In Philadelphia the Wings will look to remain in
the thick of the first place hunt when they host the New York
Saints on Saturday night. This will be the 25th regular season
meeting between the two franchises. Both teams are coming in off
victories at home last weekend. New York has some bitter feelings
about this weekend’s opponent caused by last year’s
playoffs. The Saints finished in a tie for fourth place and the
final post-season berth, but were on the wrong end of the
tiebreaker which sent the Wings onward and New York home.
New York Saints at Philadelphia Wings,
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., First Union Center
Broadcast Info.: TV:
Wings - Comcast SportsNet (live)
Records: New York (2-2),
Philadelphia (2-1)
Key Players: New York -
Matt Panetta, the hero of last weekend’s overtime victory
against Albany, had ten points in the two games against
Philadelphia last season. Jason Wulder was a hero against the
Wings when the teams met in New York last March, scoring the
winning goal on a penalty shot with 1.6 seconds left. That was
his fifth goal of the night. Wulder last week had an assist on
the goal which brought New York within one with just over four
and a half minutes left in the game.
Philadelphia - Tom Marechek’s seven point outing,
which included three fourth quarter goals and earned him Game MVP
honors last Saturday night, earned him Player of the Week honors.
Jake Bergey led all scorers that night with four goals and four
assists. Jason Clark was drafted by the Saints in September, 1998,
but did not play for New York last year. So far he has debuted
with ten points for the Wings in his first three NLL games.
Notable: The last three games between these two teams have
been decided by one goal...The Wings were 0-3 at this point last
season. They lost their fourth game as well...New York’s Sal
LoCascio, who was in goal for both games against Philadelphia
last season, has been added to the Saints’ active roster. He
had been on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury suffered in
one of the games with the Wings last season. He is pro indoor
lacrosse’s second all-time saves leader, trailing only the
man at the other end of the floor this Saturday night, Philly’s
Dallas Eliuk...The television broadcast will be replayed Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. on Empire Sports Network and again on the New
England Sports Network on Tuesday (Feb. 8) at 3 p.m.
Tickets: At the First Union
Center and all Ticketmaster locations throughout the Delaware
valley.