Early Deficit Too Much for Wings to Overcome
Saturday, January 24, 2009
BOSTON, MA – The Philadelphia Wings lost
their second game in a row to the Boston Blazers on Saturday night 11-7. Early penalties cost Philadelphia and Boston took an early 5 goal lead which they did
not relinquish. Mat Giles who had
three goals and one assist was the Wings leading scorer. The Blazers top goal scoring was Matt
Lyons who managed five tallies, but it was Dan Dawson who led the team in points
with eight (1G, 7A). The Wings next
game is on Friday, February 6 at 8 p.m. when the defending NLL Champion Buffalo
Bandits will visit the Wachovia Center.
“We took some
penalties to start the game and we got down early,” said Head Coach Dave
Huntley. “I thought we played well
on both sides of the ball to start the second half, but Boston did a good job
playing with their
lead.”
Penalties were the downfall of the
Wings in the first quarter.
Philadelphia took five penalties resulting
in three goals by Boston.
The Blazers’ Matt Lyons scored three times in the opening period to help
Boston to a 5-0
lead.
After taking two penalties in the first quarter, the Wings’ Geoff
Snider gave Philadelphia its first and only goal in the
half. Boston added yet another
powerplay goal, their fourth of the game, to retain their five goal lead. The score at the half was 6-1 in favor
of the Blazers.
The Wings showed
their first offensive burst of the game to start the second half scoring two
consecutive goals, but the Blazers put in two of their own in response,
including the fourth goal of the night for Boston’s Matt Lyons. The Blazers continued to take penalties
in the third quarter, five in total, to allow the Wings to inch closer in the
game. Two more goals by the Wings
brought the score to 8-5 at the end of three.
Philadelphia once again
started fast in the fourth with two more goals, from Mat Giles and David
Mitchell, to pull within one of the Blazers, but that would be as close as they
would come on the evening.
Boston’s standout rookie Daryl Veltman,
who had four goals on Friday night in Philadelphia, added two goals to put away the
Wings. Boston would add any empty net goal to make the final 11-7
Boston
Blazers.
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