Toronto Stays Perfect on the Season With Win Over Panther City 12/23/23

December 23, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Colleen Shaw The Toronto Rock (2-0) travelled to Texas on Friday December 22, 2023 to meet Panther City for the first time.  They were looking to build on their win a couple of weeks ago against the Philadelphia Wings (1-2), the only other game they have played so far this year.  The Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-2) lost…

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Matthews Debut Leads the Rock to Victory Over Wings in Season Opener 12/9/23

December 9, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (1-0) hosted the Philadelphia Wings (1-1) on Saturday night for their season opener in front of 7,217 fans.  Toronto played without last year’s leading scorer Tom Schreiber, but they added another proven scorer in the off season with Mark Matthews who for the first time in his NLL career was playing for a…

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Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23

May 14, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals.  Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…

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Toronto Loses Tough Battle in Banditland in Game One of the Eastern Division Finals 5/12/23

May 13, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel For the third year in a row the Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock met in the Eastern Finals.  On Friday night the Rock visited Buffalo for Game One of the finals.  Unlike last weekend’s game, the Rock would have their top scorer in the lineup as Tom Schreiber was back.  During the regular season the Buffalo…

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Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome©  Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals.  This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury.  In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

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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…

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

April 16, 2023

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…

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

April 2, 2023

 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. …

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Rock Halt FireWolves Fourth Quarter Surge & Become First to Punch Playoff Ticket 3/25/23

March 26, 2023

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…

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Toronto Unable to Hold Off Halifax in Back-and-Forth Affair 3/18/23

March 18, 2023

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…

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Rock Start New Streak And Double Up On Albany 12 – 6 on 3/11/23

March 12, 2023

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…

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Higgins Stands On His Head In An 11-10 Wings Victory Over the Rock 3/6/23

March 7, 2023

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…

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