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2005 Toronto Rock
Champion's Cup Winners
East Division Champions
Division	1st East
2005 record	12-4
Home record	6-2
Road record	6-2
Goals for	227
Goals against	190
General Manager	Terry Sanderson
Coach	Terry Sanderson
Captain	Jim Veltman
Alternate captains	Colin Doyle Chris Driscoll
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	17,123 ^[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Colin Doyle (42)
Assists	Josh Sanderson (71)
Points	Colin Doyle (111)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Driscoll (33)
Loose Balls	Jim Veltman (193)
Wins	Bob Watson (11)
Goals against average	Bob Watson (11.78)
← 2004 season	2006 season →

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 8th in franchise history and 7th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the seventh straight year. The Rock beat the Rochester Knighthawks in the division final and then hosted the Arizona Sting in the championship game. In a decisive win, the Rock beat the Sting 19-13 for their fifth Champion's Cup in seven years, and first without Les Bartley behind the bench.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Conference standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Runners (Top 10)
- 3.2 Goaltenders
4 Awards
5 Roster
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[2]

East Division
Position	Team	GP	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
1	Toronto Rock – y	16	12	4	0.0	0.750	6–2	6–2	227	190
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	11	5	1.0	0.688	5–3	6–2	217	183
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	2.0	0.625	5–3	5–3	193	179
4	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	6.0	0.375	3–5	3–5	213	218
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	5	11	7.0	0.313	2–6	3–5	188	231

West Division
Position	Team	GP	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
1	Calgary Roughnecks – y	16	10	6	0.0	0.625	6–2	4–4	216	208
2	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	1.0	0.563	5–3	4–4	209	209
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	8	8	2.0	0.500	5–3	3–5	201	182
4	Anaheim Storm	16	5	11	5.0	0.313	2–6	3–5	175	212
5	San Jose Stealth	16	4	12	6.0	0.250	2–6	2–6	170	197

x – Clinched playoff berth
y – Clinched division

Game log

Reference: ^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 7, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 15–13		11067	1–0
2	January 15, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	Air Canada Centre	W 19–15		17229	2–0
3	January 28, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	L 6–15		16087	2–1
4	January 29, 2005	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–12	OT	8867	2–2
5	February 11, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–9		9109	3–2
6	February 12, 2005	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–10		17240	4–2
7	February 25, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 15–9		16372	5–2
8	March 4, 2005	Buffalo Bandits	Air Canada Centre	L 12–14		17756	5–3
9	March 13, 2005	@ Anaheim Storm	Arrowhead Pond	W 14–6		4499	6–3
10	March 18, 2005	Arizona Sting	Air Canada Centre	W 18–10		18173	7–3
11	March 25, 2005	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 12–8		11309	8–3
12	April 1, 2005	Calgary Roughnecks	Air Canada Centre	W 16–10		17141	9–3
13	April 2, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 17–15		12584	10–3
14	April 9, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 15–11		14480	11–3
15	April 10, 2005	Philadelphia Wings	Air Canada Centre	W 14–13		16989	12–3
16	April 17, 2005	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 12–20		11311	12–4

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: ^[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Final	April 29, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	Air Canada Centre	W 12–10		17289	1–0
Championship Game	May 14, 2005	Arizona Sting	Air Canada Centre	W 19–13		19432	2–0

Player stats

Reference: [1]

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
Colin Doyle	16	42	69	111	94	21
Blaine Manning	16	39	66	105	83	18
Josh Sanderson	16	31	71	102	112	8
Aaron Wilson	16	41	33	74	99	6
Matt Shearer	13	17	21	38	39	0
Jim Veltman	13	8	28	36	193	29
Chris Driscoll	16	13	13	26	91	33
Rusty Kruger	10	9	13	22	37	20
Brian Beisel	15	7	8	15	62	6
Totals		380	607	424	1118	61

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	886:27	11	4	174	.757	11.78
Phil Wetherup	5	70:40	1	0	15	.722	12.74
Totals			12	4	190	.754	11.88

Awards

Player	Award
Colin Doyle	NLL Most Valuable Player
Bob Watson	Player of the Month, March (tied with John Tavares)
Colin Doyle	Championship Game MVP
Colin Doyle	First All-Pro Team
Blaine Manning	Second All-Pro Team
Josh Sanderson
Jim Veltman
Bob Watson
Blaine Manning	All-Stars
Glenn Clark
Colin Doyle
Jim Veltman

Roster

Reference: [2]

No.	Position	Player
17	Def	Beisel, Brian
5	Fwd	Chapman, Sandy
11	Def	Clark, Glenn
7	Fwd	Doyle, Colin
93	Fwd	Driscoll, Chris
36	Def	Forget, Luke
20	Fwd	Kruger, Rusty
6	Def	Ladouceur, Dan
16	Fwd	Manning, Blaine
9	Def	Merrill, Patrick
77	Def	OBrien, Tim

No.	Position	Player
81	Fwd	Quinlan, Jimmy
13	Def	Rosa, John
40	Def	Rubel, Ian
19	Fwd	Sanderson, Josh
18	Def	Sanderson, Phil
24	Fwd	Shearer, Matt
27	Def	Suddons, Derek
38	Fwd	Trudeau, Nick
32	Fwd	Veltman, Jim
29	Goalie	Watson, Bob
90	Goalie	Wetherup, Phil
10	Fwd	Wilson, Aaron

References

^ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=686
^ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. http://www.nll.com/standings/show/395271?subseason=57543. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ "Toronto Rock - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. http://www.nll.com/schedule/team_instance/128836?subseason=57543. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ "Toronto Rock - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. http://www.nll.com/schedule/team_instance/128836?subseason=57597. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

External links

Outsider's Guide - 2005 Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)

v t e Toronto Rock seasons

1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 Bold indicates Champion's Cup winner 1998 season played as the Ontario Raiders

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West	Anaheim Arizona Calgary Colorado San Jose

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