Wings Announce 2006 Roster

Published on December 13, 2005 under 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 2006 season. The roster includes forward Jeff Ratcliffe, the Wings third all-time leading goal scorer, nine-year veteran forward Jake Bergey, who is third overall in all-time points scored, and 2005 All Rookie Team member Dan Finck. Also included on the final roster are 2006 first round draft picks Sean Greenhalgh, Chad Thompson, and Luke Wiles.

Individual tickets for the 2006 Wings season, including the home opener against the Minnesota Swarm on Saturday, January 14 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.

Comcast-Spectacor is the Philadelphia based sports and entertainment firm which owns the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Philadelphia Phantoms, the Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum, Flyers Skate Zone community ice skating and ice hockey rinks and Comcast SportsNet. Comcast-Spectacor is also the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly management field with more than 40 facilities throughout the United States and Canada; Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage service provider; and New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing company for public assembly facilities. Comcast-Spectacor also owns a minority interest in the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds, the Frederick Keys baseball teams, all affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles.

2006 PHILADELPHIA WINGS ROSTER

NO. POS NAME SEASON HT. WT. COLLEGE HOMETOWN
2 G Erik Miller Eighth 6'5" 238 Salisbury Baltimore, MD
5 D Brock Robertson Fourth 6'2" 210 Guelph Orillia, ON
7 D Kyle Sweeney Second 6'2" 190 Georgetown Springfield, PA
11 D Glenn Clark Ninth 6'2" 200 Toronto Thornhill, ON
12 D Keevin Galbraith Fourth 6'2" 210 Delaware Paoli, PA
15 F Luke Wiles Rookie 5'11" 175 Delaware Orillia, ON
17 F Mark Morley Fourth 5'10" 190 UMass Amherst Hoboken, NJ
19 F Sean Greenhalgh Rookie 5'10" 185 Cornell St. Catharine's, ON
21 F Keith Cromwell Fourth 6'1" 195 Rutgers Hicksville, NY
22 D Dan Finck Second 5'10" 190 Whittier College Halifax, NS
23 D Brad Self Fourth 5'11" 185 St. Mary's Peterborough, ON
24 D Pete Jacobs Tenth 6'5" 225 Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD
27 F Dan Marohl Fifth 6'1" 200 UMBC Baltimore, MD
28 D Thomas Hajek C Third 5'10" 185 U. of Vermont St. Catherine's, ON
32 D Rich Brzeski Sixth 6'1" 205 Rutgers Levittown, NY
34 D Shawn Nadelen Fifth 6' 200 Johns Hopkins Henrietta, NY
37 G Matt Roik Sixth 6'5" 215 Brock University Lowbanks, ON
41 D Bryan Barrett Fifth 6'1" 215 Delaware Bel Air, MD
44 D Chad Thompson Rookie 6'1" 195 Brock University Orillia, ON
47 D Jeff Spano Fifth 5'11" 180 Drexel Media, PA
66 F Jake Bergey A Ninth 6' 225 Salisbury Chadds Ford, PA
77 F Rob Van Beek Second 5'10" 190 Simon Fraser Vancouver, BC
90 F Jeff Ratcliffe A Fourth 6'1' 205 UMBC Port Coquitlam, BC

PRACTICE SQUAD
Jeff Bigas
John Christmas
Ian Rosenberger

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



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