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Toronto Rock Sign Cam Woods to Practice Roster

March 21, 2014
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Mike Lum-Walker To Active, Chris White Placed On Injured Reserve   TORONTO,ON – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced another series of roster moves as today’s roster freeze deadline passed at 3pm. Veteran defender Chris White underwent further examination this morning and is out indefinitely with a lower body injury. Mike Lum-Walker has been moved to the active roster from the practice roster and Eric Law has been moved to…

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Wings Sign Luke Wiles, Several Others

March 20, 2014
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Today was the last day for NLL teams to sign players to their rosters for the remainder of the season and the Philadelphia Wings made a few big splashes. After releasing Kevin Ross yesterday, Philadelphia signed Luke Wiles, Kevin Croswell and Jesse Fehr. Wiles, long considered a top scorer in the NLL, was cut by the Buffalo Bandits before the season. He scored 21 points with Buffalo last season and…

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Net Impact: Can Coaches Make a Difference?

March 20, 2014
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Coaches don’t make any difference to a team’s success or failure, right? It’s the 20 guys on the roster that win or lose games, not the coaching staff. That certainly seemed to be the prevailing attitude in Toronto last summer when the Rock decided to fire head coach Troy Cordingley only three weeks after he won his second Les Bartley Award as coach of the year. Cordingley had compiled a…

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NLL Announces Seven Games on Universal Sports

The National Lacrosse League has announced that Universal Sports Network will broadcast seven NLL games over the remainder of the 2014 regular season. Universal Sports will showcase an NLL “Game of the Week” every Thursday from the previous week’s action beginning tonight at 5 p.m. ET with the Colorado Mammoth at Buffalo Bandits game from Saturday, March 15. “We are proud to be partnering with Universal Sports Network to showcase the NLL to even…

March 20, 2014
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Rock Sign Jimmy Purves and Kevin Ross

March 19, 2014
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Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced a series of roster moves including the signing of free agent forward Kevin Ross and free agent defenceman Jimmy Purves to the active roster. A day after acquiring goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings in exchange for Kyle Belton and a pair of draft picks, Sanderson was at it again shoring things up prior to Thursday’s 12:00pm ET roster freeze. To…

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Wings Trade Away Miller; Where They Go From Here

March 19, 2014
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The trade deadline has now passed and all was quiet until the final two minutes when the league announced that the Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings agreed on a deal. The Rock send second year transition player Kyle Belton along with a conditional 2nd round and 4th round pick in the 2014 entry draft. In return the Rock acquire 14-year veteran Brandon Miller to back up Nick Rose. The conditional pick works…

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Was Goaltending Really the Need for Toronto?

March 19, 2014
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Looking at team statistics for the 2014 season, the Rock are actually very solid on the defensive side of the ball. Therefore, why trade for a goaltender? Though opponents playing Toronto are averaging a save percentage of .764, the Rock have a similar rate of .753. That exemplifies the goalies’ efforts in saving 75 percent of the shots they take, and it’s within 1 percent of the opponent. The Toronto…

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NLL League Leaders: Snider Close to 200 FO Wins

March 19, 2014
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After being out a month and a half, Adam Jones has slipped out of the top five for goals. Garrett Billings remains at the top, having jumped up to 82 points with another 12 this week. Cody Jamieson has taken over the number two spot with 71, earning 17 points in a pair of games over the weekend. John Grant Jr. remains third; he garnered six points to bring his…

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Toronto Acquires Brandon Miller

March 18, 2014
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Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced a trade as today’s league deadline passed at 3pm ET.  Toronto has acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings in exchange for transition player Kyle Belton, a conditional 2nd Round pick in the 2014 NLL Draft and Toronto’s 4th Round pick in the 2014 NLL Draft. “We now have one of the best goaltending tandems in the NLL,” said Sanderson.  “We…

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Roughnecks Prepare for Interesting Trade Deadline

March 18, 2014
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Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Calgary Roughnecks are one of the most balanced teams in the NLL at 6-5 and with the NLL trade deadline in just a few hours, they might just stand pat. General manager Mike Board spoke with the Calgary Sun yesterday and has some interesting quotes. “I talked to some of the teams in the East this week, and they’re all figuring there’s some jostling to…

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