 12 13,772 1-1
3 December 14 Ottawa Air Canada Centre W 12 - 6 14,169 2-1
4 January 5 @ Washington Capital Centre L 12 - 11 3,512 2-2
5 January 12 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome W 15 - 12 9,428 3-2
6 January 26 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 14 - 9 18,543 4-2
7 February 3 Montreal Air Canada Centre W 17 - 12 14,515 5-2
8 February 10 Washington Air Canada Centre W 17 - 14 13,802 6-2
9 February 16 @ Ottawa Corel Centre W 15 - 8 7,826 7-2
10 February 23 Calgary Air Canada Centre W 14 - 13 OT 17,138 8-2
11 March 2 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 8 - 7 7,948 9-2
12 March 8 @ Montreal Molson Centre L 15 - 9 9,339 9-3
13 March 15 New York Air Canada Centre W 21 - 7 16,796 10-3
14 March 16 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 16 - 14 10,481 10-4
15 March 22 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre W 17 - 9 17,501 11-4
16 March 23 @ Philadelphia First Union Center L 12 - 11 OT 14,361 11-5

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Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Semifinals April 5 Washington Air Canada Centre W 12 - 11 2OT 14,442
Championship Game April 13 @ Albany Pepsi Arena W 13 - 12 9,289

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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 16 47 33 80 58 17
Blaine Manning 16 21 50 71 109 13
Steve Toll 16 26 39 65 125 11
Dan Stroup 16 37 23 60 86 12
Kim Squire 16 27 28 55 57 54
Jim Veltman 16 16 37 53 203 22
Ken Millin 14 11 12 23 40 2
Mike Murray 10 10 9 19 19 6
Darryl Gibson 15 3 15 18 84 12
Glenn Clark 16 10 7 17 98 19
Totals 223 298 521 1290 360

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 12 681:21 9 3 131 .764 11.54
Anthony Cosmo 6 255:56 2 2 45 .791 10.55
Totals 11 5 176 .772 10.94

Awards

Player Award
Blaine Manning Rookie of the Year Award[7]
Pat Coyle Defensive Player of the Year Award[7]
Jim Veltman Sportsmanship Award[7]
Colin Doyle Championship Game MVP[7]
Blaine Manning Rookie of the Month, March[7]
Pat Coyle First All-Pro Team[7]
Colin Doyle Second All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning All-Rookie Team[7]
Colin Doyle All-Stars[8]
Pat Coyle
Jim Veltman
Bob Watson
Steve Toll

Roster

No. Position Player
26  ?? Burke, Wayne
25  ?? Candy, Drew
5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy
11 Def Clark, Glenn
2 Def Coyle, Pat
44 Goalie Cosmo, Anthony
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
19 Def Gibson, Darryl
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
4  ?? Livingstone, Carter
No. Position Player
16 Fwd Manning, Blaine
33 Fwd Millin, Ken
18  ?? Murray, Mike
40 Def Rubel, Ian
93  ?? Squire, Kim
34  ?? Squire, Rodd
8 Fwd Stroup, Dan
17 Def Toll, Steve
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob

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See also

References

  1. ^ Blake, Campbell (2002-04-14). "Rock hold off Attack for NLL title". Our Sports Central. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2708968. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  2. ^ "2002 Regular Season - League". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&subType=0&season_id=36&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=36&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=15&season_id=37&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Runners". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=10&season_id=36&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  6. ^ "Goalies". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=10&season_id=36&leagueId=3&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book". NLL. http://www.nllfiles.com/2010mediaguide.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  8. ^ Blake, Campbell (2002-04-04). "Rock ready to face the Gaits". Our Sports Central. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2708935. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  9. ^ "Toronto Rock 2002 Regular Season". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=36&team_id=15. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 

External links

Toronto Rock seasons
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1998 season played as the Ontario Raiders
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