# 2006 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 9th in franchise history, and 8th as the Rock (they played one season as the Ontario Raiders). The Rock won the Championship in the 2005 season, but followed it up with a mediocre 8-8 record and an early exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Buffalo Bandits – xyz | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 193 | 167 | +26 | 12.06 | 10.44 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 196 | 180 | +16 | 12.25 | 11.25 |
| 3 | Toronto Rock – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 182 | 179 | +3 | 11.38 | 11.19 |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 158 | 171 | −13 | 9.88 | 10.69 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 184 | 184 | −-0 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Portland LumberJax – xy | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 188 | 177 | +11 | 11.75 | 11.06 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 200 | 172 | +28 | 12.50 | 10.75 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Arizona Sting – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 198 | 199 | −1 | 12.38 | 12.44 |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 151 | 174 | −23 | 9.44 | 10.88 |
| 6 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 1 | 15 | .062 | 10.0 | 0–8 | 1–7 | 150 | 202 | −52 | 9.38 | 12.62 |
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, 2006 | Arizona Sting | Air Canada Centre | L 13–14 | OT | 17,527 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 13, 2006 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | L 11–13 | | 15,104 | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 14, 2006 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 9–14 | | 10,156 | 0–3 |
| 4 | January 21, 2006 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 10–13 | | 13,072 | 0–4 |
| 5 | January 27, 2006 | Edmonton Rush | Air Canada Centre | W 14–8 | | 15,104 | 1–4 |
| 6 | February 5, 2006 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | W 14–10 | | 9,911 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 10, 2006 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | W 11–10 | OT | 16,235 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 11, 2006 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 13–11 | | 11,019 | 4–4 |
| 9 | February 24, 2006 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 12–11 | OT | 16,164 | 5–4 |
| 10 | March 3, 2006 | Minnesota Swarm | Air Canada Centre | W 13–8 | | 15,830 | 6–4 |
| 11 | March 4, 2006 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 12–14 | | 12,165 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 11, 2006 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 10–8 | | 14,064 | 7–5 |
| 13 | March 25, 2006 | Calgary Roughnecks | Air Canada Centre | L 9–11 | | 17,942 | 7–6 |
| 14 | April 1, 2006 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–10 | | 10,084 | 7–7 |
| 15 | April 8, 2006 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 15–14 | OT | 18,400 | 8–7 |
| 16 | April 15, 2006 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 7–10 | | 9,899 | 8–8 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | April 22, 2006 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 8–16 | | 7,295 | 0–1 |

## 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 |
| Josh Sanderson | 16 | 29 | 69 | 98 | 92 | 6 |
| Colin Doyle | 16 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 67 | 4 |
| Blaine Manning | 16 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 79 | 19 |
| Aaron Wilson | 16 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 98 | 15 |
| Jim Veltman | 16 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 226 | 32 |
| Matt Shearer | 9 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 0 |
| Rusty Kruger | 11 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 28 |
| Chris Driscoll | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 10 |
| Brian Beisel | 15 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 6 |
| Totals | | 319 | 501 | 387 | 1111 | 49 |

### 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 | 909:36 | 8 | 8 | 170 | .772 | 11.21 |
| Phil Wetherup | 16 | 48:31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .769 | 7.42 |
| Totals | | | 8 | 8 | 179 | .769 | 11.19 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Colin Doyle | First Team All-Pro |
| Colin Doyle | All-Stars |
| Blaine Manning | All-Stars |
| Josh Sanderson | All-Stars |
| Phil Sanderson | All-Stars |
| Jim Veltman | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| February 8, 2006 | To Toronto Rock second round pick, 2006 entry draft | To Edmonton Rush Mat Giles |
| March 14, 2006 | To Minnesota Swarm first round pick, 2008 entry draft second round pick, 2006 entry draft | To Toronto Rock Darryl Gibson second round pick, 2007 entry draft |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 17 | Def | Brian Beisel |
| 37 | Def | Scott Campbell |
| 25 | Fwd | J.J Dickie |
| 7 | Fwd | Colin Doyle |
| 93 | Fwd | Chris Driscoll |
| 15 | Fwd | Steve Evans |
| | Def | Darryl Gibson |
| | Fwd | Mat Giles |
| | ? | Jason Henhawk |
| 20 | Fwd | Rusty Kruger |
| 6 | Def | Dan Ladouceur |
| 28 | Def | Brad MacDonald |
| 16 | Fwd | Blaine Manning |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 14 | Def | Rob Marshall |
| 9 | Def | Patrick Merrill |
| 77 | Def | Tim OBrien |
| 40 | Def | Ian Rubel |
| 19 | Fwd | Josh Sanderson |
| 18 | Def | Phil Sanderson |
| 24 | Fwd | Matt Shearer |
| 27 | Def | Derek Suddons |
| 22 | Fwd | Matt Taylor |
| 32 | Fwd | Jim Veltman |
| 29 | Goalie | Bob Watson |
| 90 | Goalie | Phil Wetherup |
| 10 | Fwd | Aaron Wilson |