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

February 17, 2024

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…

Rock Take Down Swarm in Fourth Quarter Comeback to Stay Undefeated 1/21/24

January 21, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (5-0) faced off against the Georgia Swarm (4-3) in Hamilton on Saturday night January 20, 2024, trying to keep their perfect record intact against a team that had only lost twice this season. Toronto was without their top faceoff player as TD Ierlan was injured last week against Halifax and wasn’t able to…

First Victory in Halifax for Toronto Improves the Rock to 4-0 1/12/24

January 12, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: James Bennett The Toronto Rock (4-0) travelled to Halifax to play the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-2) on Friday January 12, 2024, in the hopes of increasing their undefeated streak to start the season to four games. Halifax was looking to get above .500 on the season and move to 3 – 2. The Rock jumped out to an early…

Panther City Woes Continue as They Drop Third in a Row While Georgia Stays Hot 1/6/24

January 6, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Asher Greene The Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-3) travelled to Georgia to play the Swarm on Saturday January 6, 2024. Georgia was looking to improve on their 3 – 1 record while Panther City was hoping to get back to .500 at 2 – 2. It was a tale of two halves as Georgia jumped out to a big…

Three & Counting as the Rock Stay Perfect with Win Over the Riptide 12/30/23

December 31, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The New York Riptide (0-3) visited the Toronto Rock (3-0) on Saturday afternoon December 30, 2023. The Rock wanted to keep their unbeaten streak alive, and the Riptide were hoping to end their two-game losing streak. The Rock went on a seven-goal run that kept the Riptide off the scoreboard from halfway through the first quarter…

Toronto Stays Perfect on the Season With Win Over Panther City 12/23/23

December 23, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Colleen Shaw The Toronto Rock (2-0) travelled to Texas on Friday December 22, 2023 to meet Panther City for the first time. They were looking to build on their win a couple of weeks ago against the Philadelphia Wings (1-2), the only other game they have played so far this year. The Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-2) lost…

Bandits Surge in the Second Half Catapults Them to Victory over the Seals 12/16/23

December 17, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Hetzel San Diego travelled to Buffalo on Saturday night to face the 2023 NLL Champions on their banner raising home opener. In the three previous meetings these two faced each other, Buffalo has not lost to San Diego. Buffalo was coming into the contest without a win as they dropped their first game to Albany last week while…

Matthews Debut Leads the Rock to Victory Over Wings in Season Opener 12/9/23

December 9, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (1-0) hosted the Philadelphia Wings (1-1) on Saturday night for their season opener in front of 7,217 fans. Toronto played without last year’s leading scorer Tom Schreiber, but they added another proven scorer in the off season with Mark Matthews who for the first time in his NLL career was playing for a…

Thunderbirds Swoop in Big for Season Opening Victory 12/2/23

December 2, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: J. Bennett The Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-0) for the inaugural game of the 2023/24 season. The Rush came into the season missing a lot of veterans from their roster of last year with Mark Matthews, Kyle Rubisch and Ryan Dilks having all moved onto other teams this year. Halifax was also missing some main players…

Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23

May 14, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals. Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…

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