2009 Philadelphia Wings season

2009 Philadelphia Wings
League NLL
Division 5th East
2009 record 7–9
Home record 4–4
Road record 3–5
Goals for 188
Goals against 193
General Manager Lindsay Sanderson
Coach Dave Huntley
Captain Thomas Hajek
Alternate captains Shawn Nadelen
Geoff Snider
Arena Wachovia Center
Average attendance 9,691
Team leaders
Goals Merrick Thomson (40)
Assists Mat Giles (47)
Points Mat Giles (70)
Penalties in minutes Geoff Snider (53)
Loose Balls Geoff Snider (220)
Wins Brandon Miller (6)
Goals against average Rob Blasdell (11.84)

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 23rd in franchise history.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 New York Titans xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 53 53 190 180 +10 11.88 11.25
2 Buffalo Bandits x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 53 53 223 170 +53 13.94 10.63
3 Boston Blazers x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 44 62 181 168 +13 11.31 10.50
4 Rochester Knighthawks x 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 62 17 169 197 -28 10.56 12.31
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 44 35 188 193 -5 11.75 12.06
6 Toronto Rock 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 35 35 194 218 -24 12.13 13.63
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 53 71 206 167 +39 12.88 10.44
2 Portland LumberJax x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 44 53 181 177 +4 11.31 11.06
3 San Jose Stealth x 16 7 9 0.438 5.0 53 26 200 185 +15 12.50 11.56
4 Colorado Mammoth x 16 7 9 0.438 5.0 44 35 172 184 -12 10.75 11.50
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 26 44 174 198 -24 10.88 12.38
6 Edmonton Rush 16 5 11 0.313 7.0 44 17 159 200 -41 9.94 12.50

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2009 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1115 18,690 01
2 January 10, 2009 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1613 7,422 11
3 January 23, 2009 Boston Blazers Wachovia Center L 1113 9,462 12
4 January 24, 2009 @ Boston Blazers TD Banknorth Garden L 711 4,423 13
5 February 6, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Wachovia Center W 1311 10,506 23
6 February 8, 2009 @ New York Titans Prudential Center L 1215 4,231 24
7 February 13, 2009 Boston Blazers Wachovia Center L 48 9,006 25
8 February 21, 2009 Minnesota Swarm Wachovia Center W 1312 10,559 35
9 February 27, 2009 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 149 14,710 45
10 February 28, 2009 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 1012 8,560 46
11 March 14, 2009 Minnesota Swarm Wachovia Center L 1213 10,160 47
12 March 28, 2009 Colorado Mammoth Wachovia Center W 1713 11,876 57
13 April 4, 2009 @ New York Titans Prudential Center W 117 4,187 67
14 April 5, 2009 New York Titans Wachovia Center L 1316 10,806 68
15 April 11, 2009 Toronto Rock Wachovia Center W 1614 11,924 78
16 April 18, 2009 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 811 8,539 79

Player stats

Reference:[3]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Mat Giles 16 23 47 70 78 33
Merrick Thomson 15 40 29 69 70 2
Kyle Wailes 14 15 41 56 43 8
Drew Westervelt 16 34 20 54 72 16
Athan Iannucci 10 22 14 36 38 10
Geoff Snider 14 12 22 34 220 53
Kyle Sweeney 16 7 18 25 130 6
David Mitchell 8 6 12 18 41 0
A.J. Shannon 7 7 10 17 15 2
Totals 294 482 297 1201 35

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Brandon Miller 14 569:39 6 4 113 .769 11.90
Rob Blasdell 16 390:07 1 5 77 .769 11.84
Mickey Hover 1 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00
Totals 7 9 193 .766 12.06

Transactions

Players not returning

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[9] The Wings selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
19 Sean Thomson Bellarmine University
225 Matt Bocklet Johns Hopkins University
336Mike Leveille Syracuse University
445 Matt Lalli Colgate University
447 Jordan Levine University at Albany
558 Jerry Lambe Georgetown University
560 Tony McDevitt Duke University
671 Steve Grossi Drexel University

Roster

2009 Philadelphia Wings roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 70 United States Mickey Hover
Injured Reserve
Restricted list
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain


NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25957&seasonid=3260
  4. "Boston selects Poulin first overall". NLL.com. July 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. "Christmas Decides to Not Play in 2009". Wingslax.com. December 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  6. "Toronto inks Crosbie to Two-Year Contract". NLL.com. August 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  7. "Peter Jacobs Announces Retirement". NLL.com. November 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  8. "Dawson joins Boston Blazers". NLL.com. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  9. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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