Shawn Palmer – Lacrosse is Awesome

The Rock Can’t Overtake the Bandits as History Repeats Itself, Toronto Goes Home & Bandits Move on to Face the FireWolves 5/5/24

May 5, 2024

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: K. Richelle The No. 1 Seed Toronto Rock went down Highway QEW on Sunday May 5, 2024, to visit the No. 4 Seed Buffalo Bandits to try and tie up their semifinal series after their lopsided loss to the Bandits on Friday night. Matt Vinc stood on his head during Game One allowing only four goals and making…

Rock Offense Fizzles as Bandits Dominate Semi-Finals Game One 5/3/24

May 4, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kevin Sousa The No. 1 Seed Toronto Rock hosted the No 4. Seed Buffalo Bandits in game one of their semi final series hoping to exercise some playoff demons as they have lost the last two semi final series to Buffalo. Toronto ended the regular season with the best record in the NLL which allowed them to have…

Toronto Takes First Steps in Race to Finals with Win over Rochester 4/27/24

April 28, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image: Ryan McCullough The No. 1 Seed Toronto Rock hosted the No. 8 Seed Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday April 27, 2024, in the NLL Quarterfinal playoff single elimination game with the winner moving on and the loser going home. Rochester had a 3% chance of making the playoffs last weekend as they had to win both of their games and hope…

The Rock Ride a Big First Half to Victory Over Knighthawks 4/13/24

April 14, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (14-3) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (6-10) on Saturday night, April 13, 2024, in front of their largest crowd of the season on Fan Appreciation Night. The Rock were hoping to sew up the top seed in the NLL and have home floor advantage throughout the playoffs with a win while Rochester was hoping…

Rock Caps Comeback with OT Win in the Fourth over Thunderbirds 3/23/24

March 24, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (12-3) hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds (8-7) Saturday night for Marvel Superhero Night as they played for the second time this year. Toronto won the first meeting in Halifax 11 – 9 back in January and were looking to sweep the season series and stay on top of the NLL standings. On the other…

Despite the Loss in Buffalo, Toronto Locks in a Playoff Spot 3/16/24

March 16, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Hetzel The Toronto Rock (11-3) travelled down the QEW Highway to take on the Buffalo Bandits (7-6) Saturday night March 16, 2024. Toronto is at the top of the NLL standings and were on a five-game winning streak while the Bandits have a surprising .500 record and are fighting to stay in a playoff spot. Buffalo had…

The Rock Dominate in First & Fourth for Their Second Five Game Win Streak This Season 3/9/24

March 9, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (11-2) hosted the Colorado Mammoth (4-9) for an early evening Kids’ Day game on Saturday March 9, 2024. The Rock welcomed back Dan Craig after missing the last three games with an injury. After sweeping their two game West Coast Road trip last weekend, people wondered if there would be any fatigue in…

Boushy Scores Seven, Hannah Nets Six as the Rock Beat Desert Dogs – 3/1/2024

March 2, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Toronto Rock (9-2) travelled to the West Coast this weekend for a couple big road games. Friday night they played in Las Vegas, and Saturday they continue to San Diego. This was the first ever game against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-7) for the Rock and some of their faithful fans joined the team to cheer them on in Sin…

The Rock Win the Battle Over the Warriors 2/25/24

February 25, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (8-2) hosted the Vancouver Warriors (2-8) on Saturday night February 25, 2024. The Rock were celebrating Indigenous Night and were auctioning off the player worn jerseys, helmets and shorts after the game. The home team were without a number of their starters due to injury. Dan Craig, Josh Jubenville, Mitch deSnoo and their…

Toronto Rides a Second Half Surf Past the RipTide for the Win 2/17/24

February 17, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Rueben Polansky The New York Riptide (5-5) hosted the Toronto Rock (7-2) at La Place Bell in Montreal on Friday February 16, 2024, for the first NLL Unboxed Series. The last time there was a professional lacrosse game in Montreal was in 2002 when the Montreal Express were part of the league. The local fans were hoping that…

Home Field Advantage in Rock vs. Roughnecks Series Wasn’t An Advantage For Either Side 2/10/24

February 11, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (6-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) in their half of the home and home series after defeating Calgary 9 – 7 last weekend. Toronto also welcomed back defender Chris Corbeil to the lineup for the first time this season. In front of 7,623 disappointed Rock fans, Calgary used a 5-goal run at the…

Sock-Trick Win Streak for Toronto Halted by Buffalo Scoring Blitz 1/27/24

January 28, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (6-1) welcomed back Tom Schreiber to their lineup on Saturday night January 27, 2024, for the first time this year. They went up against the Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in hopes of continuing their undefeated start to the NLL season. This was definitely a game of runs as Buffalo held a four-goal lead at…

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