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Player Spotlight highlights the finer details and elements while supplying insight to the fans on what a player's thought process may be pertaining to a certain play, game or situation. It brings the intensity, passion, and inner most thoughts of the individual player that otherwise may not be felt or heard. |
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PLPA Correspondent Kevin M. Neibauer had the opportunity to sit down with Philadelphia Wings Goaltender, Brandon Miller, after a 8-4 defeat to the Boston Blazers. The Wings, shortened by injuries, were forced to play with a few players out of position and the results were not enjoyed by Wings fans. | |
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Not a very warm reception from the crowd tonight. |
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The reaction was good. By good I mean their passion. Some of the guys out there tonight....maybe they needed to hear that. (Boos). It's a privilege to play in front of a crowd like this. In our league we don't have many cities that have a bond like we have. It's a privilege....and, they have been behind us. If you don't give the effort, like we did tonight, they SHOULD get on us, and I'm glad they did. Maybe we will take something from it. |
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The team lost a lot of firepower in the off-season, with the losses of Jamie Rooney, Jason Crosbie and Jake Bergey, not to mention the injury to Athan Iannucci... |
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That's an arsenal....Enough to kill any team I think that's the biggest reason for the problems, AI had 70 goals, I think Bergey had thirty something goals, Rooney, had twenty something. The team is trying to get those goals back by committee. We're almost half-way through the season so we need to pick it up. Maybe some changes need to be made, or, maybe an embrarassing game like this will kick some guys in the ass. We do have some guys banged up, maybe when we get them back things will improve.
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Next week, Minnesota comes in .... |
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Next week is a big one obviously, they (Minnesota) are going through the same thing were are, so maybe it's a good time to catch them. We are still in the hunt, with Toronto only having two wins and Rochester having only one.
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You are getting to the point where you are losing your margin for error. |
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We know how big the games are going to be late in the season. These are the wins you wanna get. The games late in the season, yeah they cost you, but, these early ones, you look back on, and you say, if we had been prepared, if we were ready to play. We have to win these games, if not, you are scratching and crawling to make the playoffs. We don't hold a tiebreaker against Boston, we have to beat New York twice, We have to hope that Rochester and Toronto keep losing. Right now, the way we are playing, it's hard to say that we are a playoff team. We can't sit and lick our wounds. We have to figure this thing out.
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| PLPA Correspondent Kevin M. Neibauer has been contributing articles to several on-line sites in the Philadelphia, Pa. area. Currently acts as the Philadelphia Correspondent for InTheCrease.com and also Just Hockey. Kevin has been writing for Just Hockey for three seasons and for InTheCrease for two. Currently being published each month, Neibauer covers both the Philadelphia Phantoms and the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League for Just Hockey. Kevin also contributes feature stories and interviews for that site. Besides those two sites, Neibauer has contributed to several Lacrosse sites, as well as writing for three Philadelphia based, All-Sports sites. Kevin was introduced to the indoor game of Lacrosse in the 1970's, when as a child, he would attend games in the old Eagle Pro Box League. Other Lacrosse background: Served as a referee in the Philadelphia Box Lacrosse Association. Neibauer, by day, is a Union Sheet Metal Worker out of Local 19 in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania area and is married and lives in Philadelphia with his family. Kevin can be reached at KJIEN@aol.com |
