2012 Toronto Rock season

2012 2012 NLL season Toronto Rock Toronto Rock NLL East 1st 9–7 3–5 6–2 198 196 Terry Sanderson Troy Cordingley Colin Doyle Sandy ChapmanBlaine ManningPhil SandersonCam Woods Air Canada Centre 11,173 Garrett Billings (32) Garrett Billings (82) Garrett Billings (114) Patrick Merrill (48) Sandy Chapman (83) Nick Rose (5) Nick Rose (10.69) 2011 season 2011 Toronto Rock season 2013 season 2013 Toronto Rock season The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 15th in franchise history, and 14th as the Rock. After the retirement of Bob Watson, the Rock needed to fill the starting goaltender spot for the first time in franchise history. In July, the Rock traded defender Kyle Ross to the Washington Stealth for Matt Roik, a 10-year NLL veteran.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5119 NLL.com Toronto trades for goaltender July 25, 2011 2011-10-10 The Rock lost their first two games of the season, but then won four of their next five. Roik was named Defensive Player of the Week in week 5http://www.nll.com/news_article/show/133131 NLL.com Players of the Week: Duch, Roik, Rabil, & Powless February 8, 2012 May 27, 2012 and was also named to the Eastern All-Star team.http://www.ilindoor.com/2012/02/08/nll-announces-rosters-for-all-star-game/ ILIndoor.com Chavez, Bob NLL announces rosters for All-Star Game February 8, 2012 May 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120210221606/http://www.ilindoor.com/2012/02/08/nll-announces-rosters-for-all-star-game/ February 10, 2012 dead mdy-all But the team lost their next three games, including a 21–14 blowout to the Buffalo Bandits, and management felt a change needed to be made. They sent a draft pick to the Calgary Roughnecks for backup goaltender Nick Rose and released Roik.http://torontorock.com/article/rock-acquire-goalie-nick-rose-from-calgary https://archive.today/20130105055141/http://torontorock.com/article/rock-acquire-goalie-nick-rose-from-calgary dead January 5, 2013 TorontoRock.com Rock acquire goalie Nick Rose from Calgary March 19, 2012 March 19, 2012 The Rock won five of their final six regular season games, finishing the season with a 9–7 record, good enough for first in the Eastern division. In the division semi-finals, they once again faced the Bandits, who had beaten the Rock in 2 of their 3 matchups in the regular season. With stellar goaltending performances by both Rose and former Rock goalie Anthony Cosmo, the Rock defeated the Bandits 7–6 to advance to their third straight Eastern final. The Rock hosted the Rochester Knighthawks, who had a 4–18 all-time record in Toronto and hadn't beaten the Rock in Toronto since 2008.http://www.ilindoor.com/2012/05/14/money-ballers-nll-playoffs-rochesters-walters-shines-in-the-postseason-party/ ILIndoor.com Perrow, Graeme Money Ballers, NLL Playoffs: Rochester's Walters shines in the postseason party May 14, 2012 May 27, 2012 https://archive.today/20130126013103/http://www.ilindoor.com/2012/05/14/money-ballers-nll-playoffs-rochesters-walters-shines-in-the-postseason-party/ January 26, 2013 dead mdy-all But the Knighthawks scored early and often, and despite being down by only two at the half, the Rock were never able to regain the lead and Rochester advanced to the Championship game by beating the Rock 17–13. Regular season Conference standings TOR Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/schedule/team_instance/116135?subseason=58066 Toronto Rock - 2012 Regular Season - Game Schedule May 3, 2012 NLL.com Air Canada Centre 1/8/2012 Calgary Roughnecks 9 12 10341 1/14/2012 Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center 1 10 14 16356 1/27/2012 Rochester Knighthawks 13 11 11862 1/28/2012 Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome 1 14 13 1 7460 2/4/2012 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1 15 6 7807 2/18/2012 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia Wings 8 