2004 Toronto Rock season

2004 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
2004 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 202
Goals against 176
General Manager Derek Keenan (interim)
Terry Sanderson
Coach Ed Comeau (interim)
Terry Sanderson
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 16,907
Team leaders
Goals Blaine Manning (36)
Assists Colin Doyle (55)
Points Blaine Manning (90)
Penalties in minutes Patrick Merrill (19)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (193)
Wins Bob Watson & Anthony Cosmo (5)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (10.39)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2004 season was the 7th in franchise history and 6th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the sixth straight year. The Rock lost to the Buffalo Bandits in the division final[1], failing in their attempt at three consecutive championships.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Toronto Rock 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 202 176
x-Rochester Knighthawks 8 8 2 .500 6-2 2-6 173 186
x-Buffalo Bandits 8 8 2 .500 4-4 4-4 205 198
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 3-5 4-4 192 198
West Division                
y-Colorado Mammoth 13 3 - .813 7-1 6-2 223 173
x-San Jose Stealth 11 5 2 .688 7-1 4-4 204 201
x-Calgary Roughnecks 10 6 3 .625 4-4 6-2 214 187
e-Arizona Sting 7 9 6 .438 6-2 1-7 200 208
e-Vancouver Ravens 5 11 8 .313 3-5 2-6 188 213
e-Anaheim Storm 1 15 12 .063 1-7 0-8 171 227

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 10 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 13 - 8 8,214 0-1
2 January 16 Calgary Air Canada Centre W 18 - 12 16,124 1-1
3 January 23 Vancouver Air Canada Centre W 17 - 12 15,400 2-1
4 January 31 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 11 - 10 8,786 2-2
5 February 7 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre L 10 - 8 17,550 2-3
6 February 13 Buffalo Air Canada Centre L 13 - 9 15,107 2-4
7 February 20 @ Vancouver GM Place W 15 - 6 8,824 3-4
8 February 27 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre W 18 - 15 15,820 4-4
9 February 28 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center W 11 - 10 13,606 5-4
10 March 5 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 13 - 11 9,299 6-4
11 March 12 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 13 - 9 17,625 7-4
12 March 13 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center W 12 - 10 14,184 8-4
13 March 26 Buffalo Air Canada Centre W 14 - 11 18,809 9-4
14 March 27 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 15 - 9 10,599 10-4
15 April 2 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome L 11 - 10 2OT 12,454 10-5
16 April 9 Rochester Air Canada Centre L 13 - 11 18,821 10-6

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Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Division Final April 25 Buffalo Air Canada Centre L 19 - 10 14,618

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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
Blaine Manning 16 36 54 90 81 7
Colin Doyle 16 33 55 88 64 11
Jim Veltman 16 12 53 65 179 9
Matt Shearer 12 26 18 44 32 3
Aaron Wilson 13 24 18 42 58 3
Steve Toll 16 15 19 34 141 1
Chris Driscoll 16 15 19 34 64 9
Ken Millin 14 12 15 27 48 5
Ryan Painter 8 8 11 19 25 3
Darryl Gibson 16 6 8 14 62 11
Totals 202 311 513 1110 147

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 11 571:07 5 5 106 .755 11.14
Anthony Cosmo 9 392:44 5 1 68 .766 10.39
Totals 10 6 176 .757 10.92

Awards

Player Award
Jim Veltman NLL Most Valuable Player[7]
Jim Veltman Player of the Month, March[7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning Second All-Pro Team[7]
Colin Doyle
Colin Doyle All-Stars[8]
Blaine Manning
Pat Coyle
Glenn Clark
Jim Veltman

Roster

No. Position Player
5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy
11 Def Clark, Glenn
2 Def Coyle, Pat
44 Goalie Cosmo, Anthony
91  ?? Croswell, Brian
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
73 Fwd Driscoll, Chris
19 Def Gibson, Darryl
12  ?? Jones, Pat
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
21  ?? Landriault, Marc
4  ?? Livingstone, Carter
No. Position Player
16 Fwd Manning, Blaine
9 Def Merrill, Patrick
33 Fwd Millin, Ken
42  ?? Pacey, Eric
14  ?? Painter, Ryan
40 Def Rubel, Ian
24 Fwd Shearer, Matt
27 Def Suddons, Derek
17 Def Toll, Steve
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob
10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Bandits steal NLL victory from 'embarrassed' Rock". Guelph Mercury. 2004-04-26. p. B.2. 
  2. ^ "2004 Regular Season - League". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&subType=0&season_id=40&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=40&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ "Stats". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=15&season_id=41&home_away=. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Runners". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=8&season_id=40&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  6. ^ "Goalies". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=8&season_id=40&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. ^ "East Division All-Star Reserves Announced". NLL. 2004-02-11. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=1505. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  9. ^ "Toronto Rock 2004 Regular Season". NLL. http://stats.nll.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=40&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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West
Anaheim Storm • Arizona Sting • Calgary Roughnecks • Colorado Mammoth • San Jose Stealth • Vancouver Ravens