Philadelphia: During any season, a team will have its ups and downs and that is what the Philadelphia Wings will look to get back to their winning ways as they took on the New England Black Wolves from the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia on Saturday night. The Wings enter the game off a very bad loss to Colorado on February 9 while the Black Wolves head into battle with the Wings off a win over Rochester also on February 9.
Wings Lineup:
Tonight's starting lineup vs. @NEBlackWolves!#NEvsPHI | #WeFlyTogether
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The Wings would jump out on New England by scoring the games first 2 goals by Matt Rambo & Jordan Hall before the Black Wolves got on the board. Kevin Crowley & Vaughn Harris would add to the Wings lead as they took a 4-1 lead at end of 1st quarter.
The Wings would take an 8-6 lead into halftime. Kevin Crowley would score Hat Trick in the first half
The Hat Trick Goal by Crowley which made it 7-4
Another snipe goes right through? No big deal at all to the Big Cat. ? pic.twitter.com/ZHhG3QYWNN
— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) February 17, 2019
In the 3rd quarter, we would see the 2nd hat trick of the game, this one came from the Philadelphia Wings Matt Rambo which made it 10-7.
Looks like @rattmambo has adopted the @KevinCrowley21 method of scoring. pic.twitter.com/gmWdFwjFaP
— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) February 17, 2019
New England would cut the Wings lead to 10-9 early in the 4th and the Wings would respond with 4 straight goals for a 14-9 lead. Wings goalie Doug Buchan made some big saves as he finished with 42 saves. A crowd of 10, 614 would see the Wings hold on for the 14-10 win.
The Wings would celebrate the win with the fans
The @NLLwings celebrate with the fans after their win
#WingsLAX #NLL #NEvsPHI pic.twitter.com/pYb8TMDjsy— David Malandra Jr (@David_Malandra) February 17, 2019
This was a game that the Wings needed to keep their push to make the playoffs and also start of a new rivalry between the Wings & Black Wolves.
The Wings will go for the weekend sweep as they play this same New England Black Wolves tomorrow at the Mohegan Sun Arena at 3 PM on PHL 17 & Bleacher Report Live.
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Philadelphia Wings Coach Paul Day:
Philadelphia Wings Matt Rambo:
Asked @NLLwings Matt Rambo about scoring 1st career Hat Trick#WingsLAX #NLL #NEvsPHI @PhiladelphiaSN pic.twitter.com/A0zsWFWzFw
— David Malandra Jr (@David_Malandra) February 17, 2019
