2007 Toronto Rock season

2007 Toronto Rock
Division 4th East
2007 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 187
Goals against 183
General Manager Mike Kloepfer
Coach Glenn Clark
Captain Jim Veltman
Alternate captains Blaine Manning
Chris Driscoll
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 15,851 [1]
Team leaders
Goals Aaron Wilson (37)
Assists Blaine Manning (56)
Points Josh Sanderson (85)
Penalties in minutes Patrick Merrill (53)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (143)
Wins Bob Watson (6)
Goals against average Bob Watson (11.01)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.

After firing head coach and GM Terry Sanderson following the 2006 season, the Rock hired Glenn Clark, who played for eight seasons with the franchise, as their new head coach. Clark led the Rock to their worst record ever, and first season under .500. However, both the Philadelphia Wings and Chicago Shamrox finishing with the same 6-10 record, and the Rock sneaked into the playoffs by virtue of tiebreakers. The celebration was short-lived, however, as the Rock scored only 6 goals losing their playoff game against the eventual champion Rochester Knighthawks.

2007 marked the first Rock season without All-Star forward Colin Doyle, who was traded with Darren Halls to San Jose in the off-season for former first-overall draft pick Ryan Benesch, Kevin Fines, and Chad Thompson. Benesch was named Rookie of the Year.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Rochester Knighthawks 14 2 - .875 8-0 6-2 249 194
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 4 .625 6-2 4-4 207 188
x-Minnesota Swarm 9 7 5 .563 4-4 5-3 200 207
x-Toronto Rock 6 10 8 .375 3-5 3-5 187 183
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 8 .375 4-4 2-6 176 191
e-Philadelphia Wings 6 10 8 .375 4-4 2-6 178 186
e-New York Titans 4 12 10 .250 3-5 1-7 195 233
West Division                
y-Colorado Mammoth 12 4 - .750 7-1 5-3 209 179
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 219 202
x-Arizona Sting 9 7 3 .563 6-2 3-5 188 181
x-San Jose Stealth 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 170
e-Edmonton Rush 6 10 6 .375 4-4 2-6 160 189
e-Portland LumberJax 4 12 8 .250 3-5 1-7 153 199

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 13 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 10 - 6 10,321 0-1
2 January 20 Rochester Air Canada Centre L 19 - 15 16,882 0-2
3 January 27 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center L 10 - 9 11,292 0-3
4 February 2 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena W 14 - 10 13,659 1-3
5 February 3 Buffalo Air Canada Centre W 13 - 8 15,471 2-3
6 February 18 Chicago Air Canada Centre W 11 - 10 15,200 3-3
7 February 23 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome W 12 - 9 13,672 4-3
8 February 24 Calgary Air Canada Centre L 17 - 13 15,312 4-4
9 March 3 @ New York Madison Square Garden L 13 - 10 7,434 4-5
10 March 16 @ Edmonton Rexall Place L 12 - 9 11,547 4-6
11 March 17 Colorado Air Canada Centre L 13 - 12 OT 15,614 4-7
12 March 23 @ Minnesota Xcel Energy Center W 13 - 6 8,184 5-7
13 March 30 Philadelphia Air Canada Centre W 15 - 6 16,813 6-7
14 April 6 Minnesota Air Canada Centre L 13 - 11 15,469 6-8
15 April 7 @ Chicago Sears Centre L 15 - 13 5,007 6-9
16 April 14 New York Air Canada Centre L 12 - 11 16,054 6-10

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal April 20 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 10 - 6 7,003

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
Josh Sanderson 16 31 54 85 78 10
Blaine Manning 16 21 56 77 56 2
Aaron Wilson 16 37 34 71 110 17
Ryan Benesch 15 33 25 58 64 6
Jim Veltman 13 3 34 37 143 10
Chris Driscoll 16 12 16 28 91 14
Chad Thompson 16 14 10 24 56 11
Kevin Fines 13 15 7 22 30 21
Matt Shearer 9 9 10 19 19 4
Totals 290 477 285 1130 55

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 16 855:37 6 8 157 .789 11.01
Mike Poulin 16 96:11 0 2 18 .757 11.23
Totals 6 10 183 .778 11.44

Awards

Player Award
Ryan Benesch NLL Rookie of the Year
Ryan Benesch Rookie of the Month, March
Ryan Benesch All-Rookie Team
Aaron Wilson All-Stars
Josh Sanderson

Transactions

Trades

March 16, 2007[2]
 To Toronto Rock
first round pick, 2007 entry draft		 To Buffalo Bandits
Phil Sanderson
March 20, 2007[3]
 To Toronto Rock
conditional fourth or fifth round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Chicago Shamrox
Rusty Kruger

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
21 Fwd Benesch, Ryan
37 Def Campbell, Scott
23 Def Carroll, Matt
93 Trans Driscoll, Chris
17 Def Fines, Kevin
Fwd Kimpinski, Sean
Fwd Kruger, Rusty
6 Def Ladouceur, Dan
41 Def MacArthur, Brad
 ? MacLeod, Mike
16 Fwd Manning, Blaine
14 Def Marshall, Rob
9 Def Merrill, Patrick
No. Position Player
77 Fwd O'Brien, Tim
30 Goalie Poulin, Mike
45 Def Riddell, Bryan
40 Def Rubel, Ian
19 Fwd Sanderson, Josh
Def Sanderson, Phil
24 Fwd Shearer, Matt
27 Def Suddons, Derek
Fwd Taylor, Jamie
12 Def Thompson, Chad
32 Trans Veltman, Jim
29 Goalie Watson, Bob
10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

See also

References

  1. ^ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=1322
  2. ^ "Toronto Deals Phil Sanderson to Buffalo". NLL.com. March 16, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2822. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
  3. ^ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 20, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2834. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 

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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