2023 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the 25th in franchise history, and 24th as the Rock.

2023 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
DivisionEast
2023 record13-5
Home record8-1
Road record5-4
Goals for234
Goals against164
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
Alternate captainsRob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
ArenaFirstOntario Centre
Average attendance9,423

Regular season edit

Final standings edit

Reference:[1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Banditsxyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2Toronto Rockx18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3Halifax Thunderbirdsx18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4Rochester Knighthawksx18108.5564.06–34–5218214+412.1111.89
5Philadelphia Wings1899.5005.04–55–4200211−1111.1111.72
6Georgia Swarm18810.4446.03–65–4219207+1212.1711.50
7New York Riptide18513.2789.03–62–7201243−4211.1713.50
8Albany FireWolves18315.16711.00–93–6167233−669.2812.94
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1San Diego Sealsxy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2Calgary Roughnecksx18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3Panther City Lacrosse Clubx18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4Colorado Mammothx1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
5Saskatchewan Rush18810.4446.05–43–6204212−811.3311.78
6Las Vegas Desert Dogs18513.2789.04–51–8179222−439.9412.33
7Vancouver Warriors18414.22210.02–72–7188247−5910.4413.72


Game log edit

Regular season edit

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 3, 2022 Vancouver Warriors FirstOntario Centre W 19–8 7,344 1–0
2 December 10, 2022 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 7–11 4,157 1–1
3 December 17, 2022 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 8–11 7,730 1–2
4 January 7, 2023 @ New York Riptide Nassau Live Center W 15–7 4,138 2–2
5 January 14, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds FirstOntario Centre W 17–8 9,304 3–2
6 January 21, 2023 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 14–5 7,330 4–2
7 January 28, 2023 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 11–10 OT 9,037 5–2
8 February 4, 2023 New York Riptide FirstOntario Centre W 22–14 9,419 6–2
9 February 10, 2023 @ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena W 11–10 8,544 7–2
10 February 18, 2023 Georgia Swarm FirstOntario Centre W 16–7 8,912 8–2
11 March 4, 2023 Rochester Knighthawks FirstOntario Centre W 9–8 10,229 9–2
12 March 6, 2023 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center L 10–11 6,180 9–3
13 March 11, 2023 Albany FireWolves FirstOntario Centre W 12–9 8,421 10–3
14 March 18, 2023 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 12–14 9,957 10–4
15 March 25, 2023 @ Albany FireWolves MVP Arena W 11–9 3,849 11–4
16 April 1, 2023 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre W 17–8 13,127 12–4
17 April 15, 2023 Philadelphia Wings FirstOntario Centre W 12–7 10,320 13–4
18 April 22, 2023 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 10–11 16,861 13–5

Playoffs edit

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals May 5, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds FirstOntario Centre W 15–11 8,831 1–0
Eastern Conference finals (game 1) May 12, 2023 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 5–14 11,510 1–1
Eastern Conference finals (game 2) May 13, 2023 Buffalo Bandits FirstOntario Centre L 8–17 8,304 1–2

Roster edit

Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 71   Sheldon Burns
  • 21   Mitch de Snoo
  • 42   Jamison Dilks
  • 45   Damon Edwards
  • 93   Latrell Harris
  • 91   Billy Hostrawser (A)
  •  3   T. D. Ierlan
  • 33   Josh Jubenville
  • 20   Bradley Kri (A)
  • 22   Jason Noble
  • 61   Brandon Slade (D)
Forwards
Transition
  • 14   Phil Mazzuca
  • 23   Challen Rogers (C)
Practice Squad
  • 17   Aaron Forster (F)
  • 92   Troy Holowchuk (G)
Injured Reserve
  • 47   Adam Jay (D)
  • 55   Chris Weier (D)
Holdout
  • 51   Jordan McKenna (D)
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2022-3-1
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft edit

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Toronto Rock made the following selections:[2]

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 28 Josh Dawick Whitby Jr A – University of Denver
2 35 Tyler Hendrycks Peterborough Jr A – High Point University
2 36 Brian Cameron Rutgers University
2 41 Sam Haines Oakville Buzz Jr A
3 56 Tucker Dordevic Syracuse
4 71 Marley Angus Oakville Jr A – Rochester Institute of Technology
5 87 Brendan Nichtern Army
6 102 Brett Makar University of Maryland

References edit

  1. ^ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  2. ^ mhancock (2022-09-10). "Rock Select 8 At NLL Draft". Toronto Rock. Retrieved 2022-10-28.