2015 New England Black Wolves season

2015 New England Black Wolves
League NLL
Division 5th East
2015 record 4 - 12
Home record 2 - 6
Road record 2 - 6
Goals for 169
Goals against 219
General Manager Chris Seinko
Coach Blane Harrison
Captain Joel White
Alternate captains Kevin Crowley
Arena Mohegan Sun
Team leaders
Goals Pat Saunders (32)
Assists Kevin Buchanan (35)
Points Pat Saunders (60)
Penalties in minutes William O'Brien (66)
Loose Balls Ryan Hotaling (102)
Wins Evan Kirk (4)
Goals against average Evan Kirk (13.38)
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The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the debut season of the New England team after 28 years as the Philadelphia Wings.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – x 17 13 4 0.765 0.0 7–2 6–2 220 178 +42 12.94 10.47
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 17 12 5 0.706 1.0 7–2 5–3 193 160 +33 11.35 9.41
3 Buffalo Bandits – x 17 10 7 0.588 3.0 6–2 4–5 216 198 +18 12.71 11.65
4 Minnesota Swarm 17 5 12 0.294 8.0 2–6 3–6 172 214 -42 10.12 12.59
5 New England Black Wolves 16 4 12 0.250 8.5 2–6 2–6 169 219 -50 10.56 13.69
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush – xy 17 12 5 0.706 0.0 6–3 6–2 228 167 +61 13.41 9.82
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 17 9 8 0.529 3.0 6–2 3–6 202 205 -3 11.88 12.06
3 Calgary Roughnecks 17 6 11 0.353 6.0 4–5 2–6 198 204 -6 11.65 12.00
4 Vancouver Stealth 17 5 12 0.294 7.0 3–5 2–7 198 251 -53 11.65 14.76

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–LossesGB–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

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 2, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Mohegan Sun W 12–8 5,768 1–0
2 January 10, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Mohegan Sun W 17–7 4,004 2–0
3 January 24, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Mohegan Sun L 13–19 3,563 2–1
4 January 30, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 9–18 5,257 2–2
5 February 15, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Mohegan Sun L 10–15 3,558 2–3
6 February 20, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 12–13 OT 7,743 2–4
7 February 22, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Mohegan Sun L 12–14 3,711 2–5
8 March 14, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 10–9 8,912 3–5
9 March 20, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 9–20 9,478 3–6
10 March 28, 2015 Minnesota Swarm Mohegan Sun L 9–13 5,014 3–7
11 April 3, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 8–12 7,599 3–8
12 April 4, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 12–11 13,674 4–8
13 April 12, 2015 Vancouver Stealth Mohegan Sun L 9–11 3,066 4–9
14 April 17, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 12–15 9,271 4–10
15 April 25, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 6–14 8,535 4–11
16 April 26, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Mohegan Sun L 9–20 3,036 4–12
17 May 1, 2015 Toronto Rock Mohegan Sun
18 May 2, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center

Roster

New England Black Wolves roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  • 31 Canada Tye Belanger
  • 35 Canada Evan Kirk
Defensemen
  • 71 Canada Sheldon Burns
  •  6 United States Michael Diehl
  • 88 Canada Craig England
  •  5 United States Michael Manley
  • 13 United States Brett Manney
  • 58 Canada Mike McNamara
  • 84 United States Brian Megill
  • 96 United States Bill O'Brien
Forwards
  • 27 United States Kevin Buchanan
  • 91 Canada Kyle Buchanan
  • 26 Iroquois Brett Bucktooth
  • 41 Canada Mark Cockerton
  • 21 Canada Kevin Crowley (A)
  • 42 Canada Jamie Lincoln
  • 77 Iroquois Quinn Powless
  • 14 Canada Pat Saunders
Transition
  • 18 Canada Jesse Fehr
  • 20 United States Ryan Hotaling
  • 11 United States Joel White (C)
Practice Squad
  • -- Canada Brent Adams (D)
  • -- United States Matt Crough (F)
  • -- United States Josh Johnson (F)
Head Coach
  • Blane Harrison
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2014-09-27
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

August 28, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Craig England
Mike Burke
2nd round selection, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft		 To Toronto Rock
Brodie Merrill
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft		 To Rochester Knighthawks
27th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
6th, 8th, 26th, 27th selections, 2014 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
11th, 28th selections, 2014 entry draft
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Jordan Hall
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Jay Card		 To Minnesota Swarm
40th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Mike McNamara		 To Colorado Mammoth
17th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
6th round selection, 2016 entry draft		 To Buffalo Bandits
49th selection, 2014 entry draft
December 16, 2014 To New England Black Wolves
Tye Belanger		 To Colorado Mammoth
4th round selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[2] The Black Wolves made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
16 Mark Cockerton
18 Quinn Powless
211 Rodd Squire
215 Matt Crough
320 Josh Johnson
322 Sheldon Burns
326 Ty Thompson
328 Connor Campbell
431 Mike Mawdsley
434 Jayson Crawford

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.