1987 Philadelphia Wings season

1987 Philadelphia Wings
1987 Philadelphia Wings
League	Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
Rank	2nd
1987 record	3-4
Home record	2-1
Road record	1-2
Goals for	86
Goals against	82
General Manager	David Huntley
Coach	Steve Wey
Arena	Wachovia Spectrum
Average attendance	10,972
Team leaders
Goals	Mike French (14)
Assists	John Tucker (14)
Points	John Tucker (26)
	1988 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.

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]

#	Date	at/vs.	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 1987	at	New Jersey Saints	8 - 11	5,976	Loss
2	January 24, 1987	at	Baltimore Thunder	19 - 20	6,593	Loss
3	January 31, 1987	vs.	New Jersey Saints	17 - 11	14,189	Win
4	February 14, 1987	vs.	Washington Wave	15 - 12	10,088	Win
5	February 22, 1987	vs.	Baltimore Thunder	8 - 14	11,583	Loss
6	January 25, 1987	at	Washington Wave	19 - 14	8,100	Win
7(p)	March 8, 1987	vs.	Washington Wave	15 - 20	8,027	Loss

(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)

References

^ WingsZone History Archive Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ WingsZone History Archive Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20071102134725/http://www.wingszone.com/whistory/history.htm

[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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