2015 New England Black Wolves season

2015 New England Black Wolves
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2015 record	4 - 14
Home record	2 - 7
Road record	2 - 7
Goals for	186
Goals against	249
General Manager	Chris Seinko
Coach	Blane Harrison
Captain	Joel White
Alternate captains	Kevin Crowley
Arena	Mohegan Sun
Team leaders
Goals	Pat Saunders (38)
Assists	Kyle Buchanan (37)
Points	Pat Saunders (68)
Penalties in minutes	William O'Brien (68)
Loose Balls	Ryan Hotaling (115)
Wins	Evan Kirk (4)
Goals against average	Evan Kirk (13.60)
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The New England Black Wolves are a professional lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, competing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season marked the team's debut in New England team after relocating from Philadelphia Wings for 28 years.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	230	185	+45	12.78	10.28
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	7–2	5–4	205	173	+32	11.39	9.61
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	7–2	4–5	236	208	+28	13.11	11.56
4	Minnesota Swarm	18	6	12	.333	8.0	3–6	3–6	185	226	−41	10.28	12.56
5	New England Black Wolves	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	186	249	−63	10.33	13.83

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xy	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	241	177	+64	13.39	9.83
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	6–3	3–6	212	218	−6	11.78	12.11
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	212	217	−5	11.78	12.06
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	5	13	.278	8.0	3–6	2–7	211	265	−54	11.72	14.72

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 2, 2015	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun	W 12–8		5,768	1–0
2	January 10, 2015	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun	W 17–7		4,004	2–0
3	January 24, 2015	Minnesota Swarm	Mohegan Sun	L 13–19		3,563	2–1
4	January 30, 2015	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 9–18		5,257	2–2
5	February 15, 2015	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun	L 10–15		3,558	2–3
6	February 20, 2015	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–13	OT	7,743	2–4
7	February 22, 2015	Colorado Mammoth	Mohegan Sun	L 12–14		3,711	2–5
8	March 14, 2015	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–9		8,912	3–5
9	March 20, 2015	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–20		9,478	3–6
10	March 28, 2015	Minnesota Swarm	Mohegan Sun	L 9–13		5,014	3–7
11	April 3, 2015	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–12		7,599	3–8
12	April 4, 2015	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	W 12–11		13,674	4–8
13	April 12, 2015	Vancouver Stealth	Mohegan Sun	L 9–11		3,066	4–9
14	April 17, 2015	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–15		9,271	4–10
15	April 25, 2015	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–14		8,535	4–11
16	April 26, 2015	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun	L 9–20		3,036	4–12
17	May 1, 2015	Toronto Rock	Mohegan Sun	L 7–10		3,514	4–13
18	May 2, 2015	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–20		15,374	4–14

Roster

New England Black Wolves roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Tye Belanger 35 Evan Kirk Defensemen 71 Sheldon Burns  6 Michael Diehl 88 Craig England  5 Michael Manley 13 Brett Manney 58 Mike McNamara 84 Brian Megill 96 Bill O'Brien		Forwards 27 Kevin Buchanan 91 Kyle Buchanan 26 Brett Bucktooth 41 Mark Cockerton 21 Kevin Crowley (A) 42 Jamie Lincoln 77 Quinn Powless 14 Pat Saunders Transition 18 Jesse Fehr 20 Ryan Hotaling 11 Joel White (C)		Practice Squad -- Brent Adams (D) -- Matt Crough (F) -- Josh Johnson (F)		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2014-09-27 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

August 28, 2014	To New England Black Wolves Craig England Mike Burke 2nd round selection, 2014 entry draft 1st round selection, 2015 entry draft 2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Brodie Merrill 2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves 3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft	To Rochester Knighthawks 27th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves 6th, 8th, 26th, 27th selections, 2014 entry draft	To Calgary Roughnecks 1st round selection, 2015 entry draft 3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves 11th, 28th selections, 2014 entry draft 1st round selection, 2015 entry draft	To Rochester Knighthawks Jordan Hall
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves Jay Card	To Minnesota Swarm 40th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves Mike McNamara	To Colorado Mammoth 17th selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014	To New England Black Wolves 6th round selection, 2016 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits 49th selection, 2014 entry draft
December 16, 2014	To New England Black Wolves Tye Belanger	To Colorado Mammoth 4th round selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Black Wolves made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	6	Mark Cockerton
1	8	Quinn Powless
2	11	Rodd Squire
2	15	Matt Crough
3	20	Josh Johnson
3	22	Sheldon Burns
3	26	Ty Thompson
3	28	Connor Campbell
4	31	Mike Mawdsley
4	34	Jayson Crawford

See also

• 2015 NLL season