Calgary’s 7-0 First Quarter Sinks Rock

CALGARY, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks (6-3) raced out of the gate and never looked back in defeating the Toronto Rock (4-6) by a score of 19-13 on Saturday night in Calgary at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Rock were only outshot 16-14 in the opening quarter but found themselves in a deep hole, trailing 7-0 after 15 minutes of play.  Three of their seven goals were scored with the man advantage.

Toronto’s offence got rolling in the second quarter scoring six times, unfortunately for the second quarter in a row the defence surrendered seven goals and the Rock trailed 14-6 at the half.

The Rock did what they needed to do to begin the second half.  Ethan O’Connor scored right off the faceoff and Kasey Beirnes scored before the quarter was a minute old. Toronto went on to outscore the Roughnecks 4-1 in the quarter but still trailed 15-10.

Toronto had a two-man powerplay to start the fourth quarter but could only muster one goal.  15-11 was the closest the Rock would get on the evening as the Roughnecks held on for the victory. 

Colin Doyle continued to reach some significant milestones as he collected his 800^th career assist and also scored his 1300^th career point.

Stephan Leblanc led all Rock goal scorers with 5 tallies while Kasey Beirnes, Garrett Billings and Rob Hellyer all scored a pair.  Singles went to O’Connor and Doyle.

Toronto returns home after a bye week for a St .Paddy’s Day matchup with the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday, March 15^th at 7pm at Air Canada Centre.  For more information, please visit www.torontorock.com or phone 416-596-3075 to speak with a ticket representative get your hands on the BEST ticket in town.