1987 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings were one of the original four franchises in the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League, joining the New Jersey Saints, Washington Wave, and Baltimore Thunder in 1987. While the Wings went only 3-4 that first season including a loss in the playoffs, they drew an average of almost 12,000 fans to their three 1987 regular season games.

1987 Philadelphia Wings
LeagueEagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
Rank2nd
1987 record3-4
Home record2-1
Road record1-2
Goals for86
Goals against82
General ManagerDavid Huntley
CoachSteve Wey
ArenaWachovia Spectrum
Average attendance10,972
Team leaders
GoalsMike French (14)
AssistsJohn Tucker (14)
PointsJohn Tucker (26)

Some of the early stars of those teams included Mike French, Hall of Fame college player at Cornell and a current team executive, as well as John Grant Sr., father of current NLL star John Grant Jr.

Results

Game log

Reference:[1]

#Dateat/vs.OpponentScoreAttendanceRecord
1January 10, 1987atNew Jersey Saints8 - 115,976Loss
2January 24, 1987atBaltimore Thunder19 - 206,593Loss
3January 31, 1987vs.New Jersey Saints17 - 1114,189Win
4February 14, 1987vs.Washington Wave15 - 1210,088Win
5February 22, 1987vs.Baltimore Thunder8 - 1411,583Loss
6January 25, 1987atWashington Wave19 - 148,100Win
7(p)March 8, 1987vs.Washington Wave15 - 208,027Loss

(p) - denotes playoff game

1987 Highlights
  • Wings drew 43,887 fans at home at the Spectrum for an average of 10,972 per game.
  • Hall of Famer Mike French led the league in scoring with 14 goals, 9 assists for 23 points in 6 games.
  • Original Philadelphia Wings player John Grant Sr. contributed 4 goals, 10 assists for 14 points in 8 games.

Roster

Reference:[2]

No. Position Player
30 Goalie Bilger, Kevin (Maryland)
5 Fwd Castle, James R. (Drexel/NC State)
23 Fwd Ciccarone, Henry (Johns Hopkins)
10 Fwd Conley, John (Towson)
15 Fwd Danko, Paul (North Carolina)
25 Fwd Decico, Mark (Towson)
17 Fwd French, Mike (Cornell)
14 Fwd French, Paul (Virginia)
12 Fwd Grant, John
22 Fwd Growney, Scott (Trinity)
9 Fwd Hanley, Pat (Towson)
19 Fwd Harris, Jeff (Johns Hopkins)
No. Position Player
3 Fwd Johnson, Mark
6 Fwd Krumenacker, John (Johns Hopkins)
11 Fwd Lamon, Pat (Loyola)
8 Fwd Manley, Greg (Loyola)
1 Goalie Moschella, Mark (Drexel)
20 Fwd Powers, Bob (Towson)
13 Fwd Scott, Peter (Johns Hopkins)
16 Fwd Singleton, Tom (Loyola)
21 Fwd Tasker, Dave (Langara)
18 Fwd Townsend, Dennis (Johns Hopkins)
2 Fwd Tucker, John (Johns Hopkins)
7 Fwd Wey, Dennis (UMBC)
24 Fwd Wey, Steve (Johns Hopkins)

See also

References
  1. WingsZone History Archive Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. WingsZone History Archive Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
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