The Philadelphia Wings (7-3) will look to get back on the winning track when they hit the floor for back to back games this weekend. They'll start out in Chicago on Saturday when they visit the Sears Center to face the Shamrox (3-7) before heading home to meet the Toronto Rock (7-4) Sunday night. Both games start at 8 PM.
History
The Wings are 2-1 against the Shamrox all time, 0-1 at the Sears Center. This season the teams met on January 12 in Philadelphia with the Wings taking a 19-11 decision over Chicago. Athan Iannucci score five goals while Jake Bergey and Merrick Thomson each added four. Current Wings goalie Brandon Miller was the Chicago starter that evening. The Wings are 6-17 all time in regular season play against the Rock and are 4-8 in Philadelphia.
Last Game
The Wings lost their second straight and third in four games when they fell 20-12 to the Knighthawks in Rochester on March 22. After trailing 13-7 at halftime the Wings made it close in the third by pulling within three goals (14-11) before getting outscored 6-1 in the final quarter. Rob Blasdell gave up eight goals in 16 minutes before being pulled for Brandon Miller. Miller made 26 saves in his first Wings action and took the loss. Geoff Snider and Athan Iannucci each scored three goals while Snider added a pair of helpers. Snider and Jake Bergey (2G, 3A) led the team with five points on the night. Chicago defeated Minnesota Saturday night 15-10 while Toronto last played on March 22 when they defeated Buffalo 13-9 in Buffalo.
Notes and Stuff
Since being sent to Chicago on March 5th, former Wing Matt Roik has gone 2-1 with a goals against mark of 11.00 in three games. Roik is expected to start when the teams meet on Saturday in Chicago. Roik's last game played as a Wing also occured in Chicago when he replaced an injured Ken Montour in last season's finale, a 17-11 Shamrox victory.
The Wings have given up 146 goals this season. 61 have come in the team's three losses. The goals against total in the highest in the league this season. The Wings are second in goals scored with 150 (Buffalo leads with 158). The Wings are the only team this season to give up 20+ goals in a game (21 at Buffalo, 20 at New York and Rochester).
East Standings
Wings 7-3
Swarm 7-4
Rock 7-4
Bandits 7-5
Titans 6-5
Knighthawks 5-6
Shamrox 3-7
Next
The Wings will face another weekend of back to back games. A Friday night (April 11) in Portland will be followed by a visit (April 12) to Minnesota.
