Player Spotlight

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.



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.






Question Not a very warm reception from the crowd tonight.
Answer

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.




Question 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...
Answer 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.


Question Next week, Minnesota comes in ....
Answer 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.


Question You are getting to the point where you are losing your margin for error.
Answer 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.


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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