2020 New England Black Wolves season
# 2020 New England Black Wolves season

The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the team's 6th season in the league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.

## Regular season

### Current standings

Reference:

North Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Halifax Thunderbirds | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 0.0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 139 | 126 | +13 | 11.58 | 10.50 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 122 | 106 | +16 | 11.09 | 9.64 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 130 | 118 | +12 | 11.82 | 10.73 |
| 4 | Rochester Knighthawks | 12 | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.0 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 115 | 165 | −50 | 9.58 | 13.75 |

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New England Black Wolves | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 135 | 101 | +34 | 12.27 | 9.18 |
| 2 | Georgia Swarm | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.5 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 12.42 | 10.50 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 151 | 134 | +17 | 10.79 | 9.57 |
| 4 | New York Riptide | 13 | 1 | 12 | .077 | 8.0 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 116 | 177 | −61 | 8.92 | 13.62 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 0.0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 111 | 93 | +18 | 11.10 | 9.30 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 128 | 125 | +3 | 9.85 | 9.62 |
| 3 | San Diego Seals | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 138 | 131 | +7 | 11.50 | 10.92 |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 122 | 111 | +11 | 12.20 | 11.10 |
| 5 | Vancouver Warriors | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 117 | 160 | −43 | 9.00 | 12.31 |

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

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | December 7, 2019 | @ Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Arena | W 12–8 | | 7,158 | 1–0 |
| 2 | December 14, 2019 | @ Saskatchewan Rush | SaskTel Centre | W 12–8 | | 11,119 | 2–0 |
| 3 | December 27, 2019 | New York Riptide | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 21–11 | | 6,089 | 3–0 |
| 4 | January 18, 2020 | Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 8–7 | OT | 4,084 | 4–0 |
| 5 | January 26, 2020 | Georgia Swarm | Mohegan Sun Arena | L 10–11 | OT | 4,737 | 4–1 |
| 6 | February 1, 2020 | Vancouver Warriors | Mohegan Sun Arena | L 6–10 | | 4,801 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 16, 2020 | Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | Mohegan Sun Arena | L 11–14 | | 5,387 | 4–3 |
| 8 | February 22, 2020 | Rochester Knighthawks | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 18–7 | | 5,328 | 5–3 |
| 9 | February 28, 2020 | @ New York Riptide | Nassau Coliseum | W 12–8 | | 3,001 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 1, 2020 | Halifax Thunderbirds | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 16–10 | | 5,502 | 7–3 |
| 11 | March 7, 2020 | @ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) | Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) | W 9–7 | | 8,089 | 8–3 |

## Cancelled games

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 | March 14, 2020 | @ Buffalo Bandits | KeyBank Center |
| 13 | March 15, 2020 | Calgary Roughnecks | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| 14 | March 20, 2020 | @ San Diego Seals | Pechanga Arena |
| 15 | March 27, 2020 | @ Georgia Swarm | Infinite Energy Center |
| 16 | April 4, 2020 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center |
| 17 | April 11, 2020 | @ New York Riptide | Nassau Coliseum |
| 18 | April 18, 2020 | Georgia Swarm | Mohegan Sun Arena |

## Roster

### Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. The Black Wolves made the following selections:

| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Andrew Kew | Tampa University |
| 1 | 17 | Zach Goodrich | Towson University |
| 4 | 61 | Bailey Brown | Toronto Beaches |
| 5 | 70 | Tristan Rai | Lehigh University |
| 6 | 83 | Travis Brown | Orangeville |
