2003 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2003 season was the 6th in franchise history and 5th as the Rock.

2003 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
Northern Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st Northern
2003 record	11–5
Home record	6–2
Road record	5–3
Goals for	195
Goals against	164
General Manager	Les Bartley
Coach	Les Bartley
Captain	Jim Veltman
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	16,733
Team leaders
Goals	Blaine Manning (40)
Assists	Colin Doyle (55)
Points	Colin Doyle (94)
Penalties in minutes	Dan Ladouceur (54)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (207)
Wins	Bob Watson (6)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (10.06)
← 2002 season 2004 season →

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fifth straight year. The Rock beat the Colorado Mammoth in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Rochester Knighthawks. Their victory in this game gave the Rock two consecutive championships, and four out of five years.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

Central Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	6–2	6–2	214	173	+41	13.38	10.81
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	12	4	.750	0.0	8–0	4–4	231	188	+43	14.44	11.75
3	Albany Attack	16	8	8	.500	4.0	4–4	4–4	198	191	+7	12.38	11.94
4	Columbus Landsharks	16	8	8	.500	4.0	4–4	4–4	184	203	-19	11.50	12.69

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	6–2	3–5	226	223	+3	14.12	13.94
2	Philadelphia Wings	16	8	8	.500	1.0	6–2	2–6	203	209	-6	12.69	13.06
3	New York Saints	16	3	13	.188	6.0	2–6	1–7	198	239	-41	12.38	14.94
4	New Jersey Storm	16	3	13	.188	6.0	3–5	0–8	187	220	-33	11.69	13.75

North Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	195	164	+31	12.19	10.25
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	209	207	+2	13.06	12.94
3	Vancouver Ravens – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	5–3	4–4	208	196	+12	13.00	12.25
4	Ottawa Rebel	16	4	12	.250	7.0	3–5	1–7	174	214	-40	10.88	13.38

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; GB: 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	December 27, 2002	@ Albany Attack	Pepsi Arena	W 13–9		5,179	1–0
2	January 3, 2003	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 12–13	2OT	16,125	1–1
3	January 11, 2003	Albany Attack	Air Canada Centre	L 9–12		17,059	1–2
4	January 17, 2003	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 13–10		11,333	2–2
5	January 23, 2003	@ Ottawa Rebel	Ottawa Civic Centre	W 15–6		2,794	3–2
6	January 24, 2003	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	W 17–13		15,221	4–2
7	February 1, 2003	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Union Center	W 13–9		13,585	5–2
8	February 7, 2003	Ottawa Rebel	Air Canada Centre	W 13–10		16,059	6–2
9	February 8, 2003	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 8–14		8,414	6–3
10	February 14, 2003	@ Vancouver Ravens	GM Place	W 13–10		7,594	7–3
11	February 22, 2003	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 11–10		18,209	8–3
12	February 28, 2003	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 15–6		16,169	9–3
13	March 7, 2003	Vancouver Ravens	Air Canada Centre	W 11–7		15,723	10–3
14	March 14, 2003	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–13		9,112	10–4
15	March 21, 2003	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 12–9		17,539	11–4
16	April 13, 2003	Colorado Mammoth	Air Canada Centre	L 10–13		17,888	11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Semifinals	April 26, 2003	Colorado Mammoth	Air Canada Centre	W 15–11		16,733	1–0
Championship Game	May 3, 2003	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 8–6		11,051	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	16	39	55	94	63	16
Blaine Manning	16	40	38	78	78	13
Jim Veltman	16	16	43	59	207	12
Kevin Finneran	16	25	30	55	51	6
Steve Toll	16	27	26	53	91	2
Aaron Wilson	14	21	16	37	59	6
Pat Coyle	16	2	10	12	99	31
Todd Richard	6	5	5	10	7	0
Darryl Gibson	15	4	6	10	62	12
Sandy Chapman	16	3	7	10	49	4
Totals		195	271	466	1199	300

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	10	602:19	6	4	101	.777	10.06
Anthony Cosmo	6	359:20	5	1	61	.788	10.19
Totals			11	5	164	.779	10.21

Awards

Player	Award
Chris Driscoll	Sportsmanship Award[7]
Bob Watson	Championship Game MVP[7]
Aaron Wilson	Rookie of the Month, February[7]
Colin Doyle	First All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning	Second All-Pro Team[7]
Jim Veltman
Aaron Wilson	All-Rookie Team[7]

Roster

No. Position Player 26 ?? Burke, Wayne 5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy 11 Def Clark, Glenn 2 Def Coyle, Pat 44 Goalie Cosmo, Anthony 7 Fwd Doyle, Colin 73 Fwd Driscoll, Chris 80 ?? Finneran, Kevin 19 Def Gibson, Darryl 12 ?? Jones, Pat 6 Def Ladouceur, Dan 4 ?? Livingstone, Carter

No. Position Player 89 ?? Low, Jon 16 Fwd Manning, Blaine 9 Def Merrill, Patrick 97 ?? Montour, Tom 27 ?? Richard, Todd 40 Def Rubel, Ian 93 ?? Squire, Kim 20 ?? Stapleford, Scott 17 Def Toll, Steve 32 Fwd Veltman, Jim 29 Goalie Watson, Bob 10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

[8]

See also

• 2003 NLL season

References

1. Stevens, Neil (2003-05-04). "Rock wins fourth title in five years". Canadian Press.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2003 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Toronto Rock – 2003 Regular Season – Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "Toronto Rock – 2003 Playoffs – Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
5. "2003 Toronto Rock Statistics". statscrew.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
6. "Goalies". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
7. "2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
8. "Toronto Rock 2003 Regular Season". NLL. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

External links

• "2003 Archive". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-15.