2014 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 17th in franchise history, and 16th as the Rock.

2014 Toronto Rock
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2014 record	9–9
Home record	6–3
Road record	3–6
Goals for	219
Goals against	213
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	John Lovell
Captain	Colin Doyle
Alternate captains	Sandy Chapman Patrick Merrill Josh Sanderson
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Stephan Leblanc (45)
Assists	Garrett Billings (69)
Points	Garrett Billings (101)
Penalties in minutes	Billy Hostrawser (55)
Loose Balls	Ethan O'Connor (133)
Wins	Nick Rose (6)
Goals against average	Brandon Miller (8.95)
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After an up-and-down start to the season, the Rock acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings at the trade deadline[1] hoping to revitalize their shaky defense.

On April 5, star forward Garrett Billings tore his ACL during a game against the Vancouver Stealth and was lost for the remainder of the season.[2] Despite losing the league's scoring leader, the Rock won that game, which started a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season and clinch second place in the Eastern division ahead of the slumping Buffalo Bandits. But the Bandits ended their 8-game losing streak by beating the Rock in the division semi-finals, 15–3.[3]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	8–1	6–3	210	167	+43	11.67	9.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	6–3	3–6	219	213	+6	12.17	11.83
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	6–3	2–7	190	200	-10	10.56	11.11
4	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	.333	8.0	2–7	4–5	202	218	-16	11.22	12.11
5	Minnesota Swarm	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	180	219	-39	10.00	12.17

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xyz	18	16	2	.889	0.0	8–1	8–1	220	157	+63	12.22	8.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	12	6	.667	4.0	6–3	6–3	237	215	+22	13.17	11.94
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	8	10	.444	8.0	4–5	4–5	201	228	-27	11.17	12.67
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	4	14	.222	12.0	3–6	1–8	181	223	-42	10.06	12.39

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

Regular season

Reference:[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–11		11,120	1–0
2	January 10, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–12		11,404	1–1
3	January 18, 2014	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–12		8,136	1–2
4	January 31, 2014	Vancouver Stealth	Air Canada Centre	W 17–12		11,234	2–2
5	February 1, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–12		12,768	2–3
6	February 7, 2014	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 20–10		9,087	3–3
7	February 15, 2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	L 9–17		10,279	3–4
8	February 22, 2014	Minnesota Swarm	Air Canada Centre	W 14–12		9,207	4–4
9	February 28, 2014	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Centre	L 10–11		8,015	4–5
10	March 1, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 13–19		8,990	4–6
11	March 15, 2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	L 12–17		10,832	4–7
12	March 16, 2014	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 9–8	OT	6,628	5–7
13	March 22, 2014	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	L 13–14		7,157	5–8
14	March 30, 2014	Edmonton Rush	Air Canada Centre	L 10–13		10,655	5–9
15	April 5, 2014	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Event Centre	W 17–9		3,721	6–9
16	April 12, 2014	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 10–9		10,662	7–9
17	April 18, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	W 13–9		11,276	8–9
18	April 26, 2014	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 8–6		9,056	9–9

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 3, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 13–15		7,867	0–1

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 35 Brandon Miller 66 Nick Rose Defensemen  5 Sandy Chapman (A) 45 Damon Edwards 21 Bill Greer 91 Bill Hostrawser 88 Scott Johnston 41 Mike Lum-Walker 14 Rob Marshall  9 Patrick Merrill (A) 98 Jimmy Purves		Forwards 33 Kasey Beirnes 13 Garrett Billings  7 Colin Doyle (C) 10 Rob Hellyer 17 Stephan Leblanc 71 Kevin Ross 19 Josh Sanderson (A) Transition  4 Jesse Gamble 37 Ethan O'Connor		Practice Squad 77 Craig England D 39 Steve Fryer G 22 Cam Woods D Injured Reserve  8 Nick Diachenko D 12 Chris White D Holdout 15 Eric Law F		Head Coach John Lovell Assistant Coaches Pat Campbell Dan Ladouceur Blaine Manning Matt Sawyer Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2014-3-25 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2014 NLL season

References

1. "Rock acquire Brandon Miller for Kyle Belton and draft picks". IL Indoor. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
2. Stamp, Stephen (April 6, 2014). "Rock dump Stealth but lose Billings, plus the rest of the NLL story". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
3. Chavez, Bob (May 5, 2014). "With questions answered, Buffalo Bandits move on in NLL playoffs". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
4. "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
5. "Toronto Rock schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2012.