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Wings Announce 2005 Roster

December 17, 2004 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Philadelphia Wings News Release


Philadelphia Wings General Manager and Head Coach Lindsay Sanderson announced the team's final 23-man roster for the 2005 season. The roster includes veteran goaltender Dallas Eliuk, who is returning for his 15th National Lacrosse League season and forward Tom Marechek, who led the team in scoring last season with 72 points (26G, 46A). Also included on the final roster are rookies Andrew Burkholder, Dan Finck, and Rob Van Beek.

Individual tickets for the 2005 Wings season, including the home opener against the Toronto Rock on Saturday, January 22 at 8 p.m., are on sale now at the Wachovia Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Season tickets start as low as $80 and are available by calling the Wings ticket office at (215) 389-WING (9464).

The Philadelphia Wings are owned and operated by Philadelphia Wings L.P. whose principal owners are Russ Cline, Chris Fritz, and Michael French. Comcast-Spectacor serves as the marketing, promotional, advertising, sponsorship, and publicity arm of the Wings.

2005 PHILADELPHIA WINGS ROSTER

NO. POS NAME SEASON HT. WT. COLLEGE HOMETOWN
4 F Mark Frye Fifth 6'0" 200 Loyola Severna Park, MD
7 D Kyle Sweeney Rookie 6'2" 190 Georgetown Springfield, PA
12 D Keevin Galbraith Third 6'2" 210 Delaware Paoli, PA
14 D Andrew Guindon Fourth 6'2 225 Burnaby Vancouver, BC
15 D Andrew Martin Third 6'2" 205 Simon Fraser Coquitlam, BC
21 F Keith Cromwell Third 6'1" 195 Rutgers Hicksville, NY
22 D Dan Finck Rookie 5'10" 190 Whittier College Peterborough, ON
24 D Pete Jacobs Eighth 6'5" 225 Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD
27 F Dan Marohl Fourth 6'1" 200 UMBC Baltimore, MD
28 D Thomas Hajek Rookie 5'10" 185 U. of Vermont St. Catherine's, ON
30 G Nick Schroeder Third 6' 215 Maple Ridge, Sr. A Vancouver, BC
32 D Rich Brzeski Fourth 6'1" 205 Rutgers Levittown, NY
35 G Dallas Eliuk Fourteenth 5'10" 175 Vancouver Vancouver, BC
36 F Brian Tower Second 6'4" 250 Adelphi Hicksville, NY
37 F Andrew Burkholder Rookie 5'9" 175 Spartan, Jr. B
41 D Bryan Barrett Third 6'1" 215 John Carroll Bel Air, MD
42 F Tom Marechek Eleventh 5'10" 190 Syracuse Baltimore, MD
44 F Ryan Ward Rookie 5'9" 190 Butler University Victoria, BC
47 D Jeff Spano Third 5'11" 180 Drexel Media, PA
66 F Jake Bergey Seventh 6' 225 Salisbury Chadds Ford, PA
77 F Rob Van Beek Rookie 5'10" 190 Simon Fraser Vancouver, BC
90 F Jeff Ratcliffe Fourth 6'1' 205 UMBC Port Coquitlam, BC
F Mark Morley 5'10" 190 UMass Amherst Hoboken, NJ


PRACTICE SQUAD
Bryan Cole
Mike Pape
Mike Tobasso

RETIRED
Paul Cantabene
Hugh Donovan

*Roster is subject to final approval by the National Lacrosse League.



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