# 2001 Philadelphia Wings season

The 2001 Philadelphia Wings season marked the team's fifteenth 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 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 0.0 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 168 | 125 | +43 | 12.00 | 8.93 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 205 | 177 | +28 | 14.64 | 12.64 |
| 3 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 198 | 159 | +39 | 14.14 | 11.36 |
| 4 | Washington Power – x | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.0 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 226 | 204 | +22 | 16.14 | 14.57 |
| 5 | Buffalo Bandits | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 248 | 218 | +30 | 17.71 | 15.57 |
| 6 | New York Saints | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 179 | 181 | −2 | 12.79 | 12.93 |
| 7 | Albany Attack | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.0 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 152 | 169 | −17 | 10.86 | 12.07 |
| 8 | Columbus Landsharks | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8.0 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 134 | 201 | −67 | 9.57 | 14.36 |
| 9 | Ottawa Rebel | 14 | 1 | 13 | .071 | 10.0 | 0–7 | 1–6 | 144 | 220 | −76 | 10.29 | 15.71 |
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 | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | December 30, 2000 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 17–16 | 9,870 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 12, 2001 | Ottawa Rebel | Wachovia Center | W 17–8 | 14,386 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 20, 2001 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 18–26 | 8,261 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 27, 2001 | Albany Attack | Wachovia Center | W 18–9 | 15,392 | 3–1 |
| 5 | February 3, 2001 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | W 14–12 | 15,186 | 4–1 |
| 6 | February 9, 2001 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 11–17 | 15,497 | 4–2 |
| 7 | February 10, 2001 | @ New York Saints | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | W 13–12 | 5,791 | 5–2 |
| 8 | February 24, 2001 | Buffalo Bandits | Wachovia Center | W 17–12 | 16,566 | 6–2 |
| 9 | March 10, 2001 | Toronto Rock | Wachovia Center | L 7–11 | 13,485 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 17, 2001 | New York Saints | Wachovia Center | W 14–10 | 14,421 | 7–3 |
| 11 | March 31, 2001 | Washington Power | Wachovia Center | W 14–13 | 16,779 | 8–3 |
| 12 | April 1, 2001 | @ Washington Power | MCI Center | L 19–20 | 4,146 | 8–4 |
| 13 | April 7, 2001 | @ Columbus Landsharks | Nationwide Arena | W 17–7 | 6,023 | 9–4 |
| 14 | April 14, 2001 | @ Albany Attack | Pepsi Arena | W 9–4 | 3,906 | 10–4 |

## Playoffs

Tom Marechek on the 2001 Wings team, “I’d say the last world championship when the Wings won in 2001 in Toronto. We shocked the whole league winning as underdogs, but we were confident. We had a bunch of scrappy American defenders and a handful of Canadians. We went into Toronto with an attitude.
They won it the two years before that and we did not play tough against them. That year, 2001, we put it together and we gelled at the right time. That was definitely the biggest highlight in my 12-year career as a Wing.”

### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Semifinals | April 20, 2001 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | W 12–11 | | 10,259 | 1–0 |
| Championship Game | April 27, 2001 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 9–8 | | 19,409 | 2–0 |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 66 | Fwd | Bergey, Jake |
| PS | Def | Brzeski, Richard |
| 41 | Fwd | Busza, Michael |
| PS | Def | Ceglia, Joe |
| 13 | Fwd | Clark, Jason |
| 98 | Fwd | D'Alonzo, Jesse |
| 3 | Goalie | Dougherty, Brian |
| 35 | Goalie | Eliuk, Dallas |
| 11 | Fwd | Finneran, Kevin |
| 19 | Def | Gagliardi, John |
| 5 | Def | Hanford, Jamie |
| 24 | Def | Jacobs, Peter |
| 56 | Fwd | Jalbert, Jay |
| 10 | Def | Kaiser, Kevin |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 42 | Fwd | Marechek, Tom |
| 9 | Fwd | Millon, Mark |
| 51 | Fwd | Panos, Chris |
| 4 | Fwd | Phair, Tom |
| 55 | Def | Radebaugh, Dan |
| 90 | Fwd | Ratcliffe, Jeff |
| 17 | Fwd | Ryan, Tom |
| 0 | Goalie | Sanderson, Chris |
| PS | Fwd | Schiller, Chris |
| 37 | Def | Shirk, Jeff |
| #43 | Defense | Slate, Tom |
| 77 | Def | Stilley, David |
| 61 | Fwd | Traynor, Greg |