The Philadelphia Wings (1-0) were led by two of their first round draft picks to a 13-11 win over the Colorado Mammoth at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Forwards Sean Greenhalgh, Luke Wiles along with fourth year forward Keith Cromwell, led the Wings in scoring, in a come from behind victory in their season opener, which was also former Philadelphia Wing Gary Gait's debut as the Head Coach of the Colorado Mammoth.
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In an effort to grow new fan support and increase ticket sales, the Philadelphia Wings signed goaltender Matt Roik to be the team's Grassroots Marketing Coordinator, it was announced today by President Russ Cline. Roik was signed by the team on October 11, 2005 after being acquired in a trade with the San Jose Stealth on August 18, 2005. Roik, who will serve as an ambassador of lacrosse throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region, will spearhead the Wings community efforts, including creating a dynamic new school program to teach young children about sportsmanship. He will also work closely with the marketing department with in-store and on-air appearances, planning events and creating new and exciting opportunities to teach the growing sport of lacrosse.
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The Philadelphia Wings have signed defenseman Dan Finck for the 2005-06 season. Finck, a member of the 2005 All-Rookie Team received two Rookie of the Week awards during the 2005 season. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. Finck and the team agreed to terms on September 27th. Finck finished the season with 16 points (10G, 6A) and recovered 73 loose balls in 14 games played. The 5'10", 190-pound defenseman was drafted by the Wings in the second round (14th overall) in the 2004 NLL Entry Draft.
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Lacrosse. What a great sport. Fun, fast, and action packed. Are you wearing the right equipment? If not, do so. With the school craze of wearing wrist bracelets I thought it was just a silly thing to do. First I wore my yellow one for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Now, this was not a silly gesture, my mom died of cancer so thought this would be a tribute to her. I really felt good about that.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, lost their final regular season game to the New Jersey pride at Villanova stadium tonight. With the loss, the Barrage fail to advance to the playoffs and defend their 2004 MLL title. Tonight’s MVP was New Jersey goal Scott Schroeder who recorded saves in the 16-12 win.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, faced off against the Baltimore Bayhawks for the second time this season. Gary Gait was named Bud Light MVP for his G,A) effort for Baltimore. The Bayhawks jumped out to an early lead with a three goal run started by Tom Marechek (A) at 12:50. The Barrage broke their streak with a goal from Michael Springer (A) at 6:32. Springer ended the first with another goal with 39 seconds remaining. The score at the end was Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 2.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, faced off against the Long Island Lizards Thursday night at Villanova in front of 2,548 fans. This game was the third match-up between these two team, prompting a very physical game. The Barrage opened up scoring early in the first with a goal by B.J. Prager followed by two more. Long Island broke their streak with two goals by Stephen Berger.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, lost to the Boston Cannons with a score of 10-11. Brian Dougherty (G) let in a season low amount of goals with 11. The Barrage fall to 3-6, while the Cannons move to 7-2. The Bud Light MVP went to the Cannons goalie Chris Garrity who had a total of 17 saves.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, blew past the Rochester Rattlers Saturday night at Bishop Kearney High School in Irondequoit, NY with a score of 26-15. This marks the Barrage’s second win in a row as they were coming off a win over the Boston Cannons. The Barrage moved one step closer to the playoffs with their win over Rochester as they moved into fourth place in the league with a record of 3-4. The Baltimore Bayhawks (7-0) and Boston Cannons (6-1) have both clinched a playoff berth with their wins this weekend. Ryan Boyle (A) was named Bud Light MVP in Saturday’s game, recording a career high 10 points (5G,5A).
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, crushed the Cannons hopes of retaining their undefeated season. The Barrage came into this game 1-4 in the league, already losing once to the Cannons already. The Barrage came out motivated and it never stopped. Even with the game was tied, the Barrage kept their focus and came out on top. The Bug Light MVP was Brian Dougherty for his excellent performance in goal.
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The Philadelphia Barrage faced off against the Long Island Lizards on Saturday, June 25th at Mitchel Field in Uniondale, NY in front of 2,482 fans. Matt Striebel scored the first goal for the Barrage but the Lizards scored the next four goals. Striebel broke the lizards scoring streak with his second goal but Long Island scored two more before the quarter could end. The score at the end of the first was Philadelphia 2, Long Island 6.
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The Philadelphia Barrage defeated the New Jersey Pride Saturday night in front of 3,105 fans at Kean University. This marks the first win of the 2005 season for the Barrage who lost their first three games. Mike Levin, who was picked up by the Barrage earlier in the week had an excellent first game. He was named Bud Light MVP with a total of 21 saves on 31 shots.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, faced off against the Baltimore Bayhawks Sunday, June 12 at Johnny Unitas Stadium at 4:00 p.m. The Bayhawks jumped out to a commanding lead of seven to nothing in the first quarter. Goals were scored by Josh Sims, Paul Cantabene, Mikey Powell, Danny Cocchi, and a two-point goal by David Curry. Todd Schriener started in goal for Philadelphia but was replaced by Brian “Doc” Dougherty after the six-goal run for the Bayhawks.
