What to watch for vs. Las Vegas Desert Dogs

Rock Win Will Lock In First Overall Pick

Henderson, NV – The Toronto Rock (5-9) are on the road to face the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-12) at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, NV.  With just four games left, the Rock must continue to win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.  Most notably, a Rock win will lock in the first overall pick for Toronto who own the Desert Dogs’ 2025 first round selection.

Fans can watch the game vs. Las Vegas at 5:00pm ET on TSN’s digital platform TSN+ via TSN.ca and the TSN App as well as ESPN+.  To stream the game on TSN+ or ESPN+, a paid subscription is required.  Sign up for NLL+ and watch the game for FREE!

Here’s what to watch for in Sunday’s matchup.

• The Rock and Desert Dogs have only met once, ever. Last season Toronto defeated Las Vegas by a score of 16-11.  Chris Boushy had a huge game, scoring 7 goals, 4 assists and 11 points.  The 7-goals equalled a single game career-high for Boushy.
• Challen Rogers has been chasing this milestone for a while, but he’s just 2 goals shy of 100 for his career. He scored goal 98 in the Rock’s most recent outing, a win on March 22 vs. Philadelphia.
• A win this afternoon would be the third of Rock goaltender Troy Holowchuk’s career. A third career win would see him take sole possession of 7^th place on the franchise all-time wins last, breaking the tie with Steve Dietrich who also won twice as a Rock.  Only four goalies in team history have hit double-digits in career wins: Nick Rose 111, Bob Watson 105, Anthony Cosmo 13, Brandon Miller 12.
• Brad Kri is 7 loose balls away from being just the second player in Rock history to hit the 1,000 mark. The other is Jim Veltman (1,958)
• INJURY REPORT: Tom Schreiber (lower body), Robert Hudson (upper body), and TD Ierlan (upper body) are all on the IR and will not play this afternoon.
• The Rock will return home when once again their season will be on the line against the Vancouver Warriors on Friday, April 11 which is Yacht Rock Night.

Check out the most recent episode of the Toronto Rock Total Access podcast dropped!

Fans should also check out a new episode of Rock City Unplugged, debuting tonight at 7:30pm ET on the Rock’s YouTube Channel.

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