2018 New England Black Wolves season

2018 New England Black Wolves
2018 New England Black Wolves
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2018 record	9-9
Home record	4-5
Road record	5-4
Goals for	194
Goals against	242
General Manager	Chris Seinko
Coach	Glenn Clark
Captain	Shawn Evans
Alternate captains	Brett Manney ; Kyle Buchanan
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Average attendance	5,557
Team leaders
Goals	Kevin Crowley (51)
Assists	Stephan Leblanc (46)
Points	Kevin Crowley (76)
Penalties in minutes	Joel Coyle, Callum Crawford(31)
Loose Balls	Jay Thorimbert (136)
Wins	Aaron Bold (9)
Goals against average	Aaron Bold (12.50)
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The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season will be the team's 4th season in the league.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division
P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

West Division
P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 8, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 13–11		5,489	1–0
2	December 23, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 11–24		14,344	1–1
3	December 29, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 13–9		5,608	2–1
4	January 13, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–8		6,336	3–1
5	January 21, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 11–9		5,373	4–1
6	January 27, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–21		9,145	4–2
7	February 9, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 13–18		5,357	4–3
8	February 18, 2018	Colorado Mammoth	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 11–19		5,720	4–4
9	February 24, 2018	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 12–11	OT	3,073	5–4
10	March 11, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 8–7		10,259	6–4
11	March 16, 2018	Toronto Rock	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 9–14		5,832	6–5
12	March 23, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 7–20		5,378	6–6
13	March 24, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 12–17		5,039	6–7
14	March 31, 2018	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 11–14		13,709	6–8
15	April 8, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 13–12		5,098	7–8
16	April 14, 2018	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 10–6		15,303	8–8
17	April 21, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–6		8,143	9–8
18	April 29, 2018	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 11–16		6,158	9–9

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-final	May 4, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–15		5,263	0–1

Roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

77 Aaron Bold
30 Doug Jamieson

Defensemen

10 Adam Bomberry
4 David Brock
71 Sheldon Burns
24 Joel Coyle
13 Brett Manney (A)
45 Matt Spanger
7 Derek Suddons

Forwards

27 Kevin Buchanan
91 Kyle Buchanan (A)
41 Mark Cockerton
21 Kevin Crowley
15 Shawn Evans (C)
83 JP Kealey
9 Reilly O'Connor
12 Seth Oakes

Transition

33 John LaFontaine
75 Jay Thorimbert
17 Colton Watkinson

Head Coach

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Legend

* Suspended list
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2017-12-09
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017.^[2] The Black Wolves made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
1	7	Colton Watkinson
1	8	Anthony Joaquim
1	10	JP Kealey
2	17	Nick Chaykowsky
3	27	Larken Kemp
4	37	Nick Mariano
5	46	Matt Rambo
6	54	Cam Milligan

References

^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^ "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.

[2] "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

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