2012 Philadelphia Wings season

2012 Philadelphia Wings
League NLL
Division 3rd East
2012 record 7-9
Home record 3-5
Road record 4-4
Goals for 176
Goals against 207
General Manager Johnny Mouradian
Coach Johnny Mouradian
Captain Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains Dan Dawson
Max Seibald
Arena Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance 8212
Team leaders
Goals Kevin Crowley (36)
Drew Westervelt (36)
Assists Dan Dawson (78)
Points Dan Dawson (103)
Penalties in minutes Paul Dawson (67)
Loose Balls Jeff Reynolds (166)
Wins Brandon Miller (7)
Goals against average Brandon Miller (12.64)

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 26th in franchise history.

In August, the Wings pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Edmonton Rush, sending star forward Athan Iannucci to the Rush along with Alex Turner, Brodie MacDonald, and three first round draft picks for two-time Transition Player of the Year Brodie Merrill, Dean Hill, Mike MacLellan, and two low draft picks.[1] A month later, the look of the team changed even more dramatically, as the Wings landed superstar forward Dan Dawson in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft. The 2012 version of Boston's "big three" was completed when the Wings picked up star Stony Brook forward Kevin Crowley first overall in the entry draft.[2]

The significant roster changes didn't help the Wings in their first game of the year, a 22-12 pounding at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks. But the Wings settled down and won four of their next five games, and seven of ten to take the lead in the East division. The wheels fell off at the end of March, however, as the Wings lost an overtime game to the Colorado Mammoth, and then lost their next four. The losing streak included three games at home, and the Wings didn't score more than ten goals in any of their last four games.

They finished in third place in the East with a 7-9 record and made the playoffs. They traveled to Rochester to face the Knighthawks, who had beaten them three times already this season. In only their third playoff game since winning the Championship in 2001, the Wings came up a goal short, losing to the Knighthawks 14-13.[3]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [4]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock xy1697.5620.03562198196+212.3812.25
2Rochester Knighthawks x1679.4382.05326191197-611.9412.31
3Philadelphia Wings x1679.4382.03544176207-3111.0012.94
4Buffalo Bandits x1679.4382.04435198204-612.3812.75
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks xyz16124.7500.05371216170+4613.5010.62
2Colorado Mammoth x16115.6881.05362217201+1613.5612.56
3Minnesota Swarm x1697.5623.06235202190+1212.6211.88
4Edmonton Rush x16610.3756.04426167175-810.4410.94
5Washington Stealth16412.2508.02626179204-2511.1912.75

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:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 14, 2012 Rochester Knighthawks Wells Fargo Center L 1222 8,813 01
2 January 21, 2012 Washington Stealth Wells Fargo Center W 109 OT 8,024 11
3 January 27, 2012 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 1310 14,492 21
4 February 4, 2012 Toronto Rock Wells Fargo Center L 615 7,807 22
5 February 12, 2012 Buffalo Bandits Wells Fargo Center W 1413 8,119 32
6 February 18, 2012 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 148 10,360 42
7 February 24, 2012 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 1012 6,708 43
8 March 3, 2012 Rochester Knighthawks Wells Fargo Center L 811 8,906 44
9 March 9, 2012 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1210 9,804 54
10 March 17, 2012 Edmonton Rush Wells Fargo Center W 1514 7,524 64
11 March 23, 2012 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 1312 14,876 74
12 March 25, 2012 Colorado Mammoth Wells Fargo Center L 1516 OT 8,435 75
13 April 6, 2012 Minnesota Swarm Wells Fargo Center L 913 8,070 76
14 April 7, 2012 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 717 15,060 77
15 April 21, 2012 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 1015 9,357 78
16 April 28, 2012 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 79 8,912 79

Playoffs

Reference:[6]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 4, 2012 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1314 5,176 01

Transactions

Trades

August 9, 2011[1]
To Philadelphia Wings
Brodie Merrill
Mike McLellan
Dean Hill
41st overall pick, 2011 entry draft
4th round pick, 2013 entry draft
To Edmonton Rush
Athan Iannucci
Alex Turner
Brodie McDonald
1st round pick, 2012 entry draft
1st round pick, 2013 entry draft
1st round pick, 2014 entry draft

Dispersal Draft

The Wings chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

RoundOverallPlayer
11 Dan Dawson
210 John Orson
319 Nick Cotter
428 Brett Queener

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[2] The Wings selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11 Kevin Crowley Stony Brook University
428 Steve Fryer Coquitlam, AB
537 Matt Stefurak University of Delaware

Roster

2012 Philadelphia Wings roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 92 Canada Paul Dawson
  • 28 Canada Thomas Hajek
  • 15 United States Pat Heim
  • 37 United States Eric Hoffman
  •  8 United States Steve Holmes
  • 13 United States Brett Manney
  • 41 United States Ryan McFadyen
  • 21 United States Jeff Reynolds
  • 20 Canada Jordan Sealock
  • 16 Canada Joe Smith
Forwards
Transition
Injured Reserve
Holdout
  •  9 United States Dan Hardy
  • -- Canada Matt Zash
Unable to play
  • -- Canada Merrick Thompson
Restricted list
  •  5 Canada Mike Ward
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2011-11-11
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Philly & Edmonton make blockbuster trade". NLL.com. August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. 1 2 "2011 Entry Draft results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  3. "Knighthawks eliminate Wings from postseason with 14-13 win". NLL.com. May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  4. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  5. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  6. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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