2007 Toronto Rock season

2007 Toronto Rock
Division	4th East
2007 record	6-10
Home record	3-5
Road record	3-5
Goals for	187
Goals against	183
General Manager	Mike Kloepfer
Coach	Glenn Clark
Captain	Jim Veltman
Alternate captains	Blaine Manning Chris Driscoll
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	15,851
Team leaders
Goals	Aaron Wilson (37)
Assists	Blaine Manning (56)
Points	Josh Sanderson (85)
Penalties in minutes	Patrick Merrill (53)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (143)
Wins	Bob Watson (6)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (11.01)
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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.

After firing head coach and GM Terry Sanderson following the 2006 season, the Rock hired Glenn Clark, who played for eight seasons with the franchise, as their new head coach. Clark led the Rock to their worst record ever, and first season under .500. However, both the Philadelphia Wings and Chicago Shamrox finishing with the same 6-10 record, and the Rock sneaked into the playoffs by virtue of tiebreakers. The celebration was short-lived, however, as the Rock scored only 6 goals losing their playoff game against the eventual champion Rochester Knighthawks.

2007 marked the first Rock season without All-Star forward Colin Doyle, who was traded with Darren Halls to San Jose in the off-season for former first-overall draft pick Ryan Benesch, Kevin Fines, and Chad Thompson. Benesch was named Rookie of the Year.

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-Rochester Knighthawks	14	2	-	.875	8-0	6-2	249	194
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	4	.625	6-2	4-4	207	188
x-Minnesota Swarm	9	7	5	.563	4-4	5-3	200	207
x-Toronto Rock	6	10	8	.375	3-5	3-5	187	183
e-Chicago Shamrox	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	176	191
e-Philadelphia Wings	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	178	186
e-New York Titans	4	12	10	.250	3-5	1-7	195	233
West Division
y-Colorado Mammoth	12	4	-	.750	7-1	5-3	209	179
x-Calgary Roughnecks	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	219	202
x-Arizona Sting	9	7	3	.563	6-2	3-5	188	181
x-San Jose Stealth	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	170
e-Edmonton Rush	6	10	6	.375	4-4	2-6	160	189
e-Portland LumberJax	4	12	8	.250	3-5	1-7	153	199

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 13	@ Rochester	Blue Cross Arena	L 10 - 6		10,321	0-1
2	January 20	Rochester	Air Canada Centre	L 19 - 15		16,882	0-2
3	January 27	@ Philadelphia	Wachovia Center	L 10 - 9		11,292	0-3
4	February 2	@ Buffalo	HSBC Arena	W 14 - 10		13,659	1-3
5	February 3	Buffalo	Air Canada Centre	W 13 - 8		15,471	2-3
6	February 18	Chicago	Air Canada Centre	W 11 - 10		15,200	3-3
7	February 23	@ Calgary	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 12 - 9		13,672	4-3
8	February 24	Calgary	Air Canada Centre	L 17 - 13		15,312	4-4
9	March 3	@ New York	Madison Square Garden	L 13 - 10		7,434	4-5
10	March 16	@ Edmonton	Rexall Place	L 12 - 9		11,547	4-6
11	March 17	Colorado	Air Canada Centre	L 13 - 12	OT	15,614	4-7
12	March 23	@ Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	W 13 - 6		8,184	5-7
13	March 30	Philadelphia	Air Canada Centre	W 15 - 6		16,813	6-7
14	April 6	Minnesota	Air Canada Centre	L 13 - 11		15,469	6-8
15	April 7	@ Chicago	Sears Centre	L 15 - 13		5,007	6-9
16	April 14	New York	Air Canada Centre	L 12 - 11		16,054	6-10

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	April 20	@ Rochester	Blue Cross Arena	L 10 - 6		7,003

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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
Josh Sanderson	16	31	54	85	78	10
Blaine Manning	16	21	56	77	56	2
Aaron Wilson	16	37	34	71	110	17
Ryan Benesch	15	33	25	58	64	6
Jim Veltman	13	3	34	37	143	10
Chris Driscoll	16	12	16	28	91	14
Chad Thompson	16	14	10	24	56	11
Kevin Fines	13	15	7	22	30	21
Matt Shearer	9	9	10	19	19	4
Totals		290	477	285	1130	55

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	855:37	6	8	157	.789	11.01
Mike Poulin	16	96:11	0	2	18	.757	11.23
Totals			6	10	183	.778	11.44

Awards

Player	Award
Ryan Benesch	NLL Rookie of the Year
Ryan Benesch	Rookie of the Month, March
Ryan Benesch	All-Rookie Team
Aaron Wilson	All-Stars
Josh Sanderson

Transactions

Trades

March 16, 2007	To Toronto Rock first round pick, 2007 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Phil Sanderson
March 20, 2007	To Toronto Rock conditional fourth or fifth round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Chicago Shamrox Rusty Kruger

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player 21 Fwd Benesch, Ryan 37 Def Campbell, Scott 23 Def Carroll, Matt 93 Trans Driscoll, Chris 17 Def Fines, Kevin Fwd Kimpinski, Sean Fwd Kruger, Rusty 6 Def Ladouceur, Dan 41 Def MacArthur, Brad  ? MacLeod, Mike 16 Fwd Manning, Blaine 14 Def Marshall, Rob 9 Def Merrill, Patrick

No. Position Player 77 Fwd O'Brien, Tim 30 Goalie Poulin, Mike 45 Def Riddell, Bryan 40 Def Rubel, Ian 19 Fwd Sanderson, Josh Def Sanderson, Phil 24 Fwd Shearer, Matt 27 Def Suddons, Derek Fwd Taylor, Jamie 12 Def Thompson, Chad 32 Trans Veltman, Jim 29 Goalie Watson, Bob 10 Fwd Wilson, Aaron

See also

• 2007 NLL season

External links

• Outsider's Guide - 2007 Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived January 19, 2008)