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The Toronto Rock will in the end clinch a playoff spot however a loss in Halifax on Saturday have harm its probabilities of a house playoff sport.
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The Rock would have clinched that post-season spot however should wait till subsequent Saturday’s sport in Albany for every other probability. Toronto was once underneath same old all night time in a 14-12 loss to the Halifax Thunderbirds, who’re in a playoff fight of their very own. The Rock stayed within the sport with some key transition targets however defensively, it had a hard time with the athletic Thunderbirds’ lineup. The loss drops the Rock to 10-4 and again to 3rd within the NLL east in the back of the Buffalo Bandits, who confronted the Colorado Mammoth later within the night time, and the Rochester Knighthawks, who will take at the Philadelphia Wings on Sunday. The Thunderbirds (6-7) and Wings are in a fight for the fourth spot within the department.
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A low-shot via Eric Fannell that were given previous the toes of Rock goaltender Nick Rose broke a 10-10 tie early within the fourth, giving Halifax a lead it will no longer relinquish. Zach Manns introduced the Rock to inside one at 13-12 however Ryan Terefenko sealed the sport via taking a rebound and casually slipping in into the empty web. The Thunderbirds were given a spice up from goaltender Warren Hill, who made 40 saves and Jake Withers, who ruled TD Ierlan within the faceoff circle all evening.
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Chris Boushy led the Thunderbirds with 3 targets, two in the second one quarter. Fannell scored two times as did Ryan Benesch, Clarke Pettersen, and Randy Staats. Colton Armstrong and Dawson Theede were given one every.
Dan Craig endured his superb season for the Rock with a four-goal efficiency at Scotiabank Centre together with his a centesimal profession NLL marker. Corey Small and Tom Schreiber scored two targets every. Latrell Harris, Sheldon Burns and Stephen Keogh additionally scored for Toronto. Defender Greg Downing, bought previous this week from the Albany FireWolves, had a typical shift in his first sport for the Rock.
