2010 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 14th in franchise history, and 13th as the Rock.

2010 Toronto Rock
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2010 record	9–7
Home record	6–2
Road record	3–5
Goals for	197
Goals against	156
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	Troy Cordingley
Captain	Colin Doyle
Alternate captains	Sandy Chapman Phil Sanderson Pat McCready Blaine Manning
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	10,067
Team leaders
Goals	Stephan Leblanc (36)
Assists	Colin Doyle (62)
Points	Colin Doyle (84)
Penalties in minutes	Drew Petkoff (30)
Loose Balls	Sandy Chapman (86)
Wins	Bob Watson (7)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (9.31)
← 2009 season 2011 season →

Shortly after the 2009 season ended, the Rock franchise was sold to Jamie Dawick, a professional poker player[1] and businessman from nearby Oakville, Ontario.[2] Dawick's first move was to bring Terry Sanderson back on board as general manager.[2] Sanderson soon hired former Calgary Roughnecks head coach Troy Cordingley to coach the Rock[3] and the Rock's fortunes changed immediately.

They finished the 2010 season with a 9–7 record, their best record since their Championship win in 2005 and made the playoffs for the first time in three years. They defeated the Buffalo Bandits and Orlando Titans to get to the Championship game for the seventh time in team history but were defeated by the Washington Stealth.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [4]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Orlando Titans – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	172	154	+18	10.75	9.62
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	197	156	+41	12.31	9.75
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	169	170	-1	10.56	10.62
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	161	162	-1	10.06	10.12
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	7	9	.438	4.0	4–4	3–5	155	181	-26	9.69	11.31
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	168	194	-26	10.50	12.12

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Stealth – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	211	179	+32	13.19	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	193	169	+24	12.06	10.56
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	186	201	-15	11.62	12.56
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	189	201	-12	11.81	12.56
5	Colorado Mammoth	16	4	12	.250	7.0	0–8	4–4	167	201	-34	10.44	12.56

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: [5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 9, 2010	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	W 17–7		8,215	1–0
2	January 15, 2010	Boston Blazers	Air Canada Centre	W 8–7	OT	11,502	2–0
3	January 23, 2010	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 17–3		10,104	3–0
4	January 30, 2010	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–16		6,676	3–1
5	February 5, 2010	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 19–11		10,256	4–1
6	February 6, 2010	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 14–10		14,467	5–1
7	February 12, 2010	Edmonton Rush	Air Canada Centre	W 16–7		10,052	6–1
8	January 14, 2010	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 8–10		10,193	6–2
9	February 21, 2010	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 13–14		7,387	6–3
10	February 27, 2010	Orlando Titans	Air Canada Centre	L 12–16		10,984	6–4
11	March 12, 2010	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 10–11	OT	8,567	6–5
12	March 27, 2010	@ Orlando Titans	Amway Arena	L 8–10		5,691	6–6
13	April 2, 2010	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 9–8		9,108	7–6
14	April 3, 2010	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 13–6		10,246	8–6
15	April 10, 2010	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 10–13		18,575	8–7
16	April 16, 2010	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 15–7		9,959	9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [6]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2010	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	W 13–11		9,367	1–0
Division Final	May 8, 2010	@ Orlando Titans	Amway Arena	W 15–10		4,651	2–0
Championship Game	May 15, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena	L 11–15		8,609	2–1

Transactions

New players

• Sandy Chapman - acquired in trade
• Colin Doyle - acquired in trade
• Mike Hominuck - acquired in trade
• Pat McCready - acquired in trade
• Phil Sanderson - acquired in trade
• Kim Squire - signed as a free agent

Players not returning

• Jason Clark - released
• Craig Conn - traded
• Jason Crosbie - released
• Chris Driscoll - traded
• Bill McGlone - traded
• Lewis Ratcliff - traded
• Mark Scherman - traded
• Chad Thompson - released
• Luke Wiles - traded

Trades

December 22, 2009[7]	To Toronto Rock Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Boston Blazers Dave Cutten
December 15, 2009[8]	To Toronto Rock Colin Doyle Conditional Second round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Washington Stealth Lewis Ratcliff Joel Dalgarno Tyler Codron
September 3, 2009[9]	To Toronto Rock First round pick, 2009 entry draft Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Calgary Roughnecks Craig Conn Second round pick, 2010 entry draft
August 4, 2009[10]	To Toronto Rock Pat McCready Third round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Second round pick, 2009 entry draft First round pick, 2010 entry draft Second round pick, 2011 entry draft
July 27, 2009[11]	To Toronto Rock Mike Hominuck	To Edmonton Rush Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 21, 2009[12]	To Toronto Rock Phil Sanderson	To Buffalo Bandits Chris Driscoll
July 7, 2009[13]	To Toronto Rock Sandy Chapman	To Rochester Knighthawks Peter Jacobs
July 7, 2009[13]	To Toronto Rock Peter Jacobs First round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Huntley Bill McGlone
July 7, 2009[13]	To Toronto Rock Kevin Huntley First round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Washington Stealth Luke Wiles

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.[14] The Rock selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	6	Garrett Billings	University of Virginia
1	7	Joel Dalgarno	Ohio State University
1	11	Stephen Leblanc	Queens University
3	31	Damon Edwards	Orangeville, ON
5	43	Anthony Lackey	Orangeville, ON
6	53	John Quarrie	Orangeville, ON

Roster

2010 Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 30 Steve Dietrich 29 Bob Watson Defensemen 37 Scott Campbell  5 Sandy Chapman (A)  9 Brendon Doran  4 Jeff Gilbert 44 Stephen Hoar 11 Mike Hobbins 12 Anthony Lackey 14 Rob Marshall 10 Pat McCready (A) 56 Drew Petkoff  8 Creighton Reid 18 Phil Sanderson (A) 22 Cam Woods		Forwards 33 Kasey Beirnes 13 Garrett Billings  7 Colin Doyle (C) 90 Mike Hominuck 17 Stephan Leblanc 16 Blaine Manning (A) 93 Kim Squire 23 Josh Wasson		Practice Squad  1 Phil Wetherup  2 Pat Saunders 47 Geoff McNulty		Head Coach Troy Cordingley Assistant Coaches Terry Sanderson John Lovell Matt Sawyer Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2010-03-06 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2010 NLL season

References

1. "Rock owner to play in WSOP main event". NLL.com. June 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. "Toronto Rock announce new ownership". NLL.com. June 30, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
3. "Rock name Cordingley head coach". NLL.com. July 14, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
4. "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
5. "Toronto Rock - 2010 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
6. "Toronto Rock - 2010 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
7. "ROCK TRADE DAVE CUTTEN TO BOSTON". torontorock.com. December 22, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
8. "COLIN DOYLE RETURNS TO TORONTO". torontorock.com. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
9. "Roughnecks Acquire Craig Conn From Rock". NLL.com. September 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
10. "McCready Heading To Rock For Draft Picks". NLL.com. August 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
11. "Hominuck Heads to Toronto". NLL.com. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
12. "Rock and Bandits Swap Driscoll, Sanderson". NLL.com. July 21, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
13. "Busy Day on Trading Front". NLL.com. July 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
14. "2009 Entry Draft - Live Results". NLL.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.