Final Regular Season Rankings: Edmonton Tops in League

The regular season is over and it was very exciting, no matter who your favorite team is. We saw the Edmonton Rush flirt with perfection. Two goaltenders with below 10 GAA, and we saw the Two-Time defending champion Knighthawks take control of the East and show they are still the team to beat.   Playoff Seeding   1 (1W)  Edmonton Rush                 16-2 2 (1E) Rochester Knighthawks    14-4 3 (2W)…

April 29, 2014
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Curtain Drops on Wings Season; Drop Finale to Mammoth 13-12

As the final buzzer sounded, the final curtain closed on another season of below .500 play.  The Philadelphia Wings (6-12) dropped the final game of the regular season 13-12 to the Colorado Mammoth (8-10).  The Wings also finished with a 2-7 record at home. The game meant nothing as far as playoff positioning or in the standings.  Wings were eliminated two weeks ago and the Mammoth had their spot locked…

April 27, 2014
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Final Act: Wings Finish Season Against Mammoth

Today marks the end of season 28 for the Philadelphia Wings. Tonight they will face the Colorado Mammoth in the hopes of sending the Wings faithful home with a win. The Mammoth are on there way to the playoffs and will face Calgary. But tonight they must face a Wings team who wants to go out a winner. Former Wing Drew Westervelt returns to his old home. Mammoth will also…

April 26, 2014
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NLL Power Rankings Week 17; Rush(ing) Into the Playoffs

April 22, 2014

Week 17—All Playoff spots are clinched. Seedings in west are set. Only thing left is who will host round one in the east.   EAST DIVISION Rochester Knighthawks (13-4) —Clinched East Division title. Buffalo Bandits (8-9)—Clinched a playoff berth. Can clinch at least one home playoff game with: Win vs Rochester or a Rock Loss to Minnesota. Toronto Rock (8-9)—Clinched playoff berth. Can host at least one playoff game with:…

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Wings Look to Sweep Season Series Against Stealth

April 19, 2014

Tonight the Philadelphia Wings (5-11) will face off against the Vancouver Stealth (4-11).  Last meeting the Wings defeated the Stealth 15-9.  Tonights matchup will be in Langley, BC at 10pm. The Wings were eliminated from the playoff race when they fell last week 10-9 to Toronto.  The Stealth who are still in contention must win there three remaining games. (Wings, Roughnecks, Rush) and hope Colorado loses out.  All this may…

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Wings Eliminated From Playoffs, What’s Next?

April 17, 2014

As the final buzzer went off last week, so did the Philadelphia Wings chances of making the 2014 NLL Playoffs.  The Wings fell 10-9 to the Toronto Rock giving them the final playoff spot in the east. When the Wings started the 2014 season their was already questions.  Goaltender Brandon Miller was a holdout for the first seven games of the season.  The Wings would lose players to team USA…

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NLL Power Rankings: Despite Loss Rush Still #1

April 14, 2014

Week 16   One spot remains for the playoffs   EAST DIVISION Rochester Knighthawks (12-4) – clinched East Division title. Buffalo Bandits (8-7) -clinched a playoff berth. -Can clinch at least one home playoff game with: Win a win in their remaining games or one Toronto loss. Toronto Rock (7-9) -clinched playoff berth. Can host one playoff game by winning remaining two games and Buffalo looses remaining games Philadelphia Wings (5-11)…

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Edmonton Rush(es) to 11-0

March 22, 2014

Last night the Edmonton Rush (11-0) made it 11 in a row by dominating the Buffalo Bandits (8-3) by a score of 14-5.  With the win, the Rush have now defeated every team in the NLL this season. After trailing 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, the Rush took the lead just 4-3 at 2:58 of the second quarter, but 17 seconds later the Bandits tied it at…

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Wings Trade Away Miller; Where They Go From Here

March 19, 2014

The trade deadline has now passed and all was quiet until the final two minutes when the league announced that the Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings agreed on a deal. The Rock send second year transition player Kyle Belton along with a conditional 2nd round and 4th round pick in the 2014 entry draft. In return the Rock acquire 14-year veteran Brandon Miller to back up Nick Rose. The conditional pick works…

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Wings Clipped; Losing Streak at 6, Trade Deadline Tuesday

March 17, 2014

Yesterday afternoon the Wings had a chance to end two streaks. First was a five game losing streak; that failed.  What also failed was a losing streak at home to the Rochester Knighthawks dating back to January 18, 2008. The Wings (3-9) fell 11-7 to the Knighthawks (9-3) yesterday afternoon making them 1-16 the last 17 meetings including playoffs. What the loss also did was put the Wings (3-9) two…

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