2014 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings were a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2014 season was the 28th in franchise history and the final season in Philadelphia. After this season, the Wings relocated to Uncasville, Connecticut, to become the New England Black Wolves.

2014 Philadelphia Wings
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2014 record	6 - 12
Home record	2 - 7
Road record	4 - 5
Goals for	202
Goals against	218
General Manager	Johnny Mouradian
Coach	Blane Harrison
Captain	Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains	Kevin Ross Brett Manney
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Team leaders
Goals	Jordan Hall (34)
Assists	Kyle Buchanan (46) Ryan Ward (46)
Points	Jordan Hall (76)
Penalties in minutes	Brodie Merrill (29)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (189)
Wins	Evan Kirk (5)
Goals against average	Evan Kirk (11.60)
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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	Rochester Knighthawks – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	8–1	6–3	210	167	+43	11.67	9.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	6–3	3–6	219	213	+6	12.17	11.83
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	6–3	2–7	190	200	-10	10.56	11.11
4	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	.333	8.0	2–7	4–5	202	218	-16	11.22	12.11
5	Minnesota Swarm	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	180	219	-39	10.00	12.17

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xyz	18	16	2	.889	0.0	8–1	8–1	220	157	+63	12.22	8.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	12	6	.667	4.0	6–3	6–3	237	215	+22	13.17	11.94
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	8	10	.444	8.0	4–5	4–5	201	228	-27	11.17	12.67
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	4	14	.222	12.0	3–6	1–8	181	223	-42	10.06	12.39

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:[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 28, 2013	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 17–13		16,347	1–0
2	January 11, 2014	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–13		6,488	1–1
3	January 12, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Wells Fargo Center	L 11–12	OT	7,365	1–2
4	January 18, 2014	Minnesota Swarm	Wells Fargo Center	L 10–11		5,164	1–3
5	January 19, 2014	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–8		8,213	2–3
6	February 1, 2014	Vancouver Stealth	Wells Fargo Center	W 15–9		6,104	3–3
7	February 7, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–20		9,087	3–4
8	February 8, 2014	Edmonton Rush	Wells Fargo Center	L 6–8		7,194	3–5
9	February 15, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 7–13		13,980	3–6
10	February 23, 2014	Minnesota Swarm	Wells Fargo Center	L 14–15		6,458	3–7
11	March 8, 2014	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–13		8,560	3–8
12	March 16, 2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Wells Fargo Center	L 7–11		7,894	3–9
13	March 22, 2014	Toronto Rock	Wells Fargo Center	W 14–13		7,157	4–9
14	March 29, 2014	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 14–12		16,322	5–9
15	April 4, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Wells Fargo Center	L 9–13		6,659	5–10
16	April 12, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–10		10,662	5–11
17	April 19, 2014	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 15–11		2,856	6–11
18	April 26, 2014	Colorado Mammoth	Wells Fargo Center	L 12–13		7,783	6–12

Roster

Philadelphia Wings roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 95 Don Alton 51 Evan Kirk Defensemen 13 Brett Manney  5 Michael Manley 84 Brian Megill 55 Chad Wiedmaier 84 Brian Megill 29 Mike Poppleton 31 John Ranagan		Forwards 91 Kevin Buchanan 21 Kevin Crowley 44 Jordan Hall 63 Tracey Kelusky 71 Kevin Ross 14 Pat Saunders 99 Garrett Thul  4 Ryan Ward Transition  9 C.J. Costabile 17 Brodie Merrill (C)  7 Kyle Sweeney 11 Joel White		Practice Squad  6 Michael Diehl 37 Eric Hoffman 33 Bill McGlone		Head Coach Blane Harrison Assistant Coaches Tom Slate Tom Hajek Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2012-08-10 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 13, 2013[3]	To Philadelphia Wings Evan Kirk	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick, 2015 entry draft 1st round pick, 2017 entry draft
September 13, 2013[4]	To Philadelphia Wings Ryan Hotaling Two 2nd round picks, 2013 entry draft 1st round pick, 2015 entry draft	To Colorado Mammoth Drew Westervelt 4th round pick, 2013 entry draft
September 14, 2013[5]	To Philadelphia Wings Luke Wiles	To Buffalo Bandits Two 2nd round picks, 2014 entry draft

See also

• 2014 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
2. "Philadelphia Wings schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
3. "Swarm trade Kirk to Wings". NLL.com. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
4. "Wings send Westervelt to Mammoth". NLL.com. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original on September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
5. "Wings acquire Luke Wiles from Buffalo". Wingslax.com. September 14, 2013. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2013.