1987 Philadelphia Wings season

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1987 Philadelphia Wings
League Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
Rank2nd
1987 record3-4
Home record2-1
Road record1-2
Goals for86
Goals against82
General Manager David Huntley
CoachSteve Wey
Arena Wachovia Spectrum
Average attendance10,972
Team leaders
Goals Mike French (14)
Assists John Tucker (14)
PointsJohn Tucker (26)

The Philadelphia Wings were one of the original four franchises in the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League, joining the New Jersey Saints, Washington Wave, and Baltimore Thunder in 1987. While the Wings went only 3-4 that first season including a loss in the playoffs, they drew an average of almost 12,000 fans to their three 1987 regular season games.

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Some of the early stars of those teams included Mike French, Hall of Fame college player at Cornell and a current team executive, as well as John Grant Sr., father of current NLL star John Grant Jr.

Results

Game log

Reference: [1]

#Dateat/vs.OpponentScoreAttendanceRecord
1January 10, 1987atNew Jersey Saints8 - 115,976Loss
2January 24, 1987atBaltimore Thunder19 - 206,593Loss
3January 31, 1987vs.New Jersey Saints17 - 1114,189Win
4February 14, 1987vs.Washington Wave15 - 1210,088Win
5February 22, 1987vs.Baltimore Thunder8 - 1411,583Loss
6February 25, 1987atWashington Wave19 - 148,100Win
7(p)March 8, 1987vs.Washington Wave15 - 208,027Loss

(p) - denotes playoff game

1987 Highlights

Roster

Reference: [2]

No.PositionPlayer
30 Flag of the United States.svg GoalieBilger, Kevin (Maryland)
5 Flag of the United States.svg Fwd Castle, James R. (Drexel/NC State)
23 Flag of the United States.svg FwdCiccarone, Henry (Johns Hopkins)
10 Flag of the United States.svg FwdConley, John (Towson)
15 Flag of the United States.svg FwdDanko, Paul (North Carolina)
25 Flag of the United States.svg FwdDecico, Mark (Towson)
17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Fwd French, Mike (Cornell)
14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdFrench, Paul (Virginia)
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg FwdGrant, John
22 Flag of the United States.svg FwdGrowney, Scott (Trinity)
9 Flag of the United States.svg FwdHanley, Pat (Towson)
19 Flag of the United States.svg FwdHarris, Jeff (Johns Hopkins)
No.PositionPlayer
3 Flag of the United States.svg FwdJohnson, Mark
6 Flag of the United States.svg FwdKrumenacker, John (Johns Hopkins)
11 Flag of the United States.svg FwdLamon, Pat (Loyola)
8 Flag of the United States.svg FwdManley, Greg (Loyola)
1 Flag of the United States.svg GoalieMoschella, Mark (Drexel)
20 Flag of the United States.svg FwdPowers, Bob (Towson)
13 Flag of the United States.svg Fwd Scott, Peter (Johns Hopkins)
16 Flag of the United States.svg FwdSingleton, Tom (Loyola)
21 Flag of the United States.svg FwdTasker, Dave (Langara)
18 Flag of the United States.svg FwdTownsend, Dennis (Johns Hopkins)
2 Flag of the United States.svg Fwd Tucker, John (Johns Hopkins)
7 Flag of the United States.svg FwdWey, Dennis (UMBC)
24 Flag of the United States.svg FwdWey, Steve (Johns Hopkins)

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