2013 Toronto Rock season

2013 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st East
2013 record 10 – 6
Home record 5 – 3
Road record 5 – 3
Goals for 194
Goals against 176
General Manager Terry Sanderson
Coach Troy Cordingley
Captain Colin Doyle
Alternate captains Sandy Chapman
Blaine Manning
Josh Sanderson
Cam Woods
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals Kasey Beirnes (31)
Assists Garrett Billings (70)
Points Garrett Billings (100)
Penalties in minutes Damon Edwards (32)
Loose Balls Jesse Gamble (108)
Wins Nick Rose (10)
Goals against average Nick Rose (10.61)

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 16th in franchise history, and 15th as the Rock.

After a strong 5-1 start to the season, the Rock went 5-5 the rest of the way, but it was still enough to clinch first place overall. In the division semi-finals, the Rock faced the western division's Minnesota Swarm who, because their record was better than that of the Buffalo Bandits, crossed over into the East division. The Swarm ended the Rock's season by defeating them 20-11 at the Air Canada Centre to advance to the Eastern final.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [2]

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

1 Toronto Rock – xyz 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 5–3 5–3 194 176 +18 12.13 11.00
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 3–5 5–3 179 165 +14 11.19 10.31
3 Philadelphia Wings – x 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 4–4 3–5 170 207 -37 10.63 12.94
4 Buffalo Bandits 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 2–6 4–4 171 211 -40 10.69 13.19
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xy 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 3–5 6–2 222 211 +11 13.88 13.19
2 Washington Stealth – x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 5–3 4–4 193 192 +1 12.06 12.00
3 Edmonton Rush – x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 2–6 7–1 203 170 +33 12.69 10.63
4 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 3–5 4–4 185 202 -17 11.56 12.63
5 Minnesota Swarm – c 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 5–3 2–6 219 202 +17 13.69 12.63

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

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 12, 2013 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 13–11 11,653 1–0
2 January 13, 2013 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 10–9 6,523 2–0
3 January 19, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Air Canada Centre L 7–8 11,703 2–1
4 January 25, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre W 13–12 10,504 3–1
5 January 26, 2013 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 11–7 5,762 4–1
6 February 1, 2013 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 14–12 14,918 5–1
7 February 8, 2013 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 12–13 OT 7,722 5–2
8 February 15, 2013 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre W 17–12 10,026 6–2
9 February 28, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 13–15 8,213 6–3
10 March 8, 2013 Colorado Mammoth Air Canada Centre W 14–10 10,823 7–3
11 March 16, 2013 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 13–8 7,593 8–3
12 March 24, 2013 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre L 12–17 9,947 8–4
13 March 29, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 18–11 11,546 9–4
14 March 30, 2013 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–12 7,013 9–5
15 April 7, 2013 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 10–9 13,073 10–5
16 April 13, 2013 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center L 9–10 OT 7,437 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 28, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre L 11–20 9,066 0–1

Roster

2013 Toronto Rock roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 35 Canada Zak Boychuk
  • 66 Canada Nick Rose
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  •  4 Canada Jesse Gamble
Practice Squad
  • 15 Canada Brandon Ivey
  • 93 Canada Bradley Kri
  • 24 Canada Brenden Thenhaus
Injured Reserve
  • 41 Canada Mike Lum-Walker
Unable to play
  • 52 Canada Tyler Glebe
Head Coach
  • Troy Cordingley
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2013-03-18
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 26, 2012[5]
 To Calgary Roughnecks
Aaron Pascas		 To Toronto Rock
Third round selection, 2012 Entry Draft
August 4, 2012[6]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Glen Bryan
Jamie Rooney		 To Toronto Rock
14th overall selection, 2012 Entry Draft
Fourth round selection, 2014 Entry Draft
March 14, 2013[7]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Rights to Steve Dietrich		 To Toronto Rock
Sixth round selection, 2015 Entry Draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[8] The Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
214 Bradley Kri Orangeville, Ontario
220 Mike Lum-Walker Whitby, Ontario
325 Kyle Pereira Brampton, Ontario
327 Kyle Belton Stony Brook University
434 Dustin Caravello Orangeville, Ontario
543 Robert Koger Georgetown University
652 Tyler Glebe London, Ontario

See also

References

  1. ↑ Millerson, Justin (April 28, 2013). "Swarm buzz by Rock to beeline to East Division Final". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Rock schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Toronto Rock - 2013 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ Chavez, Bob (July 26, 2011). "NLL: Aaron Pascas traded to Calgary". IL Indoor. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Stamp, Stephen (August 4, 2012). "NLL activity: Rock trade Bryan & Rooney to Bandits; signings and franchise player tags". IL Indoor. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ Chavez, Bob (March 14, 2013). "Buffalo GM Dietrich trades 2015 draft pick to Toronto for playing rights to … himself". IL Indoor. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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