# 2004 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2004 season was the 7th in franchise history and 6th as the Rock.
The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the sixth straight year. The Rock lost to the Buffalo Bandits in the division final, failing in their attempt at three consecutive championships.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xy | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 202 | 176 | +26 | 12.62 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 6–2 | 2–6 | 173 | 186 | −13 | 10.81 | 11.62 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 205 | 198 | +7 | 12.81 | 12.38 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 192 | 198 | −6 | 12.00 | 12.38 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Colorado Mammoth – xyz | 16 | 13 | 3 | .812 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 223 | 173 | +50 | 13.94 | 10.81 |
| 2 | San Jose Stealth – x | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.0 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 204 | 201 | +3 | 12.75 | 12.56 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 214 | 187 | +27 | 13.38 | 11.69 |
| 4 | Arizona Sting | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6.0 | 6–2 | 1–7 | 200 | 208 | −8 | 12.50 | 13.00 |
| 5 | Vancouver Ravens | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 8.0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | 188 | 213 | −25 | 11.75 | 13.31 |
| 6 | Anaheim Storm | 16 | 1 | 15 | .062 | 12.0 | 1–7 | 0–8 | 171 | 227 | −56 | 10.69 | 14.19 |
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 10, 2004 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 8–13 | | 8,214 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 16, 2004 | Calgary Roughnecks | Air Canada Centre | W 18–12 | | 16,124 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 23, 2004 | Vancouver Ravens | Air Canada Centre | W 17–12 | | 15,400 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 31, 2004 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 10–11 | | 8,786 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 7, 2004 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | L 8–10 | | 17,550 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 13, 2004 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | L 9–13 | | 15,107 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 20, 2004 | @ Vancouver Ravens | GM Place | W 15–6 | | 8,824 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 27, 2004 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Air Canada Centre | W 18–15 | | 15,820 | 4–4 |
| 9 | February 28, 2004 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | W 11–10 | | 13,606 | 5–4 |
| 10 | March 5, 2004 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 13–11 | | 9,299 | 6–4 |
| 11 | March 12, 2004 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | W 13–9 | | 17,625 | 7–4 |
| 12 | March 13, 2004 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | W 12–10 | | 14,184 | 8–4 |
| 13 | March 26, 2004 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | W 14–11 | | 18,809 | 9–4 |
| 14 | March 27, 2004 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 15–9 | | 10,599 | 10–4 |
| 15 | April 2, 2004 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Pengrowth Saddledome | L 10–11 | 2OT | 12,454 | 10–5 |
| 16 | April 9, 2004 | Rochester Knighthawks | Air Canada Centre | L 11–13 | | 18,821 | 10–6 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Final | April 25, 2004 | Buffalo Bandits | Air Canada Centre | L 10–19 | | 14,618 | 0–1 |

## 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 |
| Blaine Manning | 16 | 36 | 54 | 90 | 81 | 7 |
| Colin Doyle | 16 | 33 | 55 | 88 | 64 | 11 |
| Jim Veltman | 16 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 179 | 9 |
| Matt Shearer | 12 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 32 | 3 |
| Aaron Wilson | 13 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 58 | 3 |
| Steve Toll | 16 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 141 | 1 |
| Chris Driscoll | 16 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 64 | 9 |
| Ken Millin | 14 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 48 | 5 |
| Ryan Painter | 8 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 3 |
| Darryl Gibson | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 11 |
| Totals | | 202 | 311 | 513 | 1110 | 147 |

### 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 | 11 | 571:07 | 5 | 5 | 106 | .755 | 11.14 |
| Anthony Cosmo | 9 | 392:44 | 5 | 1 | 68 | .766 | 10.39 |
| Totals | | | 10 | 6 | 176 | .757 | 10.92 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Jim Veltman | NLL Most Valuable Player |
| Jim Veltman | Player of the Month, March |
| Jim Veltman | First All-Pro Team |
| Blaine Manning | Second All-Pro Team |
| Colin Doyle | Second All-Pro Team |
| Colin Doyle | All-Stars |
| Blaine Manning | All-Stars |
| Pat Coyle | All-Stars |
| Glenn Clark | All-Stars |
| Jim Veltman | All-Stars |

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player |
| 5 | Fwd | Sandy Chapman |
| 11 | Def | Glenn Clark |
| 2 | Def | Pat Coyle |
| 44 | Goalie | Anthony Cosmo |
| 91 | ?? | Brian Croswell |
| 7 | Fwd | Colin Doyle |
| 73 | Fwd | Chris Driscoll |
| 19 | Def | Darryl Gibson |
| 12 | ?? | Pat Jones |
| 6 | Def | Dan Ladouceur |
| 21 | ?? | Marc Landriault |
| 4 | ?? | Carter Livingstone |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 16 | Fwd | Blaine Manning |
| 9 | Def | Patrick Merrill |
| 33 | Fwd | Ken Millin |
| 42 | ?? | Eric Pacey |
| 14 | ?? | Ryan Painter |
| 40 | Def | Ian Rubel |
| 24 | Fwd | Matt Shearer |
| 27 | Def | Derek Suddons |
| 17 | Def | Steve Toll |
| 32 | Fwd | Jim Veltman |
| 29 | Goalie | Bob Watson |
| 10 | Fwd | Aaron Wilson |