Английская Википедия:2012 Toronto Rock season
Шаблон:Infobox lacrosse team 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.[1] 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 5[2] and was also named to the Eastern All-Star team.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] 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
Game log
Reference:[6] Шаблон:NLLGameLog
Playoffs
Game log
Reference:[7] Шаблон:NLLGameLog
Transactions
Trades
| July 13, 2011[8] |
To Toronto Rock Dan Carey 3rd round pick, 2011 entry draft 1st round pick, 2013 entry draft |
To Colorado Mammoth Mat MacLeod Creighton Reid 1st round pick, 2011 entry draft 2nd round pick, 2011 entry draft |
| July 25, 2011[1] |
To Toronto Rock Matt Roik |
To Washington Stealth Kyle Ross |
| September 9, 2011[9] |
To Toronto Rock Josh Sanderson Nick Inch |
To Minnesota Swarm Jeff Gilbert 9th pick, Boston Blazers dispersal draft 12th pick, 2011 entry draft Conditional 1st round pick, 2012 entry draft |
| November 4, 2011[10] |
To Toronto Rock Bill Greer |
To Edmonton Rush 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft |
| March 19, 2012[4] |
To Toronto Rock Nick Rose Conditional 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:
| Round | Overall | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 18 | Jon Durno |
Entry draft
The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[11] The Rock selected the following players:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 17 | Jesse Gamble | Cornell University |
| 3 | 26 | Pete Rennie | Peterborough, ON |
| 4 | 35 | Eric Bissell | Peterborough, ON |
| 5 | 44 | Kyle Davis | Brampton, ON |
| 6 | 50 | Phil Rawn | Kitchener, ON |
| 6 | 53 | Mark Burnett | Mars Hill College |
Roster
See also
References
Шаблон:Toronto Rock seasons Шаблон:2012 NLL season by team
