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| 2008 Philadelphia Wings | |
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| League | NLL |
| Division | 4th East |
| 2008 record | 10-6 |
| Home record | 7-1 |
| Road record | 3-5 |
| Goals for | 225 |
| Goals against | 220 |
| General Manager | Lindsay Sanderson |
| Coach | Dave Huntley |
| Captain | Thomas Hajek |
| Alternate captains | Peter Jacobs Jake Bergey |
| Arena | Wachovia Center |
| Average attendance | 11,289 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Athan Iannucci (71) |
| Assists | Jason Crosbie (40) |
| Points | Athan Iannucci (100) |
| Penalties in minutes | Geoff Snider (103) |
| Loose Balls | Geoff Snider (244) |
| Wins | Rob Blasdell (8) |
| Goals against average | Brandon Miller (12.18) |
The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history.
The Wings had not made the playoffs in five years, the longest playoff drought in the history of the franchise. But the Wings began the season 6-0, and second-year players Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider were rewriting the record books. Iannucci broke Gary Gait's single-season scoring record in the Wings' 14th game, [1] and ended up with 71 goals. Snider set new records for loose balls (242), penalty minutes (103), and faceoffs won (318), and won 73.8% of his faceoffs, just short of his own record of 75% set in 2007. [2] The Wings finished 4th in the East and made the playoffs again, but were beaten in the division semi-finals by the Buffalo Bandits.
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| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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| 1 | Buffalo Bandits –xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 203 | 174 | +29 | 12.69 | 10.88 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm –x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 12.44 | 12.25 |
| 3 | New York Titans –x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 5–5 | 197 | 186 | +11 | 12.31 | 11.62 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings –x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 225 | 220 | +5 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 197 | 171 | +26 | 12.31 | 10.69 |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 172 | 174 | -2 | 10.75 | 10.88 |
| 7 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 176 | 212 | -36 | 11.00 | 13.25 |
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
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| 1 | San Jose Stealth –xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 185 | 172 | +13 | 11.56 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth –x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 184 | 167 | +17 | 11.50 | 10.44 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks –x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Portland LumberJax –x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 179 | 194 | -15 | 11.19 | 12.12 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 141 | 197 | -56 | 8.81 | 12.31 |
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
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| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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| 1 | January 12, 2008 | Chicago Shamrox | Wachovia Center | W 19–11 | 11,974 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | January 18, 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | W 15–14 | 9,248 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | January 26, 2008 | Buffalo Bandits | Wachovia Center | W 15–14 | OT | 10,542 | 3–0 |
| 4 | February 15, 2008 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 15–13 | 17,109 | 4–0 | |
| 5 | February 22, 2008 | Minnesota Swarm | Wachovia Center | W 17–8 | 10,342 | 5–0 | |
| 6 | February 29, 2008 | New York Titans | Wachovia Center | W 16–12 | 11,419 | 6–0 | |
| 7 | March 1, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 12–21 | 13,720 | 6–1 | |
| 8 | March 14, 2008 | San Jose Stealth | Wachovia Center | W 16–13 | 11,737 | 7–1 | |
| 9 | March 22, 2008 | @ New York Titans | Sovereign Bank Arena-Trenton, NJ | L 13–20 | 5,239 | 7–2 | |
| 10 | March 29, 2008 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 12–20 | 8,940 | 7–3 | |
| 11 | April 5, 2008 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | L 14–15 | OT | 5,427 | 7–4 |
| 12 | April 6, 2008 | Toronto Rock | Wachovia Center | W 11–9 | 10,244 | 8–4 | |
| 13 | April 11, 2008 | @ Portland LumberJax | Rose Garden | W 13–10 | 9,195 | 9–4 | |
| 14 | April 12, 2008 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 14–15 | OT | 12,830 | 9–5 |
| 15 | April 19, 2008 | New York Titans | Wachovia Center | L 8–11 | 17,340 | 9–6 | |
| 16 | April 27, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 15–14 | 15,332 | 10–6 |
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| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
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| Division Semifinal | May 2, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 12–14 | 9,344 | 0–1 |
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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
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| Athan Iannucci | 16 | 71 | 29 | 100 | 138 | 35 |
| Jake Bergey | 13 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 89 | 8 |
| Merrick Thomson | 15 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 59 | 26 |
| Geoff Snider | 16 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 244 | 103 |
| Jason Crosbie | 16 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 80 | 8 |
| Jamie Rooney | 15 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 59 | 12 |
| Johnny Christmas | 13 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 61 | 10 |
| Kyle Sweeney | 16 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 127 | 4 |
| AJ Shannon | 9 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 2 |
| Totals | 324 | 549 | 440 | 1283 | 44 |
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 |
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| Rob Blasdell | 14 | 659:16 | 8 | 2 | 153 | .739 | 13.92 |
| Brandon Miller | 7 | 295:28 | 2 | 4 | 60 | .788 | 12.18 |
| Jay Preece | 9 | 6:57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .727 | 25.90 |
| Matt Roik | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .00 |
| Totals | 10 | 6 | 220 | .751 | 13.75 |
| Player | Award |
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| Athan Iannucci | NLL Most Valuable Player |
| Athan Iannucci | Overall Player of the Month, January |
| Overall Player of the Month, February | |
| Overall Player of the Month, April | |
| Athan Iannucci | First Team All-Pro |
| Geoff Snider | Second Team All-Pro |
| Athan Iannucci | All-Stars |
| Geoff Snider | |
| Taylor Wray |
| February 29, 2008 [7] | To Philadelphia Wings conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft | To Edmonton Rush Brendan Thenhaus | |
| March 5, 2008 [8] | To Philadelphia Wings AJ Shannon (from Edmonton) fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) | To Minnesota Swarm Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia) Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia) second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton) | To Edmonton Rush Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota) first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) |
| March 5, 2008 [8] | To Philadelphia Wings Brandon Miller second round pick, 2008 entry draft | To Chicago Shamrox Matt Roik Brad Self first round pick, 2009 entry draft second round pick, 2010 entry draft |
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Geoff Snider is a retired Canadian lacrosse player from Calgary, Alberta. He was as a dominant faceoff man and a very physical player.
Athan Iannucci is a professional lacrosse player. He played collegiate lacrosse at Hofstra University. Iannucci plays professional lacrosse for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. He was a member of the now defunct St. Regis Indians of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Senior-A Major Series Lacrosse. He plays in the summer months for the WLA Langley Thunder.
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.
The Chicago Shamrox were a professional lacrosse team based in Chicago, Illinois, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the Shamrox inaugural season. The franchise was awarded to the city of Chicago by the NLL on February 16, 2006, and the name "Shamrox" was chosen in May 2006.
The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 21st in franchise history. 2007 saw the Wings finish with a 6-10 record and out of the playoffs for a fifth straight year.
The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 2nd in franchise history.
The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 20th in franchise history.
The Chicago Shamrox were a lacrosse team based in Chicago playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the second and final in franchise history. The season ended up almost the same as the 2007 season, with the Shamrox 6-10 and out of the playoffs.
The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.
The Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history and 6th as the Mammoth.
The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th in franchise history.
The San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose, California playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 2nd in franchise history.
The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 11th in franchise history.
The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history.
The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 4th in franchise history.
The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the Swarm's inaugural season in the NLL.
The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the franchise's 17th season.
The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.
The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 14th in franchise history.
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.
