2015 New England Black Wolves season

2015 New England Black Wolves
League NLL
Division 5th East
2015 record 4 - 14
Home record 2 - 7
Road record 2 - 7
Goals for 186
Goals against 249
General Manager Chris Seinko
Coach Blane Harrison
Captain Joel White
Alternate captains Kevin Crowley
Arena Mohegan Sun
Team leaders
Goals Pat Saunders (38)
Assists Kyle Buchanan (37)
Points Pat Saunders (68)
Penalties in minutes William O'Brien (68)
Loose Balls Ryan Hotaling (115)
Wins Evan Kirk (4)
Goals against average Evan Kirk (13.60)

The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the debut season of the New England team after 28 years as the Philadelphia Wings.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

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

1 Toronto Rock xyz 18 14 4 0.778 0.0 72 72 230 185 +45 12.78 10.28
2 Rochester Knighthawks x 18 12 6 0.667 2.0 72 54 205 173 +32 11.39 9.61
3 Buffalo Bandits x 18 11 7 0.611 3.0 72 45 236 208 +28 13.11 11.56
4 Minnesota Swarm 18 6 12 0.333 8.0 36 36 185 226 -41 10.28 12.56
5 New England Black Wolves 18 4 14 0.222 10.0 27 27 186 249 -63 10.33 13.83
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xy 18 13 5 0.722 0.0 63 72 241 177 +64 13.39 9.83
2 Colorado Mammoth x 18 9 9 0.500 4.0 63 36 212 218 -6 11.78 12.11
3 Calgary Roughnecks x 18 7 11 0.389 6.0 45 36 212 217 -5 11.78 12.06
4 Vancouver Stealth 18 5 13 0.278 8.0 36 27 211 265 -54 11.72 14.72

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

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 2, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Mohegan Sun W 128 5,768 10
2 January 10, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Mohegan Sun W 177 4,004 20
3 January 24, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Mohegan Sun L 1319 3,563 21
4 January 30, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 918 5,257 22
5 February 15, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Mohegan Sun L 1015 3,558 23
6 February 20, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1213 OT 7,743 24
7 February 22, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Mohegan Sun L 1214 3,711 25
8 March 14, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 109 8,912 35
9 March 20, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 920 9,478 36
10 March 28, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Mohegan Sun L 913 5,014 37
11 April 3, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 812 7,599 38
12 April 4, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 1211 13,674 48
13 April 12, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Mohegan Sun L 911 3,066 49
14 April 17, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1215 9,271 410
15 April 25, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 614 8,535 411
16 April 26, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Mohegan Sun L 920 3,036 412
17 May 1, 2015 Toronto Rock Mohegan Sun L 710 3,514 413
18 May 2, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 1020 15,374 414

Roster

New England Black Wolves roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 31 Canada Tye Belanger
  • 35 Canada Evan Kirk
Defensemen
  • 71 Canada Sheldon Burns
  •  6 United States Michael Diehl
  • 88 Canada Craig England
  •  5 United States Michael Manley
  • 13 United States Brett Manney
  • 58 Canada Mike McNamara
  • 84 United States Brian Megill
  • 96 United States Bill O'Brien
Forwards
  • 27 United States Kevin Buchanan
  • 91 Canada Kyle Buchanan
  • 26 Iroquois Brett Bucktooth
  • 41 Canada Mark Cockerton
  • 21 Canada Kevin Crowley (A)
  • 42 Canada Jamie Lincoln
  • 77 Iroquois Quinn Powless
  • 14 Canada Pat Saunders
Transition
  • 18 Canada Jesse Fehr
  • 20 United States Ryan Hotaling
  • 11 United States Joel White (C)
Practice Squad
  • -- Canada Brent Adams (D)
  • -- United States Matt Crough (F)
  • -- United States Josh Johnson (F)
Head Coach
  • Blane Harrison
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2014-09-27
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

August 28, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Craig England
Mike Burke
2nd round selection, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft
To Toronto Rock
Brodie Merrill
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft
To Rochester Knighthawks
27th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
6th, 8th, 26th, 27th selections, 2014 entry draft
To Calgary Roughnecks
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
11th, 28th selections, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
To Rochester Knighthawks
Jordan Hall
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Jay Card
To Minnesota Swarm
40th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Mike McNamara
To Colorado Mammoth
17th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
6th round selection, 2016 entry draft
To Buffalo Bandits
49th selection, 2014 entry draft
December 16, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Tye Belanger
To Colorado Mammoth
4th round selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[2] The Black Wolves made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
16 Mark Cockerton
18 Quinn Powless
211 Rodd Squire
215 Matt Crough
320 Josh Johnson
322 Sheldon Burns
326 Ty Thompson
328 Connor Campbell
431 Mike Mawdsley
434 Jayson Crawford

See also

References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
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