Wings Clipped By Rochester

Published on March 31, 2007 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Philadelphia Wings News Release


ROCHESTER, NY - The Philadelphia Wings lost their second straight against the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 12-10 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. The Wings return to the Wachovia Center next Saturday April 7 when they face the New York Titans at 7:30 p.m.

"It's been a tough weekend for our club," said Wings' General Manager and Head Coach Lindsay Sanderson. "We played a better game tonight than we did last night against Toronto, but we weren't able to capitalize on a couple of momentum swings to take this thing in the right direction. "

The Knighthawks and Wings traded goals to start the game (Shawn Evans - R, Marc Morley - W) and tie the game at one apiece. Rochester scored two straight, a goal by Shawn Williams from the point and a one on one from John Grant. Philadelphia's Sean Greenhalgh scored his first of the night to make the score 3-2, but the Knighthawks' Grant found the net again to put his team up 4-2 after one quarter of play.

Rochester scored the first three goals in the second quarter. Evans' scored his second of the game. After Rochester's second consecutive goal by Ken Millin the Wings pulled goaltender Matt Roik in favor of Ken Montour. Grant got his second of the night, a power play goal before the Wings scored their only goal of the quarter when Greenhalgh scored his second of the game at 6:10. A Knighthawks' power play goal from Mike Accursi gave them an 8-3 lead going into halftime.

The Knighthawks scored two straight at the beginning of the third quarter (Mike Accursi, Millin) before the Wings' Greenhalgh got his hat trick goal. The Wings went on a three goal run - two straight extra attacker goals by Jake Bergey and rookie Kyle Wailes' first of the night. But Rochester stopped the Wings' comeback when Steve Toll scored at 10:06. At the end of three, the Knighthawks held an 11-7 lead.

The scoring started late in the fourth quarter when the Knighthawks' Millin got his third of the night. The Wings tried to mount a last minute comeback with three straight goals (Peter Jacobs, a power play goal from Jeff Ratcliffe, Athan Iannucci) but Rochester hung on for a 12-10 win.

Leading the Wings in scoring were Sean Greenhalgh with five points (3G, 2A), Athan Iannucci with four points (1G, 3A), Jake Bergey with two goals, Peter Jacobs, Marc Morley and Kyle Wailes with two points each (1G, 1A), and Jeff Ratcliffe with one goal. Goaltender Matt Roik made 14 saves on the night while Ken Montour also made 14.

Leading the Knighthawks in scoring were Ken Millin with five points (3G, 2A), John Grant with four points (3G, 1A), Shawn Evans with four points (2G, 2A), Mike Accursi with three points (2G, 1A), and Steve Toll and Shawn Williams with three points (1G, 2A). Goaltender Pat O'Toole made 34 saves.

The Wings next home game is April 7 vs. the New York Titans at the Wachovia Center at 7:30 p.m. Party packs are just $66 and include four lower level tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas. For more information call the Wings ticket office at (215) 389-WING or visit wingslax.com.

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