2017 New England Black Wolves season

2017 New England Black Wolves
2017 New England Black Wolves
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2017 record	8-10
Home record	5-4
Road record	3-6
Goals for	220
Goals against	244
General Manager	Chris Seinko
Coach	Glenn Clark
Captain	Shawn Evans
Alternate captains	Brett Manney ; Kyle Buchanan
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Average attendance	5,402
Team leaders
Goals	Kevin Crowley (45)
Assists	Shawn Evans (66)
Points	Shawn Evans (104)
Penalties in minutes	Bill OBrien (59)
Loose Balls	Jay Thorimbert (192)
Wins	Evan Kirk (8)
Goals against average	Evan Kirk (12.83)
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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 2017 season will be the team's 3rd 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 – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	−24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	−34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	−25	12.56	13.94

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	−3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	−8	11.78	12.22

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	January 7, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–15		6,256	0–1
2	January 14, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 10–11	OT	11,246	0–2
3	January 20, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–14		2,386	0–3
4	January 28, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 13–12		7,074	1–3
5	February 3, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 10–9	OT	4,543	2–3
6	February 11, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 15–17		4,189	2–4
7	February 17, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 14–11		13,813	3–4
8	February 19, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 15–16	OT	5,381	3–5
9	February 26, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 9–14		5,069	3–6
10	March 3, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 10–9	OT	8,477	4–6
11	March 12, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 13–8		5,324	5–6
12	March 17, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 12–11		4,449	6–6
13	March 26, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 13–18		10,775	6–7
14	April 2, 2017	Toronto Rock	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 15–14		5,255	7–7
15	April 7, 2017	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 12–21		5,205	7–8
16	April 15, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 13–12	OT	14,532	8–8
17	April 22, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–15		5,816	8–9
18	April 29, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 16–17	OT	6,326	8–10

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-final	May 6, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–18		6,260	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 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.^[2] The Black Wolves made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
1	8	Seth Oakes
2	19	Doug Jamieson
3	24	Joel Coyle
3	29	Kyle Trolley
4	33	Brandon Robinson
4	37	Myles Jones
4	38	Dan Michel
6	54	Garrett Lewis
6	56	Andrew Mullen

References

^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
^ "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[2] "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

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