Well this is when the Blog business get’s tough. Once again we lost a game we could have won. Except for the 1st period, (I know there are 4 quarters in a game) the scoring was 8 to 8. Our man down team spectacularly shut them out (0-7) and our power play could have won it for us but only went 2 for 8. Too many penalties, very close misses and undisciplined play in spots led to a very disappointing loss. Great goalie play and defense by both teams in the 2nd half. We really could be 3-1 and should be no less than 2-2 but reality is we are 1-3. Offensively this team is not far off but our lack of transition scoring and scoring inside has kept us from a breakout game. I say let’s do it this weekend.

A few observations:

- We have been plagued with injuries with the latest Shawn Nadelen who is out for the season. With our two most prolific offensive players, Iannucci and Thomson out, we have lost a lot of goals. Currently we do not have a player in the top 19 scorers in the league.

- We are getting way too many penalties. We are 4th in the league as a team with Geoff Snider leading the league in minor penalties and 2nd in total minutes second to Rory Smith of the Titans. If we were not 3rd overall in penalty kills we would not even be in some of the games.

- Our power play team still is 10th in the league with a 30.4% scoring. Only Boston is worse.

- Only three goalies have had more saves than Miller with 150 but he is still 9th overall in % of saves. (.773) We’re allowing too many transition goals by opposing teams.

- Drew Westervelt has had the 3rd most shots of any player in the league with 64. His 51 shots on goal are excellent. He’s working hard but they are not falling. Watch for more of these shots to find the back of the net.

- In the rookie department with his 2 goals Saturday Kevin Huntley moved to #8 among all rookie scorers. He will go up. We’ll see two of the best rookies in the league Friday night in Garrett Billings and Stephan LeBlanc with Toronto.  They are #1 and #2 in rookie scoring and 10th and 12th league wide.

- The Wings have 4 players with 5 goals or more. (Drew/Matt lead the team with 8 each)  This is consistent with other teams.  We are missing a player in the double digits which is rare for us and is prominent on other teams.


It’s going to be a challenging weekend to go to Toronto on Friday night and back home against Orlando Saturday night. To illustrate my point Rock goalie Watson is currently #1 and Titans goalie Vino is #3 in save percentage in the league. Our opponents are ranked one and two in the Eastern Division. We get to see our newest addition Max Seibald this weekend playing in both games.  I am still convinced we can beat anyone. This is going to be great lacrosse weekend.  Invite a friend and bring them to the fastest game on two feet. I look forward to hearing “sucks” 17 times this Saturday.

Go Wings