2005 Toronto Rock season

2005 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Winners
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
2005 record 12-4
Home record 6-2
Road record 6-2
Goals for 227
Goals against 190
General Manager Terry Sanderson
Coach Terry Sanderson
Captain Jim Veltman
Alternate captains Colin Doyle
Chris Driscoll
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 17,123 [1]
Team leaders
Goals Colin Doyle (42)
Assists Josh Sanderson (71)
Points Colin Doyle (111)
Penalties in minutes Chris Driscoll (33)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (193)
Wins Bob Watson (11)
Goals against average Bob Watson (11.78)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 8th in franchise history and 7th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the seventh straight year. The Rock beat the Rochester Knighthawks in the division final and then hosted the Arizona Sting in the championship game. In a decisive win, the Rock beat the Sting 19-13 for their fifth Champion's Cup in seven years, and first without Les Bartley behind the bench.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Toronto Rock 12 4 - .750 6-2 6-2 227 190
x-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 1 .688 5-3 6-2 217 183
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 2 .625 5-3 5-3 193 179
e-Philadelphia Wings 6 10 6 .375 3-5 3-5 213 218
e-Minnesota Swarm 5 11 7 .313 3-6 3-5 188 231
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 216 208
x-Arizona Sting 9 7 1 .563 5-3 4-4 209 209
x-Colorado Mammoth 8 8 2 .500 5-3 3-5 201 182
e-Anaheim Storm 5 11 5 .313 2-6 3-5 175 212
e-San Jose Stealth 4 12 6 .250 2-6 2-6 170 197

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 7 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 15 - 13 11,067 1-0
2 January 15 Minnesota Air Canada Centre W 19 - 15 17,229 2-0
3 January 28 Rochester Air Canada Centre L 15 - 6 16,087 2-1
4 January 29 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 12 - 11 OT 8,867 2-2
5 February 11 @ Minnesota Xcel Energy Center W 15 - 9 9,109 3-2
6 February 12 Calgary Air Canada Centre W 16 - 10 17,240 4-2
7 February 25 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 15 - 9 16,372 5-2
8 March 4 Buffalo Air Canada Centre L 14 - 12 17,756 5-3
9 March 13 @ Anaheim Arrowhead Pond W 14 - 6 4,499 6-3
10 March 18 Arizona Air Canada Centre W 18 - 10 18,173 7-3
11 March 26 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 12 - 8 11,309 8-3
12 April 1 Calgary Air Canada Centre W 16 - 10 17,141 9-3
13 April 2 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center W 17 - 15 12,584 10-3
14 April 9 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center W 15 - 11 14,480 11-3
15 April 10 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre W 14 - 13 16,989 12-3
16 April 17 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome L 20 - 12 11,311 12-4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Division Final April 29 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 12 - 10 17,289
Championship Game May 14 Arizona Air Canada Centre W 19 - 13 19,432

Player stats

Reference: [3]

Runners (Top 10)

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

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Colin Doyle 16 42 69 111 94 21
Blaine Manning 16 39 66 105 83 18
Josh Sanderson 16 31 71 102 112 8
Aaron Wilson 16 41 33 74 99 6
Matt Shearer 13 17 21 38 39 0
Jim Veltman 13 8 28 36 193 29
Chris Driscoll 16 13 13 26 91 33
Rusty Kruger 10 9 13 22 37 20
Brian Beisel 15 7 8 15 62 6
Totals 380 607 424 1118 61

Goaltenders

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

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Bob Watson 16 886:27 11 4 174 .757 11.78
Phil Wetherup 5 70:40 1 0 15 .722 12.74
Totals 12 4 190 .754 11.88

Awards

Player Award
Colin Doyle NLL Most Valuable Player
Bob Watson Player of the Month, March (tied with John Tavares)
Colin Doyle Championship Game MVP
Colin Doyle First All-Pro Team
Blaine Manning Second All-Pro Team
Josh Sanderson
Jim Veltman
Bob Watson
Blaine Manning All-Stars
Glenn Clark
Colin Doyle
Jim Veltman

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
17 Def Beisel, Brian
5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy
11 Def Clark, Glenn
7 Fwd Doyle, Colin
93 Fwd Driscoll, Chris
36 Def Forget, Luke
20 Fwd Kruger, Rusty
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
16 Fwd Manning, Blaine
9 Def Merrill, Patrick
77 Def OBrien, Tim
No. Position Player
81 Fwd Quinlan, Jimmy
13 Def Rosa, John
40 Def Rubel, Ian
19 Fwd Sanderson, Josh
18 Def Sanderson, Phil
24 Fwd Shearer, Matt
27 Def Suddons, Derek
38 Fwd Trudeau, Nick
32 Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob
90 Goalie Wetherup, Phil
10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

See also

References

  1. ^ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=686

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
East
Buffalo • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West