2020 Philadelphia Wings season

Last updated
2020 Philadelphia Wings
League NLL
DivisionEast
2020 record8–6
Home record3–3
Road record5–3
Goals for151
Goals against134
General ManagerPaul Day
CoachPaul Day
Arena Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance8,054

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019-2020 season is their 2nd season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. [1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play. [2] [3]

Contents

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic. [4]

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06123139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54232122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54232130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02307115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04340135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52451149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53353151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01507116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.0235011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54234128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03333138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01441122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52425117160−439.0012.31

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

Game log

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 14, 2019@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 6126,30101
2December 28, 2019@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 8711,35211
3January 4, 2020@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum W 15125,01921
4January 10, 2020 Vancouver Warriors Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 18109,67631
5January 18, 2020@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 78OT4,08432
6January 19, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 1247,01542
7January 24, 2020 New York Riptide Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 1467,18352
8January 31, 2020 Georgia Swarm Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 11126,67953
9February 15, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 7612,45963
10February 16, 2020@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 14115,38773
11February 22, 2020 Saskatchewan Rush Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 10159,68374
12February 29, 2020@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 101112,29775
13March 7, 2020 New England Black Wolves Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 798,08976
14March 8, 2020@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena W 12118,66286

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
15March 15, 2020 New York Riptide Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
16March 28, 2020 San Diego Seals Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
17April 4, 2020 Toronto Rock Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
18April 18, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre

Roster

Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zach Higgins
  • 36 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon Miller
Defensemen
  • 55 Flag of the United States.svg Liam Byrnes
  • 18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steph Charbonneau
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Finlay
  • 33 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Joaquim
  • 29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ian Llord
  • 41 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Pace
  • 12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Patten
  •  2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eric Shewell
  • 51 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nate Wade
  • 94 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Wagner
Forwards
  • 72 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Buchanan
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Crowley
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josh Currier
  • 44 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Hall(A)
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Hickey
  •  1 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Rambo
  • 10 Flag of the United States.svg Blaze Riorden
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cory Vitarelli
Transition
Practice Squad
  •   Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Marr
  •   Flag of the United States.svg Austin Pifani
  •   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Marinier
  • 93 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daryl Waud
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Landon Miller

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

Roster updated 2022-05-20
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [6] The Wings made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
220Alex PaceBrock University
221Matt MarinierBurlington Chiefs
336Pat SpencerLoyola University
451Kyle MarrJohns Hopkins University
453Dave SmithVirginia University
566Jordan KrugCabrini University
679Austin FuscoSyracuse University

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