Kids today call them ‘juice goals’: the ones scored in the biggest moments of a game, maybe a highlight-reel marker, perhaps by a player who doesn’t normally hit the back of the net. If there are ‘juice goals’, it would imply the existence of ‘juice saves’ and, with 1:35 remaining on the clock and the Toronto Rock leading the San Diego Seals 13-8 on Saturday night Nick Rose stopped Wes…
Coming off their third (and final) bye week of the season, the Toronto Rock won their first major road trip of the season Friday night 12-7 in San Diego. CJ Kirst once again showed why Toronto picked him first overall with the best offensive game of his career – five goals, and six points. However, the focus postgame was on the defensive effort. The San Diego Seals scored twice on…
Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. On Friday night, two teams looked at the term ‘home’ in two very different ways – the Toronto Rock closing out a chapter in their third home in five seasons; and the Halifax Thunderbirds clinching a home playoff game for the first time with a 16-9 win. GOING HOME With the loss Toronto wraps its one and only season…
The Toronto Rock celebrated superhero night at the Paramount Fine Food Centre in Mississauga Saturday night, giving their fans plenty to marvel at. Playing their first home game in a month the Rock took a 3-0 before the first media time out, outshooting the Philadelphia Wings twenty-four to six in the opening quarter, eventually winning 15-8. Without their own Captain America, Tom Schreiber, 12 different Rock players registered points offensively…
(Vancouver Warriors’ goaltender Christian Del Bianco takes to the floor for the first time in 328 days. His performance helped the Warriors defeat the Toronto Rock. PHOTO: NLL/Jacklyn McKee) Christian Del Bianco is back in the National Lacrosse League. And if his 51 save performance against the Toronto Rock on Friday night is any indication of how he’ll play in a Vancouver Warriors’ uniform, the rest of the league should…
MISSISSAUGA, CANADA – FEBRUARY 22: the NLL regular season game between the Georgia Swarm and the Toronto Rock at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre on February 22, 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Christian Bender/NLL) One-goal games have not been the friend of the Toronto Rock. Fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive, and just 1-4 in one-goal games this season, the Rock were in another tight battle Saturday…
Most of this NLL season has been a battle for the Toronto Rock. They returned to Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga on Saturday night looking for their fourth straight win. Their opponents, the San Diego Seals, opened the scoring and led until the Rock fought for a fourth quarter, five goal run. However, a late pair sealed the 11-10 victory – San Diego’s first ever against Toronto, and the…