# 2000 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2000 season was the 3rd in franchise history and 2nd as the Rock.
The Rock finished on top of the NLL standings, winning its division for the second straight year. The Rock beat the Philadelphia Wings in the semifinals, to advance to the championship game. Their victory over the Rochester Knighthawks in this game gave them their second consecutive championship.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 162 | 130 | +32 | 13.50 | 10.83 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 202 | 194 | +8 | 16.83 | 16.17 |
| 3 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 187 | 149 | +38 | 15.58 | 12.42 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 172 | 165 | +7 | 14.33 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Albany Attack | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 169 | 160 | +9 | 14.08 | 13.33 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh CrosseFire | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 184 | 164 | +20 | 15.33 | 13.67 |
| 7 | New York Saints | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6.0 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 152 | 194 | −42 | 12.67 | 16.17 |
| 8 | Syracuse Smash | 12 | 1 | 11 | .083 | 8.0 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 135 | 207 | −72 | 11.25 | 17.25 |
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 | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 8, 2000 | @ Buffalo Bandits | Marine Midland Arena | W 17–14 | 7,457 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 21, 2000 | New York Saints | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 9–5 | 14,026 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 28, 2000 | @ Pittsburgh CrosseFire | Mellon Arena | W 11–9 | 3,217 | 3–0 |
| 4 | February 5, 2000 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 9–14 | 10,181 | 3–1 |
| 5 | February 11, 2000 | Rochester Knighthawks | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 11–10 | 13,646 | 4–1 |
| 6 | February 26, 2000 | Buffalo Bandits | Maple Leaf Gardens | L 12–18 | 14,075 | 4–2 |
| 7 | March 3, 2000 | Syracuse Smash | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 15–10 | 12,012 | 5–2 |
| 8 | March 11, 2000 | @ Albany Attack | Pepsi Arena | L 7–8 | 4,355 | 5–3 |
| 9 | March 25, 2000 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | First Union Center | W 15–13 | 16,544 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 31, 2000 | Pittsburgh CrosseFire | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 14–10 | 15,050 | 7–3 |
| 11 | April 8, 2000 | Albany Attack | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 17–8 | 15,078 | 8–3 |
| 12 | April 15, 2000 | @ Syracuse Smash | Onondaga County War Memorial | W 25–11 | 1,987 | 9–3 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Semifinal | April 22, 2000 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 14–10 | | 10,561 | 1–0 |
| Championship Game | May 6, 2000 | Rochester Knighthawks | Maple Leaf Gardens | W 14–13 | | 14,211 | 2–0 |

## Player stats
### 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 |
| Chris Gill | 12 | 30 | 20 | 50 | | 6 |
| Dan Stroup | 12 | 29 | 17 | 46 | | 6 |
| Jim Veltman | 12 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 164 | 10 |
| Colin Doyle | 11 | 16 | 26 | 42 | | 35 |
| Kaleb Toth | 12 | 18 | 22 | 40 | | 10 |
| Kim Squire | 5 | 14 | 11 | 25 | | 5 |
| Steve Toll | 12 | 9 | 13 | 22 | | 6 |
| Chris Langdale | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 14 |
| Ryan O'Connor | 9 | 7 | 12 | 19 | | 6 |
| Glenn Clark | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | | 24 |
| Totals | | 162 | 239 | 401 | | 284 |

### 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 | 12 | 679 | 9 | 3 | 125 | .772 | 11.05 |
| Pat Campbell | | | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Totals | | | 9 | 3 | | | |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Dan Stroup | Championship Game MVP |
| Jim Veltman | First All-Pro Team |
| Bob Watson | First All-Pro Team |

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player |
| 97 | Def | Bullen, Terry |
| 37 | Goalie | Campbell, Pat |
| 11 | Def | Clark, Glenn |
| 2 | Def | Coyle, Pat |
| 19 | Fwd | Diaron, Brad |
| 7 | Fwd | Doyle, Colin |
| 25 | Fwd | Gill, Chris |
| 22 | | Graham, Rory |
| 14 | ?? | Harrison, Dean |
| 99 | Fwd | Heard, Russ |
| 6 | Def | Ladouceur, Dan |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 10 | Fwd | Langdale, Chris |
| 76 | Fwd | Maynard, Niall |
| 33 | Fwd | Millin, Ken |
| 67 | Fwd | O'Connor, Ryan |
| 93 | Fwd | Squire, Kim |
| 34 | ?? | Squire, Rodd |
| 8 | Fwd | Stroup, Dan |
| 17 | Def | Toll, Steve |
| 9 | Fwd | Toth, Kaleb |
| 32 | Fwd | Veltman, Jim |
| 29 | Goalie | Watson, Bob |