What to watch for vs. Oshawa FireWolves

Rock Look To Even Season Series

Hamilton, ON – The Toronto Rock (4-3) face the Oshawa FireWolves (2-7) for the second and final time this season.  In their first matchup way back on the opening weekend of the season, the FireWolves edged the Rock 8-7 on a last-minute goal.  Since then, the Rock are 4-2 and Oshawa has won just once in the next eight tries.

Fans can watch the game vs. Oshawa at 7:00pm ET on TSN and 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.

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

• Tonight, Bill Hostrawser and Mark Matthews will play their 200^th career games in the NLL. They will be the 65^th and 66^th players to play 200 NLL games, in no particular order.  Vancouver’s Jeff Cornwall is also at 199 entering this weekend, however he is on the Warriors’ injured reserve list.
• Matthews is also within striking distance of yet another milestone for the future hall of famer. He’s 7 points shy of becoming the 14^th player in NLL history to score 1,100 career points.
• One stat the NLL tracks that doesn’t get a lot of attention is “touches” – the number of times the ball is in a player’s stick. The Rock leader is captain Challen Rogers with 372 through 7 games.
• Chris Boushy scored 5 goals last week and leads the team with 2 game-winning goals this season. Owen Hiltz and Mark Matthews have scored the other two game winners for the Rock.
• INJURY REPORT: TD Ierlan is on the PUP List. Zack Kearney is on the Season Ending Injured Reserve List. Sam English (Lower) and Nick Rose (Lower) are on the Injured Reserve List.
• The Rock will embark on a home-and-home with Colorado beginning next weekend at the Mammoth. The following weekend, the Rock will host Colorado on Friday, February 20^th on Latrell Harris Bobblehead Night.

Fans can check out a brand new episode of Rock City Unplugged featuring behind the scenes access and interviews with Rock players and staff that gives you a peek behind the curtain.

A new episode of the Toronto Rock Total Access Podcast also dropped featuring guest Sam English who makes an impactful debut on the program.  Join host Mike Hancock and co-host Challen Rogers each week.

For more information on Toronto Rock tickets, please contact a Toronto Rock account executive by phone at 905-426-4744, by email at tickets@torontorock.com or visit torontorock.com.