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NLL Free Agency Update: Stealth Make Moves

August 24, 2014

After a couple busy weeks of signings in the NLL. this past week was fairly quiet, with only a handful of free agent signings while the Toronto Rock and Minnesota Swarm swapped transition players. The Vancouver Stealth locked down Chris O’Dougherty, Tim Henderson and Brandan Smith, all with one-year contracts. O’Dougherty played in five games last season, picking up five assists and 33 loose balls along the way. Smith has…

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…

The Rock Come to Minnesota

March 16, 2014

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Alex Urquhart The Minnesota Swarm will be hosting the Toronto Rock this evening at home in the Excel Energy Center, also called the Hive by its fans and players. The Rock roll into Minnesota at 4-7 on the season, while the Swarm are returning home after three games on the road. The Swarm are running in last place in the East at 2-8. The Swarm are coming home to St….

Rock Sign Steve Fryer; Release Boychuk

March 11, 2014

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The Toronto Rock made several moves today, highlighted by a goaltending move by releasing current backup ‘tender Zak Boychuk and signing former Philadelphia Wings backup Steve Fryer. Fryer has been playing major lacrosse with the Langley Thunder and Brooklin Redmen. Fryer is a former third round pick by the Wings back in 2011. He has played in two Minto Cups with Brampton and Coquitlam. He also played in a Mann…

Roughnecks Rout Reeling Rock 19-13

March 2, 2014

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Photo Credit: Brad Watson/Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks grabbed a decisive 19-13 victory over the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The Roughnecks improve to 6-3 on the season while the Rock fall to 4-6. Calgary opened the game with their best quarter of the season, scoring seven times—including four goals from Curtis Dickson—while shutting the Toronto offence down completely After staking themselves to a seven-goal…

Post Game Notes: Roughnecks Over Rock 19-13

March 1, 2014

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Photo Credit: Brad Watson/Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks scored seven unanswered goals in the first quarter leading to a convincing 19-13 win over the Toronto Rock. Colin Doyle of the Rock picked up his 1,300th career point in the second quarter. Mike Poulin made a whopping 48 saves in the win and pushed past Curtis Palidwor for the Roughnecks’ all-time lead in saves (2,130). Curtis Dickson picked up the sock…

Calgary Roughnecks Host Toronto Rock Tonight at the ‘Dome

March 1, 2014

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Photo Credit: Brad Watson/Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks (5-3) take on the Toronto Rock (4-5) Saturday night at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. The Rock are continuing to struggle this season after dropping a close 11-10 decision to the Edmonton Rush last night in Edmonton. They have not been able to string two wins in a row together yet this year and are now in danger of losing their grip on the…

Rock Survive Late Swarm Comeback, Win 14-12

February 23, 2014

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Photo Credit: Buffalo Bandits On Saturday night the Toronto Rock (3-4) took on the Minnesota Swarm (1-6). The Swrm opened the scoring as Brock Sorensen found the back of the net to put the Swarm ahead 1-0. The lead would be short lived as Stephan Leblanc had the answer for the Rock just minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. The Swarm would regain the lead just 15 seconds…

Swarm Look to Right Ship Against Rock

February 20, 2014

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The Minnesota Swarm are going into this weekend as the worst team in the East and the worst team in the NLL at 1-6. The Swarm have dropped four straight, three of which were at home in St. Paul Minnesota. The Last time the Swarm won a game was in Philadelphia on January 18th in an 11-10 win over the Wings, this also was the first game of a double-header…

Jamieson and Hawks Crumble Rock 17-9

It may have taken the Knighthawks (5-2) the first quarter to wake up, but when they did they had a 17-9 victory over the Toronto Rock (3-4). When the game started it seemed like the Rock were going to roll easily to a victory. Captain Colin Doyle scored four times and gave the Rock a 4-2 lead just 19 minutes into the game. It would also be the last time…

February 16, 2014

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