2008 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history.

2008 Philadelphia Wings
LeagueNLL
Division4th East
2008 record10-6
Home record7-1
Road record3-5
Goals for225
Goals against220
General ManagerLindsay Sanderson
CoachDave Huntley
CaptainThomas Hajek
Alternate captainsPeter Jacobs
Jake Bergey
ArenaWachovia Center
Average attendance11,289
Team leaders
GoalsAthan Iannucci (71)
AssistsJason Crosbie (40)
PointsAthan Iannucci (100)
Penalties in minutesGeoff Snider (103)
Loose BallsGeoff Snider (244)
WinsRob Blasdell (8)
Goals against averageBrandon Miller (12.18)

The Wings had not made the playoffs in five years, the longest playoff drought in the history of the franchise. But the Wings began the season 6-0, and second-year players Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider were rewriting the record books. Iannucci broke Gary Gait's single-season scoring record in the Wings' 14th game,[1] and ended up with 71 goals. Snider set new records for loose balls (242), penalty minutes (103), and faceoffs won (318), and won 73.8% of his faceoffs, just short of his own record of 75% set in 2007.[2] The Wings finished 4th in the East and made the playoffs again, but were beaten in the division semi-finals by the Buffalo Bandits.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [3]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz16106.6250.07–23–4203174+2912.6910.88
2Minnesota Swarm – x16106.6250.06–24–4199196+312.4412.25
3New York Titans – x16106.6250.05–15–5197186+1112.3111.62
4Philadelphia Wings – x16106.6250.07–13–5225220+514.0613.75
5Rochester Knighthawks1688.5002.04–44–4197171+2612.3110.69
6Toronto Rock1679.4383.04–53–4172174−210.7510.88
7Chicago Shamrox16610.3754.03–53–5176212−3611.0013.25
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1San Jose Stealth – xy1697.5620.04–45–3185172+1311.5610.75
2Colorado Mammoth – x1697.5620.06–23–5184167+1711.5010.44
3Calgary Roughnecks – x1679.4382.05–32–6183178+511.4411.12
4Portland LumberJax – x16610.3753.03–53–5179194−1511.1912.12
5Edmonton Rush16412.2505.03–51–7141197−568.8112.31

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 12, 2008 Chicago Shamrox Wachovia Center W 19–11 11,974 1–0
2 January 18, 2008 Rochester Knighthawks Wachovia Center W 15–14 9,248 2–0
3 January 26, 2008 Buffalo Bandits Wachovia Center W 15–14 OT 10,542 3–0
4 February 15, 2008 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 15–13 17,109 4–0
5 February 22, 2008 Minnesota Swarm Wachovia Center W 17–8 10,342 5–0
6 February 29, 2008 New York Titans Wachovia Center W 16–12 11,419 6–0
7 March 1, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 12–21 13,720 6–1
8 March 14, 2008 San Jose Stealth Wachovia Center W 16–13 11,737 7–1
9 March 22, 2008 @ New York Titans Sovereign Bank Arena-Trenton, NJ L 13–20 5,239 7–2
10 March 29, 2008 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 12–20 8,940 7–3
11 April 5, 2008 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre L 14–15 OT 5,427 7–4
12 April 6, 2008 Toronto Rock Wachovia Center W 11–9 10,244 8–4
13 April 11, 2008 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 13–10 9,195 9–4
14 April 12, 2008 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 14–15 OT 12,830 9–5
15 April 19, 2008 New York Titans Wachovia Center L 8–11 17,340 9–6
16 April 27, 2008 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 15–14 15,332 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 2, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 12–14 9,344 0–1

Player stats

Reference:[6]

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
Athan Iannucci16712910013835
Jake Bergey13293160898
Merrick Thomson152629555926
Geoff Snider16133851244103
Jason Crosbie16114051808
Jamie Rooney152023435912
Johnny Christmas13520256110
Kyle Sweeney16520251274
AJ Shannon911718352
Totals324549440128344

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
Rob Blasdell14659:1682153.73913.92
Brandon Miller7295:282460.78812.18
Jay Preece96:57003.72725.90
Matt Roik00:00000.000.00
Totals106 220 .751 13.75

Awards
PlayerAward
Athan IannucciNLL Most Valuable Player
Athan IannucciOverall Player of the Month, January
Overall Player of the Month, February
Overall Player of the Month, April
Athan IannucciFirst Team All-Pro
Geoff SniderSecond Team All-Pro
Athan IannucciAll-Stars
Geoff Snider
Taylor Wray

Transactions

Trades
February 29, 2008[7]
 To Philadelphia Wings
conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Brendan Thenhaus
March 5, 2008[8]
 To Philadelphia Wings
AJ Shannon (from Edmonton)
fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)		 To Minnesota Swarm
Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia)
Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia)
second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton)		 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota)
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)
March 5, 2008[8] To Philadelphia Wings
Brandon Miller
second round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Chicago Shamrox
Matt Roik
Brad Self
first round pick, 2009 entry draft
second round pick, 2010 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[9]

No. Position Player
27 Canada Def Beisel, Brian
66 United States Fwd Bergey, Jake
31 Canada Goalie Blasdell, Rob
2 United States Fwd Borell, Jim
United States Def Burke, Zach
1 United States Trans Christmas, John
United States Fwd Cromwell, Keith
54 Canada Fwd Crosbie, Jason
United States Fwd Eckerel, Matt
United States Fwd Fiat, Kyle
United States Fwd Ford, Conor
28 Canada Def Hajek, Thomas
25 United States Fwd Heim, Patrick
23 Canada Fwd Iannucci, Athan
24 United States Def Jacobs, Peter
United States Fwd Marohl, Dan
36 Canada Goalie Miller, Brandon
No. Position Player
22 Canada Fwd Mitchell, David
United States Fwd Morley, Marc
15 United States Fwd Moyer, Brett
34 United States Def Nadelen, Shawn
30 Canada Goalie Preece, Jay
Canada Goalie Roik, Matt
14 Canada Fwd Rooney, Jamie
88 Canada Fwd Shannon, AJ
4 Canada Trans Snider, Geoff
7 United States Def Sweeney, Kyle
Canada Fwd Thenhaus, Brenden
9 Canada Fwd Thomson, Merrick
77 Canada Fwd Van Beek, Rob
Canada Fwd Wailes, Kyle
26 United States Fwd Westervelt, Drew
44 Canada Def Wray, Taylor

See also

References
  1. "Iannucci Breaks Single-Season Goals Record". NLL.com. April 12, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  2. "Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record". NLL.com. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  3. "National Lacrosse League - 2008 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. "Philadelphia Wings - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  7. "Rush Acquire Thenhaus From Wings". NLL.com. February 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  8. "Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt". NLL.com. March 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  9. "Philadelphia Wings - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
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