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Playoff night in Toronto.
Hard to believe, but this is something the city hasn’t seen since Toronto’s basketball team, the Raptors, were eliminated in five games by the Orlando Magic over two years ago on Apr. 28, 2008. The last time a Toronto team won a game was four days earlier on Apr. 24.
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For the Toronto Rock the math was overtly simple: win and you’re in.
Clearly taking this to heart, the Rock displayed past championship form in a 15-7 demolition of the Rochester Knighthawks, in front of 9,959 raucous supporters at the Air Canada Centre Friday.
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It was a virtuoso performance by Matt Vinc on Saturday night.
Vinc stole the spotlight and the game, turning aside 52 shots as the Orlando Titans defeated the Toronto Rock 16-12 in front of 10, 984 at Air Canada Centre.
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The best way to endear yourself to new teammates is to do your job and do it well.
Entering the net against the league’s best offence with your new team trailing by four isn’t the ideal redemption script but it’s certainly an opportunity.
Mike Poulin made the most of it as he turned aside 28 of 31 shots in relief as the Calgary Roughnecks corralled the Toronto Rock 10-8 at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday night.
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Lost in the recent hoopla of Colin Doyle’s pursuit of 1,000 National Lacrosse League (NLL) points was the performance of Blaine Manning.
The Rock forward has quietly gone about the business of scoring goals and this year business is good.
Manning scored five goals and added five assists as the Toronto Rock defeated the Edmonton Rush 16-7 in front of 10,052 at the Air Canada Centre on Friday night.
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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.
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Blaine Manning and Stephan Leblanc had three goals and six assists apiece as the Toronto Rock whipped the Philadelphia Wings 19-11 at Air Canada Centre on Friday night.
There was a historic sub-plot in the game as Rock captain Colin Doyle was nine points shy of reaching 1,000 National Lacrosse League (NLL) points.
By the end of the third quarter he had three goals and four assists but head coach Troy Cordingley glued him to the bench for most of the fourth quarter. He ended the night with 998 points.
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