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The Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier outdoor lacrosse league, faced off against the Long Island Lizards at Villanova Stadium Saturday night. The Lizards got on the board early with a goal by attackman Matt Panetta. Panetta put another goal past Brian “Doc” Dougherty unassisted. The Barrage looked to come back but could not keep the ball in their end. Blake Miller scored the third goal of the night for the Lizards.
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It was a game that could have gone either way. Putting their nineteen game winning streak on the line in the semifinals, the Shawnee Renegades were looking to advance to the boy's lacrosse Group IV finals for the first time in their brief three year history. Amazingly, Shawnee has put together a program that could compete with the more experienced teams from the state and it showed on the field, with their final record of the season and the second seed in this year's tournament. The third seeded Montclair squad was out to prove that they deserve a trip to the finals as well. With the final possession at the end of regulation and the first overtime, Shawnee would attempt to win this game during the second overtime period. But with just over a minute and a half remaining in the sudden death period, Montclair’s Ethan Ledley deposited the game winner and end Shawnee's wonderful season with a 9-8 decision.
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Just as the seeding predicted, the top four teams in the South A girl’s lacrosse bracket were on pace to advance to the semifinals. Moorestown, Shawnee and Eastern had won their quarterfinals match-up and it was left to the Minutemaids to not only defeat the twelfth seeded Lady Cougars from Cherry Hill East, but also to overcome a halftime deficit. The fourth seeded Minutemaids found themselves trailing at the break by a goal but turned up the defense and especially the offense during the second half. Washington Township held their opponent scoreless the rest of the way allowing the offense to take center stage and score nine times. Kelly Angstadt and Katie Lofton led the scoring success by scoring four goals each and Washington Township advanced with their 14-6 victory.
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It was a game that could not be decided in regulation. Two teams with similar goals showed why this South Jersey Group B quarterfinals girl’s lacrosse game had no one running for cover during a rainy overtime game. The fifth seeded Fighting Irish from Camden Catholic and fourth seeded Panthers from Collingswood would battle to an 18-18 deadlock at the end of regulation. Two early goals by Collingswood during the extra period were quickly erased by Katie Gallagher. Not satisfied with those goals, Gallagher worked her way past the defense and scored the game winner in sudden death to defeat Collingswood by the narrowest of margins. With the 22-21 victory, the Fighting Irish will travel to play top seeded Holy Cross.
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The first round of the girl’s lacrosse South A bracket had began and should end with Moorestown yet again the favorite to win the tournament. The five time defending champions have every right to be labeled the favorite with every player on the squad having the experience of a winning program. The top seeded Lady Quakers were hosting the sixteen seeded Toms River South and found out first hand how deadly this lacrosse team could be. After missing net on their first five shot attempts of the game, Gulia Giordano started the scoring success with the first two goals of the game. She had started a string of twelve goals in a row for the Quakers. When the final horn was sounded, Moorestown would be rewarded with a 20-2 victory and continue to host another game at home.
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Philadelphia Wings forward Andrew Burkholder and defenseman Dan Finck were named to the 2005 Edge Advanced All-Rookie Team as chosen by the governors, general managers and coaches of the NLL's ten member clubs. Burkholder recorded 31 points (17G, 14A) in eleven games for the Wings this season. The 5'9, 175 pound forward was named Rookie of the Week three times during the 2005 season and captured February's Rookie of the Month award. The St. Catharine's, ON native was acquired by the Wings in a trade with the Toronto Rock on December 3, 2004.
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There are several reasons the Lady Panthers from Collingswood are in first place in the Olympic Conference Freedom Division. Experience, a winning attitude, good coaching and players that know how to win would be some of the highlights listed by any team that walks away at the end of a game victorious. Kate Feeley would be a good example of a player who knows how to win and score plenty of goals. When the Panthers traveled to Cherry Hill West, Feeley help Collingswood pick up the 17-11 victory by scoring her 100th and 101st goal in her career.
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This was a chance for Ocean City to prove that they could compete with a team with a winning record from another conference. The Red Raiders would play their host Minutemaids from Washington Township evenly for the first twenty-five minutes and were looking to maintain that intensity. The start of the second half was a different story as Mandy Silvesti scored three straight goals to put the Minutemaids one step ahead for the rest of this game. Silvesti would finish with five goals for Washington Township as they defeat Ocean City by a 13-9 margin.
