The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the team's 6th season in the league. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2][3]
Regular season
Current standings
Reference: [4]
East Division| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
|---|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 1 | | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 135 | 101 | +34 | 12.27 | 9.18 |
| 2 | Georgia Swarm | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.5 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 12.42 | 10.50 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 151 | 134 | +17 | 10.79 | 9.57 |
| 4 | New York Riptide | 13 | 1 | 12 | .077 | 8.0 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 116 | 177 | −61 | 8.92 | 13.62 |
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 |
December 7, 2019 |
@ Toronto Rock |
Scotiabank Arena |
W 12–8 |
|
7,158 |
1–0 |
| 2 |
December 14, 2019 |
@ Saskatchewan Rush |
SaskTel Centre |
W 12–8 |
|
11,119 |
2–0 |
| 3 |
December 27, 2019 |
New York Riptide |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
W 21–11 |
|
6,089 |
3–0 |
| 4 |
January 18, 2020 |
Philadelphia Wings (2018–) |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
W 8–7 |
OT |
4,084 |
4–0 |
| 5 |
January 26, 2020 |
Georgia Swarm |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
L 10–11 |
OT |
4,737 |
4–1 |
| 6 |
February 1, 2020 |
Vancouver Warriors |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
L 6–10 |
|
4,801 |
4–2 |
| 7 |
February 16, 2020 |
Philadelphia Wings (2018–) |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
L 11–14 |
|
5,387 |
4–3 |
| 8 |
February 22, 2020 |
Rochester Knighthawks |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
W 18–7 |
|
5,328 |
5–3 |
| 9 |
February 28, 2020 |
@ New York Riptide |
Nassau Coliseum |
W 12–8 |
|
3,001 |
6–3 |
| 10 |
March 1, 2020 |
Halifax Thunderbirds |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
W 16–10 |
|
5,502 |
7–3 |
| 11 |
March 7, 2020 |
@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–) |
Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) |
W 9–7 |
|
8,089 |
8–3 |
Cancelled games
Roster
|
|
| Active (21-man) roster
|
Inactive roster
|
Coaches
|
- Goaltenders
- 30 Doug Jamieson
- 35 Ethan Woods
- Defensemen
- 10 Adam Bomberry
- 22 Nick Chaykowsky
- 8 Greg Downing
- 19 Ty Logan
- 13 Brett Manney (C)
- 21 Mackenzie Mitchell
- 91 Joe Nardella
- 26 Jackson Nishimura
- 62 Creighton Reid
|
|
- Forwards
- Transition
|
|
- Practice Squad
- 27 Bailey Brown
- 21 Mike Byrne
- 55 Joel Tinney
|
|
- Head Coach
- Assistant Coaches
- Legend
- * Suspended list
- (C) Captain
- (A) Alternate captain
Roster updated 2019-09-18
NLL Transactions
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Entry Draft
The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019.[5] The Black Wolves made the following selections:
| Round |
Overall |
Player |
College/Club
|
| 1 |
3 |
Andrew Kew |
Tampa University
|
| 1 |
17 |
Zach Goodrich |
Towson University
|
| 4 |
61 |
Bailey Brown |
Toronto Beaches
|
| 5 |
70 |
Tristan Rai |
Lehigh University
|
| 6 |
83 |
Travis Brown |
Orangeville
|
References