2025 Toronto Rock season
| 2025 Toronto Rock | |
|---|---|
| League | NLL |
| 2025 record | TBD |
| Home record | TBD |
| Road record | TBD |
| Goals for | TBD |
| Goals against | TBD |
| General Manager | Jamie Dawick |
| Coach | Matt Sawyer |
| Captain | Challen Rogers |
| Arena | Paramount Fine Foods Centre |
2026 season → | |
The Toronto Rock are a professional lacrosse team based in Mississauga, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2025 season is the 27th in franchise history, and 26th as the Rock.
Regular season
[edit]The Rock temporarily relocated their home games to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario for the 2024-25 season, as Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre was closed for renovations.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The Rock had a strong 2024 season, finishing with a franchise best 15-3 regular season record and first place in the league. However, the team lost to the eventual champion Buffalo Bandits in the semi-finals of the playoffs.[7]
Latrell Harris, the National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2023 who missed all of the 2023 season due to an injury to his ACL sustained in the offseason, will return to the team.[7]
The team struggled at the start of the regular season, loosing its first 5 games before defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 18 January.[8]
Standings
[edit]Reference:[9]
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bandits – xz | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 0.0 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 242 | 195 | +47 | 13.44 | 10.83 |
| 2 | Saskatchewan Rush – x | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 0.0 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 213 | 179 | +34 | 11.83 | 9.94 |
| 3 | Halifax Thunderbirds – x | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.0 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 239 | 213 | +26 | 13.28 | 11.83 |
| 4 | Vancouver Warriors – x | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.0 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 196 | 172 | +24 | 10.89 | 9.56 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 228 | 209 | +19 | 12.67 | 11.61 |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.0 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 219 | 209 | +10 | 12.17 | 11.61 |
| 7 | Georgia Swarm – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.0 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 214 | 217 | −3 | 11.89 | 12.06 |
| 8 | San Diego Seals – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.0 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 215 | 209 | +6 | 11.94 | 11.61 |
| 9 | Ottawa Black Bears | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.0 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 183 | 202 | −19 | 10.17 | 11.22 |
| 10 | Colorado Mammoth | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.0 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 195 | 212 | −17 | 10.83 | 11.78 |
| 11 | Albany FireWolves | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.0 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 192 | 209 | −17 | 10.67 | 11.61 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Wings | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.0 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 207 | 231 | −24 | 11.50 | 12.83 |
| 13 | Toronto Rock | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7.0 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 189 | 208 | −19 | 10.50 | 11.56 |
| 14 | Las Vegas Desert Dogs | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9.0 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 189 | 256 | −67 | 10.50 | 14.22 |
Game log
[edit]Regular season
[edit]| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 29, 2024 | @ Ottawa Black Bears | Canadian Tire Centre | L 5–11 | 6,995 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | December 7, 2024 | Albany FireWolves | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 4–15 | 5,044 | 0–2 | |
| 3 | December 14, 2024 | @ Georgia Swarm | Gas South Arena | L 9–10 | 4,570 | 0–3 | |
| 4 | December 28, 2024 | Ottawa Black Bears | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 11–12 | 5,196 | 0–4 | |
| 5 | January 10, 2025 | @ Buffalo Bandits | KeyBank Center | L 13–15 | 17,240 | 0–5 | |
| 6 | January 18, 2025 | Saskatchewan Rush | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | W 11–8 | 5,011 | 1–5 | |
| 7 | January 24, 2025 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | W 9–5 | 11,759 | 2–5 | |
| 8 | February 1, 2025 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Ball Arena | W 9–8 | OT | 10,441 | 3–5 |
| 9 | February 8, 2025 | San Diego Seals | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 10–11 | 5,030 | 3–6 | |
| 10 | February 14, 2025 | Buffalo Bandits | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 12–13 | 5,167 | 3–7 | |
| 11 | February 22, 2025 | Georgia Swarm | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 10–11 | OT | 5,184 | 3–8 |
| 12 | March 7, 2025 | @ Halifax Thunderbirds | Scotiabank Centre | W 15–12 | 4–8 | ||
| 13 | March 14, 2025 | @ Vancouver Warriors | Rogers Arena | L 8–13 | 4–9 | ||
| 14 | March 22, 2025 | Philadelphia Wings | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | W 15–8 | 5–9 | ||
| 15 | April 6, 2025 | @ Las Vegas Desert Dogs | Lee's Family Forum | L 13–14 | OT | 5–10 | |
| 16 | April 11, 2025 | Vancouver Warriors | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 10–12 | 5–11 | ||
| 17 | April 18, 2025 | Halifax Thunderbirds | Paramount Fine Foods Centre | L 9–16 | 5–12 | ||
| 18 | April 19, 2025 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 11–10 | 6–12 |
Roster
[edit]Reference:[10]
| Active (21-man) roster | Inactive roster | Coaches | |||||||
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Roster updated 2025-3-6 | |||||||
Entry Draft
[edit]The 2024 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 15th, 2024 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto. The Toronto Rock made the following selections:[11]
| Round | Overall | Player | Position | College/Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Sam English | F | Oakville Rock - Syracuse University |
| 1 | 13 | Jake Darlison | T | Whitby Warriors Jr. A |
| 3 | 36 | Alex Messier | D | Halton Hills Bulldogs Jr. B |
| 4 | 47 | Landen Sinfield | O | Akwesasne Jr. B |
| 4 | 55 | Colton Armitage | O | St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A |
| 5 | 63 | Connor Shellenberger | University of Virginia | |
| 5 | 70 | Ethan Fisher | D | St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rock Will Relocate Home Games for 2023-24 Season Following HUPEG Announcement". Toronto Rock. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "2023-24 Toronto Rock Season Will Begin In Hamilton Followed By Temporary Relocation To Mississauga". June 2023.
- ^ Marshall, Kyle (2023-06-03). "Toronto Rock temporarily relocating to Mississauga as home arena in Hamilton undergoes renovation". The Mississauga News. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "Toronto Rock Will Play Upcoming Season in Hamilton From Start to Finish". 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Renovation change allows Toronto Rock to keep playing in Hamilton this upcoming season". CBC News. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ Mauntah, Richard (2023-12-07). "Toronto Rock season preview: Going everywhere, except Mississauga". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ a b Mauntah, Richard (2024-11-27). "Toronto Rock's goal for new season isn't just winning games, it's a championship". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Mauntah, Richard (2025-01-18). "Toronto Rock records first win of NLL season, defeating Rush". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
- ^ "Players". torontorock.com/. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "DRAFT CENTRAL: 2024 NLL Draft presented by Castore". National Lacrosse League. September 14, 2024.