2009 Philadelphia Wings season

2009 Philadelphia Wings
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2009 record	7–9
Home record	4–4
Road record	3–5
Goals for	188
Goals against	193
General Manager	Lindsay Sanderson
Coach	Dave Huntley
Captain	Thomas Hajek
Alternate captains	Shawn Nadelen Geoff Snider
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	9,691
Team leaders
Goals	Merrick Thomson (40)
Assists	Mat Giles (47)
Points	Mat Giles (70)
Penalties in minutes	Geoff Snider (53)
Loose Balls	Geoff Snider (220)
Wins	Brandon Miller (6)
Goals against average	Rob Blasdell (11.84)
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The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 23rd in franchise history.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	New York Titans – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	+10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	+53	13.94	10.62
3	Boston Blazers – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	+13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	-28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	-5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	-24	12.12	13.62

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	+39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	+4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	+15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	-12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	-24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	-41	9.94	12.50

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	January 3, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 11–15		18,690	0–1
2	January 10, 2009	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–13		7,422	1–1
3	January 23, 2009	Boston Blazers	Wachovia Center	L 11–13		9,462	1–2
4	January 24, 2009	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	L 7–11		4,423	1–3
5	February 6, 2009	Buffalo Bandits	Wachovia Center	W 13–11		10,506	2–3
6	February 8, 2009	@ New York Titans	Prudential Center	L 12–15		4,231	2–4
7	February 13, 2009	Boston Blazers	Wachovia Center	L 4–8		9,006	2–5
8	February 21, 2009	Minnesota Swarm	Wachovia Center	W 13–12		10,559	3–5
9	February 27, 2009	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 14–9		14,710	4–5
10	February 28, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 10–12		8,560	4–6
11	March 14, 2009	Minnesota Swarm	Wachovia Center	L 12–13		10,160	4–7
12	March 28, 2009	Colorado Mammoth	Wachovia Center	W 17–13		11,876	5–7
13	April 4, 2009	@ New York Titans	Prudential Center	W 11–7		4,187	6–7
14	April 5, 2009	New York Titans	Wachovia Center	L 13–16		10,806	6–8
15	April 11, 2009	Toronto Rock	Wachovia Center	W 16–14		11,924	7–8
16	April 18, 2009	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–11		8,539	7–9

Player stats

Reference:^[3]

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
Mat Giles	16	23	47	70	78	33
Merrick Thomson	15	40	29	69	70	2
Kyle Wailes	14	15	41	56	43	8
Drew Westervelt	16	34	20	54	72	16
Athan Iannucci	10	22	14	36	38	10
Geoff Snider	14	12	22	34	220	53
Kyle Sweeney	16	7	18	25	130	6
David Mitchell	8	6	12	18	41	0
A.J. Shannon	7	7	10	17	15	2
Totals		294	482	297	1201	35

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
Brandon Miller	14	569:39	6	4	113	.769	11.90
Rob Blasdell	16	390:07	1	5	77	.769	11.84
Mickey Hover	1	0:00	0	0	0	.000	.00
Totals			7	9	193	.766	12.06

Transactions

Players not returning

• Jake Bergey – lost in the 2008 expansion draft^[4]
• Johnny Christmas – taking the year to focus on work with a lacrosse non-profit organization^[5]
• Jason Crosbie – lost to free agency (Toronto)^[6]
• Peter Jacobs – retired^[7]
• Jay Preece – lost to free agency (Colorado)
• Jamie Rooney – lost in the 2008 dispersal draft^[8]

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[9] The Wings selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	9	Sean Thomson	Bellarmine University
2	25	Matt Bocklet	Johns Hopkins University
3	36	Mike Leveille	Syracuse University
4	45	Matt Lalli	Colgate University
4	47	Jordan Levine	University at Albany
5	58	Jerry Lambe	Georgetown University
5	60	Tony McDevitt	Duke University
6	71	Steve Grossi	Drexel University

Roster

2009 Philadelphia Wings roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Rob Blasdell 36 Brandon Miller Defensemen  5 George Castle 37 Benson Erwin 28 Thomas Hajek (C) 25 Pat Heim 34 Shawn Nadelen (A) 55 Steve Panarelli  7 Kyle Sweeney 24 Sean Thomson 44 Taylor Wray		Forwards 27 Mat Giles  6 Jon Harasym 23 Athan Iannucci 22 David Mitchell  8 A.J. Shannon  9 Merrick Thomson 88 Kyle Wailes 26 Drew Westervelt Transition 10 Matt Bocklet 17 Jordan Levine  4 Geoff Snider (A) 77 Rob Van Beek		Practice Squad 70 Mickey Hover Injured Reserve 45 Kyle Fiat -- Steve Grossi Restricted list  1 Johnny Christmas 15 Brett Moyer		Head Coach Dave Huntley Assistant Coaches Chris Sanderson Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25957&seasonid=3260
4. "Boston selects Poulin first overall". NLL.com. July 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
5. "Christmas Decides to Not Play in 2009". Wingslax.com. December 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
6. "Toronto inks Crosbie to Two-Year Contract". NLL.com. August 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
7. "Peter Jacobs Announces Retirement". NLL.com. November 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
8. "Dawson joins Boston Blazers". NLL.com. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
9. "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.