Saturday’s tilt between the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits is a must win for Toronto. They have suffered two losses to Rochester and and one to Georgia. Buffalo split their first two games; a win over Calgary and a loss to Colorado in overtime, both one goal games. The defending Eastern Conference champion Rock cannot go down four straight to start the season and expect to have success later. With…
At least Dan Lintner has a good story to tell about his first NLL game. Lintner’s non-goal at 18:10 of the fourth quarter could have started a comeback for the Rock had it counted, but a review showed his foot in the crease. The goal and assists were even announced at the Air Canada Centre Thursday night but boos rained down as the officials called the goal back. The Rock…
The Toronto Rock (0-2), a perennial contender for an NLL title, have scored 14 goals in two games this season. One of those losses came at the hands of the Georgia Swarm who had surrendered 16 goals the week before. The other loss? Also a Rochester team coming off of a 16 goal loss. There have been five total goal scorers for the Rock this season; Rob Hellyer, Brett Hickey,…
The offensive woes continued for the Toronto Rock(0-2) as they fell 12-7 to the Rochester Knighthawks(1-1) in their home opener at the Air Canada Centre. The Rock failed to score double digit goals in back to back games for the first time since 2011. Depth scoring has been an issue in the early stages for Toronto thus far as just five different players have found the back of the cage…
Tonight the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will face off in the Air Canada Centre seeking their first victories of 2016. Rochester fell at home in week two to the Colorado Mammoth, while the Rock lost in the first ever home game for the Georgia Swarm. Rochester saw plenty of positives in its loss, including 14 goals despite losing and also a strong night from Cody Jamieson returning from a…
A 12-7 beatdown on the Toronto Rock in front of 9,087 fans made history as the Swarm played their first ever game at the Infinite Energy Centre in Gwinnett County. Johnny Powless was unstoppable, scoring four highlight reel goals and adding an assist as first star of the game. Randy Staats had a hat trick and four assists. A five goal difference doesn’t usually mean a blowout, but the way…
The Minnesota Georgia Swarm showed a strong offensive mindset in their first game in their new home of Gwinnett, Georgia. The Swarm beat the Toronto Rock 12-7 in the game last night. Johnny Powless and Randy Staats led the way for the Swarm. The Swarm also showed a much better defense than they had a season ago. The Swarm started off slowly in the first quarter spotting the Rock a…
This Saturday the Georgia Swarm make their home debut at the Infinite Energy Centre after moving from Minnesota in the offseason. The Swarm’s home opener will be a milestone for the team as they face some great competition in the Toronto Rock, who reached the league final last season and have retained most of their roster. It will be a test of old vs new, experience vs youth, and will…
2015 season record: 14-4 (first in division; lost to Edmonton in the Champion’s Cup final) Team Acquisitions (D) Mike Grimes (acquired from Georgia; placed on Protected Player List) (F) Turner Evans (2015 draft) (F) Dan Lintner (acquired from New England) (D) Luc Magnan (2015 draft) Team Losses (F) Kevin Crowley (D) Nick Diachenko Offense: Leading the charge will be captain Colin Doyle, who missed much of last season due to…
Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced the final few roster moves to finalize the team’s active roster heading into the final exhibition game of the pre-season on Saturday night. Toronto released forwards Jordan Robertson, Kyle Aquin and goaltender Steve Fryer from the active roster and signed all three players to the practice roster. Those moves leave the Rock with 20 players on the active roster and…