2013 Philadelphia Wings season
# 2013 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 27th in franchise history.

The Wings finished with a 7–9 record, good for 3rd place in the Eastern division. They made the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since 2002, but fell to the defending (and eventual) Champion Rochester Knighthawks 10–8 in the division semi-final.

## Regular season

### Conference standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 194 | 176 | +18 | 12.12 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 179 | 165 | +14 | 11.19 | 10.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 170 | 207 | −37 | 10.62 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 171 | 211 | −40 | 10.69 | 13.19 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 222 | 211 | +11 | 13.88 | 13.19 |
| 2 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 193 | 192 | +1 | 12.06 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 2–6 | 7–1 | 203 | 170 | +33 | 12.69 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 185 | 202 | −17 | 11.56 | 12.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm – c | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 12.62 |

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 11, 2013 | Buffalo Bandits | Wells Fargo Center | W 13–8 | | 9,096 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 19, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 8–7 | | 11,703 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 26, 2013 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 13–14 | | 13,808 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 27, 2013 | Calgary Roughnecks | Wells Fargo Center | L 8–16 | | 8,785 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 8, 2013 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wells Fargo Center | L 10–20 | | 5,139 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 23, 2013 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 10–8 | | 6,674 | 3–3 |
| 7 | February 24, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Wells Fargo Center | W 14–12 | | 8,606 | 4–3 |
| 8 | March 1, 2013 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | W 11–10 | OT | 14,036 | 5–3 |
| 9 | March 9, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Wells Fargo Center | L 10–16 | | 7,661 | 5–4 |
| 10 | March 16, 2013 | Toronto Rock | Wells Fargo Center | L 8–13 | | 7,593 | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 29, 2013 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 11–20 | | 8,079 | 5–6 |
| 12 | March 30, 2013 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9–10 | | 15,292 | 5–7 |
| 13 | April 6, 2013 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 7–14 | | 7,467 | 5–8 |
| 14 | April 7, 2013 | Minnesota Swarm | Wells Fargo Center | W 15–13 | | 6,861 | 6–8 |
| 15 | April 13, 2013 | Toronto Rock | Wells Fargo Center | W 10–9 | OT | 7,437 | 7–8 |
| 16 | April 20, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 13–17 | | 4,352 | 7–9 |

### Playoffs

Reference:

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Division Semifinal | April 27, 2013 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 8–10 | | 5,963 | 0–1 |

## Transactions

### Trades

| August 13, 2012 | To Philadelphia WingsKevin Buchanan Third round selection, 2013 Entry Draft | To Buffalo BanditsDavid Brock Mike Hominuck |
| - | - | - |
| September 22, 2012 | To Philadelphia Wings Kyle Hartzell 5th round pick, 2012 Entry Draft | To Washington Stealth 3rd round pick, 2012 Entry Draft 5th round pick, 2013 Entry Draft |
| December 14, 2012 | To Philadelphia Wings Paul Rabil Jordan Hall Joel White Rob Campbell 2nd round pick, 2014 entry draft | To Rochester Knighthawks Dan Dawson Paul Dawson 1st round pick, 2016 entry draft |
| December 18, 2012 | To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Croswell | To Washington Stealth 3rd round selection, 2013 Entry Draft |

### Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Wings made the following selections:

| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 32 | Michael Manley | Duke University |
| 5 | 39 | CJ Costabile | Duke University |
| 5 | 41 | Kevin Randall | University of Notre Dame |
