After a disappointing loss in Buffalo last weekend, the Toronto Rock (1-1) will look for their first road win Saturday as they travel to Rochester to take on the two time defending league champion Knighthawks (2-0) at Blue Cross Arena. The Knighthawks haven’t beaten the Rock in a January game since January 30th of 2010, exactly a week after Toronto handed Rochester their worst loss in franchise history in a…
Craig England Will Serve One Game Suspension Saturday Vs. Rochester TORONTO, ON – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson confirmed today that the Professional Lacrosse Player’s Association (PLPA) has withdrawn the appeal of the one-game suspension assessed to Rock defender Craig England. England will now serve a one-game suspension this Saturday when the Rock travel Rochester after the PLPA’s appeal had allowed the rookie defenceman to play last week against Buffalo. After…
While the MSL season is still months away there was a huge trade made between the Oakville Rock and the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks. In this trade Oakville receives Scott Johnston along with defender Brad Gilles and the Kodiaks first round draft pick which is the third pick in this year’s upcoming MSL draft which takes place this Saturday on January 19th. The Kodiaks in this trade received Daryl Veltman, Dean…
The Buffalo Bandits were facing their second straight loss before coming back to defeat the Toronto Rock 12-10. As always, we were on scene and bring you some audio content from post game interviews. We went one on one with game MVP Ryan Benesch, goaltender Anthony Cosmo and defender Steve Priolo. Ryan Benesch Benesch led the Bandits in points with five, three of those goals in his second…
Down four goals at half time, the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) rallied back in the second half to pull out the 12-10 win against the Toronto Rock (1-1) Friday night in front of 11,404 fans at the First Niagara Center. The win this evening is the first home victory this season for the Bandits and also their first home win after a span of six straight home losses dating back from…
This week the Toronto Rock renew their rivalry with the Buffalo Bandits. Recently these two teams have been heading in opposite directions as the Rock finished 2013 on top of the East Division while the Buffalo Bandits finished last in the East. The Rock began 2014 on the right foot as they picked up a 16-11 win over the Calgary Roughnecks while the Bandits lost their first game of 2014…
The Toronto Rock have taken a huge defensive hit in the past two weeks, losing Chris White, Patrick Merrill and Bill Greer. Replacing them on the roster are three players coming off of the practice squad, none of which have played a game in the National Lacrosse League. “To be on the Rock’s roster is a dream come true,” said Dustin Dunn, recently promoted from the practice squad. “I’ve been…
A small schedule this past week with only two games being played, so not many changes this week. But this weekend we have six games as the NLL will be in full swing. Power Rankings Week 3 (1) 1—Rochester Knighthawks (1-0) The Knighthawks were idle this past week. They host Philadelphia on Saturday night, which is sure to be a great game. (2) 2—Edmonton Rush (1-0) Idle this past…
On Friday night the Toronto Rock opened their season with a win over the Calgary Roughnecks by a score of 16-11 in Toronto. After the game we caught up with the captain Colin Doyle, and Jeff Swift, who was a scratch for the Rock but took in his first Rock game as a member of the organization. Doyle had a great season opener for the Rock with four points; two…
A rough start for the Calgary Roughnecks was the difference in the Toronto Rock’s home opener on Friday night. The Rock jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and never looked back, controlling the majority of the game. Dane Dobbie sniped two back to back power play goals in the first to close the gap to 3-2 and it looked as though the Roughnecks were going to make a it…