The Rock continue strong play with a win over the Bandits

Published at 12:57 am on February 7, 2010
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Colin Doyle got his 1,000th National Lacrosse League (NLL) point and Steve Dietrich stopped 31 shots as the Toronto Rock defeated the Buffalo Bandits 14-10 at the HSBC Arena on Saturday night.

Doyle got his milestone point, assisting on Josh Wasson’s power-play goal 29 seconds into the second period. Doyle ended the night with one goal and four helpers while Wasson had two goals and one assist.

Garrett Billings continued his strong offensive play with one goal and eight assists. He is first in rookie scoring and is tied with Doyle for second in the NLL with 38 points.

Blaine Manning (5), Stephan Leblanc (2), Brendon Doran, Kim Squire and Pat McCready also scored for Toronto (5-1), as they increase their lead to two games over the Orlando Titans for first in the East Conference.

The Rock are second in the NLL in goals with 83 and second best in goals against with 54.

Mark Steenhuis (2), Kyle Clancy (2), Mike Accursi (2) Roger Vyse, Brett Bucktooth, Frank Resetarits and Billy Dee Smith scored for the Bandits (1-5). Ken Montour stopped 44 shots and takes his fourth loss of the year.

Buffalo led 3-1 after one quarter but the Rock rallied back to take an 8-6 lead at the half. The Bandits outscored Toronto 4-1 in the third to lead 10-9 but gave up five consecutive goals in a disastrous fourth quarter.

Manning tied the game at 10-10 just 1:33 in and then put the Rock ahead 31 seconds later, finishing a streak of four consecutive goals for the Toronto forward.

Under two minutes later, Squire pushed the lead to 12-10 while Leblanc and Doran finishing the scoring with goals at 13:10 and 13:53 respectively.

Dietrich turned aside 11 shots in the fourth for his first win of the year.