2002 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2002 season was the 5th in franchise history and 4th as the Rock.

2002 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
Northern Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st Northern
2002 record	11-5
Home record	8-0
Road record	3-5
Goals for	223
Goals against	176
General Manager	Les Bartley
Coach	Les Bartley
Captain	Jim Veltman
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	15,689
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (47)
Assists	Blaine Manning (50)
Points	Colin Doyle (80)
Penalties in minutes	Pat Coyle (60)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (203)
Wins	Bob Watson (9)
Goals against average	Anthony Cosmo (10.55)
← 2001 season 2003 season →

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the fourth straight year. The Rock beat the Washington Power in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game against the Albany Attack. Their victory in this game gave the Rock three out of the last four championships.[1]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [2]

Central Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Albany Attack – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	7–1	7–1	252	194	+58	15.75	12.12
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	13	3	.812	1.0	8–0	5–3	261	202	+59	16.31	12.62
3	Montreal Express	16	8	8	.500	6.0	4–4	4–4	237	227	+10	14.81	14.19
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	8	8	.500	6.0	4–4	4–4	210	215	-5	13.12	13.44
5	Columbus Landsharks	16	5	11	.312	9.0	2–6	3–5	198	230	-32	12.38	14.38

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Power – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	6–2	3–5	253	243	+10	15.81	15.19
2	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	8	8	.500	1.0	6–2	2–6	222	237	-15	13.88	14.81
3	New York Saints	16	5	11	.312	4.0	2–6	3–5	200	249	-49	12.50	15.56
4	New Jersey Storm	16	5	11	.312	4.0	3–5	2–6	178	232	-54	11.12	14.50

North Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	8–0	3–5	223	176	+47	13.94	11.00
2	Vancouver Ravens – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	6–2	4–4	236	192	+44	14.75	12.00
3	Calgary Roughnecks	16	4	12	.250	7.0	2–6	2–6	224	264	-40	14.00	16.50
4	Ottawa Rebel	16	4	12	.250	7.0	1–7	3–5	202	245	-43	12.62	15.31

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

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 17, 2001	Vancouver Ravens	Air Canada Centre	W 16–11		13,049	1–0
2	December 1, 2001	@ Vancouver Ravens	GM Place	L 12–13		13,772	1–1
3	December 14, 2001	Ottawa Rebel	Air Canada Centre	W 12–6		14,169	2–1
4	January 5, 2002	@ Washington Power	Capital Centre	L 11–12		3,512	2–2
5	January 12, 2002	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 15–12		9,428	3–2
6	February 26, 2002	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 14–9		18,543	4–2
7	February 3, 2002	Montreal Express	Air Canada Centre	W 17–12		14,515	5–2
8	February 10, 2002	Washington Power	Air Canada Centre	W 17–14		13,802	6–2
9	February 16, 2002	@ Ottawa Rebel	Corel Centre	W 15–8		7,826	7–2
10	February 23, 2002	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 14–13	OT	17,138	8–2
11	March 2, 2002	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 8–7		7,948	9–2
12	March 8, 2002	@ Montreal Express	Molson Centre	L 9–15		9,339	9–3
13	March 15, 2002	New York Saints	Air Canada Centre	W 21–7		16,796	10–3
14	March 16, 2002	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16		10,481	10–4
15	March 22, 2002	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 17–9		17,501	11–4
16	March 23, 2002	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Union Center	L 11–12	OT	14,361	11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Semifinals	April 5, 2002	Washington Power	Air Canada Centre	W 12–11	2OT	14,442	1–0
Championship Game	April 13, 2002	@ Albany Attack	Pepsi Arena	W 13–12		9,289	2–0

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes[5]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
Colin Doyle	16	47	33	80	58	17
Blaine Manning	16	21	50	71	109	13
Steve Toll	16	26	39	65	125	11
Dan Stroup	16	37	23	60	86	12
Kim Squire	16	27	28	55	57	54
Jim Veltman	16	16	37	53	203	22
Ken Millin	14	11	12	23	40	2
Mike Murray	10	10	9	19	19	6
Darryl Gibson	15	3	15	18	84	12
Glenn Clark	16	10	7	17	98	19
Totals		223	298	521	1290	360

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average[6]

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Bob Watson	12	681:21	9	3	131	.764	11.54
Anthony Cosmo	6	255:56	2	2	45	.791	10.55
Totals			11	5	176	.772	10.94

Awards

Player	Award
Blaine Manning	Rookie of the Year Award[7]
Pat Coyle	Defensive Player of the Year Award[7]
Jim Veltman	Sportsmanship Award[7]
Colin Doyle	Championship Game MVP[7]
Blaine Manning	Rookie of the Month, March[7]
Pat Coyle	First All-Pro Team[7]
Colin Doyle	Second All-Pro Team[7]
Blaine Manning	All-Rookie Team[7]
Colin Doyle	All-Stars[8]
Pat Coyle
Jim Veltman
Bob Watson
Steve Toll

Roster

No. Position Player 26 Fwd Burke, Wayne 25 ?? Candy, Drew 5 Fwd Chapman, Sandy 11 Def Clark, Glenn 2 Def Coyle, Pat 44 Goalie Cosmo, Anthony 7 Fwd Doyle, Colin 19 Def Gibson, Darryl 6 Def Ladouceur, Dan 4 Def Livingstone, Carter

No. Position Player 16 Fwd Manning, Blaine 33 Fwd Millin, Ken 18 Fwd Murray, Mike 40 Def Rubel, Ian 93 Fwd Squire, Kim 34 Def Squire, Rodd 8 Fwd Stroup, Dan 17 Def Toll, Steve 32 Fwd Veltman, Jim 29 Goalie Watson, Bob

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See also

• 2002 NLL season

References

1. Blake, Campbell (2002-04-14). "Rock hold off Attack for NLL title". Our Sports Central. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2002 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Toronto Rock - 2002 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
4. "Toronto Rock - 2002 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
5. "Runners". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
6. "Goalies". NLL. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
7. "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book" (PDF). NLL. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
8. Blake, Campbell (2002-04-04). "Rock ready to face the Gaits". Our Sports Central. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
9. "Toronto Rock 2002 Regular Season". NLL. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

External links

• "2002 Archive". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2011-05-15.