2008 Philadelphia Wings season

March 2026 2008 2008 NLL season Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia Wings NLL East 4th 10–6 7–1 3–5 225 220 Lindsay Sanderson Dave Huntley Thomas Hajek Peter JacobsJake Bergey Wachovia Center 11,289 Athan Iannucci (71) Jason Crosbie (40) Athan Iannucci (100) Geoff Snider (103) Geoff Snider (244) Rob Blasdell (8) Brandon Miller (12.18) 2007 season 2007 Philadelphia Wings season 2009 season 2009 Philadelphia Wings season The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 22nd in franchise history. The Wings had not made the playoffs in five years, the longest playoff drought in the history of the franchise. But the Wings began the season 6–0, and second-year players Athan Iannucci and Geoff Snider were rewriting the record books. Iannucci broke Gary Gait's single-season scoring record in the Wings' 14th game,http://nll.com/article.php?id=3425 Iannucci Breaks Single-Season Goals Record NLL.com April 12, 2008 2008-05-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080413093800/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3425 2008-04-13 and ended up with 71 goals. Snider set new records for loose balls (242), penalty minutes (103), and faceoffs won (318), and won 73.8% of his faceoffs, just short of his own record of 75% set in 2007.http://nll.com/article.php?id=3458 NLL.com Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record April 29, 2008 2008-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20080510104234/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3458 10 May 2008 dead The Wings finished 4th in the East and made the playoffs again, but were beaten in the division semi-finals by the Buffalo Bandits. Regular season Conference standings PHI Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/432361-philadelphia-wings?subseason=57540 https://archive.today/20120909050059/http://www.nll.com/page/show/432361-philadelphia-wings?subseason=57540 dead September 9, 2012 Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.comWachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1/12/2008 Chicago Shamrox 19 11 11974 1/18/2008 Rochester Knighthawks 15 14 9248 1/26/2008 Buffalo Bandits 15 14 1 10542 2/15/2008 Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center 1 15 13 17109 2/22/2008 Minnesota Swarm 17 8 10342 2/29/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 16 12 11419 3/1/2008 Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena First Niagara Center 1 12 21 13720 3/14/2008 San Jose Stealth 16 13 11737 3/22/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) Sovereign Bank Arena-Trenton, NJ 1 13 20 5239 3/29/2008 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 12 20 8940 4/5/2008 Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre 1 14 15 1 5427 4/6/2008 Toronto Rock 11 9 10244 4/11/2008 Portland LumberJax Rose Garden Rose Garden (arena) 1 13 10 9195 4/12/2008 Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center 1 14 15 1 12830 4/19/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 8 11 17340 4/27/2008 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 15 14 15332 Playoffs Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/433293-philadelphia-wings?subseason=57600 https://archive.today/20120905223353/http://www.nll.com/page/show/433293-philadelphia-wings?subseason=57600 dead September 5, 2012 Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.comWachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) Division Semifinal 5/2/2008 Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena First Niagara Center 1 12 14 9344 Player stats Reference: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25957&seasonid=1995 Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League – team stats Pointstreak Sports Technologies Runners (Top 10) Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts LB PIM Athan Iannucci 16 71 29 100 138 35 Jake Bergey 13 29 31 60 89 8 Merrick Thomson 15 26 29 55 59 26 Geoff Snider 16 13 38 51 244 103 Jason Crosbie 16 11 40 51 80 8 Jamie Rooney 15 20 23 43 59 12 Johnny Christmas 13 5 20 25 61 10 Kyle Sweeney 16 5 20 25 127 4 AJ Shannon 9 11 7 18 35 2 Totals 324 549 440 1283 44 Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA Rob Blasdell 14 659:16 8 2 153 .739 13.92 Brandon Miller 7 295:28 2 4 60 .788 12.18 Jay Preece 9 6:57 0 0 3 .727 25.90 Matt Roik 0 0:00 0 0 0 .000 .00 Totals 10 6 220 .751 13.75 Awards Player Award Athan Iannucci NLL Most Valuable Player Athan Iannucci Overall Player of the Month, January Overall Player of the Month, February Overall Player of the Month, April Athan Iannucci First Team All-Pro Geoff Snider Second Team All-Pro Athan Iannucci All-Stars Geoff Snider Taylor Wray Transactions Trades February 29, 2008http://nll.com/article.php?id=3340 Rush Acquire Thenhaus From Wings NLL.com February 29, 2008 2008-05-05 To Philadelphia Wings conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft To Edmonton Rush Brendan Thenhaus March 5, 2008http://nll.com/article.php?id=3350 Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt NLL.com March 5, 2008 2008-05-05 To Philadelphia Wings AJ Shannon (from Edmonton)fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) To Minnesota Swarm Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia)Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia)second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton) To Edmonton Rush Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota)first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) March 5, 2008 To Philadelphia Wings Brandon Millersecond round pick, 2008 entry draft To Chicago Shamrox Matt RoikBrad Selffirst round pick, 2009 entry draftsecond round pick, 2010 entry draft Roster Reference: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25957&seasonid=1995 Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League – team roster Pointstreak Sports Technologies 27 Def Canada Beisel, Brian 66 Fwd USA Bergey, Jake 31 Goalie Canada Blasdell, Rob 2 Fwd USA Borell, Jim Def USA Burke, Zach 1 Trans USA Christmas, John Fwd USA Cromwell, Keith 54 Fwd Canada Crosbie, Jason Fwd USA Eckerel, Matt Fwd USA Fiat, Kyle Fwd USA Ford, Conor 28 Def Canada Hajek, Thomas 25 Fwd USA Heim, Patrick 23 Fwd Canada Iannucci, Athan 24 Def USA Jacobs, Peter Fwd USA Marohl, Dan 36 Goalie Canada Miller, Brandon 22 Fwd Canada Mitchell, David Fwd USA Morley, Marc 15 Fwd USA Moyer, Brett 34 Def USA Nadelen, Shawn 30 Goalie Canada Preece, Jay Goalie Canada Roik, Matt 14 Fwd Canada Rooney, Jamie 88 Fwd Canada Shannon, AJ 4 Trans Canada Snider, Geoff 7 Def USA Sweeney, Kyle Fwd Canada Thenhaus, Brenden 9 Fwd Canada Thomson, Merrick 77 Fwd Canada Van Beek, Rob Fwd Canada Wailes, Kyle 26 Fwd USA Westervelt, Drew 44 Def Canada Wray, Taylor See also 2008 NLL season References Philadelphia Philly