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| Luke Wiles | San Jose Stealth |
| Jason Crosbie | Philadelphia Wings |
| John Tavares | Buffalo Bandits |
| Ryan Benesch | Toronto Rock |
| Geoff Snider | Philadelphia Wings |
| John Christmas | Philadelphia Wings |
| Jeff Spano | Philadelphia Wings |
| Lewis Ratcliff | Calgary Roughnecks |
| John Tavares | Buffalo Bandits |
| Matt Roik | Philadelphia Wings |
| Tom Marechek | Philadelphia Wings |
| Dallas Eliuk | Philadelphia Wings |
| Kyle Sweeney | Philadelphia Wings |
| Pat O'Toole | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Rich Brzeski | Philadelphia Wings |
| Tom Ryan | Philadelphia Wings |
| Jeff Ratcliffe | Philadelphia Wings |
| Chris Panos | Anaheim Storm |
| Dan Dawson | Arizona Sting |
| Glenn Clark | Toronto Rock |
| Brandon Miller | San Jose Stealth |
| Lewis Ratcliffe | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Michael Law | Anaheim Storm |
| Mark Steenhuis | Buffalo Bandits |
| Tom Hajek | Philadelphia Wings |
| Jeff Ratcliffe | Philadelphia Wings |
| A.J Shannon | Buffalo Bandits |
| Jim Veltman | Toronto Rock |
| Chris Driscoll | Toronto Rock |
| John Gallant | Colorado Mammoth |
| Eric Miller | Colorado Mammoth |
| Brian Langtry | Colorado Mammoth |
| Tracy Kelusky | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Tom Still | Colorado Mammoth |
| Kyle Couling | Buffalo Bandits |
| Colin Doyle | Toronto Rock |
| Gary Gait | Colorado Mammoth |
| Bill Greer | Columbus Landsharks |
| Aaron Wilson | Toronto Rock |
| Al Truant | Colorado Mammoth |
| Kevin Finneran | Toronto Rock |
| Ben Prepchuck | Colorado Mammoth |
| Pat O'Toole | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Kevin Finneran | Toronto Rock |
| Paul Cantabene | Philadelphia Wings |
| Blaine Manning | Toronto Rock |
| Gary Rosyski | Albany Attack |
| Neal Powless | Albany Attack |
| Gary Rosyski | Albany Attack |
| Jesse Phillips | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Colin Doyle | Toronto Rock |
| Ryan O'Connor | Vancouver Ravens |
| Paul Gait | Washington Power |
| Chris Konopliff | Ottawa Rebel |
| Kyle Arbuckle | Columbus Landsharks |
| Matt King | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Dave Stilley | Philadelphia Wings |
| Cam Bomberry | New Jersey Storm |
| Kaleb Toth | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Dwight Maetche | Vancouver Ravens |
| Greg Traynor | Philadelphia Wings |
| Paul Talmo | New Jersey Storm |
| Mark Millon | Philadelphia Wings |
| Rod Squire | Toronto Rock |
| Gee Nash | New York Saints |
| Pat Maddalena | Buffalo Bandits |
| Tom Marechek | Philadelphia Wings |
| Dan Teat | Albany Attack |
| Derek Malawsky | Buffalo Bandits |
| Josh Sanderson | Albany Attack |
| Steve Fannell | Albany Attack |
| Ryan Powell | Buffalo Bandits |
| Cam Woods | Albany Attack |
| Colin Doyle | Toronto Rock |
| Peter Schmitz | PLPA President |
| Glen Clark | Toronto Rock |
| Pat O'Toole | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Mike Accursi | Buffalo Bandits |
| Phil Sanderson | Albany Attack |
| Matt Shearer | Pittsburg Crossefire |
| Tim Soudan | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Jason Wulder | New York Saints |
| Ted Dowling | Albany Attack |
| Mark Millon | Syracuse Smash |
| Mark Frye | New York Saints |
| Pat Maddalena | Buffalo Bandits |
| Paul Gait | Pittsburgh Crossefire |
| Rich Kilgour | Buffalo Bandits |
| Chris Gill | Toronto Rock |
| Paul Cantabene | Pittsburg Crossefire |
| Adam Mueller | Albany Attack |
| Shawn Williams | Buffalo Bandits |
| John Grant JR | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Mike Accursi | Syracuse Smash |
| Gary Gait | Baltimore Thunder |
| Tom Ryan | Baltimore Thunder |
| John Tavares | Buffalo Bandits |
| Tim Soudan | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Kevin Finneran | Philadelphia Wings |
| Bob Watson | Toronto Rock |
| Jim Veltman | Toronto Rock |
| Jake Bergey | Philadelphia Wings |
| Chris Panos | Buffalo Bandits |
| Troy Cordingley | Buffalo Bandits |
| Regy Thorpe | Rochester Knighthawks |
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