The Philadelphia Wings (4-10) will close out their 2010 road schedule when they travel to Minnesota to face the Swarm (5-9) at the Xcel Energy Center on Saturday, April 17 at 8:35 p.m. The Wings defeated the Swarm, 20-11, in their only match-up this season (March 13, 2010). Philadelphia is coming off of a 15-12 loss last Saturday at Rochester.

The Wings will close out the 2010 season on Friday, April 23, when they host the Orlando Titans at the Wachovia Center at 7 p.m.

Series Notes:

Overall:  Minnesota leads 7-6

At Philadelphia: Wings lead 4-3

At Minnesota: Minnesota leads 4-2
Last Meeting: March 13, 2010; Philadelphia beat Minnesota at the Wachovia Center 20-11

About the Swarm:

The Minnesota Swarm are currently fourth in the NLL's West Division and have lost two of their last four games. They are second in the League on the power play, converting on 46% of their opportunities, and seventh in the League in killing power plays 54% of the time. The Swarm are 3-4 at home this season.

Callum Crawford leads the Swarm with 85 points (28G, 57A), followed by Aaron Wilson with 79 points (35G, 44A), and Ryan Benesch with 74 points (23G, 51A). Nick Patterson has played the majority of the minutes in net for Minnesota posting 12.32 goals against average and a .748 save percentage.

 
About the Wings:

The Wings are currently sixth in the NLL's East Division.  Philadelphia is 10th in the League on the power play, converting on 31% of their chances. They rank ninth in the NLL in penalty killing with a 51% kill percentage. The Wings are 1-6 on the road this season.

Drew Westervelt leads the Wings with 65 points (28G, 37A), followed by Kyle Wailes with 56 points (23G, 33A) and Dan Teat with 36 points (15G, 21A). Wings goalie Brandon Miller continues to dominant the net for the Wings playing 762 minutes and saving 494 out of 654 shots taken during his 14 games played. Miller currently has a .755 save percentage.

Coaches Corner:

Wings General Manager and Head Coach David Huntley:

“I really don’t think we are going to be looking towards 2011 just yet. I think we were hired to do a job for the 2010 season and our players were contracted for the 2010 season as well. We are going to go out on Saturday in Minnesota and give it our best effort and try to win the game and also try to win the game next Friday at home. We hope to finish the season on a good note and we will worry about next year when the time comes.”

“When I look at this season I think our guys continue to come out and seem to enjoy being with each other I think for the most part they have given a good effort on most of the games this year. I am pleased with the efforts of the team pleased with how the team interacts with each other I think the development with some of our younger players has gotten better every week and I am pleased with that and they will also get better since the veteran guys are helping them get better. It has been a good group to work with. Although I would have liked to have different results I am pleased to have the chance to work with these guys at this point.”