2009 Toronto Rock season

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 13th in franchise history, and 12th as the Rock.

On November 6, 2008, the Rock announced that veteran Chris Driscoll would be the new team captain, replacing the retired Jim Veltman.[1]

Only three games into the season, the Rock fired head coach Glenn Clark and assistant coach Terry Bullen and hired former Chicago Shamrox and Colorado Mammoth coach Jamie Batley as the new head coach. Assistant coach Jim Veltman was relieved of his coaching duties, but remained with the Rock as an advisor.[2]

After winning their first game of the season, the Rock won only once in their next eight games before a three-game winning streak gave fans some hope that the season was not lost. However, three straight losses forced the Rock out of the playoffs for the second straight year. Rock President Brad Watters said that the team "drastically under-delivered", and vowed to make whatever changes were necessary to fix the team.[3]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [4]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 New York Titans – xy 16 10 6 .625 0.0 5–3 5–3 190 180 +10 11.88 11.25
2 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 10 6 .625 0.0 5–3 5–3 223 170 +53 13.94 10.62
3 Boston Blazers – x 16 10 6 .625 0.0 4–4 6–2 181 168 +13 11.31 10.50
4 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 7 9 .438 3.0 6–2 1–7 169 197 -28 10.56 12.31
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 7 9 .438 3.0 4–4 3–5 188 193 -5 11.75 12.06
6 Toronto Rock 16 6 10 .375 4.0 3–5 3–5 194 218 -24 12.12 13.62
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xyz 16 12 4 .750 0.0 5–3 7–1 206 167 +39 12.88 10.44
2 Portland LumberJax – x 16 9 7 .562 3.0 4–4 5–3 181 177 +4 11.31 11.06
3 San Jose Stealth – x 16 7 9 .438 5.0 5–3 2–6 200 185 +15 12.50 11.56
4 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 7 9 .438 5.0 4–4 3–5 172 184 -12 10.75 11.50
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 6 10 .375 6.0 2–6 4–4 174 198 -24 10.88 12.38
6 Edmonton Rush 16 5 11 .312 7.0 4–4 1–7 159 200 -41 9.94 12.50

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:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2009 @ New York Titans BankAtlantic Center W 15–14 5,733 1–0
2 January 10, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 6–8 15,923 1–1
3 January 17, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 9–16 12,865 1–2
4 January 31, 2009 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–13 7,088 1–3
5 February 7, 2009 Edmonton Rush Air Canada Centre W 16–9 13,468 2–3
6 February 14, 2009 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 10–25 18,690 2–4
7 February 20, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre L 16–17 OT 12,844 2–5
8 February 27, 2009 Minnesota Swarm Air Canada Centre L 10–13 13,324 2–6
9 February 28, 2009 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 10–18 6,739 2–7
10 March 14, 2009 @ Boston Blazers TD Banknorth Garden W 9–8 OT 6,485 3–7
11 March 21, 2009 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 16–10 14,812 4–7
12 March 27, 2009 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 12–10 10,586 5–7
13 March 28, 2009 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 12–16 7,356 5–8
14 April 3, 2009 Boston Blazers Air Canada Centre L 13–14 12,884 5–9
15 April 11, 2009 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 14–16 11,924 5–10
16 April 18, 2009 San Jose Stealth Air Canada Centre W 15–11 15,252 6–10

Player stats

Reference:[6]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Luke Wiles 16 33 36 69 76 8
Lewis Ratcliff 16 34 34 68 68 8
Blaine Manning 16 20 42 62 68 22
Jason Crosbie 15 12 38 50 83 6
Kasey Beirnes 15 23 15 38 86 12
Craig Conn 11 14 18 32 68 52
Rob Marshall 16 8 15 23 116 8
Chris Driscoll 16 7 15 22 104 20
Bill McGlone 11 8 9 17 49 4
Totals 289 483 347 1126 31

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Bob Watson 16 820:46 6 8 180 .745 13.16
Steve Dietrich 4 48:39 0 1 11 .800 13.57
Mike Attwood 8 46:31 0 0 16 .600 20.64
Curtis Palidwor 1 45:26 0 1 10 .615 13.21
Totals 6 10 218 .736 13.63

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

March 17, 2009[7]
 To Toronto Rock
Steve Dietrich		 To Edmonton Rush
Second round pick, 2009 entry draft
March 7, 2009[8]
 To Toronto Rock
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Colorado Mammoth
Curtis Palidwor
February 26, 2009[9]
 To Toronto Rock
Curtis Palidwor		 To Colorado Mammoth
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
January 14, 2009[10]
 To Toronto Rock
First round pick, 2009 entry draft
Second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Benesch
Derek Suddons
September 7, 2008[11]
 To Toronto Rock
Luke Wiles
Stephen Hoar		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Aaron Wilson
first round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Toronto)		 To San Jose Stealth
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Rochester)

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[12] The Rock selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
2 17 Mike Fleming Robert Morris College
3 28 Nick Rose Orangeville, ON
5 53 Derrick Gordon Orillia, ON
6 66 Tommy Hurley Burlington, ON

Roster

2009 Toronto Rock roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 12 Canada Chad Thompson
Practice Squad
  • 43 Canada Mike Attwood
  •  0 Canada Derrick Gordon
Injured Reserve
  • 17 Canada Nick Carson
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Jim Milligan
  • Bob Keast
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain


NLL Transactions

See also

References

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