1998 Philadelphia Wings season

1998 Philadelphia Wings
Champion's Cup Champions
Division Champions
League	NLL
Rank	1st
1998 record	9-3
Home record	3-3
Road record	6-0
Goals for	166
Goals against	148
Coach	Tony Resch
Arena	Wachovia Center
← 1997 season 1999 season →

The 1998 Philadelphia Wings season marked the team's twelfth season of operation.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Philadelphia Wings – xyz	12	9	3	.750	0.0	3–3	6–0	166	148	+18	13.83	12.33
2	Baltimore Thunder – x	12	8	4	.667	1.0	4–2	4–2	184	160	+24	15.33	13.33
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	12	6	6	.500	3.0	3–3	3–3	168	159	+9	14.00	13.25
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	12	6	6	.500	3.0	4–2	2–4	166	171	−5	13.83	14.25
5	Ontario Raiders	12	6	6	.500	3.0	4–2	2–4	165	157	+8	13.75	13.08
6	New York Saints	12	5	7	.417	4.0	3–3	2–4	167	165	+2	13.92	13.75
7	Syracuse Smash	12	2	10	.167	7.0	2–4	0–6	163	219	−56	13.58	18.25

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 1998	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 14–12		11,402	1–0
2	January 9, 1998	@ New York Saints	Nassau Coliseum	W 15–8		6,032	2–0
3	January 16, 1998	Baltimore Thunder	Wachovia Center	L 9–12		12,289	2–1
4	January 24, 1998	@ Syracuse Smash	Onondaga County War Memorial	W 17–15		3,755	3–1
5	January 31, 1998	@ Baltimore Thunder	Baltimore Arena	W 15–9		5,818	4–1
6	February 7, 1998	Buffalo Bandits	Wachovia Center	W 15–9		15,065	5–1
7	February 13, 1998	Syracuse Smash	Wachovia Center	W 14–11		13,213	6–1
8	February 28, 1998	@ Ontario Raiders	Copps Coliseum	W 12–11	OT	3,446	7–1
9	March 21, 1998	New York Saints	Wachovia Center	L 14–15		17,077	7–2
10	March 28, 1998	Rochester Knighthawks	Wachovia Center	W 13–12	OT	14,043	8–2
11	April 4, 1998	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 20–19	OT	6,480	9–2
12	April 11, 1998	Ontario Raiders	Wachovia Center	L 8–15		13,495	9–3

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Semifinals	April 18, 1998	Buffalo Bandits	Wachovia Center	W 17–12		9,795	1–0
Championship Game 1 of 3	April 26, 1998	Baltimore Thunder	Wachovia Center	W 16–12		9,860	2–0
Championship Game 2 of 3	April 28, 1998	@ Baltimore Thunder	Baltimore Arena	W 17–12		3,137	3–0

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 20 Fwd Bates, Chris 66 Fwd Bergey, Jake 41 Fwd Busza, Michael 3 Fwd Deniken, Paul 35 Goalie Eliuk, Dallas 11 Fwd Finneran, Kevin 9 Fwd Flynn, Chris 8 Fwd Gabrielsen, Scott 44 Fwd Govett, Steve 23 Goalie Hunter, Bill 24 Fwd Jacobs, Peter 42 Fwd Marechek, Tom

No. Position Player 2 Fwd McEvoy, John 99 Fwd Miller, Bill 21 Fwd Mueller, Adam 88 Fwd Ogelsby, Matt 7 Fwd O'Grady, Paul 1 Goalie Piazza, Andy 13 Fwd Roe, Gabby 14 Fwd Rogers, Jim 43 Fwd Slate, Tom 91 Fwd Traynor, Greg 29 Fwd Traynor, Ryan (Randolph-Macon) 6 Fwd Voelker, Bryan

See also

• Philadelphia Wings
• 1998 NLL season