2023 Toronto Rock season

2023 Toronto Rock
2023 Toronto Rock
League	NLL
Division	East
2023 record	13-5
Home record	8-1
Road record	5-4
Goals for	234
Goals against	164
General Manager	Jamie Dawick
Coach	Matt Sawyer
Captain	Challen Rogers
Alternate captains	Rob Hellyer; Bill Hostrawser; Brad Kri; Tom Schreiber
Arena	FirstOntario Centre
Average attendance	9,423
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LeagueNLL

DivisionEast

2023 record13-5

Home record8-1

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the 25th in franchise history, and 24th as the Rock.

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	215	191	+24	11.94	10.61
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	8–1	5–4	234	164	+70	13.00	9.11
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	5–4	5–4	238	210	+28	13.22	11.67
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	218	214	+4	12.11	11.89
5	Philadelphia Wings	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	200	211	−11	11.11	11.72
6	Georgia Swarm	18	8	10	.444	6.0	3–6	5–4	219	207	+12	12.17	11.50
7	New York Riptide	18	5	13	.278	9.0	3–6	2–7	201	243	−42	11.17	13.50
8	Albany FireWolves	18	3	15	.167	11.0	0–9	3–6	167	233	−66	9.28	12.94

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	240	193	+47	13.33	10.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	218	167	+51	12.11	9.28
3	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	204	193	+11	11.33	10.72
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	190	208	−18	10.56	11.56
5	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	204	212	−8	11.33	11.78
6	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	9.0	4–5	1–8	179	222	−43	9.94	12.33
7	Vancouver Warriors	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	188	247	−59	10.44	13.72

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 3, 2022	Vancouver Warriors	FirstOntario Centre	W 19–8		7,344	1–0
2	December 10, 2022	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 7–11		4,157	1–1
3	December 17, 2022	Buffalo Bandits	FirstOntario Centre	L 8–11		7,730	1–2
4	January 7, 2023	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Live Center	W 15–7		4,138	2–2
5	January 14, 2023	Halifax Thunderbirds	FirstOntario Centre	W 17–8		9,304	3–2
6	January 21, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 14–5		7,330	4–2
7	January 28, 2023	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 11–10	OT	9,037	5–2
8	February 4, 2023	New York Riptide	FirstOntario Centre	W 22–14		9,419	6–2
9	February 10, 2023	@ Georgia Swarm	Gas South Arena	W 11–10		8,544	7–2
10	February 18, 2023	Georgia Swarm	FirstOntario Centre	W 16–7		8,912	8–2
11	March 4, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	FirstOntario Centre	W 9–8		10,229	9–2
12	March 6, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	L 10–11		6,180	9–3
13	March 11, 2023	Albany FireWolves	FirstOntario Centre	W 12–9		8,421	10–3
14	March 18, 2023	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 12–14		9,957	10–4
15	March 25, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	W 11–9		3,849	11–4
16	April 1, 2023	Buffalo Bandits	FirstOntario Centre	W 17–8		13,127	12–4
17	April 15, 2023	Philadelphia Wings	FirstOntario Centre	W 12–7		10,320	13–4
18	April 22, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 10–11		16,861	13–5

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Attendance	Record
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals	May 5, 2023	Halifax Thunderbirds	FirstOntario Centre	W 15–11	8,831	1–0
Eastern Conference finals (game 1)	May 12, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 5–14	11,510	1–1
Eastern Conference finals (game 2)	May 13, 2023	Buffalo Bandits	FirstOntario Centre	L 8–17	8,304	1–2

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	28	Josh Dawick	Whitby Jr A – University of Denver
2	35	Tyler Hendrycks	Peterborough Jr A – High Point University
2	36	Brian Cameron	Rutgers University
2	41	Sam Haines	Oakville Buzz Jr A
3	56	Tucker Dordevic	Syracuse
4	71	Marley Angus	Oakville Jr A – Rochester Institute of Technology
5	87	Brendan Nichtern	Army
6	102	Brett Makar	University of Maryland

Final standings

v t e Toronto Rock
Founded in 1998 Based in Hamilton, Ontario
Franchise	History Awards and honours Coaches
Arenas	FirstOntario Centre (1998; 2022–2024) Maple Leaf Gardens (1999–2000) Scotiabank Arena (2001–2020) Paramount Fine Foods Centre (2025)
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025
Bold indicates Champion's Cup winner

v t e 2023 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Bandits Halifax Thunderbirds Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock Georgia Swarm Albany FireWolves New York Riptide Philadelphia Wings
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Warriors Panther City Lacrosse Club Las Vegas Desert Dogs