Toronto Rock – Page 3 – Lacrosse is Awesome

Bandits Late Three-Goal Rally Puts them Ahead of the Rock and Takes Them to the Eastern Division Title 4/22/23

April 23, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Toronto Rock (13-5) visited the Buffalo Bandits (13-4) on Saturday night for the battle to determine the East division champion. There were 16,861 hungry Bandits fans on hand in Banditland just itching for the win. This was Toronto’s final game of the 2022-23 Regular season and the final home game for the Bandits. The winner…

Rock Second & Fourth Quarter Surge Help Secure Victory Over Wings 4/15/23

April 16, 2023

0 comment

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender With only two weeks left in the regular season of the NLL and prior to this game, three teams had clinched, four teams had been eliminated from earning a playoff spot which left eight teams fighting for the five spots in March to May. This weekend in an Eastern Conference matchup that had playoff implications for both…

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

April 2, 2023

0 comment

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

0 comment

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

0 comment

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

0 comment

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

0 comment

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

0 comment

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…

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

February 5, 2023

0 comment

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…

Roughnecks Can’t Climb Over Rock in OT Thriller 1/28/23

January 29, 2023

0 comment

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jenn Pierce The Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) were coming off a bye week, riding a winning feeling decisively beating the San Diego Seals (5-1) at the Saddledome 14-10 on January 14 after having played a complete 60 minutes of relentless lacrosse. Within the first 30 seconds Calgary opened the scoring and continued the pressure for a five-goal run…

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

January 21, 2023

0 comment

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

0 comment

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,…

1 2 3 4 5 … 14