2023 Toronto Rock season

Lacrosse team season
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
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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.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:[1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2Toronto Rock – x18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3Halifax Thunderbirds – x18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4Rochester Knighthawks – x18108.5564.06–34–5218214+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 Seals – xy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2Calgary Roughnecks – x18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3Panther City Lacrosse Club – x18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4Colorado Mammoth – x1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
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

Regular season

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

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

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Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  •  1 Canada Riley Hutchcraft
  • 66 Canada Nick Rose
Defensemen
  • 71 Canada Sheldon Burns
  • 21 Canada Mitch de Snoo
  • 42 Canada Jamison Dilks
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 93 Canada Latrell Harris
  • 91 Canada Billy Hostrawser (A)
  •  3 United States T. D. Ierlan
  • 33 Canada Josh Jubenville
  • 20 Canada Bradley Kri (A)
  • 22 Canada Jason Noble
  • 61 Canada Brandon Slade (D)
Forwards
  • 25 Canada Dan Craig
  •  6 Canada Dan Dawson
  • 10 Canada Rob Hellyer (A)
  •  2 Canada Zach Manns
  • 97 Canada Reid Reinholdt
  • 19 Canada Justin Scott
  • 26 United States Tom Schreiber (A)
Transition
  • 14 Canada Phil Mazzuca
  • 23 Canada Challen Rogers (C)
Practice Squad
  • 17 Canada Aaron Forster (F)
  • 92 Canada Troy Holowchuk (G)
Injured Reserve
  • 47 Canada Adam Jay (D)
  • 55 Canada Chris Weier (D)
Holdout
  • 51 Canada 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

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

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