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2008 Philadelphia Wings season

FieldValue
Season2008
Seasonlink2008 NLL season
TeamPhiladelphia Wings
TeamLinkPhiladelphia Wings (1987–2014)
LeagueNLL
DivisionEast
DivisionRank4th
Record10–6
HomeRecord7–1
RoadRecord3–5
GoalsFor225
GoalsAgainst220
GeneralManagerLindsay Sanderson
CoachDave Huntley
CaptainThomas Hajek
AltCaptainPeter Jacobs
Jake Bergey
ArenaWachovia Center
Attendance11,289
GoalsLeaderAthan Iannucci (71)
AssistsLeaderJason Crosbie (40)
PointsLeaderAthan Iannucci (100)
PIMLeaderGeoff Snider (103)
LooseBallsLeaderGeoff Snider (244)
WinsLeaderRob Blasdell (8)
GAALeaderBrandon Miller (12.18)
PrevSeason_year2007 season
PrevSeason_link2007 Philadelphia Wings season
NextSeason_year2009 season
NextSeason_link2009 Philadelphia Wings season

Jake Bergey 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, 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. 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

Game log

Reference:{{NLLGameLog

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:{{NLLGameLog

Player stats

Reference:

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

PlayerGPGAPtsLBPIM
Athan Iannucci16712910013835
Jake Bergey13293160898
Merrick Thomson152629555926
Geoff Snider16133851244103
Jason Crosbie16114051808
Jamie Rooney152023435912
Johnny Christmas13520256110
Kyle Sweeney16520251274
AJ Shannon911718352
Totals324549440128344

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

PlayerGPMINWLGASv%GAA
Rob Blasdell14659:1682153.73913.92
Brandon Miller7295:282460.78812.18
Jay Preece96:57003.72725.90
Matt Roik00:00000.000.00
Totals106 220 .751 13.75

Awards

PlayerAward
Athan Iannucci
Athan Iannucci
Overall Player of the Month, February
Overall Player of the Month, April
Athan Iannucci
Geoff Snider
Athan Iannucci
Geoff Snider
Taylor Wray

Transactions

Trades

March 5, 2008To Philadelphia Wings Brandon Miller
second round pick, 2008 entry draftTo Chicago Shamrox Matt Roik
Brad Self
first round pick, 2009 entry draft
second round pick, 2010 entry draft

Roster

Reference:

References

References

  1. (April 12, 2008). "Iannucci Breaks Single-Season Goals Record". NLL.com.
  2. (April 29, 2008). "Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record". NLL.com.
  3. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com.
  4. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com.
  5. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League – team stats {{!".
  6. (February 29, 2008). "Rush Acquire Thenhaus From Wings". NLL.com.
  7. (March 5, 2008). "Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt". NLL.com.
  8. "Philadelphia Wings – National Lacrosse League – team roster {{!".
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