2005 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 8th in franchise history and 7th as the Rock.

2005 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2005 record	12-4
Home record	6-2
Road record	6-2
Goals for	227
Goals against	190
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	Terry Sanderson
Captain	Jim Veltman
Alternate captains	Colin Doyle Chris Driscoll
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	17,123
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (42)
Assists	Josh Sanderson (71)
Points	Colin Doyle (111)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Driscoll (33)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (193)
Wins	Bob Watson (11)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (11.78)
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The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the seventh straight year. The Rock beat the Rochester Knighthawks in the division final and then hosted the Arizona Sting in the championship game. In a decisive win, the Rock beat the Sting 19-13 for their fifth Champion's Cup in seven years, and first without Les Bartley behind the bench.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	6–2	6–2	227	190	+37	14.19	11.88
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	183	+34	13.56	11.44
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	2.0	5–3	5–3	193	179	+14	12.06	11.19
4	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	6.0	3–5	3–5	213	218	−5	13.31	13.62
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	5	11	.312	7.0	2–6	3–5	188	231	−43	11.75	14.44

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	216	208	+8	13.50	13.00
2	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	1.0	5–3	4–4	209	209	−-0	13.06	13.06
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	5–3	3–5	201	182	+19	12.56	11.38
4	Anaheim Storm	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	175	212	−37	10.94	13.25
5	San Jose Stealth	16	4	12	.250	6.0	2–6	2–6	170	197	−27	10.62	12.31

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 7, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 15–13		11,067	1–0
2	January 15, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	Air Canada Centre	W 19–15		17,229	2–0
3	January 28, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	L 6–15		16,087	2–1
4	January 29, 2005	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–12	OT	8,867	2–2
5	February 11, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–9		9,109	3–2
6	February 12, 2005	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–10		17,240	4–2
7	February 25, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 15–9		16,372	5–2
8	March 4, 2005	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 12–14		17,756	5–3
9	March 13, 2005	@ Anaheim Storm	Arrowhead Pond	W 14–6		4,499	6–3
10	March 18, 2005	Arizona Sting	Air Canada Centre	W 18–10		18,173	7–3
11	March 25, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 12–8		11,309	8–3
12	April 1, 2005	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–10		17,141	9–3
13	April 2, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 17–15		12,584	10–3
14	April 9, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 15–11		14,480	11–3
15	April 10, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Air Canada Centre	W 14–13		16,989	12–3
16	April 17, 2005	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 12–20		11,311	12–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Final	April 29, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 12–10		17,289	1–0
Championship Game	May 14, 2005	Arizona Sting	Air Canada Centre	W 19–13		19,432	2–0

Player stats

Reference:

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
Colin Doyle	16	42	69	111	94	21
Blaine Manning	16	39	66	105	83	18
Josh Sanderson	16	31	71	102	112	8
Aaron Wilson	16	41	33	74	99	6
Matt Shearer	13	17	21	38	39	0
Jim Veltman	13	8	28	36	193	29
Chris Driscoll	16	13	13	26	91	33
Rusty Kruger	10	9	13	22	37	20
Brian Beisel	15	7	8	15	62	6
Totals		380	607	424	1118	61

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Bob Watson	16	886:27	11	4	174	.757	11.78
Phil Wetherup	5	70:40	1	0	15	.722	12.74
Totals			12	4	190	.754	11.88

Awards

Player	Award
Colin Doyle	NLL Most Valuable Player
Bob Watson	Player of the Month, March (tied with John Tavares)
Colin Doyle	Championship Game MVP
Colin Doyle	First All-Pro Team
Blaine Manning	Second All-Pro Team
Josh Sanderson
Jim Veltman
Bob Watson
Blaine Manning	All-Stars
Glenn Clark
Colin Doyle
Jim Veltman

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 17 Def Brian Beisel 5 Fwd Sandy Chapman 11 Def Glenn Clark 7 Fwd Colin Doyle 93 Fwd Chris Driscoll 36 Def Luke Forget 20 Fwd Rusty Kruger 6 Def Dan Ladouceur 16 Fwd Blaine Manning 9 Def Patrick Merrill 77 Def Tim OBrien

No. Position Player 81 Fwd Jimmy Quinlan 13 Def John Rosa 40 Def Ian Rubel 19 Fwd Josh Sanderson 18 Def Phil Sanderson 24 Fwd Matt Shearer 27 Def Derek Suddons 38 Fwd Nick Trudeau 32 Fwd Jim Veltman 29 Goalie Bob Watson 90 Goalie Phil Wetherup 10 Fwd Aaron Wilson

See also

• 2005 NLL season

External links

• "Outsider's Guide - 2005 Archive". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2006-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)