2012 Wings Lacrosse (3-17-12 vs. Edmonton)

by Tom Hoffman

The Philadelphia Wings (4-4) will look to keep their hold on first place in the National Lacrosse League’s Eastern Division when they host the Edmonton Rush (2-6) Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Game time is at 7 PM and can be seen live on the NLL Network at NLL.com and on the Comcast Network. The game will also be broadcast on Z88.9 (Burlington County College) and online at www.z889.org.

History

The Wings are 1-2 all time against the Rush including a 12-10 loss in Edmonton on February 24. This will be the first appearance in Philadelphia for the Rush.

Last Game

The Wings outscored the Toronto Rock 7-5 in the second half enroute to a 12-10 victory last Friday at the Air Canada Centre. Dan Dawson had three goals and three assists while Mike Hominuck added two goals and two assists. Brandon Miller was sharp in net making 40 saves to give the Wings the tiebreaker in the season series with the Rock.

The Opponent

Edmonton was swept last weekend in a home and home with their provincial rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks. The Rush lost Friday at home 13-10 and fell at Calgary 16-9 on Saturday.

He’s Dangerous

Dan Dawson needs 12 assists to become the Wings single season assist leader (Dan Marohl had 57 helpers in 2005). Dawson is also on pace to break the Wings single season point record as well (100 by Athan Iannucci in 2008). With five more points Dawson will surpass last season’s team leading total of 61 by Iannucci,

Notes

With seven games remaining, the Wings already own two tiebreakers within the East Division (Buffalo, Toronto) and have four wins in the East. Last season the Wings only won three divisional games (at Boston, at Buffalo, vs. Toronto).

On this date

The Wings are 1-1 in games played on March 17. The Wings were defeated by the Baltimore Thunder 17-14 at the Spectrum in 1991. In 2001 they defeated the New York Saints 14-10 at the First Union Center.


Next Game

The Wings travel to Denver on March 23 to open a home and home weekend series with the Colorado Mammoth, with the return match taking place on March 25 in Philadelphia.