2014 Toronto Rock season
# 2014 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 17th in franchise history, and 16th as the Rock.

After an up-and-down start to the season, the Rock acquired goaltender Brandon Miller from the Philadelphia Wings at the trade deadline hoping to revitalize their shaky defense.

On April 5, star forward Garrett Billings tore his ACL during a game against the Vancouver Stealth and was lost for the remainder of the season. Despite losing the league's scoring leader, the Rock won that game, which started a four-game winning streak to finish the regular season and clinch second place in the Eastern division ahead of the slumping Buffalo Bandits. But the Bandits ended their 8-game losing streak by beating the Rock in the division semi-finals, 15–3.

## Regular season

### Final standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks – xy | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0.0 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 210 | 167 | +43 | 11.67 | 9.28 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.0 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 219 | 213 | +6 | 12.17 | 11.83 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6.0 | 6–3 | 2–7 | 190 | 200 | −10 | 10.56 | 11.11 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 8.0 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 202 | 218 | −16 | 11.22 | 12.11 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10.0 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 180 | 219 | −39 | 10.00 | 12.17 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edmonton Rush – xyz | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 0.0 | 8–1 | 8–1 | 220 | 157 | +63 | 12.22 | 8.72 |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.0 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 237 | 215 | +22 | 13.17 | 11.94 |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 8.0 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 201 | 228 | −27 | 11.17 | 12.67 |
| 4 | Vancouver Stealth | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12.0 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 181 | 223 | −42 | 10.06 | 12.39 |

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

### Regular season

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | January 3, 2014 | Calgary Roughnecks | Air Canada Centre | W 16–11 | | 11,120 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 10, 2014 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 10–12 | | 11,404 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 18, 2014 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 8–12 | | 8,136 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 31, 2014 | Vancouver Stealth | Air Canada Centre | W 17–12 | | 11,234 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 1, 2014 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 10–12 | | 12,768 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 7, 2014 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 20–10 | | 9,087 | 3–3 |
| 7 | February 15, 2014 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | L 9–17 | | 10,279 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 22, 2014 | Minnesota Swarm | Air Canada Centre | W 14–12 | | 9,207 | 4–4 |
| 9 | February 28, 2014 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Centre | L 10–11 | | 8,015 | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 1, 2014 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 13–19 | | 8,990 | 4–6 |
| 11 | March 15, 2014 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | L 12–17 | | 10,832 | 4–7 |
| 12 | March 16, 2014 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 9–8 | OT | 6,628 | 5–7 |
| 13 | March 22, 2014 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wells Fargo Center | L 13–14 | | 7,157 | 5–8 |
| 14 | March 30, 2014 | Edmonton Rush | Air Canada Centre | L 10–13 | | 10,655 | 5–9 |
| 15 | April 5, 2014 | @ Vancouver Stealth | Langley Event Centre | W 17–9 | | 3,721 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 12, 2014 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 10–9 | | 10,662 | 7–9 |
| 17 | April 18, 2014 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | W 13–9 | | 11,276 | 8–9 |
| 18 | April 26, 2014 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 8–6 | | 9,056 | 9–9 |

### Playoffs

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | May 3, 2014 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | L 13–15 | | 7,867 | 0–1 |
