2013 Toronto Rock season

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.

2013 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2013 record10 – 6
Home record5 – 3
Road record5 – 3
Goals for194
Goals against176
General ManagerTerry Sanderson
CoachTroy Cordingley
CaptainColin Doyle
Alternate captainsSandy Chapman
Blaine Manning
Josh Sanderson
Cam Woods
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsKasey Beirnes (31)
AssistsGarrett Billings (70)
PointsGarrett Billings (100)
Penalties in minutesDamon Edwards (32)
Loose BallsJesse Gamble (108)
WinsNick Rose (10)
Goals against averageNick Rose (10.61)

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

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Final standings

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Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rockxyz16106.6250.05–35–3194176+1812.1211.00
2Rochester Knighthawksx1688.5002.03–55–3179165+1411.1910.31
3Philadelphia Wingsx1679.4383.04–43–5170207−3710.6212.94
4Buffalo Bandits16610.3754.02–64–4171211−4010.6913.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecksxy1697.5620.03–56–2222211+1113.8813.19
2Washington Stealthx1697.5620.05–34–4193192+112.0612.00
3Edmonton Rushx1697.5620.02–67–1203170+3312.6910.62
4Colorado Mammothx1679.4382.03–54–4185202−1711.5612.62
5Minnesota Swarmc1679.4382.05–32–6219202+1713.6912.62

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: Losses; GBGames 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

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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 (1987–2014) 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 (1987–2014) 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 (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center L 9–10 OT 7,437 10–6

Playoffs

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Game log

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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

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2013 Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 35   Zak Boychuk
  • 66   Nick Rose
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  •  4   Jesse Gamble
Practice Squad
  • 15   Brandon Ivey
  • 93   Bradley Kri
  • 24   Brenden Thenhaus
Injured Reserve
  • 41   Mike Lum-Walker
Unable to play
  • 52   Tyler Glebe
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2013-03-18
NLL Transactions

Transactions

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Trades

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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

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

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 14 Bradley Kri Orangeville, Ontario
2 20 Mike Lum-Walker Whitby, Ontario
3 25 Kyle Pereira Brampton, Ontario
3 27 Kyle Belton Stony Brook University
4 34 Dustin Caravello Orangeville, Ontario
5 43 Robert Koger Georgetown University
6 52 Tyler Glebe London, Ontario

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. 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. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. 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. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.