2020 Toronto Rock season explained

Season:2020
Seasonlink:2020 NLL season
Team:Toronto Rock
Teamlink:Toronto Rock
League:NLL
Division:North
Record:7-4
Homerecord:4-2
Roadrecord:3-2
Goalsfor:122
Goalsagainst:106
Generalmanager:Jamie Dawick
Coach:Matt Sawyer
Captain:Challen Rogers
Altcaptain:Rob Hellyer
Bill Hostrawser
Brad Kri
Tom Schreiber
Arena:Scotiabank Arena
Prevseason Year:2019 season
Prevseason Link:2019 Toronto Rock season
Nextseason Year:2022 season
Nextseason Link:2022 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 23rd in franchise history, and 22nd as the Rock. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2] [3] On February 3, 2021, the NLL announced that plans for an abbreviated spring season were cancelled due to travel and logistics uncertainty, and that their focus will move toward playing a full 2021–22 NLL season.[4]

Regular season

Final standings

Roster

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019.[5] The Toronto Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
115Aaron Forster NJIT
227Zach Manns Drexel University
343Jamison Dilks Six Nations Jr. A
454Troy Holowchuk Six Nations Jr. A
569Ryan Conrad Virginia University
682Jordan Caskenette Orangeville Jr. A

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020). NLL.com. March 12, 2020. July 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19 . Sportsnet . Sportsnet.
  3. Web site: National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games. NLL.com. April 8, 2020. July 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: NLL WILL FOCUS ON NEXT SEASON. NLL.com. February 3, 2021. April 30, 2021.
  5. Web site: 2019 NLL Draft Results. September 17, 2019. September 5, 2019. NLL.com.