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

February 27, 2022

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…

Rock on a Roll Downing the FireWolves for Fourth Win in a Row 2/20/22

February 20, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: K. Richelle The Toronto Rock (6-3) visited the Albany Firewolves (4-6) for their second and final meeting of the season after the Rock won the first game of the season by one goal over the FireWolves. Toronto was hoping to take advantage of a tired team as Albany played on Friday night in Buffalo and dropped a 13…

The Rock Defeats the Undefeated Bandits 2/12/22

February 12, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The undefeated Buffalo Bandits (6-1) visited the Toronto Rock (5-3) in Hamilton for an early evening game on Saturday February 12, 2022. This should be the last game in Toronto without fans as the restrictions should be completely lifted when their next home game happens in March. Buffalo was trying to extend their winning streak to…

Rock Second Half Shut Out & No Penalties Give Them Road Win Against the Wings 2/5/22

February 6, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Heather Berry The Toronto Rock (4-3) traveled to Philadelphia on Saturday February 5, 2022 hoping to build on their win last week and move closer to the Wings (5-4) in the standings. Head Coach of the Rock, Matt Sawyer who last week became the longest serving Rock coach in the team’s history said that the team would need…

Schreiber “Sock-Trick” Helps Rock Get Back to Their Winning Ways Over the Knighthawks 1/30/22

January 30, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Feature Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (3-3) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-4) on Saturday night January 29, 2022 in Hamilton and it was their second home game in a row without fans. Both teams came into the game looking to get back into the win column after both had dropped their last two contests. The game was a back…

An OT Thriller Without Fans in Toronto 1/16/22

January 16, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough Due to the COVID restrictions put forth by the Ontario government the Toronto Rock (2-3) hosted their first ever professional lacrosse game in front of no fans on Saturday January 15, 2022 at the First Ontario Centre in Hamilton. This was also the first game in over a month for the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-0) due to…

Bandits Double-Dip the Rock on Tucker Out Lymphoma Night 1/8/22

January 9, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ben Green The Toronto Rock (2-2) made their way down the QEW highway to take on the Buffalo Bandits (3-0) in a game where both teams donned special jerseys that were to be auctioned off after the game to raise money against cancer. This was the annual Tucker Out Lymphoma game in memory of Tucker Williams the younger…

Toronto Can’t Capitalize on Another Fourth Quarter Comeback Falling Short Against Halifax 12/11/21

December 11, 2021

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (1-1) were on the road Friday night as they headed to Halifax to play the Thunderbirds (2-0) after both teams came away with wins in Week One. During last week’s game against the Albany Firewolves (0-1) the Rock completed a fourth quarter comeback to start the season with a win. This week after…

Toronto Rock Win a Thriller Over the Albany Firewolves 12/5/21

December 5, 2021

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Courtesy of the Toronto Rock It had been 636 days since the last Toronto Rock (1-0) game and there have been a lot of changes since then. Toronto is now playing their home games in Hamilton at the First Ontario Centre and their first home game was against a new (old) team the Albany Firewolves (0-1). The last time…

Toronto Rock Surprise Everyone with Their 1st Pick of the 2020 NLL Draft 9/18/2020

September 18, 2020

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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© In a year where everything has been different since March, Thursday night’s NLL draft did not deviate from the new norm. All teams were secluded in different parts of Canada and the US, while prospective draftees were on their computers streaming the draft from their homes. No one going up to shake hands with their new GM’s or coaches; nor would they…

MEDIA ADVISORY: National Lacrosse League Statement and Update on Game Play 3/12/2020

March 12, 2020

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MEDIA ADVISORY March 12, 2020 “The National Lacrosse League has determined that it is in the best interests of our fans, our players, our coaches and our staff to temporarily suspend play until further notice due to concerns over COVID-19. We will continue to evaluate this situation and remain in constant communication with health, team, business and league officials across North America. Security and safety is our top priority and focus in…

Calgary Flies into Toronto and Leaves with a Big 13 – 10 Win 3/9/2020

March 9, 2020

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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough On Sunday March 9, the Calgary Roughnecks (5-5) visited the Toronto Rock (7-4) for the only meeting of the two teams this season. Toronto hadn’t played at home since February 15, and the Scotiabank Arena was filled with 7,826 Rock fans for ‘Kidz Day’ in Rock City in anticipation of another home win. The Rock had…

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