2023 Panther City Lacrosse Club season

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2023 Panther City Lacrosse Club
League NLL
DivisionTBD West
2023 record10–8
Home record6–3
Road record4–5
Goals for204
Goals against193
General ManagerBob Hamley
Coach Tracey Kelusky
CaptainTBD
Alternate captainsTBD
Arena Dickies Arena
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The Panther City Lacrosse Club is a professional lacrosse team based in Fort Worth, Texas. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the second season in franchise history.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

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 9, 2022 Las Vegas Desert Dogs Dickies Arena W 13–114,1841–0
2December 16, 2022@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs Michelob Ultra Arena W 9–37,0722–0
3December 17, 2022 Colorado Mammoth Dickies Arena L 9–122–1
4December 31, 2022@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 9–112–2
5January 7, 2023@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 9–172–3
6January 14, 2023@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) W 12–103–3
7January 28, 2023@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena W 20–74–3
8February 4, 2023@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena L 10–124–4
9February 11, 2023 Vancouver Warriors Dickies Arena W 14–135–4
10February 18, 2023 Colorado Mammoth Dickies Arena W 13–76–4
11February 24, 2023@ Colorado Mammoth Ball Arena L 12–146–5
12March 4, 2023 Saskatchewan Rush Dickies Arena W 16–107–5
13March 18, 2023 Las Vegas Desert Dogs Dickies Arena W 11–88–5
14March 24, 2023 San Diego Seals Dickies Arena L 9–178–6
15April 1, 2023 Albany FireWolves Dickies Arena W 12–89–6
16April 8, 2023@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 5–129–7
17April 15, 2023@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena W 9–810–7
18April 21, 2023 Calgary Roughnecks Dickies Arena L 12–1310–8

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
western Conference QuarterfinalsMay 6, 2023@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 9–120–1

Roster

References: [2] [3]

Panther City LC roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 39 Nick Damude
  • Cam MacLeod
Defensemen
  •  7Tyler Burton
  • 21Liam Byrnes
  • 10Chad Cummings
  •  8Pat Foley
  • 94 Matt Hossack
  • 22Evan Messenger
  • Brooker Muir
  • 12Liam Patten
  • Nate Wade
Forwards
  • 19Phil Caputo
  • 15Patrick Dodds
  •  3Jonathan Donville
  • 22Dean Fairall
  • 28Nathan Grenon
  • Will Malcom
  •  7Cam Milligan
  • Cam Wengreniuk
Transition
  • Tony Malcom
  • 26Josh Medeiros
Practice Squad
  • 55Dylan Hutchison
  • Mathieu Gautier
  • Ronin Pusch
Holdout
  • 13Connor Sellars
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Steve Toll
  • Kyle Goundrey
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

updated 2022-11-28
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
15Jason KnoxBurlington Chiefs – Ohio State University
19Mathieu GautierEdmonton Miners
121Colton LidstoneNanaimo Timbermen – Robert Morris University
230Ronin PuschEdmonton Miners
237Carter ZavitzSt. Catharines Jr A – Princeton University
347Petey LasalaUniversity of Virginia
579Kaleb MartinWhitby Jr A
694Jackson RoseLakeway Texas – St. Bonaventure
697Michael IppolitoHigh Point University

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References

  1. ↑ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  2. ↑ "Panther City Lacrosse Club Announces 2022-2023 Roster". OurSports Central. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  3. ↑ "Mysteries Solved: NLL Teams Announce Players on Their Season Opening Rosters". Inside Lacrosse . 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. ↑ "2022 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL. September 10, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
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