2013 Philadelphia Wings season

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2013 Philadelphia Wings
League NLL
Division3rd East
2013 record7 9
Home record4 4
Road record3 5
Goals for170
Goals against207
General ManagerJohnny Mouradian
CoachJohnny Mouradian
Captain Brodie Merrill
Alternate captainsKevin Ross
Brett Manney
Arena Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance7,647
Team leaders
GoalsKevin Crowley (34)
AssistsKevin Crowley (38)
Kevin Buchanan (38)
PointsKevin Crowley (72)
Penalties in minutesMike Manley (26)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (123)
Wins Brandon Miller (7)
Goals against average Brandon Miller (11.92)

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 27th in franchise history.

Contents

The Wings finished with a 7–9 record, good for 3rd place in the Eastern division. They made the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since 2002, but fell to the defending (and eventual) Champion Rochester Knighthawks 10–8 in the division semi-final.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xyz16106.6250.05353194176+1812.1211.00
2 Rochester Knighthawks x1688.5002.03553179165+1411.1910.31
3 Philadelphia Wings x1679.4383.04435170207−3710.6212.94
4 Buffalo Bandits 16610.3754.02644171211−4010.6913.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xy1697.5620.03562222211+1113.8813.19
2 Washington Stealth x1697.5620.05344193192+112.0612.00
3 Edmonton Rush x1697.5620.02671203170+3312.6910.62
4 Colorado Mammoth x1679.4382.03544185202−1711.5612.62
5 Minnesota Swarm c1679.4382.05326219202+1713.6912.62

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]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 11, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Wells Fargo Center W 1389,09610
2January 19, 2013@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 8711,70320
3January 26, 2013@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 131413,80821
4January 27, 2013 Calgary Roughnecks Wells Fargo Center L 8168,78522
5February 8, 2013 Rochester Knighthawks Wells Fargo Center L 10205,13923
6February 23, 2013@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1086,67433
7February 24, 2013 Colorado Mammoth Wells Fargo Center W 14128,60643
8March 1, 2013@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 1110OT14,03653
9March 9, 2013 Washington Stealth Wells Fargo Center L 10167,66154
10March 16, 2013 Toronto Rock Wells Fargo Center L 8137,59355
11March 29, 2013@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 11208,07956
12March 30, 2013@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 91015,29257
13April 6, 2013@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 7147,46758
14April 7, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Wells Fargo Center W 15136,86168
15April 13, 2013 Toronto Rock Wells Fargo Center W 109OT7,43778
16April 20, 2013@ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 13174,35279

Playoffs

Reference: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalApril 27, 2013@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8105,96301

Roster

2013 Philadelphia Wings roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  4 Flag of the United States.svg C.J. Costabile
  • 25 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Heim
  •  8 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Holmes
  • 13 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Manney
  •  5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Manley
  • 21 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Reynolds
  • 55 Flag of the United States.svg Chad Wiedmaier
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  •  3 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Farrell
  • 20 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Forsythe
Injured Reserve
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Dan Hardy
  • -- Flag of the United States.svg Eric Hoffman
Unable to play
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2012-08-10
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

August 13, 2012 [4] To Philadelphia Wings
Kevin Buchanan
Third round selection, 2013 Entry Draft
To Buffalo Bandits
David Brock
Mike Hominuck
September 22, 2012 [5]
To Philadelphia Wings
Kyle Hartzell
5th round pick, 2012 Entry Draft
To Washington Stealth
3rd round pick, 2012 Entry Draft
5th round pick, 2013 Entry Draft
December 14, 2012 [6]
To Philadelphia Wings
Paul Rabil
Jordan Hall
Joel White
Rob Campbell
2nd round pick, 2014 entry draft
To Rochester Knighthawks
Dan Dawson
Paul Dawson
1st round pick, 2016 entry draft
December 18, 2012 [7]
To Philadelphia Wings
Kevin Croswell
To Washington Stealth
3rd round selection, 2013 Entry Draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. [8] The Wings made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
432Michael Manley Duke University
539CJ Costabile Duke University
541Kevin Randall University of Notre Dame

See also

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