2002 Philadelphia Wings season

The 2002 Philadelphia Wings season marked the team's sixteenth season of operation.

2002 Philadelphia Wings
League	NLL
Division	2nd Eastern
2002 record	8-8
Home record	6-2
Road record	2-6
Goals for	222
Goals against	237
Coach	Adam Mueller
Arena	Wachovia Center
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

Central Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Albany Attack – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	7–1	7–1	252	194	+58	15.75	12.12
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	13	3	.812	1.0	8–0	5–3	261	202	+59	16.31	12.62
3	Montreal Express	16	8	8	.500	6.0	4–4	4–4	237	227	+10	14.81	14.19
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	8	8	.500	6.0	4–4	4–4	210	215	−5	13.12	13.44
5	Columbus Landsharks	16	5	11	.312	9.0	2–6	3–5	198	230	−32	12.38	14.38

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Power – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	6–2	3–5	253	243	+10	15.81	15.19
2	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	8	8	.500	1.0	6–2	2–6	222	237	−15	13.88	14.81
3	New York Saints	16	5	11	.312	4.0	2–6	3–5	200	249	−49	12.50	15.56
4	New Jersey Storm	16	5	11	.312	4.0	3–5	2–6	178	232	−54	11.12	14.50

North Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	8–0	3–5	223	176	+47	13.94	11.00
2	Vancouver Ravens – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	6–2	4–4	236	192	+44	14.75	12.00
3	Calgary Roughnecks	16	4	12	.250	7.0	2–6	2–6	224	264	−40	14.00	16.50
4	Ottawa Rebel	16	4	12	.250	7.0	1–7	3–5	202	245	−43	12.62	15.31

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 1, 2001	@ Albany Attack	Pepsi Arena	L 16–20		3,114	0–1
2	December 9, 2001	@ Vancouver Ravens	GM Place	W 18–14		8,324	1–1
3	December 15, 2001	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–15		7,864	1–2
4	January 12, 2002	@ New York Saints	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	L 18–21		6,248	1–3
5	January 18, 2002	New York Saints	Wachovia Center	W 11–10		14,013	2–3
6	January 20, 2002	@ New Jersey Storm	Continental Airlines Arena	W 17–15		4,922	3–3
7	January 25, 2002	Buffalo Bandits	Wachovia Center	W 8–7		11,785	4–3
8	February 1, 2002	Rochester Knighthawks	Wachovia Center	W 21–13		10,236	5–3
9	February 16, 2002	New Jersey Storm	Wachovia Center	L 11–13		17,488	5–4
10	February 22, 2002	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 14–19		7,726	5–5
11	February 23, 2002	Columbus Landsharks	Wachovia Center	L 14–15	OT	13,726	5–6
12	March 2, 2002	Ottawa Rebel	Wachovia Center	W 19–17		14,016	6–6
13	March 9, 2002	@ Washington Power	Capital Centre	L 12–19		3,586	6–7
14	March 16, 2002	Washington Power	Wachovia Center	W 12–11		13,717	7–7
15	March 22, 2002	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–17		17,501	7–8
16	March 23, 2002	Toronto Rock	Wachovia Center	W 12–11	OT	14,361	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Semifinals	March 30, 2012	Washington Power	Wachovia Center	L 11–12		10,041	0–1

Roster

Reference:^[4]

No. Position Player 66 Fwd Bergey, Jake Def Brzeski, Richard Fwd Burke, Zachery 13 Fwd Clark, Jason 35 Goalie Eliuk, Dallas 11 Fwd Finneran, Kevin Fwd Janney, Peter Fwd Klienmann, Randy 24 Def Jacobs, Peter 42 Fwd Marechek, Tom Def Martin, Andrew 4 Fwd Phair, Tom

No. Position Player 90 Fwd Ratcliffe, Jeff 17 Fwd Ryan, Tom 0 Goalie Sanderson, Chris Goalie Schroeder, Nick 43 Def Slate, Tom Def Spano, Jeff Fwd Striebel, Matt 77 Def Stilley, David 61 Fwd Traynor, Greg Fwd Traynor, Ryan Fwd Wasik, Andrew

See also

• Philadelphia Wings
• 2002 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2002 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Philadelphia Wings - 2002 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Philadelphia Wings - 2002 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. "Outsider's Guide - News Update". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-01-07.