2022 Albany FireWolves season

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2022 Albany FireWolves
League NLL
DivisionEast
2022 record9-9
Home record5-4
Road record4-5
Goals for198
Goals against195
General ManagerChris Seinko
CoachGlenn Clark
Arena Times Union Center

The Albany FireWolves are a lacrosse team based in Albany, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2022 season was the franchise's 6th season in the league, 1st as the Albany FireWolves. The New England Black Wolves moved to Albany to become the Albany FireWolves prior to this season.

Contents

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18144.7780.07–27–2247185+6213.7210.28
2 Toronto Rock –x18135.7221.07–26–3207166+4111.509.22
3 Halifax Thunderbirds –x18117.6113.07–24–5198195+311.0010.83
4 Albany FireWolves –x1899.5005.05–44–5198195+311.0010.83
5 Philadelphia Wings –x1899.5005.04–55–4185199−1410.2811.06
6 Georgia Swarm 1899.5005.04–55–4205212−711.3911.78
7 New York Riptide 18612.3338.03–63–6214226−1211.8912.56
8 Rochester Knighthawks 18414.22210.02–72–7184221−3710.2212.28
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Diego Seals –xy18108.5560.05–45–4202183+1911.2210.17
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18108.5560.06–34–5194201−710.7811.17
3 Colorado Mammoth –x18108.5560.07–23–6196198−210.8911.00
4 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4442.06–32–7196194+210.8910.78
5 Panther City Lacrosse Club 18711.3893.03–64–5190223−3310.5612.39
6 Vancouver Warriors 18612.3334.03–63–6199209−1011.0611.61



Game log

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 4, 2021@ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre L 9–108,0430–1
2December 18, 2021 Rochester Knighthawks Times Union Center L 7–164,8850–2
3January 8, 2022 Saskatchewan Rush Times Union Center W 10–54,6511–2
4January 15, 2022@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 9–86,3682–2
5January 29, 2022 Halifax Thunderbirds Times Union Center W 8–65,0383–2
6February 4, 2022@ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena L 13–147,3523–3
7February 5, 2022 Georgia Swarm Times Union Center W 13–115,2974–3
8February 12, 2022@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 13–153,7374–4
9February 18, 2022@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 8–138,2414–5
10February 19, 2022 Toronto Rock Times Union Center L 9–135,3474–6
11February 26, 2022@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 13–125,7835–6
12March 5, 2022 Buffalo Bandits Times Union Center L 11–126,0115–7
13March 11, 2022@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 8–75,0006–7
14March 19, 2022 Georgia Swarm Times Union Center L 12–156,0766–8
15March 26, 2022@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum L 6–154,9676–9
16April 2, 2022@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena W 11–75,8647–9
17April 16, 2022 Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Times Union Center W 11–55,7458–9
18April 30, 2022 New York Riptide Times Union Center W 17–96,6639–9

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Eastern Conference quarterfinalsMay 7, 2022@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 5–100–1

Roster

New England Black Wolves roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Doug Jamieson
  • 35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ethan Woods
Defensemen
  • 10 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Adam Bomberry
  • 22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Chaykowsky
  •  8 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Downing
  • 19 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Ty Logan
  • 13 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Manney(C)
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Mitchell
  • 91 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Nardella
  • 26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackson Nishimura
  • 62 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Creighton Reid
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bailey Brown
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Byrne
  • 55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joel Tinney
Head Coach
  • Glenn Clark
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2019-09-18
NLL Transactions


Entry Draft

The 2021 NLL Entry Draft took place on August 28, 2021. [2] The FireWolves made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
116Patrick KaschalkBurlington Jr. A/Stony Brook
461Jake HarringtonVermont
576Jake FosterCalgary Mountaineers Jr. A/Maryville
690Brett ErskineSt. Catharines Jr. A/Detroit Mercy

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  1. ↑ "2022 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  2. ↑ "2021 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.


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