2003 Toronto Rock season

2003 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Winners
Northern Division Champions
Division 1st Northern
2003 record 11-5
Home record 6-2
Road record 5-3
Goals for 195
Goals against 164
General Manager Les Bartley
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 16,733
Team leaders
Goals Blaine Manning (40)
Assists Colin Doyle (55)
Points Colin Doyle (94)
Penalties in minutes Dan Ladouceur (54)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (207)
Wins Bob Watson (6)
Goals against average Bob Watson (10.06)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2003 season was the 6th in franchise history and 5th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fifth straight year. The Rock beat the Colorado Mammoth in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Rochester Knighthawks. Their victory in this game gave the Rock two consecutive championships, and four out of five years.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Eastern Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Colorado Mammoth 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 226 223
e-Philadelphia Wings 8 8 1 .500 6-2 2-6 203 209
e-New York Saints 3 13 6 .187 2-6 1-7 198 239
e-New Jersey Storm 3 13 6 .187 3-5 0-8 187 220
Central Division                
y-Rochester Knighthawks 12 4 - .750 6-2 6-2 214 173
x-Buffalo Bandits 12 4 - .750 8-0 4-4 231 188
e-Albany Attack 8 8 4 .500 4-4 4-4 198 191
e-Columbus Landsharks 8 8 4 .500 4-4 4-4 184 203
Northern Division                
y-Toronto Rock 11 5 - .688 6-2 5-3 195 164
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 2 .563 6-2 3-5 209 207
x-Vancouver Ravens 9 7 2 .563 5-3 4-4 208 196
e-Ottawa Rebel 4 12 7 .250 3-5 1-7 174 214

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

Game log

# Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 27 @ Albany Pepsi Arena W 13 - 9 5,179 1-0
2 January 3 @ Colorado Pepsi Center L 13 - 12 2OT 16,125 1-1
3 January 11 Albany Air Canada Centre L 12 - 9 17,059 1-2
4 January 17 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome W 13 - 10 11,333 2-2
5 January 23 @ Ottawa Civic Centre W 15 - 6 2,794 3-2
6 January 24 Buffalo Air Canada Centre W 17 - 13 15,221 4-2
7 February 1 @ Philadelphia First Union Center W 13 - 9 13,585 5-2
8 February 7 Ottawa Air Canada Centre W 13 - 10 16,059 6-2
9 February 8 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena L 14 - 8 8,414 6-3
10 February 14 @ Vancouver GM Place W 13 - 10 7,594 7-3
11 February 22 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 11 - 10 18,209 8-3
12 February 28 Calgary Air Canada Centre W 15 - 6 16,169 9-3
13 March 7 Vancouver Air Canada Centre W 11 - 7 15,723 10-3
14 March 14 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 13 - 10 9,112 10-4
15 March 21 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre W 12 - 9 17,539 11-4
16 April 13 Colorado Air Canada Centre L 13 - 10 17,888 11-5

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Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Semifinals April 26 Colorado Air Canada Centre W 15 - 11 16,733
Championship Game May 3 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena W 8 - 6 11,051

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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 39 55 94 63 16
Blaine Manning 16 40 38 78 78 13
Jim Veltman 16 16 43 59 207 12
Kevin Finneran 16 25 30 55 51 6
Steve Toll 16 27 26 53 91 2
Aaron Wilson 14 21 16 37 59 6
Pat Coyle 16 2 10 12 99 31
Todd Richard 6 5 5 10 7 0
Darryl Gibson 15 4 6 10 62 12
Sandy Chapman 16 3 7 10 49 4
Totals 195 271 466 1199 300

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 10 602:19 6 4 101 .777 10.06
Anthony Cosmo 6 359:20 5 1 61 .788 10.19
Totals 11 5 164 .779 10.21

Awards

Player Award
Chris Driscoll Sportsmanship Award[7]
Bob Watson Championship Game MVP[7]
Aaron Wilson Rookie of the Month, February[7]
Colin Doyle First All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning Second All-Pro Team[7]
Jim Veltman
Aaron Wilson All-Rookie Team[7]

Roster

No. Position Player
26  ?? Burke, Wayne
5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy
11 Def Clark, Glenn
2 Def Coyle, Pat
44 Goalie Cosmo, Anthony
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
73 Fwd Driscoll, Chris
80  ?? Finneran, Kevin
19 Def Gibson, Darryl
12  ?? Jones, Pat
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
4  ?? Livingstone, Carter
No. Position Player
89  ?? Low, Jon
16 Fwd Manning, Blaine
9 Def Merrill, Patrick
97  ?? Montour, Tom
27  ?? Richard, Todd
40 Def Rubel, Ian
93  ?? Squire, Kim
20  ?? Stapleford, Scott
17 Def Toll, Steve
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob
10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

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See also

References

  1. ^ Stevens, Neil (2003-05-04). "Rock wins fourth title in five years". Canadian Press. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Lacrosse/2003/05/04/79731.html. 
  2. ^ "2003 Regular Season - League". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&subType=0&season_id=38&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=38&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=15&season_id=39&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Runners". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=10&season_id=38&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=38&leagueId=3&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f "2010 Guide & Record Book". NLL. http://www.nllfiles.com/2010mediaguide.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  8. ^ "Toronto Rock 2003 Regular Season". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=38&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
Eastern
Colorado Mammoth • New Jersey Storm • New York Saints • Philadelphia Wings
Central
Albany Attack • Buffalo Bandits • Columbus Landsharks • Rochester Knighthawks
Northern
Calgary Roughnecks • Ottawa Rebel • Toronto Rock • Vancouver Ravens