1999 Toronto Rock season

1999 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st
1999 record 9-3
Home record 6-0
Road record 3-3
Goals for 157
Goals against 139
General Manager John Mouradian
Coach Les Bartley
Captain Jim Veltman
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Average attendance 11,075
Team leaders
Assists Colin Doyle (37)
Points Colin Doyle (54)
Loose Balls Jim Veltman (166)
Wins Bob Watson (6)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 1999 season was the 2nd in franchise history and 1st time as "the Rock".

The Rock finished on top of the NLL standings, winning its first division in franchise history. The Rock beat the Philadelphia Wings in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game. Their victory over the Rochester Knighthawks in this game gave them their first NLL championship.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – xyz 12 9 3 0.750 0.0 6–0 3–3 157 139 +18 13.08 11.58
2 Baltimore Thunder – x 12 8 4 0.667 1.0 5–1 3–3 211 175 +36 17.58 14.58
3 Rochester Knighthawks – x 12 8 4 0.667 1.0 4–2 4–2 169 160 +9 14.08 13.33
4 Philadelphia Wings – x 12 5 7 0.417 4.0 4–2 1–5 153 153 0 12.75 12.75
5 New York Saints 12 5 7 0.417 4.0 2–4 3–3 149 156 -7 12.42 13.00
6 Buffalo Bandits 12 4 8 0.333 5.0 1–5 3–3 158 177 -19 13.17 14.75
7 Syracuse Smash 12 3 9 0.250 6.0 3–3 0–6 161 198 -37 13.42 16.50

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

The 1999 Regular Season games are listed below.[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 9, 1999 @ Baltimore Thunder Baltimore Arena L 10–21 5,738 0–1
2 January 22, 1999 Buffalo Bandits Maple Leaf Gardens W 11–10 11,052 1–1
3 January 29, 1999 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 16–9 9,691 2–1
4 February 6, 1999 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–11 OT 9,042 2–2
5 February 19, 1999 Philadelphia Wings Maple Leaf Gardens W 9–7 10,166 3–2
6 February 26, 1999 New York Saints Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–9 9,012 4–2
7 February 27, 1999 @ Philadelphia Wings First Union Center L 11–12 OT 17,057 4–3
8 March 13, 1999 @ Syracuse Smash Onondaga County War Memorial W 19–12 4,237 5–3
9 March 26, 1999 Syracuse Smash Maple Leaf Gardens W 19–12 13,300 6–3
10 March 27, 1999 @ Buffalo Bandits Marine Midland Arena W 13–12 OT 10,723 7–3
11 April 2, 1999 Baltimore Thunder Maple Leaf Gardens W 16–15 13,230 8–3
12 April 9, 1999 @ New York Saints Nassau Coliseum W 10–9 5,619 9–3

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Semifinals April 16, 1999 Philadelphia Wings Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–2 12,026 1–0
Championship Game April 23, 1999 Rochester Knighthawks Maple Leaf Gardens W 13–10 15,691 2–0

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 12 17 37 54
Totals

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 548 6 2 110 .758 12.04
Totals

Awards

Player Award
Colin Doyle Championship Game MVP[7]
Bob Watson Player of the Month, February[7]
Jim Veltman First All-Pro Team[7]
Bob Watson Second All-Pro Team[7]
Bob Watson All-Stars[8]
Colin Doyle
Chris Gill
Jim Veltman

Roster

No. Position Player
11 Canada Def Clark, Glenn
2 Canada Def Coyle, Pat
7 Canada Fwd Doyle, Colin
25 Fwd Gill, Chris
No. Position Player
6 Canada Def Ladouceur, Dan
8 Canada Fwd Stroup, Dan
32 Canada Fwd Veltman, Jim
29 Canada Goalie Watson, Bob

[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knight, Stephen (1999-04-24). "Toronto rocks on to NLL title, 13-10; Rochester falls short in league championship". Baltimore Sun.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 1999 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 1999 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 1999 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Runners". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Goalies". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  8. ↑ Reinsalu, Valia (1999-02-06). "Rock seeking first road win tonight". Toronto Star.
  9. ↑ "Toronto Rock 1999 Regular Season". NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

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