14 10360 2/24/2012 Rochester Knighthawks 16 12 10274 3/3/2012 Washington Stealth 9 14 10530 3/9/2012 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia Wings 10 12 9804 3/16/2012 Buffalo Bandits 14 21 12153 3/24/2012 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 13 7 5714 3/31/2012 Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center 1 15 9 17322 4/7/2012 Edmonton Rush 12 8 14060 4/14/2012 Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center 1 12 19 15215 4/20/2012 Washington Stealth Comcast Arena (Everett) Comcast Arena 1 16 13 3846 4/28/2012 Edmonton Rush Rexall Place 1 12 11 6478 Playoffs Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/schedule/team_instance/116135?subseason=73254 Toronto Rock - 2012 Playoffs - Game Schedule May 3, 2012 NLL.com Air Canada Centre Division Semifinal 5/5/2012 Buffalo Bandits 7 6 9472 Division Final 5/12/2012 Rochester Knighthawks 13 17 9384 Transactions Trades July 13, 2011http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5110 Colorado trades Carey to Toronto NLL.com July 13, 2011 2011-10-10 To Toronto Rock Dan Carey3rd round pick, 2011 entry draft1st round pick, 2013 entry draft To Colorado Mammoth Mat MacLeodCreighton Reid1st round pick, 2011 entry draft2nd round pick, 2011 entry draft July 25, 2011 To Toronto Rock Matt Roik To Washington Stealth Kyle Ross September 9, 2011http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5163 NLL.com "Shooter" comes back to Toronto September 9, 2011 2011-10-10 To Toronto Rock Josh SandersonNick Inch To Minnesota Swarm Jeff Gilbert9th pick, Boston Blazers dispersal draft12th pick, 2011 entry draftConditional 1st round pick, 2012 entry draft November 4, 2011http://torontorock.com/article/bill-greer-acquired-for-picks-from-edmonton TorontoRock.com Bill Greer Acquired for Picks from Edmonton November 4, 2011 2011-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425123617/http://torontorock.com/article/bill-greer-acquired-for-picks-from-edmonton April 25, 2012 dead To Toronto Rock Bill Greer To Edmonton Rush 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft March 19, 2012 To Toronto Rock Nick RoseConditional 2nd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft To Calgary Roughnecks 1st round pick in 2014 Entry Draft Dispersal Draft The Rock chose the following player in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft: RoundOverallPlayer218 Jon Durno Entry draft The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5170 2011 Entry Draft results September 21, 2011 NLL.com 2011-10-10 2011-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20111010190652/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=5170 dead The Rock selected the following players: RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club217 Jesse Gamble Cornell University326 Pete Rennie Peterborough, ON435 Eric Bissell Peterborough, ON544 Kyle Davis Brampton, ON650 Phil Rawn Kitchener, ON653 Mark Burnett Mars Hill College Roster 2012 Toronto Rock #1C39BB white Silver #FFFFFF https://web.archive.org/web/20110504173856/http://www.torontorock.com/roster/index/team/9 Roster 2012-03-19 37 CAN Pat Campbell 66 CAN Nick Rose 27 CAN Glen Bryan  5 CAN Sandy Chapman 1 20 CAN Bruce Codd 45 CAN Damon Edwards 21 CAN Bill Greer 44 CAN Stephen Hoar 11 CAN Mike Hobbins 88 CAN Scott Johnston 14 CAN Rob Marshall  9 CAN Patrick Merrill 18 CAN Phil Sanderson 1 22 CAN Cam Woods 1 33 CAN Kasey Beirnes 13 CAN Garrett Billings  6 CAN Dan Carey  7 CAN Colin Doyle 1 17 CAN Stephan Leblanc 16 CAN Blaine Manning 1 19 CAN Josh Sanderson 24 CAN Brenden Thenhaus  4 CAN Jesse Gamble 35 CAN Zak Boychuk 12 CAN Adam McGourty 23 CAN Peter Rennie 10 CAN Rob Hellyer 56 CAN Drew Petkoff 26 CAN Ryan Sharp 34 CAN Nick Inch 93 CAN Aaron Pascas 90 CAN Jamie Rooney Troy Cordingley Terry Sanderson John Lovell See also 2012 NLL season References Toronto Category:2012 in Toronto Category:2012 in sports in Ontario