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Closing out another week in lacrosse for the Golden Eagles from Seneca, they would travel to Winslow Township to play their third game of the week. Earlier in the week, Seneca had a tough time against the experience Chiefs’ team from Cherokee. Yesterday, Camden Catholic had an early lead only to watch Kurt Kaiser score twice to record the come from behind victory. Against Winslow Township, Seneca watched a three goal first half advantage slip away. Again it would be Kaiser who snapped the tie late in the fourth quarter to put away Winslow by a 10-9 margin.
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Talking about know your opponent, the two Cherry Hill high school girl’s lacrosse team took the field in a very competitive Olympic Conference matchup. Cherry Hill East was representing the American Division well by holding down the top position while Cherry Hill West was right in the middle of the pack of the Patriot Division. Even though these cross city rivals represent two different divisions, there were very familiar and formable opponents. The two teams were tied at halftime and this game would be decided during the second half when the Lions took their first lead of the game. East would stay close, but West would prevail by a 9-6 score.
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There are different ways a coach prepares their team before each and every game of the season. When the players take the field at the start of the game, Cherokee coach T.J. Viereck had to somewhat change his philosophy a bit after a loss. The Chiefs went down in defeat to a more experienced team in Ramapo in the last game and were taking on a new boy’s lacrosse team in the Cougars from Cherry Hill East. Knowing they were the heavy favorites to win, the Chiefs worked on their passing and motion plays rather than the finesse game. With that patience and letting the game come to them, Cherokee posted early goals by Matt Dunn, Eric Olson and Kevin Sterling to win this game by a 14-1 margin.
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The Philadelphia Wings (6-10) were defeated by the Minnesota Swarm by a score of 14-12 in their final game of the 2005 season at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. Minnesota got the first goals of the game when Ryan Ward scored at 1:40 followed by a D'Arcy Berthiaume goal at 3:07. The Wings answered with two goals of their own when Jeff Ratcliffe scored at 4:34 and Keith Cromwell scored at 5:19. The teams traded goals (Teddy Jenner - MN, Dan Finck - PHI) before Philadelphia grabbed their first lead of the game on a power play goal by Andrew Burkholder at 14:39. At the end of the first quarter Philadelphia led by a score of 4-3.
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During the early minutes of the Northern Burlington traveling to Holy Cross girl’s lacrosse game, the Lady Greyhounds had tied this Burlington County League meeting at one apiece. Holy Cross began to keep the play mostly in the Greyhound’s end of the field which paid off. The closely competitive game gradually swung in the favor of the Lady Lancers as they scored five unanswered goals during the first half to widen their lead. Katie Foley accounted for five of the fourteen goals Holy Cross scored. With the Lancers 14-6 victory, they remain on top of the division with Moorestown right behind them in the standings.
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Philadelphia Wings forward Andrew Burkholder was named the NLL's Rookie of the Week for his performances against the Toronto Rock this past weekend. Burkholder scored three goals and collected five loose balls in a 15-11 loss to Toronto at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, April 9. Burkholder also recorded four points (2G, 2A) in a 14-13 loss to the Rock at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday, April 10.
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The Olympic Conference battle between Camden Catholic and Cherry Hill West was a classic example of using your last at bats when it counts. Six lead changes, four doubles, one triple and a homerun had all of the makings of a dramatic win. With Camden Catholic regaining the lead by one run during their top half of the seventh inning, the Lions used their last at bat to the fullest. West not only tied the game, they also were able to pull out the victory when Frank Schmidt’s single drove home the winning run. Cherry Hill West won their first game of the early season by a 5-4 margin.
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The Wings fell to Toronto for the second straight week, 15-11, Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 14,480 fans. The team was celebrating “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” night to commemorate Tom Marechek’s last home game before retiring. The 12-year veteran was the game MVP with two goals and three assists. Blaine Manning led Toronto with four goals and six assists. Philadelphia, already eliminated from playoff contention, finishes the season on the road against the Rock and Minnesota.
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It is so easy to continue the discussion about this year's boy lacrosse season and how it will be a learning experience for many of the teams. That learning curb is even steeper for the addition of so many new players participating in the sport and how it will take some time for those individuals to polish up their skills. West Deptford was one of the new teams added this season and were participating in their second game of the season when they traveled to Washington Township. The Minutemen were looking to start their season off with a win and they would do brake open a close game during the second half. Wayne Sartorio netted 5 goals for Washington Township as they went on to defeat their opponent 10-2.
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The Wings couldn't keep up with first-place Toronto as they fell to the Rock, 17-15, Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 12,584 fans. The matchup was the first of three between the two teams to round out the season. The Wings led by three going into the third quarter and found themselves down by three at the end of the quarter. Colin Doyle led the Rock, who clinched a playoff spot, with three goals and eight assists. Tom Marechek led the Wings with four goals and four assists The Wings face the Rock again in their final regular season home game next Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m.
