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Lacrosse team season

2006 Toronto Rock
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2006 record	8–8
Home record	5–3
Road record	3–5
Goals for	182
Goals against	179
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	Terry Sanderson
Captain	Jim Veltman
Alternate captains	Blaine Manning Chris Driscoll
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	16,538
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (43)
Assists	Josh Sanderson (69)
Points	Josh Sanderson (98)
Penalties in minutes	Patrick Merrill (45) Dan Ladouceur (45)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (226)
Wins	Bob Watson (8)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (11.21)
← 2005 season 2007 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
Josh Sanderson
Phil Sanderson
Jim Veltman

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

References

"National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
"National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
"Toronto Rock - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
"Toronto Rock - 2006 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
"Toronto Rock - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
"Rock Trade Giles to Rush". NLL.com. February 8, 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
"Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 14, 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
"Toronto Rock - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

External links

"Outsider's Guide - 2006 Archive". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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 (from 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
Bold indicates Champion's Cup winner

v t e 2006 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Minnesota Philadelphia Rochester Toronto
West	Arizona Calgary Colorado Edmonton Portland San Jose

Categories:

Regular season

Conference standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Goaltenders

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Roster

See also

References

External links