# 2005 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 19th in franchise history.

## 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 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 227 | 190 | +37 | 14.19 | 11.88 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 217 | 183 | +34 | 13.56 | 11.44 |
| 3 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 193 | 179 | +14 | 12.06 | 11.19 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 213 | 218 | −5 | 13.31 | 13.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 7.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 188 | 231 | −43 | 11.75 | 14.44 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 216 | 208 | +8 | 13.50 | 13.00 |
| 2 | Arizona Sting – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 1.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 209 | 209 | −-0 | 13.06 | 13.06 |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 201 | 182 | +19 | 12.56 | 11.38 |
| 4 | Anaheim Storm | 16 | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.0 | 2–6 | 3–5 | 175 | 212 | −37 | 10.94 | 13.25 |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.0 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 170 | 197 | −27 | 10.62 | 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

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | January 7, 2005 | @ Arizona Sting | Jobing.com Arena | W 10–9 | OT | 5,903 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 8, 2005 | @ Anaheim Storm | Arrowhead Pond | L 10–13 | | 5,732 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 28, 2005 | Buffalo Bandits | Wachovia Center | L 10–15 | | 8,849 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 29, 2005 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 16–20 | | 10,945 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 5, 2005 | San Jose Stealth | Wachovia Center | W 14–13 | | 10,025 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 12, 2005 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 15–16 | | 8,061 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 18, 2005 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | L 13–14 | OT | 12,311 | 2–5 |
| 8 | February 20, 2005 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | W 18–17 | | 8,106 | 3–5 |
| 9 | February 25, 2005 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | W 14–8 | | 8,912 | 4–5 |
| 10 | March 5, 2005 | Minnesota Swarm | Wachovia Center | W 15–8 | | 10,846 | 5–5 |
| 11 | March 12, 2005 | Rochester Knighthawks | Wachovia Center | L 12–13 | | 12,731 | 5–6 |
| 12 | March 18, 2005 | Colorado Mammoth | Wachovia Center | W 15–12 | | 11,742 | 6–6 |
| 13 | April 2, 2005 | Toronto Rock | Wachovia Center | L 15–17 | | 12,584 | 6–7 |
| 14 | April 9, 2005 | Toronto Rock | Wachovia Center | L 11–15 | | 14,480 | 6–8 |
| 15 | April 10, 2005 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 13–14 | | 16,989 | 6–9 |
| 16 | April 15, 2005 | @ Minnesota Swarm | Xcel Energy Center | L 12–14 | | 13,524 | 6–10 |

## Player stats

Reference:

### Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM |
| Tom Marechek | 16 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 69 | 12 |
| Dan Marohl | 16 | 23 | 57 | 80 | 71 | 0 |
| Jeff Ratcliffe | 16 | 39 | 31 | 70 | 57 | 18 |
| Keith Cromwell | 16 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 57 | 9 |
| Marc Morley | 16 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 69 | 23 |
| Jake Bergey | 15 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 46 | 8 |
| Andrew Burkholder | 11 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 83 | 10 |
| Jeff Spano | 13 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 88 | 22 |
| Dan Finck | 14 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 82 | 8 |
| Totals | | 324 | 537 | 357 | 1104 | 55 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | GP | MIN | W | L | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Dallas Eliuk | 13 | 662:49 | 5 | 4 | 141 | .761 | 12.76 |
| Nick Schroeder | 11 | 294:19 | 1 | 6 | 76 | .667 | 15.49 |
| Totals | | | 6 | 10 | 218 | .734 | 13.63 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Andrew Burkholder | All-Rookie Team |
| Dan Finck | All-Rookie Team |
| Andrew Burkholder | Rookie of the Month, February |
| Dallas Eliuk | All-Stars |
| Thomas Hajek | All-Stars |
| Tom Marechek | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| February 12, 2005 | To Philadelphia Wings Shawn Nadelen | To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Ward |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 41 | Def | Barrett, Bryan |
| 25 | Fwd | Bendig, Bryan |
| 66 | Fwd | Bergey, Jake |
| | Def | Brzeski, Rich |
| 37 | Fwd | Burkholder, Andrew |
| | ? | Cole, Bryan |
| 21 | Fwd | Cromwell, Keith |
| 35 | Goalie | Eliuk, Dallas |
| 22 | Def | Finck, Dan |
| 4 | Fwd | Frye, Mark |
| 12 | Def | Galbraith, Keevin |
| 14 | Def | Guindon, Andrew |
| | Def | Guindon, Jordan |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 28 | Def | Hajek, Thomas |
| 24 | Def | Jacobs, Peter |
| 42 | Fwd | Marechek, Tom |
| 27 | Fwd | Marohl, Dan |
| 17 | Fwd | Morley, Marc |
| 34 | Def | Nadelen, Shawn |
| 9 | Fwd | Pape, Mike |
| 90 | Fwd | Ratcliffe, Jeff |
| 30 | Goalie | Schroeder, Nick |
| 47 | Def | Spano, Jeff |
| 7 | Def | Sweeney, Kyle |
| | Fwd | Van Beek, Rob |
| | Fwd | Ward, Ryan |
| 10 | Fwd | Wasik, Andrew |