The Philadelphia Wings (1-6) will look to avoid extending their current five game losing streak to a new franchise high when they travel to Buffalo, NY to face off with the Bandits (2-5) for the second time in three weeks. Faceoff at HSBC Arena is at 7:30 PM and the game can be seen on the NLL Network.
History
The Wings 13-11 loss on February 13 at home to Buffalo dropped their all time regular season record to 18-20 against the Bandits. On the road the Wings are 7-12 in regular season play and 6-8 since the Bandits began to call HSBC Arena their home (1997). The Wings have dropped their last four regular season meetings in Buffalo (and five overall including their meeting in the 2008 postseason). The Wings last victory in Buffalo came on February 25, 2005 by a 14-8 score.
Last Week
The Wings could only put up one goal on 15 shots in the second half as the Rochester Knighthawks ran off with a 12-6 win Saturday night in Philadelphia. The Bandits were idle last weekend having last played against the Wings two weeks ago.
Hall of Fame honors
Both teams found out Monday that they would be sending new members to the NLL's Hall of Fame. The Wings will celebrate their ninth inductee when original Wing (and current Assistant) John Tucker will be enshrined. Tucker will join Russ Cline, Chris Fritz, Mike French, Tom Marechek, Paul and Gary Gait, Tony Resch and Dallas Eliuk as Wings who have already been named to the Hall. Rich Kilgour will join brother (and current head coach) Darris Kilgour, John Mouradian, Jim Veltman and Les Bartley as Hall of Famers with a Bandits connection. Also inducted for 2010 is Dan Stroup.
Midseason
The Wings will reach the midseason point Saturday night. Below is their record at the midway point for the last five seasons:
2009: 3-5
2008: 7-1
2007: 4-4
2006: 4-4
2005: 3-5
Other Stats
When Wings score first: 1-4
When Wings lead after the 1st Qtr: 0-2
When Wings are tied after the 1st Qtr.: 1-0
When Wings lead at halftime: 1-1
When Wings are tied at halftime: 0-1
When Wings lead after 3rd Qtr: 1-0
Overtime: 0-1
Next Game
The Wings play their second straight on the road on March 6 when they travel to Calgary to face the defending champion Roughnecks.
