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

August 14, 2019

[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…

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

August 2, 2019

[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…

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

July 9, 2019

[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…

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

June 24, 2019

[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…

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

May 11, 2019

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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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – Round 2, 5/10/2019

May 10, 2019

None of us saw the Colorado upset happen!  Congratulations to the Mammoth.  They face a tough task visiting Colorado, where they have not won in the post season since their 2006 championship run.  All except one game resulted in an “upset” showing just how great NLL competition is.  We are down to the last four teams and these single elimination divison finals will determine who plays for the Cup. Shawn…

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Toronto Shuts Out the Lights in Georgia, Advance to Round Two 5/6/19

May 7, 2019

Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Georgia Swarm On May 6, the Toronto Rock (1-0) travelled to Georgia (0-1) to face the Swarm in the Eastern Semi-Final for a rare Monday night lacrosse game.  Playing in front of 8,862 fans at the Infinite Energy Arena the visitors escaped with a win as Toronto pulled away in the second half and held on during a…

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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – Round 1 5/3/19

May 3, 2019

A few of us at Lacrosse is Awesome are here to deliver our predictions for the first round of the NLL playoffs.  In this first round, it is win or go home! West Division Colorado Mammoth (4) at Saskatchewan Rush (1) Friday, May 3 at 9:30 PM EST Justin Ivey These two teams are meeting for the second week in a row.  In the last week of the regular season,…

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Rock Win the Battle Over the Warriors In Final Contest of 2019 4/26/19

April 27, 2019

Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Devin Manky The Toronto Rock (12-6) visited the Vancouver for their one and only game of the season against the Warriors (5-13).  The 6,685 Vancouver fans were hoping to end their season with a win and head into the off season on a high note, while the Rock wanted to continue their winning momentum into the playoffs.  Toronto…

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Justin’s NLL Picks Week Twenty 4/26/19

April 26, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Weeks 1-9: 25-19 Week Ten: 4-2 Week Eleven: 2-1 Week Twelve: 4-0 Week Thirteen: 3-1 Week Fourteen: 4-2 Week Fifteen: 4-3 Week Sixteen: 2-2 Week Seventeen: 4-1 Week Eighteen: 1-5 Week Nineteen: 3-2 Season Total: 56-38 Wow.  New England could not win on the road.  And now they must visit Buffalo again in the first round.  I thought a lot of these late…

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NLL Playoff Clinching Scenarios 4/18/19

April 18, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY April 18, 2019 Philadelphia, April 18, 2019 – The National Lacrosse League has released playoff clinching scenarios ahead of the final two weeks of the regular season. Both the Colorado Mammoth (6-10) and Vancouver Warriors (5-11) can still clinch playoff berths. •      Colorado Mammoth (6-10) can clinch a postseason berth with one win, either vs. San Diego on Friday or vs. Saskatchewan on April 27 or with one…

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Rock Climb Past Franchise Record 8th Home Win in a Row 4/12/19

April 13, 2019

Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Shawn Palmer The Toronto Rock (11-6) hosted the New England Black Wolves (8-8) on a special night at Scotiabank Arena as the Rock retired Jim “Scoop” Veltman’s #32 jersey lifting it to the rafters to reside along two other Rock, greats Bob Watson and Colin Doyle.  Veltman who played for the Rock for nine years; winning five Championships;…

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