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National Lacrosse League and B/R Live to Offer Live “Game of the Week” Available for Free Across B/R Live, Twitter & Facebook 12/11/19

December 11, 2019

All 13 NLL teams to be featured to a global audience starting on Saturday, December 14 Philadelphia, December 11, 2019 – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and longest-standing professional lacrosse league in the world, and its global media partner B/R Live today announced a wider expansion of NLL live game coverage across multiple platforms, with the launch of the NLL “Game of the Week” streaming for free across…

Rock Drop Their Home Opener to the Black Wolves 12/8/19

December 8, 2019

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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Courtesy of Toronto Rock The much anticipated opening game of the 2019/20 season for the Toronto Rock (0-1) and New England Black Wolves (1-0) took place on Saturday night December 7 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto in front of 7,158 fans. There were a lot of connections between players and coaches on these two teams which made the game…

BROCK SORENSEN UNDERGOES SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN ACHILLES 9/27/19

September 27, 2019

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[MEDIA RELEASE] Toronto Defender Will Miss 2019-20 Season Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick announced today that defender Brock Sorensen will be out for the 2019-20 season while he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon in his left foot. This is Sorensen’s second major injury in the last three years as he tore his ACL in April of 2016 and missed 14 games the following…

Toronto Takes Aaron Forster from NJIT 15th Overall in 2019 Entry Draft 9/21/19

September 20, 2019

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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© On September 17, the Toronto Rock made their first selection in the 2019 NLL draft near the end of the first round at number 15 overall. They used this pick to select transition player Aaron Forster from NJIT. Aaron is known to be able to play both ends of the floor as he led his Jr. A Toronto Beaches team with 29…

NLL COMBINE LANDS AT THE TRAC SATURDAY 9/13/19

September 13, 2019

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Draft Prospects And Free Agents Hoping To Turn Heads Oakville, ON – The Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, ON will once again host the NLL Combine on Saturday. Over 75 prospects from across Canada and the USA and even as far away as Germany will participate in the evaluation process in hopes of getting one step closer to a shot in the NLL. NLL coaching staffs from around the…

MIDGET JR. ROCK WIN BACK-TO-BACK JR. NLL CUPS 8/25/19

August 25, 2019

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Bantam Jr. Rock Win Bronze Oakville, ON – The Midget Jr. Rock are back-to-back Jr. NLL Cup Champions after defeating the Jr. Roughnecks by a score of 12-6 to claim the crown on Sunday afternoon at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, ON. It’s also the third title in four years for the Jr. Rock Midget squad. The Jr. Rock Midget squad, coached by Rock Captain Challen Rogers, took…

DAY ONE CLOSES WITH JR. ROCK BANTAMS AND MIDGETS UNDEFEATED 8/23/19

August 23, 2019

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Peewee Jr. Rock On The Brink Oakville, ON – The seventh annual Jr. NLL Tournament is in full swing and there’s a lot on the line during Saturday’s Day 2. The final games of the round robin will determine who moves on to Sunday’s championship play downs. The Jr. Rock Peewees find themselves in an 0-2 hole, losing both of their games on the opening day of competition. The Jr….

ROCK RE-SIGN BRAD LYONS AND MITCHELL GUSTAVSEN 8/14/19

August 14, 2019

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[MEDIA RELEASE] 2018 Rock Picks Set To Battle For Roster Spots Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick today announced the re-signing of defenders Brad Lyons and Mitchell Gustavsen. Lyons has signed a one-year agreement, while Gustavsen has inked a three-year deal. The signings are pending league approval. Selected in the second round of the 2018 NLL Draft, 24th overall, Lyons spent the 2018-19 season on…

ROCK LAND NLL ALL-TIME GREAT DAN DAWSON IN FREE AGENCY 8/2/19

August 2, 2019

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[MEDIA RELEASE] High Scoring Forward Will Add Even More Firepower To Deep Offence Oakville, ON – It took just one day to elapse after the NLL Free Agency period opened for Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick to make a big splash. Dawick announced today that the Rock have inked future NLL Hall of Famer, and unrestricted free agent, Dan Dawson to a two-year agreement. The contract is…

Toronto Rock Lose Lintner & McArdle in Expansion Draft 7/9/19

July 9, 2019

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[MEDIA RELEASE] Rock Lose Two Forwards As New Teams Take Shape Oakville, ON – The National Lacrosse League Expansion Draft took place on Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia, PA with the expansion Rochester Knighthawks and New York Riptide each selecting 11 players. The Rock, along with all current NLL teams, each lost two players in the Expansion selection process. Forward Dan Lintner was selected by the Rochester Knighthawks with the first…

NICK ROSE AND BROCK SORENSEN RE-SIGN FOR TWO YEARS 6/24/19

June 24, 2019

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[MEDIA RELEASE] Rock Lock Up Pair Of Core Players Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick announced the signings of two pending unrestricted free agents today. Starting goaltender Nick Rose and veteran defender Brock Sorensen have both agreed to two-year contracts. The two Rock veterans could have become unrestricted free agents on August 1, had they not re-signed with the club today. “It was very important…

Rock Falls to the Bandits in Eastern Division Finals 5/11/19

May 11, 2019

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Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Sara Schmidle The Toronto Rock (1-1) visited the Buffalo Bandits (2-0) in the Eastern Division Finals on Saturday night and in a game of runs the Bandits would come out victorious by the score of 12 – 8 in front of 11,635 happy Bandit fans and will head to the NLL Finals to face the Western Division Champions…

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