2025 Toronto Rock season

2025 Toronto Rock
LeagueNational Lacrosse League
Rank13th
2025 record6–13
Home record2–7
Road record4–5
Goals for189
Goals against208
General ManagerJamie Dawick
CoachMatt Sawyer
CaptainChallen Rogers
ArenaParamount Fine Foods Centre
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The Toronto Rock are a professional lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2025 season is the 27th in franchise history, and 26th as the Rock. The Rock played this season at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga while their home arena was closed for renovations.

Regular season

The Rock temporarily relocated their home games to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario for the 2024-25 season, as Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre was closed for renovations.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The Rock had a strong 2024 season, finishing with a franchise best 15-3 regular season record and first place in the league. However, the team lost to the eventual champion Buffalo Bandits in the semi-finals of the playoffs.[7]

Latrell Harris, the National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2023 who missed all of the 2023 season due to an injury to his ACL sustained in the offseason, will return to the team.[7]

The team struggled at the start of the regular season, loosing its first 5 games before defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 18 January.[8]

Standings

Reference:[9]

PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xz18135.7220.06–37–2242195+4713.4410.83
2Saskatchewan Rush – x18135.7220.06–37–2213179+3411.839.94
3Halifax Thunderbirds – x18117.6112.06–35–4239213+2613.2811.83
4Vancouver Warriors – x18117.6112.07–24–5196172+2410.899.56
5Rochester Knighthawks – x18108.5563.04–56–3228209+1912.6711.61
6Calgary Roughnecks – x18108.5563.03–67–2219209+1012.1711.61
7Georgia Swarm – x1899.5004.04–55–4214217−311.8912.06
8San Diego Seals – x1899.5004.06–33–6215209+611.9411.61
9Ottawa Black Bears18810.4445.04–54–5183202−1910.1711.22
10Colorado Mammoth18810.4445.04–54–5195212−1710.8311.78
11Albany FireWolves18711.3896.05–42–7192209−1710.6711.61
12Philadelphia Wings18711.3896.04–53–6207231−2411.5012.83
13Toronto Rock18612.3337.02–74–5189208−1910.5011.56
14Las Vegas Desert Dogs18414.2229.02–72–7189256−6710.5014.22


Game log

Regular season

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 November 29, 2024 @ Ottawa Black Bears Canadian Tire Centre L 5–11 6,995 0–1
2 December 7, 2024 Albany FireWolves Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 4–15 5,044 0–2
3 December 14, 2024 @ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena L 9–10 4,570 0–3
4 December 28, 2024 Ottawa Black Bears Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 11–12 5,196 0–4
5 January 10, 2025 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 13–15 17,240 0–5
6 January 18, 2025 Saskatchewan Rush Paramount Fine Foods Centre W 11–8 5,011 1–5
7 January 24, 2025 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 9–5 11,759 2–5
8 February 1, 2025 @ Colorado Mammoth Ball Arena W 9–8 OT 10,441 3–5
9 February 8, 2025 San Diego Seals Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 10–11 5,030 3–6
10 February 14, 2025 Buffalo Bandits Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 12–13 5,167 3–7
11 February 22, 2025 Georgia Swarm Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 10–11 OT 5,184 3–8
12 March 7, 2025 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 15–12 9,892 4–8
13 March 14, 2025 @ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena L 8–13 9,990 4–9
14 March 22, 2025 Philadelphia Wings Paramount Fine Foods Centre W 15–8 5,232 5–9
15 April 6, 2025 @ Las Vegas Desert Dogs Lee's Family Forum L 13–14 OT 4,916 5–10
16 April 11, 2025 Vancouver Warriors Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 10–12 5,014 5–11
17 April 18, 2025 Halifax Thunderbirds Paramount Fine Foods Centre L 9–16 5,235 5–12
18 April 19, 2025 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 11–10 6,445 6–12

Roster

Reference:[10]

Toronto Rock roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 92 Troy Holowchuk
  • 31 Gowah Abrams
Defensemen
  • 22 Jake Darlison
  • 81 Elijah Gash
  • 93 Latrell Harris
  • 91 Billy Hostrawser (A)
  • 37 Robert Hudson
  •  3 T. D. Ierlan
  • 33 Josh Jubenville
  • 20 Bradley Kri (A)
  • 24 Justin J. Martin
  • 55 Chris Weier
Forwards
  • 21 Chris Boushy
  • 44 Brian Cameron
  • 25 Dan Craig
  •  8 Josh Dawick
  •  5 Zack Kearney
  •  2 Zach Manns
  • 42 Mark Matthews
  • 34 Luke Robinson
  • 26 Tom Schreiber
  • 15 Corey Small
  •  9 Gavin Thibeau
  • 95 Aaron Woods
Transition
  • 14 Phil Mazzuca
  • 23 Challen Rogers (C)
Head Coach
  • Matt Sawyer
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2025-3-6
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2024 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 15th, 2024 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto. The Toronto Rock made the following selections:[11]

Round Overall Player Position College/Club
1 2 Sam English F Oakville Rock - Syracuse University
1 13 Jake Darlison T Whitby Warriors Jr. A
3 36 Alex Messier D Halton Hills Bulldogs Jr. B
4 47 Landen Sinfield O Akwesasne Jr. B
4 55 Colton Armitage O St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A
5 63 Connor Shellenberger University of Virginia
5 70 Ethan Fisher D St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A

References

  1. ^ "Rock Will Relocate Home Games for 2023-24 Season Following HUPEG Announcement". Toronto Rock. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ "2023-24 Toronto Rock Season Will Begin In Hamilton Followed By Temporary Relocation To Mississauga". June 2023.
  3. ^ Marshall, Kyle (2023-06-03). "Toronto Rock temporarily relocating to Mississauga as home arena in Hamilton undergoes renovation". The Mississauga News. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. ^ "Toronto Rock Will Play Upcoming Season in Hamilton From Start to Finish". 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Renovation change allows Toronto Rock to keep playing in Hamilton this upcoming season". CBC News. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  6. ^ Mauntah, Richard (2023-12-07). "Toronto Rock season preview: Going everywhere, except Mississauga". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  7. ^ a b Mauntah, Richard (2024-11-27). "Toronto Rock's goal for new season isn't just winning games, it's a championship". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  8. ^ Mauntah, Richard (2025-01-18). "Toronto Rock records first win of NLL season, defeating Rush". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  9. ^ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  10. ^ "Players". torontorock.com/. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  11. ^ "DRAFT CENTRAL: 2024 NLL Draft presented by Castore". National Lacrosse League. September 14, 2024.
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