2020 Philadelphia Wings season explained

Season:2020
Seasonlink:2020 NLL season
Team:Philadelphia Wings
Teamlink:Philadelphia Wings (2018-)
League:NLL
Division:East
Record:8–6
Homerecord:3–3
Roadrecord:5–3
Goalsfor:151
Goalsagainst:134
Generalmanager:Paul Day
Coach:Paul Day
Arena:Wells Fargo Center
Attendance:8,054
Prevseason Year:2019 season
Prevseason Link:2019 Philadelphia Wings season
Nextseason Year:2022 season
Nextseason Link:2022 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019-2020 season is their 2nd season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] 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.[2] [3]

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.[4]

Regular season

Final standings

Roster

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019.[5] The Wings made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
220Alex Pace Brock University
221Matt Marinier Burlington Chiefs
336Pat Spencer Loyola University
451Kyle Marr Johns Hopkins University
453Dave Smith Virginia University
566Jordan Krug Cabrini University
679Austin Fusco Syracuse University

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020). NLL.com. March 12, 2020. July 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19 . Sportsnet . Sportsnet.
  3. Web site: National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games. NLL.com. April 8, 2020. July 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: Saelhof . Todd . NLL cancels playoffs, moves on to 2021 season . Calgary Sun.
  5. Web site: 2019 NLL Draft Results. September 17, 2019. September 14, 2019. NLL.com.