Sandy Chapman Blaine Manning Phil Sanderson Cam Woods
Arena
Air Canada Centre
Average attendance
11,173
Team leaders
Goals
Garrett Billings (32)
Assists
Garrett Billings (82)
Points
Garrett Billings (114)
Penalties in minutes
Patrick Merrill (48)
Loose Balls
Sandy Chapman (83)
Wins
Nick Rose (5)
Goals against average
Nick Rose (10.69)
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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.
^"Toronto trades for goaltender". NLL.com. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^"Players of the Week: Duch, Roik, Rabil, & Powless". NLL.com. February 8, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
^Chavez, Bob (February 8, 2012). "NLL announces rosters for All-Star Game". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
^"Rock acquire goalie Nick Rose from Calgary". TorontoRock.com. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
^Perrow, Graeme (May 14, 2012). "Money Ballers, NLL Playoffs: Rochester's Walters shines in the postseason party". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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