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2023 Toronto Rock season

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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

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

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Final standings

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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

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Regular season

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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

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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
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

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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

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