Toronto – The Toronto Rock will raise their sixth championship banner to the rafters at Air Canada Centre on Sunday, January 8 when the Calgary Roughnecks will be in town. The All-Canadian matchup will be the only game on the opening weekend of National Lacrosse League action.
The National Lacrosse League announced the entire 2012 regular season schedule today and the complete schedule can now be found at www.nll.com.
The Toronto Rock will play in the East Division along with the Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks and Philadelphia Wings. The West Division remains unchanged with the Washington Stealth, Calgary Roughnecks, Edmonton Rush, Colorado Mammoth and Minnesota Swarm. Each club will play a 16-game regular season schedule.
Amidst a five-week home stand, on Saturday March 3, the Rock will host the Washington Stealth in a re-match of the 2011 NLL Championship Game. The Rock were victorious in last season’s final as they defeated Washington 8-7 in front of almost 15,000 fans. The 2011 Rock championship win also avenged a loss in the 2010 final against the same Stealth.
Other key matchups include the rebuilt Edmonton Rush facing the Rock at Air Canada Centre on Saturday, April 7 as well as the game with the always feisty, Buffalo Bandits on Friday, March 16.
The 2012 Playoffs will begin on the weekend of May 5th. An announcement regarding the league’s playoff format will be forthcoming at a later date.
“The schedule gives us a great chance to get out ahead of the pack by the midway point of the season if we can capitalize on all the home games,” said Rock Owner and President Jamie Dawick who saw his Rock go 7-1 at home in 2011. “We now have two extra west coast swings but there’s no easy games to be found anywhere on the schedule.”
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DATE
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HOME
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VISITORS
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GAME TIME (ET)
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Sunday, January 8th
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Toronto Rock
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Calgary Roughnecks
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6:00 PM
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Saturday, January 14th
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Buffalo Bandits
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Toronto Rock
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7:30 PM
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Friday, January 27th
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Toronto Rock
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Rochester Knighthawks
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7:00 PM
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Saturday, January 28th
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Calgary Roughnecks
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Toronto Rock
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9:00 PM
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Saturday, February 4th
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Philadelphia Wings
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Toronto Rock
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7:00 PM
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Saturday, February 18th
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Toronto Rock
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Philadelphia Wings
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7:00 PM
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Friday, February 24th
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Toronto Rock
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Rochester Knighthawks
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7:00 PM
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Saturday, March 3rd
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Toronto Rock
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Washington Stealth
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7:00 PM
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Friday, March 9th
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Toronto Rock
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Philadelphia Wings
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7:30 PM
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Friday, March 16th
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Toronto Rock
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Buffalo Bandits
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7:30 PM
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Saturday, March 24th
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Rochester Knighthawks
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Toronto Rock
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7:30 PM
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Saturday, March 31st
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Buffalo Bandits
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Toronto Rock
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7:30 PM
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Saturday, April 7th
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Toronto Rock
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Edmonton Rush
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7:00 PM
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Saturday, April 14th
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Colorado Mammoth
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Toronto Rock
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9:00 PM
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Friday, April 20th
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Washington Stealth
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Toronto Rock
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11:00 PM
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Saturday, April 28th
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Edmonton Rush
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Toronto Rock
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9:00 PM
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The Rock are also finalizing their 2012 Broadcast schedule and those details will be made available shortly.
Toronto Rock Season Tickets are now on sale. It’s now more affordable than ever to be a Rock Season Ticket Holder. For more information you can call the Rock office at 416-596-3075 or log on to www.torontorock.com.
