1987 Philadelphia Wings season

The Philadelphia Wings were one of the original four franchises in the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League, joining the New Jersey Saints, Washington Wave, and Baltimore Thunder in 1987. While the Wings went only 3-4 that first season including a loss in the playoffs, they drew an average of almost 12,000 fans to their three 1987 regular season games.

1987 Philadelphia Wings
League	Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
Rank	2nd
1987 record	3-4
Home record	2-1
Road record	1-2
Goals for	86
Goals against	82
General Manager	David Huntley
Coach	Steve Wey
Arena	Wachovia Spectrum
Average attendance	10,972
Team leaders
Goals	Mike French (14)
Assists	John Tucker (14)
Points	John Tucker (26)
1988 season →

Some of the early stars of those teams included Mike French, Hall of Fame college player at Cornell and a current team executive, as well as John Grant Sr., father of current NLL star John Grant Jr.

Results

Game log

Reference:

#	Date	at/vs.	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 1987	at	New Jersey Saints	8 - 11	5,976	Loss
2	January 24, 1987	at	Baltimore Thunder	19 - 20	6,593	Loss
3	January 31, 1987	vs.	New Jersey Saints	17 - 11	14,189	Win
4	February 14, 1987	vs.	Washington Wave	15 - 12	10,088	Win
5	February 22, 1987	vs.	Baltimore Thunder	8 - 14	11,583	Loss
6	January 25, 1987	at	Washington Wave	19 - 14	8,100	Win
7(p)	March 8, 1987	vs.	Washington Wave	15 - 20	8,027	Loss

(p) - denotes playoff game

1987 Highlights

• Wings drew 43,887 fans at home at the Spectrum for an average of 10,972 per game.
• Hall of Famer Mike French led the league in scoring with 14 goals, 9 assists for 23 points in 6 games.
• Original Philadelphia Wings player John Grant Sr. contributed 4 goals, 10 assists for 14 points in 8 games.

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 30 Goalie Bilger, Kevin (Maryland) 5 Fwd Castle, James R. (Drexel/NC State) 23 Fwd Ciccarone, Henry (Johns Hopkins) 10 Fwd Conley, John (Towson) 15 Fwd Danko, Paul (North Carolina) 25 Fwd Decico, Mark (Towson) 17 Fwd French, Mike (Cornell) 14 Fwd French, Paul (Virginia) 12 Fwd Grant, John 22 Fwd Growney, Scott (Trinity) 9 Fwd Hanley, Pat (Towson) 19 Fwd Harris, Jeff (Johns Hopkins)

No. Position Player 3 Fwd Johnson, Mark 6 Fwd Krumenacker, John (Johns Hopkins) 11 Fwd Lamon, Pat (Loyola) 8 Fwd Manley, Greg (Loyola) 1 Goalie Moschella, Mark (Drexel) 20 Fwd Powers, Bob (Towson) 13 Fwd Scott, Peter (Johns Hopkins) 16 Fwd Singleton, Tom (Loyola) 21 Fwd Tasker, Dave (Langara) 18 Fwd Townsend, Dennis (Johns Hopkins) 2 Fwd Tucker, John (Johns Hopkins) 7 Fwd Wey, Dennis (UMBC) 24 Fwd Wey, Steve (Johns Hopkins)

See also

• Philadelphia Wings
• 1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071102134725/http://www.wingszone.com/whistory/history.htm