2010 Toronto Rock season
# 2010 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 14th in franchise history, and 13th as the Rock.

Shortly after the 2009 season ended, the Rock franchise was sold to Jamie Dawick, a professional poker player and businessman from nearby Oakville, Ontario. Dawick's first move was to bring Terry Sanderson back on board as general manager. Sanderson soon hired former Calgary Roughnecks head coach Troy Cordingley to coach the Rock and the Rock's fortunes changed immediately.

They finished the 2010 season with a 9–7 record, their best record since their Championship win in 2005 and made the playoffs for the first time in three years. They defeated the Buffalo Bandits and Orlando Titans to get to the Championship game for the seventh time in team history but were defeated by the Washington Stealth.

## Regular season

### Conference standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Orlando Titans – xy | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 172 | 154 | +18 | 10.75 | 9.62 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 197 | 156 | +41 | 12.31 | 9.75 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 169 | 170 | −1 | 10.56 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Boston Blazers – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 161 | 162 | −1 | 10.06 | 10.12 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 155 | 181 | −26 | 9.69 | 11.31 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 168 | 194 | −26 | 10.50 | 12.12 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Washington Stealth – xyz | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 211 | 179 | +32 | 13.19 | 11.19 |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 193 | 169 | +24 | 12.06 | 10.56 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 186 | 201 | −15 | 11.62 | 12.56 |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 189 | 201 | −12 | 11.81 | 12.56 |
| 5 | Colorado Mammoth | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 7.0 | 0–8 | 4–4 | 167 | 201 | −34 | 10.44 | 12.56 |

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 9, 2010 | @ Boston Blazers | TD Garden | W 17–7 | | 8,215 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 15, 2010 | Boston Blazers | Air Canada Centre | W 8–7 | OT | 11,502 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 23, 2010 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | W 17–3 | | 10,104 | 3–0 |
| 4 | January 30, 2010 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 8–16 | | 6,676 | 3–1 |
| 5 | February 5, 2010 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 19–11 | | 10,256 | 4–1 |
| 6 | February 6, 2010 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 14–10 | | 14,467 | 5–1 |
| 7 | February 12, 2010 | Edmonton Rush | Air Canada Centre | W 16–7 | | 10,052 | 6–1 |
| 8 | January 14, 2010 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 8–10 | | 10,193 | 6–2 |
| 9 | February 21, 2010 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | L 13–14 | | 7,387 | 6–3 |
| 10 | February 27, 2010 | Orlando Titans | Air Canada Centre | L 12–16 | | 10,984 | 6–4 |
| 11 | March 12, 2010 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | L 10–11 | OT | 8,567 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 27, 2010 | @ Orlando Titans | Amway Arena | L 8–10 | | 5,691 | 6–6 |
| 13 | April 2, 2010 | Calgary Roughnecks | Air Canada Centre | W 9–8 | | 9,108 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 3, 2010 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | W 13–6 | | 10,246 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 10, 2010 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 10–13 | | 18,575 | 8–7 |
| 16 | April 16, 2010 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | W 15–7 | | 9,959 | 9–7 |

## Playoffs

### Game log

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | May 1, 2010 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | W 13–11 | 9,367 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | May 8, 2010 | @ Orlando Titans | Amway Arena | W 15–10 | 4,651 | 2–0 |
| Championship Game | May 15, 2010 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 11–15 | 8,609 | 2–1 |

## Transactions

### New players

* Sandy Chapman - acquired in trade
* Colin Doyle - acquired in trade
* Mike Hominuck - acquired in trade
* Pat McCready - acquired in trade
* Phil Sanderson - acquired in trade
* Kim Squire - signed as a free agent

### Players not returning

* Jason Clark - released
* Craig Conn - traded
* Jason Crosbie - released
* Chris Driscoll - traded
* Bill McGlone - traded
* Lewis Ratcliff - traded
* Mark Scherman - traded
* Chad Thompson - released
* Luke Wiles - traded

### Trades

| December 22, 2009 | To Toronto Rock Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft | To Boston Blazers Dave Cutten |
| - | - | - |
| December 15, 2009 | To Toronto Rock Colin Doyle Conditional Second round pick, 2010 entry draft | To Washington Stealth Lewis Ratcliff Joel Dalgarno Tyler Codron |
| September 3, 2009 | To Toronto Rock First round pick, 2009 entry draft Sixth round pick, 2010 entry draft | To Calgary RoughnecksCraig Conn Second round pick, 2010 entry draft |
| August 4, 2009 | To Toronto Rock Pat McCready Third round pick, 2009 entry draft | To Buffalo BanditsSecond round pick, 2009 entry draft First round pick, 2010 entry draft Second round pick, 2011 entry draft |
| July 27, 2009 | To Toronto Rock Mike Hominuck | To Edmonton RushThird round pick, 2009 entry draft |
| July 21, 2009 | To Toronto RockPhil Sanderson | To Buffalo Bandits Chris Driscoll |
| July 7, 2009 | To Toronto Rock Sandy Chapman | To Rochester KnighthawksPeter Jacobs |
| July 7, 2009 | To Toronto RockPeter Jacobs First round pick, 2011 entry draft | To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Huntley Bill McGlone |
| July 7, 2009 | To Toronto RockKevin Huntley First round pick, 2011 entry draft | To Washington Stealth Luke Wiles |

### Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. The Rock selected the following players:

| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Garrett Billings | University of Virginia |
| 1 | 7 | Joel Dalgarno | Ohio State University |
| 1 | 11 | Stephen Leblanc | Queens University |
| 3 | 31 | Damon Edwards | Orangeville, ON |
| 5 | 43 | Anthony Lackey | Orangeville, ON |
| 6 | 53 | John Quarrie | Orangeville, ON |
