2017 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 20th in franchise history, and 19th as the Rock.

2017 Toronto Rock
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2017 record	9-9
Home record	4-5
Road record	5-4
Goals for	219
Goals against	200
General Manager	Jamie Dawick
Coach	Matt Sawyer
Captain	Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains	Sandy Chapman Stephan Leblanc
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	9,623
Team leaders
Goals	Brett Hickey (45)
Assists	Tom Schreiber (61)
Points	Tom Schreiber (94)
Penalties in minutes	Brodie Merrill (41)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (171)
Wins	Nick Rose (8)
Goals against average	Brandon Miller (10.31)
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Regular season

Finalstandings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	-24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	-34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	-25	12.56	13.94

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	-3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	-8	11.78	12.22

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 29, 2016	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–5		8,137	1–0
2	January 14, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	Air Canada Centre	W 13–11		10,275	2–0
3	January 28, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	L 8–9		10,817	2–1
4	February 3, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	W 18–10		8,314	3–1
5	February 12, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 11–7		8,635	4–1
6	February 17, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Air Canada Centre	L 12–13	OT	8,385	4–2
7	February 18, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–6		5,483	5–2
8	February 25, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 12–15		14,803	5–3
9	March 3, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Air Canada Centre	L 9–10	OT	8,477	5–4
10	March 11, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–10		10,370	6–4
11	March 17, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Air Canada Centre	L 11–14		8,596	6–5
12	March 24, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 12–11	OT	3,654	7–5
13	March 25, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	Air Canada Centre	W 13–7		9,266	8–5
14	March 31, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	L 11–14		3,013	8–6
15	April 2, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 14–15		5,255	8–7
16	April 14, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 8–13		12,113	8–8
17	April 22, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 10–15		15,045	8–9
18	April 29, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 19–15		18,417	9–9

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern Division Semi-final	May 6, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Air Canada Centre	W 18–10		6,260	1–0
Eastern final (Game 1)	May 13, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Air Canada Centre	L 8–11		7,329	1–1
Eastern final (Game 2)	May 20, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–13		6,382	1–2

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 35 Brandon Miller 66 Nick Rose Defensemen 22 Phil Caputo  5 Sandy Chapman (A) 45 Damon Edwards 93 Latrell Harris 91 Bill Hostrawser 20 Bradley Kri 82 Jordan Magnuson		Forwards 10 Rob Hellyer 11 Brett Hickey 16 Adam Jones 17 Stephan Leblanc (A) 41 Dan Lintner  6 Kieran McArdle 97 Reid Reinholdt 26 Tom Schreiber Transition 37 Brodie Merrill (C)  3 Brock Sorensen (T)		Practice Squad 1 Riley Hutchcraft 47 Adam Jay 27 Darryl Robertson 61 Brandon Slade Injured Reserve 15 Turner Evans 23 Challen Rogers Holdout  4 Jesse Gamble Protected list 99 Paul Rabil (T)		Head Coach Matt Sawyer Assistant Coaches Bruce Codd Blaine Manning Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2017-12-03 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Rock made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	2	Challen Rogers
2	12	Latrell Harris
3	23	Jordan Magnuson
5	42	Jackson Hullbert
6	50	Jamie McMahon

See also

• 2017 nll season

References

1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.