2023 Albany FireWolves season

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2023 Albany FireWolves
League NLL
DivisionEast
2023 record3-15
Home record0-9
Road record3-6
Goals for167
Goals against233
General ManagerChris Seinko
CoachGlenn Clark
Arena MVP Arena
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The Albany FireWolves are a lacrosse team based in Albany, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the franchise's 7th season in the league, 2nd as the Albany FireWolves.

Contents

A month before the season started, the team announced that George Manias resigned as team president. Chris Porreca, who was previously Vice President of Corporate Sales & Business Operations has taken over the position of president. [1] [2]

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [3]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2 Toronto Rock –x18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3 Halifax Thunderbirds –x18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4 Rochester Knighthawks –x18108.5564.06–34–5218214+412.1111.89
5 Philadelphia Wings 1899.5005.04–55–4200211−1111.1111.72
6 Georgia Swarm 18810.4446.03–65–4219207+1212.1711.50
7 New York Riptide 18513.2789.03–62–7201243−4211.1713.50
8 Albany FireWolves 18315.16711.00–93–6167233−669.2812.94
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 San Diego Seals –xy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2 Calgary Roughnecks –x18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3 Panther City Lacrosse Club –x18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4 Colorado Mammoth –x1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
5 Saskatchewan Rush 18810.4446.05–43–6204212−811.3311.78
6 Las Vegas Desert Dogs 18513.2789.04–51–8179222−439.9412.33
7 Vancouver Warriors 18414.22210.02–72–7188247−5910.4413.72

Game log

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 3, 2022@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 11–1011,4931–0
2December 17, 2022 Rochester Knighthawks MVP Arena L 13–143,8191–1
3January 7, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds MVP Arena L 11–143,8431–2
4January 13, 2023@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 11–10OT9,2112–2
5January 21, 2023 New York Riptide MVP Arena L 10–163,6422–3
6February 4, 2023@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 5–132–4
7February 11, 2023@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum L 12–142–5
8February 18, 2023 Las Vegas Desert Dogs MVP Arena L 10–122–6
9February 25, 2023@ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena L 4–202–7
10March 4, 2023 Georgia Swarm MVP Arena L 8–9OT2–8
11March 11, 2023@ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre L 9–122–9
12March 18, 2023@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum L 10–132–10
13March 25, 2023 Toronto Rock MVP Arena L 9–112–11
14April 1, 2023@ Panther City Lacrosse Club Dickies Arena L 8–122–12
15April 8, 2023@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–123–12
16April 15, 2023 Georgia Swarm MVP Arena L 6–153–13
17April 23, 2023 Philadelphia Wings (2018-) MVP Arena L 9–103–14
18April 29, 2023 Buffalo Bandits MVP Arena L 10–163–15

Roster

Albany FireWolves roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  •  1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackson Brown
  • 76 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Geddie
Defensemen
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Byrne
  • 88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Curtis Conley
  • 77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Chaykowsky
  •  8 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Downing
  • 73 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Forster
  • 19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Kaschalk
  • 18 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Ty Logan
  • 13 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Manney(C)
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Mitchell
  • 11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackson Nishimura
Forwards
  •  6 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kitchen
  • 66 Flag of the United States.svg Kieran McArdle
  • 41 Flag of the United States.svg John Piatelli
  • 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Scott
  • 22 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Hiana Thompson
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tanner Thomson
  • 57 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ethan Walker
  • 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Colton Watkinson
Transition
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2022-01-12
NLL Transactions


Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. [4] The FireWolves made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
14Alex SimmonsSt Catharines – University of Denver/Syracuse University
17Will JohansenNanaimo Timbermen – Robert Morris University
117Tye KurtzCobourg Kodiaks – University of Delaware
353John PiatelliCornell University
467Matt DuncanToronto Beaches – Robert Morris University
698Aiden GuldCoquitlam Jr A – University of Toronto****

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References

  1. ↑ Tutka, Paul (2022-11-03). "Albany President Manias steps down, FireWolves promote Porreca to lead front-office role". The Lax Mag. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ↑ Singelais, Mark (2022-11-03). "Albany FireWolves president George Manias resigns". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  4. ↑ "2022 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.


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