2009 Toronto Rock season

2009 Toronto Rock
Division 6th East
2009 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 194
Goals against 218
General Manager Mike Kloepfer
Coach Jamie Batley
Glenn Clark
Captain Chris Driscoll
Alternate captains Blaine Manning
Lewis Ratcliff
Arena Air Canada Centre
Average attendance 11,623
Team leaders
Goals Lewis Ratcliff (34)
Assists Blaine Manning (42)
Points Luke Wiles (69)
Penalties in minutes Craig Conn (52)
Loose Balls Rob Marshall (116)
Wins Bob Watson (6)
Goals against average Bob Watson (13.16)

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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 13th in franchise history, and 12th as the Rock.

On November 6, 2008, the Rock announced that veteran Chris Driscoll would be the new team captain, replacing the retired Jim Veltman.[1]

Only three games into the season, the Rock fired head coach Glenn Clark and assistant coach Terry Bullen and hired former Chicago Shamrox and Colorado Mammoth coach Jamie Batley as the new head coach. Assistant coach Jim Veltman was relieved of his coaching duties, but remained with the Rock as an advisor.[2]

After winning their first game of the season, the Rock won only once in their next eight games before a three-game winning streak gave fans some hope that the season was not lost. However, three straight losses forced the Rock out of the playoffs for the second straight year. Rock President Brad Watters said that the team "drastically under-delivered", and vowed to make whatever changes were necessary to fix the team.[3]

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 190 180
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 223 170
x-Boston Blazers 10 6 - .625 4-4 6-2 181 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 3 .438 6-2 1-7 169 197
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 4-4 3-5 188 193
e-Toronto Rock 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 194 218
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 12 4 - .750 5-3 7-1 206 167
x-Portland LumberJax 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 177
x-San Jose Stealth 7 9 5 .438 5-3 2-6 200 185
x-Colorado Mammoth 7 9 5 .438 4-4 3-5 172 184
e-Minnesota Swarm 6 10 6 .375 2-6 4-4 174 198
e-Edmonton Rush 5 11 7 .313 4-4 1-7 159 200

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score Location OT Attendance Record
1 January 3 @ New York BankAtlantic Center W 15 - 14 5,733 1-0
2 January 10 Buffalo Air Canada Centre L 8 - 6 15,923 1-1
3 January 17 Calgary Air Canada Centre L 16 - 9 12,865 1-2
4 January 31 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 13 - 11 7,088 1-3
5 February 7 Edmonton Air Canada Centre W 16 - 9 13,468 2-3
6 February 14 @ Buffalo HSBC Arena L 25 - 10 18,690 2-4
7 February 20 Buffalo Air Canada Centre L 17 - 16 OT 12,844 2-5
8 February 27 Minnesota Air Canada Centre L 13 - 10 13,324 2-6
9 February 28 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena L 18 - 10 6,739 2-7
10 March 14 @ Boston TD Banknorth Garden W 9 - 8 OT 6,485 3-7
11 March 21 Rochester Air Canada Centre W 16 - 10 14,812 4-7
12 March 27 @ Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome W 12 - 10 10,586 5-7
13 March 28 @ Edmonton Rexall Place L 16 - 12 7,356 5-8
14 April 3 Boston Air Canada Centre L 14 - 13 12,884 5-9
15 April 11 @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center L 16 - 14 11,924 5-10
16 April 18 San Jose Air Canada Centre W 15 - 11 15,252 6-10

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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
Luke Wiles 16 33 36 69 76 8
Lewis Ratcliff 16 34 34 68 68 8
Blaine Manning 16 20 42 62 68 22
Jason Crosbie 15 12 38 50 83 6
Kasey Beirnes 15 23 15 38 86 12
Craig Conn 11 14 18 32 68 52
Rob Marshall 16 8 15 23 116 8
Chris Driscoll 16 7 15 22 104 20
Bill McGlone 11 8 9 17 49 4
Totals 289 483 347 1126 31

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 16 820:46 6 8 180 .745 13.16
Steve Dietrich 4 48:39 0 1 11 .800 13.57
Mike Attwood 8 46:31 0 0 16 .600 20.64
Curtis Palidwor 1 45:26 0 1 10 .615 13.21
Totals 6 10 218 .736 13.63

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

March 17, 2009[4]
 To Toronto Rock
Steve Dietrich		 To Edmonton Rush
Second round pick, 2009 entry draft
March 7, 2009[5]
 To Toronto Rock
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Colorado Mammoth
Curtis Palidwor
February 26, 2009[6]
 To Toronto Rock
Curtis Palidwor		 To Colorado Mammoth
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
January 14, 2009[7]
 To Toronto Rock
First round pick, 2009 entry draft
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Benesch
Derek Suddons
September 7, 2008[8]
 To Toronto Rock
Luke Wiles
Stephen Hoar		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Aaron Wilson
first round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Toronto)		 To San Jose Stealth
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Rochester)

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[9] The Rock selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 17 Mike Fleming Robert Morris College
3 28 Nick Rose Orangeville, ON
5 53 Derrick Gordon Orillia, ON
6 66 Tommy Hurley Burlington, ON

Roster

2009 Toronto Rock roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

 Forwards

Transition

  • 12 Chad Thompson
 Practice Squad
  • 43 Mike Attwood
  •  0 Derrick Gordon

Injured Reserve

  • 17 Nick Carson
 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Jim Milligan
  • Bob Keast
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rock Announce Chris Driscoll as New Captain". Toronto Rock web site. November 6, 2008. http://www.torontorock.com/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=423. Retrieved 2008-11-06. 
  2. ^ "Toronto Rock hire new coaching staff". TorontoRock.com. January 20, 2009. http://torontorock.com/index.php/article/toronto-rock-hire-new-coaching-staff. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 
  3. ^ Girard, Daniel (April 19, 2009). "Rock boss vows big changes as woeful season finally ends". The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario). http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Lacrosse/article/620844. 
  4. ^ "Recap of Trade Deadline Moves". NLL.com. March 17, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3855. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  5. ^ "Curtis Palidwor Returns to Colorado Mammoth". TorontoRock.com. March 7, 2009. http://torontorock.com/index.php/article/curtis-palidwor-returns-to-colorado-mammoth. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  6. ^ "Rock Acquire Palidwor from Mammoth". NLL.com. February 26, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3818. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  7. ^ "Rock Trade Benesch & Suddons to Rush". NLL.com. January 14, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3724. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 
  8. ^ "Draft Day Blockbuster; Wilson, Wiles traded". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3586. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  9. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 

External links

Toronto Rock seasons
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Bold indicates Champion's Cup winner
1998 season played as the Ontario Raiders
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