# 2003 Philadelphia Wings season

The 2003 Philadelphia Wings season marked the team's seventeenth season of operation.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

Reference:
Central Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks – xyz | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 214 | 173 | +41 | 13.38 | 10.81 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 8–0 | 4–4 | 231 | 188 | +43 | 14.44 | 11.75 |
| 3 | Albany Attack | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 198 | 191 | +7 | 12.38 | 11.94 |
| 4 | Columbus Landsharks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 184 | 203 | −19 | 11.50 | 12.69 |
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Colorado Mammoth – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 226 | 223 | +3 | 14.12 | 13.94 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1.0 | 6–2 | 2–6 | 203 | 209 | −6 | 12.69 | 13.06 |
| 3 | New York Saints | 16 | 3 | 13 | .188 | 6.0 | 2–6 | 1–7 | 198 | 239 | −41 | 12.38 | 14.94 |
| 4 | New Jersey Storm | 16 | 3 | 13 | .188 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 0–8 | 187 | 220 | −33 | 11.69 | 13.75 |
North Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xy | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 195 | 164 | +31 | 12.19 | 10.25 |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 209 | 207 | +2 | 13.06 | 12.94 |
| 3 | Vancouver Ravens – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 208 | 196 | +12 | 13.00 | 12.25 |
| 4 | Ottawa Rebel | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 7.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 174 | 214 | −40 | 10.88 | 13.38 |
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, 2003 | @ Vancouver Ravens | GM Place | L 10–14 | | | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 18, 2003 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9–13 | | | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 25, 2003 | Colorado Mammoth | Wachovia Center | W 13–11 | | 13,848 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 1, 2003 | Toronto Rock | Wachovia Center | L 9–13 | | | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 6, 2003 | @ New Jersey Storm | Continental Airlines Arena | W 16–15 | | | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 5, 2003 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | L 9–12 | | | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 15, 2003 | @ Ottawa Rebel | Ottawa Civic Centre | L 9–11 | | | 2–5 |
| 8 | February 22, 2003 | New Jersey Storm | Wachovia Center | W 16–14 | | 13,344 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 1, 2003 | Columbus Landsharks | Wachovia Center | W 13–12 | | | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 6, 2003 | @ New York Saints | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | W 18–17 | OT | | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 8, 2003 | New York Saints | Wachovia Center | W 15–14 | | 12,863 | 6–5 |
| 12 | March 15, 2003 | Buffalo Bandits | Wachovia Center | W 15–12 | | 15,097 | 7–5 |
| 13 | March 21, 2003 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 9–12 | | | 7–6 |
| 14 | March 22, 2003 | Calgary Roughnecks | Wachovia Center | W 19–13 | | 15,689 | 8–6 |
| 15 | April 4, 2003 | @ Albany Attack | Pepsi Arena | L 13–14 | | | 8–7 |
| 16 | April 12, 2003 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 10–12 | | | 8–8 |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 32 | Def | Barrett, Bryan |
| 66 | Fwd | Bergey, Jake |
| 32 | Def | Brzeski, Richard |
| 16 | Def | Burke, Zachery |
| 6 | Def | Cantabene, Paul |
| 25 | Def | Candy, Drew |
| 17 | Fwd | Cromwell, Keith |
| 35 | Goalie | Eliuk, Dallas |
| | Def | Guindon, Andrew |
| 7 | Fwd | Henderson, Tony |
| | Fwd | Klienmann, Randy |
| 24 | Def | Jacobs, Peter |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 42 | Fwd | Marechek, Tom |
| | Def | Martin, Andrew |
| 90 | Fwd | Ratcliffe, Jeff |
| 17 | Fwd | Ryan, Tom |
| 55 | Def | Ruhle, Jeff |
| 30 | Goalie | Schroeder, Nick |
| 3 | Def | Slate, Tom |
| 47 | Def | Spano, Jeff |
| 9 | Fwd | Striebel, Matt |
| 36 | Fwd | Tower, Brian |
| | Fwd | Wasik, Andrew |