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Hosting the first game of the season has its advantages as the comforts of home are right there for you. The Cougars from Cherry Hill West seem to take advantage of their surroundings as they were in complete control of their inter-conference girl’s lacrosse competition with Camden Catholic. For an entire half and then the majority of the second half, the Cougars matched the favorite Camden Catholic team goal for goal and held a lead very early in the second half. But the Lady Irish lacrosse team remained calm and held onto a 9-7 victory. Katie Gallagher highlighted the win by scoring four of the nine goals scored by the Irish.
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The popularity of boy's lacrosse has increased by five new teams being added this season. In its brief history, high schools are finding out that the interest has grown since its inception three years ago. One of those new teams entering its first year was the Cougars from Cherry Hill West. Coach Chris Keleher has the challenge of leading the new program but is not new to the sports. Their first game was against a relatively new team in Paul VI who struggled last year. The Cougars were able to pass the ball well enough to post an 11-5 victory at home.
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With four games remaining on their schedule and a playoff berth at stake, the Philadelphia Wings (6-6) will have to fend of the division-leading Toronto Rock (8-3) three different times beginning this Saturday, April 2, as the Wings host the Rock at Wachovia Center at 8 p.m. The Wings will have to win at least two of their three games against the Rock to secure a playoff position.
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Philadelphia Wings forward Dan Finck captured Rookie of the Week honors for his three-goal performance in the Wings 15-12 win over the Colorado Mammoth on Friday, March 18. This is Finck's second Rookie of the Week award, the first coming after his five-point (3G, 2A) performance against the Minnesota Swarm on March 5. "I'm really pleased how our rookies have contributed this season," said Wings Head Coach Lindsay Sanderson. "We've had (Andrew) Burkholder get a few rookie awards and now Finck. The way they've played these past few weeks has coincided with our team's success the last six weeks."
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Eight different players scored for the Wings (6-6) as they defeated Colorado, 15-12, Friday at the Wachovia Center in front of 11,742 fans. Jeff Ratcliffe led the offense with four goals and three assists. Goalie Dallas Eliuk earned the win with 31 saves. Former Wings’ MVP Gary Gait returned to Philadelphia for his final game. He will be retiring at the end of the season. He had one goal and two assists. Gavin Prout led the Mammoth with five goals and two assists.
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Philadelphia Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named the NLL's Defensive Player of the Week and forward Dan Finck captured Rookie of the Week honors for their performances against the Minnesota Swarm on Saturday, March 5. Eliuk earned his fourth Defensive Player Award this season with 44 saves in the Wings 14-8 win over the Swarm, while Finck recorded five points (3G, 2A).
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Philadelphia Wings forward Andrew Burkholder was named the NLL's Rookie of the Week for his four-goal game against the Minnesota Swarm on February 20. Burkholder's performance propelled the Wings to a 18-17 win over the Swarm at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. Burkholder has ten points (7G, 3A) in four games for the Wings this season. The St. Catharine's, ON native was acquired by the Wings in a trade with the Toronto Rock on December 3, 2004.
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The National Lacrosse League announced today that Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk, defenseman Thomas Hajek, and forward Tom Marechek were named to the 2005 East Division All-Star Team. The 2005 All-Star Game will be played at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, February 26th and air live on NBC locally on WCAU at 2:00 PM Eastern.
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The Philadelphia Wings were defeated the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 16-15 at Blue Cross Arena in. The Wings meet the Knighthawks again in their next game on Friday, February 12 at the Wachovia Center at 7:30 p.m. "It was a close fought game and we really fought to the end," said Wings' General Manager and Head Coach Lindsay Sanderson. "We'll be ready to face them again on Friday night in our own building."
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Philadelphia Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named the NLL's Defensive Player of the Week for his 42 saves against the San Jose Stealth on February 5. This is the second time this season that Eliuk has received this honor, the first coming for his 55 save performance in the Wings' season opener against the Arizona Sting on January 7.
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The Philadelphia Wings indoor lacrosse team has acquired veteran defenseman Shawn Nadelen and a first round draft pick in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft from the Minnesota Swarm. In exchange, the Swarm received the Wings 2003 first round draft pick, Ryan Ward, and the Wings' fourth pick in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft.
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The Wings broke a three-game losing streak with a 14-13 win against the San Jose Stealth Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 10,025 fans. It was the Wings first home victory this season. Jeff Ratcliffe and Tom Marechek led the scoring with three goals each. Dan Marohl added two goals and five assists and goalie Dallas Eliuk made 42 saves. The Wings face the Rochester Knighthawks in their next game on Saturday, February 12 at Blue Cross Arena.
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