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2020 Toronto Rock
LeagueNLL
DivisionNorth
2020 record7-4
Home record4-2
Road record3-2
Goals for122
Goals against106
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
Alternate captainsRob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
ArenaScotiabank Arena

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 23rd in franchise history, and 22nd as the Rock. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2][3] On February 3, 2021, the NLL announced that plans for an abbreviated spring season were cancelled due to travel and logistics uncertainty, and that their focus will move toward playing a full 2021–22 NLL season.[4]

Regular season

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Final standings

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Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Halifax Thunderbirds1284.6670.06–12–3139126+1311.5810.50
2Toronto Rock1174.6360.54–23–2122106+1611.099.64
3Buffalo Bandits1174.6360.54–23–2130118+1211.8210.73
4Rochester Knighthawks12210.1676.02–30–7115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1New England Black Wolves1183.7270.04–34–0135101+3412.279.18
2Georgia Swarm1275.5831.52–45–1149126+2312.4210.50
3Philadelphia Wings1486.5711.53–35–3151134+1710.799.57
4New York Riptide13112.0778.01–50–7116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rush1073.7000.02–35–011193+1811.109.30
2Colorado Mammoth1376.5381.54–23–4128125+39.859.62
3San Diego Seals1266.5002.03–33–3138131+711.5010.92
4Calgary Roughnecks1055.5002.01–44–1122111+1112.2011.10
5Vancouver Warriors1349.3084.52–42–5117160−439.0012.31

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

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 7, 2019 New England Black Wolves Scotiabank Arena L 8–12 7,158 0–1
2 December 14, 2019 @ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 13–6 5,414 1–1
3 December 28, 2019 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–11 5,036 2–1
4 January 11, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Arena W 13–12 8,685 3–1
5 January 18, 2020 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 8–10 12,026 3–2
6 January 31, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Arena W 12–9 10,946 4–2
7 February 9, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Arena W 13–9 7,021 5–2
8 February 15, 2020 Vancouver Warriors Scotiabank Arena W 14–7 8,401 6–2
9 February 21, 2020 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 8–9 9,337 6–3
10 February 29, 2020 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 9–8 12,764 7–3
11 March 8, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Arena L 10–13 7,826 7–4

Cancelled games

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
12 March 13, 2020 Buffalo Bandits Scotiabank Arena
13 March 27, 2020 Colorado Mammoth Scotiabank Arena
14 April 4, 2020 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center
15 April 5, 2020 @ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum
16 April 11, 2020 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena
17 April 17, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Scotiabank Arena
18 April 25, 2020 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre

Roster

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Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 71 Canada Sheldon Burns
  • 21 Canada Mitch de Snoo
  • 13 Canada Scott Dominey
  • 45 Canada Damon Edwards
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser (A)
  • 47 Canada Adam Jay
  • 33 Canada Josh Jubenville
  • 20 Canada Bradley Kri (A)
  • 22 Canada Jason Noble
  • 23 Canada Challen Rogers (C)
  • 11 Canada Taylor Stuart
Forwards
Practice Squad
  • 42 Canada Jamison Dilks (D)
  •  9 Canada Mitchell Gustavsen (D)
  • 92 Canada Troy Holowchuk (G)
  • 77 Canada Alec Simons (F)
Injured Reserve
  • 93 Canada Latrell Harris (D)
  • 16 Canada Adam Jones (F)
  • 61 Canada Brandon Slade (D)
Holdout
  •  2 Canada AJ Kluck (D)
Protected list
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2020-07-16
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019.[6] The Toronto Rock made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 15 Aaron Forster NJIT
2 27 Zach Manns Drexel University
3 43 Jamison Dilks Six Nations Jr. A
4 54 Troy Holowchuk Six Nations Jr. A
5 69 Ryan Conrad Virginia University
6 82 Jordan Caskenette Orangeville Jr. A

References

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  1. ^ "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
  3. ^ "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "NLL WILL FOCUS ON NEXT SEASON". NLL.com. February 3, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  6. ^ "2019 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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