Coming off a tough win at home against San Jose, the Philadelphia Wings (7-1) will look to maintain their hold on first place in the East Division when they travel to Trenton, N. J. and the Sovereign Bank Arena for a neutral site showdown with divisional rival New York (5-5) on March 22. Faceoff is at 7:30 PM.
Last Meeting
The Wings defeated New York 16-12 February 29 at the Wachovia Center behind a six goal night from Athan Iannucci. The Wings are 3-0 against the second year Titans squad.
Last Week
The Wings overcame a fourth quarter deficit with a five goal run and defeated San Jose 16-13. Iannucci had six points (4 G, 2 A) while Jake Bergey chipped in five (2 G, 3 A). New York stunned the Rock in Toronto 14-10 behind four goals by Ryan Boyle.
Midseason
The Wings reach the season's midpoint at 7-1, their best record at this point of the season since a 5-3 start to the 2002 season, also the last season the Wings saw playoff action. The seven wins surpasses last year's total while the six wins at home is the team's best since 2003.
Quotes
Dave Huntley: "I thought this might have been our best defensive game of the year with our backdoor. I think in the first half five of their six goals we gave up at changes on the front door, which we had been pretty good about. At the end of the game when we needed to score our offensive guys stepped up."
Kyle Sweeney: "You just run hard and try and throw the ball at the net, maybe it'll go in. Obviously that's not my job, my job is to play solid defense. I think we did that as a unit pretty well. We still haven 't played a complete game, four quarters. We're happy to get out of there with a win, that's a good team we just beat."
Next Game
The Wings will travel to Rochester on March 29 for their second meeting of the season with the Knighthawks.
