2011 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 15th in franchise history, and 14th as the Rock. The Rock won the championship on May 15 defeating the Washington Stealth 8-7. They tied the NLL record with their 6th victory.

2011 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2011 record	10-6
Home record	7-1
Road record	3-5
Goals for	187
Goals against	168
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	Troy Cordingley
Captain	Colin Doyle
Alternate captains	Sandy Chapman Blaine Manning Phil Sanderson
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	10,985
Team leaders
Goals	Stephan Leblanc (33)
Assists	Blaine Manning (52)
Points	Stephan Leblanc (76)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Ross (29)
Loose Balls	Cam Woods (95)
Wins	Bob Watson (10)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (10.09)
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	-36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	-21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	-29	10.94	12.75

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: [2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	Edmonton Rush	Air Canada Centre	W 13–7		11,564	1–0
2	January 15, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–9		6,025	2–0
3	January 21, 2011	Boston Blazers	Air Canada Centre	W 15–14	OT	9,104	3–0
4	January 22, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 14–15	OT	16,685	3–1
5	January 29, 2011	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	W 8–5		10,812	4–1
6	February 5, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	L 7–9		7,598	4–2
7	February 12, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 9–8	OT	10,364	5–2
8	February 18, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 10–5		9,408	6–2
9	February 19, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–6		5,656	7–2
10	February 26, 2011	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	W 16–13		7,082	8–2
11	March 4, 2011	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 15–10		10,120	9–2
12	March 25, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–14		10,075	9–3
13	April 1, 2011	Washington Stealth	Air Canada Centre	W 13–12	OT	11,424	10–3
14	April 2, 2011	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	L 11–12		9,044	10–4
15	April 8, 2011	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 8–11		15,084	10–5
16	April 16, 2011	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 14–18		7,340	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 10–8		10,228	1–0
Division Final	May 7, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 12–11		12,349	2–0
Championship Game	May 14, 2011	Washington Stealth	Air Canada Centre	W 8–7		14,488	3–0

Roster

2011 Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 37 Pat Campbell 29 Bob Watson Defensemen  5 Sandy Chapman (A)  4 Jeff Gilbert 44 Stephen Hoar 11 Mike Hobbins 14 Rob Marshall  9 Patrick Merrill 56 Drew Petkoff  8 Creighton Reid 97 Kyle Ross 18 Phil Sanderson (A) 22 Cam Woods		Forwards 33 Kasey Beirnes 13 Garrett Billings  7 Colin Doyle (C) 10 Rob Hellyer 17 Stephan Leblanc 15 Mat MacLeod 42 Pat Maddalena 16 Blaine Manning (A) 77 Tim O'Brien 93 Aaron Pascas		Practice Squad 38 Gee Nash Injured Reserve 26 Ryan Sharp		Head Coach Troy Cordingley Assistant Coaches Terry Sanderson John Lovell Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2011-01-30 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2011 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Toronto Rock - 2011 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Toronto Rock - 2011 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.