The Philadelphia Wings (2-6) will look to build on their win last week in Buffalo when they travel to the province of Alberta to face the defending NLL Champion Calgary Roughnecks (4-3). Faceoff at Calgary's Pengrowth Saddledome is at 9:30 PM and can be seen live on the NLL Network.
History
The Wings and Roughnecks have only met twice with the Wings taking both matches. The first meeting was in 2003 when the Wings defeated Calgary 19-13 at the Wachovia Center behind seven point nights from Tony Henderson and Jeff Ratcliffe. In 2007 the teams met in Calgary with the Wings emerging victorious by a 10-7 score. Ratcliffe had a hat trick in that game while Matt Roik made 43 saves. Eight players (three Wings, five Roughnecks) have played in both meetings with Calgary's Tracey Kelusky, Kaleb Toth and Andrew McBride likely to be in the lineup for this game. In the last matchup Rob Van Beek was a member of the Wings while Taylor Wray suited up for Calgary, this game they will switch benches. The Wings all time leading scorer vs Calgary is Dan Marohl (3G, 8A).
Last Week
The Wings broke a five game losing streak with a solid 15-11 victory over the Buffalo Bandits Saturday night at Buffalo's HSBC Arena. Drew Westervelt scored four goals while Kyle Wailes dished out six assists to lead the Wings. In his first game back with the team David Mitchell added five points (3G, 2A) with Brandon Miller stopping 40 shots in net to earn the win. Calgary was idle last weekend having last played on February 19 when they defeated the Washington Stealth 13-9.
North of the Border
Including regular season and playoffs, the Wings are 7-15 in games played in Canada. Their first visit was in 1998 when they defeated the Ontario Raiders 12-11 in overtime at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum. Their biggest win up in the Great White North occurred in 2001 when they defeated the Toronto Rock 9-8 to claim the franchise's sixth Championship title.
Wings among league leaders
Kyle Wailes - tied for 16th in points (35).
Geoff Snider - 3rd in penalty minutes (55), 1st in loose balls (118), 2nd in faceoff wins (127).
Brandon Miller - 2nd in minutes played (474) and saves (300).
Next Games
The Wings return to Florida for the opener of a back to back weekend when they square off with the Orlando Titans on March 12. The next night the Wings return home to meet the Minnesota Swarm.
