Tonight at 7:30, the Philadelphia Wings face off against the Rochester Knighthawks in an early season battle at the Blue Cross Arena. Both teams had last weekend off after opening their season with victories in Week 1. All time the Wings are 16-28 against the Knighthawks, (6-16 in Rochester). The Wings haven’t faired well against the Hawks as in past seasons they have either swept or won 2 of 3….
A small schedule this past week with only two games being played, so not many changes this week. But this weekend we have six games as the NLL will be in full swing. Power Rankings Week 3 (1) 1—Rochester Knighthawks (1-0) The Knighthawks were idle this past week. They host Philadelphia on Saturday night, which is sure to be a great game. (2) 2—Edmonton Rush (1-0) Idle this past…
Calgary Roughnecks vs Toronto Rock Right—Everything went right for the Rock. Stephan Leblanc was a man possessed in scoring 5 goals, Rob Heller a hat trick, Captain Colin Doyle and Josh Sanderson 2 goals each. Garrett Billings a 10 point performance with a goal and nine assists. Nick Rose was solid stopping 40 of 51 shots. For Calgary Jeff Shattler led the way with 4 goals. Geoff Snider went 18/28…
Exciting week one. Defending champions raised their banner and won, the Rush continued winning on the road as they did in 2013, and the Wings dominated in Buffalo. What’s in store for this week?? Friday January 3rd Calgary @ Toronto 7:30pm Saturday January 4th Vancouver @ Colorado 9:00pm Power Rankings Week 2 (1) 1—Rochester Knighthawks (1-0) The Knighthawks defeated the Swarm 8-6 as they raised the championship banner. The…
Philadelphia Wings Right—Complete game was played. They won every quarter with no let up. Jordan Hall led the way 5G/2A. New Wings Kyle Buchanan 3G/5A, Tracey Kelusky 2G/4A, and Ryan Ward 5A made their presence known. Power Play 3-6. Moved ball well on inside and two man game. Solid performance by Evan Kirk. Wrong—Too many unnecessary penalties, need to be more dominant on the face-offs, getting beat one-on-one after losing…
The Philadelphia Wings open the 2014 season with ten new faces . Evan Kirk (Goalie via trade), Ryan Ward, Tracey Kelusky, and Kyle Buchanan (free agents) lead the list of key additions to the team. The departure of the American players from last season, Rabil, Reynolds, Seibald, Kevin Buchanan to name a few take away some experience in the roster. Drew Westervelt was another key loss, but that landed a…
The 2014 season gets underway in just two short days. In two short days a ton of stories will start to develop.One big story will be can the Rochester Knighthawks do what no other team has been able to do ever, THREEPEAT. Here is week ones Power Rankings. 1–Rochester Knighthawks. The Knighthawks will once again raise there championship banner as they open up against the Swarm. Very few changes for…
We are now less then a week away from the start of the 2014 NLL season. The Philadelphia Wings once again have a turnover of major proportions for this season. The Wings will have ten new faces on the active roster from last season. This is mainly due because of the World Outdoor Lacrosse Championships in Denver this coming July. Its no secret the Wings were heavily loaded with talented…
Tonight the Philadelphia Wings travel north of the border for their final rehearsal before the start of the regular season. The Philadelphia Wings will play their third and final pre-season contest tonight when they visit the Toronto Rock at 7pm ET at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. Just five days ago final rosters where handed in as teams had to be down to 20 active and 4…
The 2014 season is only eleven days away and the final rosters have been handed in. Once again there is a ten player turnover for the franchise. Steve Holmes (released) Paul Rabil (team USA commitment), Mike McLellan (released), Jeff Reynolds (team USA), Ned Crotty (team USA), Pat Heim (released), Drew Westervelt (traded-Col), Kevin Buchanan (team USA/job), Brandon Miller (UNSIGNED), Kyle Hartzell (team USA) Two of the Wings draft choices, A.J….