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Vinc Shuts the Door on the Rock Offense 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Buffalo Bandits (1-1) visited the Toronto Rock (1-2) at First Ontario Centre on Saturday night December 17, 2022 in a game where both teams were coming in after suffering their first losses of the season. On a night where the Rock were inviting the 7,730 fans to bring Teddy Bears to toss on the floor…

Rock Overpower the Warriors on Guaranteed Win Night in Toronto 12/3/22

December 4, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (1-0) opened their 2022/23 season at home against the Vancouver Warriors (0-1) on Saturday night December 3, 2022 which had been called “Guaranteed Win Night” by owner and GM Jamie Dawick. Based on the way that the Toronto Rock played they wanted to deliver for their owner as they came out of the…

ECF Starts with a Thriller as Bandits Edge Rock – 5/16/2022

May 17, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image courtesy of Buffalo Bandits Media Team. The Toronto Rock drove down Highway 401 to meet the Buffalo Bandits in Game One of the Eastern Conference Final which placed two of the top regular season teams in the NLL against each other. It was a game of runs that went back and forth throughout and ended with the Buffalo Bandits coming…

Rogers Scores the OT Winner as the Rock Spoil the Thunderbirds Comeback 5/6/22

May 7, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Halifax Thunderbirds (11-8) travelled to Hamilton, Ontario to play the Toronto Rock (14-5) in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals playoff game. The game was a “must win” for both teams with the victor heading to Round Two of the 2021-22 Playoffs and the loser going home. It was a tale of two halves as the…

Wings Sweep the Swarm with Third OT Victory Over Georgia Clinching the Wild Card Spot 4/30/22

April 30, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess On Saturday April 30, 2022, the Philadelphia Wings (9-9) visited the Georgia Swarm (9-9) for their final game of the 2021-22 season. Both teams needed the win to guarantee a playoff spot and with the last two games between these teams ending in overtime the 9,428 fans at Gas South Arena were expecting an exciting game. In…

Rock Roll From Behind to Defeat Knighthawks on Historic Night 4/9/22

April 10, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline V. The Toronto Rock (11-5) made the trip to Rochester for a game against the Knighthawks (3-12) on a night when Dan Dawson would enter the record books for the second game in a row. The last game he played (he missed both games last weekend) Dan passed John Tavares for the most games played in the…

Rock Defense Stifles the Seals Offense in the Fourth for Decisive Win at Home 4/2/22

April 3, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough On Saturday April 2, 2022, the Toronto Rock (10-5) on a quick turnaround after beating the Georgia Swarm last night played the San Diego Seals (9-4) who had been waiting in Toronto for the game. The Rock started off slow as they were trying to get their legs under them and were short a couple of…

Rock Jump Ahead of Swarm in Standings & Split Series in Georgia 4/1/22

April 2, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess On Friday April 2, 2022 the Toronto Rock (9-5) looked to avenge their loss against the Georgia Swarm (8-7) last week in the second half of their home and home series. The Rock would be without Dan Dawson and the Swarm welcomed back Lyle Thompson to help bolster their offense. After a slow start where the…

Swarm Spoil Dawson’s Historic Night With Victory Over the Rock 3/26/22

March 27, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender Prior to the game the Toronto Rock (8-5) celebrated Dan Dawson, who broke the All-time games played record in the NLL as he was playing his 307th career game. He surpassed the legend John Tavares for the record and also tied Tavares’ All-time assist record at 934 during the game. Saturday’s game was the first one…

Rock’s Offense Overwhelms the Warriors Defense 3/12/22

March 13, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jordan Leigh Photography Prior to the game on March 12, the Toronto Rock (8-4) announced that Dan Dawson would not be playing on Saturday night which meant that he would need to wait at least one more game to take over top spot in games played in the NLL. He is also one assist shy of taking over…

Rock Take Rematch & Split Series with Riptide 3/5/22

March 12, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (7-4) completed their portion of the home and home games against the New York Riptide (2-8) after last week’s loss. This was the first home game in Hamilton with fans in the stands since December. The 7,920 people in the building were cheering loud right from the start of the game and it…

Riptide Halt Four Game Streak for the Rock and Get Second Home Victory in Franchise History 2/27/22

February 27, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Spencer Kagan The Toronto Rock travelled to Uniondale, NY on Saturday February 26, 2022 to play the New York Riptide for the first time ever and each team had players who were looking to reach milestones. Toronto’s goalie Nick Rose needed five saves to move into 10th place overall and New York’s Callum Crawford needed one point to…

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