The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.
After firing head coach and GM Terry Sanderson following the 2006 season, the Rock hired Glenn Clark, who played for eight seasons with the franchise, as their new head coach. Clark led the Rock to their worst record ever, and first season under .500. However, both the Philadelphia Wings and Chicago Shamrox finishing with the same 6–10 record, and the Rock sneaked into the playoffs by virtue of tiebreakers. The celebration was short-lived, however, as the Rock scored only 6 goals losing their playoff game against the eventual champion Rochester Knighthawks.
2007 marked the first Rock season without All-Star forward Colin Doyle, who was traded with Darren Halls to San Jose in the off-season for former first-overall draft pick Ryan Benesch, Kevin Fines, and Chad Thompson. Benesch was named Rookie of the Year.
Regular season
Conference standings
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Playoffs
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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 31 54 85 78 10 Blaine Manning 16 21 56 77 56 2 Aaron Wilson 16 37 34 71 110 17 Ryan Benesch 15 33 25 58 64 6 Jim Veltman 13 3 34 37 143 10 Chris Driscoll 16 12 16 28 91 14 Chad Thompson 16 14 10 24 56 11 Kevin Fines 13 15 7 22 30 21 Matt Shearer 9 9 10 19 19 4 Totals 290 477 285 1130 55
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 16 855:37 6 8 157 .789 11.01 Mike Poulin 16 96:11 0 2 18 .757 11.23 Totals 6 10 183 .778 11.44
Awards Player Award Ryan Benesch NLL Rookie of the Year Ryan Benesch Rookie of the Month, March Ryan Benesch All-Rookie Team Aaron Wilson All-Stars Josh Sanderson
Transactions
Trades March 16, 2007 To Toronto Rock first round pick, 2007 entry draft To Buffalo Bandits Phil Sanderson March 20, 2007 To Toronto Rock conditional fourth or fifth round pick, 2008 entry draft To Chicago Shamrox Rusty Kruger
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See also 2007 NLL season
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