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NLL: Rock secure home floor through playoffs after win over Rochester

April 18, 2024

With early playoff exits to the Buffalo Bandits in back-to-back seasons, the goal for the Toronto Rock in 2024 is simple: home floor in the post-season. On Saturday night, thanks to a 13-6 win over the Rochester Knighthawks, that goal is now accomplished. Sparked by a 10-1 first half, the Rock now match their franchise-best wins total with 14, doing so in front of a Hamilton record crowd of 11,256….

NLL: Rock take battle of top-ranked teams over FireWolves

April 11, 2024

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For much of this season, the Toronto Rock and Albany FireWolves have been near each other atop the NLL standings. In their final meeting before the playoffs it was the top-seeded Rock who spoiled the retro night party, throwing-back 10 goals from eight different scorers – even goaltender Nick Rose – in a 10-7 victory. Albany, who wore vintage blue-and-white Attack-themed jerseys after honouring former captain Brett Manney pregame, had…

NLL: Rock overcome early deficit to beat Thunderbirds in OT

March 27, 2024

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If the Toronto Rock had a superhero name, and not just the jerseys they wore Saturday night, it would be “The Comeback Kids.” Dealing with another 4-0 deficit to the Halifax Thunderbirds in Week 17, the Rock battled back to score twice in the final minute, and win 9-8 in overtime to clinch a home playoff game. Mark Matthews tried to end the matchup on the first possession of OT…

NLL: Bandits complete season sweep over Rock

March 20, 2024

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KeyBank Center was a madhouse on Saturday night for a St Patrick’s Day celebration and more importantly, a rivalry renewed, 18,463 to be exact. The Buffalo Bandits, sporting some sweet St Patty’s Day jerseys, played host to their biggest rivals, the Toronto Rock. Toronto came in as the league’s number one team, with only two losses. One of those was early in the year against the Bandits up in Hamilton….

NLL: Lintner’s hat trick leads Toronto over Colorado

March 15, 2024

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Teddy bears weren’t the only things flying at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton on on Saturday. With a 12-7 victory over the Colorado Mammoth, the Toronto Rock punted their franchise record for best start to a season in the air, remaining atop the NLL standings at 11-2. Tied 7-7 after three periods, Zack Kearney picked up a rebound off Corey Small’s shot to break the deadlock 1:37 into the final frame….

NLL: Double-win West Coast weekend solidifies Rock’s first place position in standings

March 7, 2024

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The Toronto Rock remain atop the NLL standings after back-to-back Week 14 wins in Las Vegas and San Diego. It was a mixed bag for the 10-2 league-leaders who won 16-11 on Friday night in Vegas and 15-13 one night later over the Seals. Head coach Matt Sawyer admitted, “Each and every night you’re going to face something different.” In their first-ever trip to Sin City, the Desert Dogs went…

NLL: Matthews, Rock show out in NLL’s return to Montreal

February 21, 2024

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Bienvenue à Montréal. Or should I say, Bon retour à Montréal, c’est le grand jour. Excuse my poor French. For those of you, like me, that had to look up what those phrases meant, here ya go. Welcome back to Montréal, today is the day! The NLLUnBoxed Series came to you live from Place Bell in Laval, Quebec on Friday night. The beautiful city of Montreal saw live lacrosse action…

Press Release: New York Riptide to become Ottawa Black Bears

February 21, 2024

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The National Lacrosse League (NLL) in partnership with GF Sports and Entertainment and Senators Sports & Entertainment, today announced the launch of Ottawa-Gatineau’s newest professional sports franchise, the Ottawa Black Bears. The Black Bears will begin play at the start of the 2024-25 NLL season, with all home games to be played at Canadian Tire Centre, the home of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators. “Ottawa is an incredible market,…

NLL: Pivotal weekend ends in disappointment for Roughnecks

February 7, 2024

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It was a pivotal weekend for the Calgary Roughnecks as they faced the ever-daunting back-to-back games on their home turf of Westjet Field. Win both and you’re a top eight team. Lose both and now you’re in quite a hole. Unfortunately, it was the latter for the Roughnecks as they dropped Friday night’s game 11-10 to the New York Riptide and then Saturday night’s game 9-7 to the Toronto Rock….

NLL: Rock unbeaten no more as Fraser scores 4, Bandits explode for 16

January 29, 2024

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Everyone loves a good rivalry game, right? The Saturday Night Showcase came to you from FirstOntario Center in Hamilton, as the Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits. This was the tale of two sides, as Toronto came in as the league’s only unbeaten team left, and Buffalo was sputtering a bit. Earlier on in the day, Tom Schreiber was activated off IR for the Rock, so that was going to…

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