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Toronto Hops Over the Bandits & Jumps to First in the East 4/1/23

April 2, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (12-4) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (11-4) in a battle for first place in the Eastern Division on Saturday night April 1, 2023. If the Rock were to win they would leapfrog over Buffalo into first place but if Buffalo wins then they would increase their lead for home floor advantage in the playoffs. …

Rock Halt FireWolves Fourth Quarter Surge & Become First to Punch Playoff Ticket 3/25/23

March 26, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: V. Strobel The Toronto Rock (11-4) visited the Albany FireWolves (2-11) on Saturday night March 25, 2023 trying to punch their playoff ticket with a victory, while Albany was hoping to win their first game after losing the last eight in a row. Albany wanted to play the spoiler and pushed the Rock right to the end climbing…

Toronto Unable to Hold Off Halifax in Back-and-Forth Affair 3/18/23

March 18, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Nate Brunt The Toronto Rock (10-4) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (6-7) on Saturday March 18, 2023 for the second of two meetings on the year between the two clubs. Toronto was victorious in the first meeting in Toronto defeating Halifax 17 – 8 and if they completed the sweep they would clinch a playoff berth. Halifax needed a…

Rock Start New Streak And Double Up On Albany 12 – 6 on 3/11/23

March 12, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (10-3) hosted the Albany FireWolves (2-9) on Saturday night March 11, 2023 and were hoping to start a new winning streak after their last one was stopped at 8 wins in a row courtesy of the Philadelphia Wings. The FireWolves were hoping to get back on track as well after losing two in a row…

Higgins Stands On His Head In An 11-10 Wings Victory Over the Rock 3/6/23

March 7, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit: Eric Shewell The Toronto Rock (9-3) came into Philadelphia on an eight game winning streak with the hopes of moving into first place in the Eastern division with another win while the Philadelphia Wings (5-5) were coming off a hard fought victory over New York in their last game and the hopes of getting closer to the final playoff spot…

Rock Defeats the Knighthawks in Epic Eastern Division Battle 3/4/23

March 5, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (9-2) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (8-3) on Saturday night in front of their largest crowd since moving to Hamilton and the 10,229 fans were treated to an epic contest. The Rock didn’t have the lead until halfway through the fourth quarter in this close game which had great defense, goaltending, highlight goals and…

Kells Closes the Door on the Roughnecks Giving Vegas Win No. Four 2/23/23

February 25, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal The Calgary Roughnecks (7-4) visited the Vegas Desert Dogs (4-5) on Friday night February 23, 2023 for their first ever matchup. Vegas comes in winning two games in a row while Calgary has won four in a row. Vegas jumped out to a 6 -1 lead in the first quarter only to see if disappear in the…

Lucky No. 7 for Toronto Defeating Georgia 16-7 on 2/18/23

February 18, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit: Georgia Swarm On Saturday night February 18, 2023, the Toronto Rock (8-2) hosted the Georgia Swarm (0-7) as the Rock were trying to sweep the season series after their win in Georgia last week and the Swarm were trying to win their first game of the year. Both teams were missing key members. Toronto didn’t dress Dan Dawson or Mitch…

Schreiber Paces the Rock with 14 Points in a 22 – 14 Rout of the Riptide 2/4/23

February 5, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The New York Riptide (1-6) visited the Toronto Rock (6-2) on Saturday night February 4, 2023 in a game where 36 goals were scored between the teams. The crowd of 9,419 left happy as the Toronto Rock defeated the Riptide 22 – 14 on the back of Tom Schreiber’s 14 point game. This extended their win…

Rock’s 13 Goal Run & Strong Defense Shut Down the Wings in a 14 – 5 Drubbing on 1/21/23

January 21, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: H. Barry The Toronto Rock visited the Philadelphia Wings for a matinee game on Saturday January 21, 2023 in a game that was originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. It was changed once the Philadelphia Eagles play-off game was posted and in order to give Eagles fans a chance to watch the game and attend the Wings game as…

Rock Win Brawl in Toronto Defeating Thunderbirds 17-8

January 15, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (3-2) hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-3) on Saturday night in front of their largest crowd of the season at 9,304 fans. In a game that included an expulsion just eight seconds into the game, two fights, two penalty shots for the same player where he scored on both as well as 25 goals,…

Byrne Leads Bandits over Thunderbirds 18-13 12/30/2022

December 31, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Buffalo Bandits hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds on Friday night in what turned out to be a back-and-forth high scoring game. In front of the 13,070 fans, Buffalo eventually took over in the second half outscoring the Thunderbirds 10 – 5. The final score of Buffalo-18, Halifax-13 ended the Thunderbirds two game winning streak.

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