2016 New England Black Wolves season

2016 New England Black Wolves
League	NLL
Division	East
General Manager	Chris Seinko
Coach	Glenn Clark
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
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The New England Black Wolves are a lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was the team's second season in the league.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	8–1	5–4	251	214	+37	13.94	11.89
2	New England Black Wolves – x	18	10	8	.556	3.0	6–3	4–5	229	212	+17	12.72	11.78
3	Georgia Swarm – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	4–5	4–5	238	240	−2	13.22	13.33
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	3–6	4–5	200	215	−15	11.11	11.94
5	Toronto Rock	18	5	13	.278	8.0	4–5	1–8	190	224	−34	10.56	12.44

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	233	190	+43	12.94	10.56
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	12	6	.667	1.0	8–1	4–5	203	202	+1	11.28	11.22
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	216	216	−-0	12.00	12.00
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	5	13	.278	8.0	4–5	1–8	198	245	−47	11.00	13.61

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 9, 2016	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 17–7		4,230	1–0
2	January 15, 2016	Calgary Roughnecks	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 8–9		5,589	1–1
3	January 17, 2016	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 11–6		4,845	2–1
4	January 30, 2016	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 15–11		3,874	3–1
5	February 6, 2016	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–12		13,556	3–2
6	February 14, 2016	Toronto Rock	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 17–16	OT	3,512	4–2
7	February 28, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 16–15		3,744	5–2
8	March 5, 2016	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 13–14		15,009	5–3
9	March 12, 2016	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–17		7,589	5–4
10	March 25, 2016	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 16–13		3,604	6–4
11	March 26, 2016	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–8		7,582	7–4
12	April 2, 2016	Colorado Mammoth	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 10–12		3,554	7–5
13	April 8, 2016	Saskatchewan Rush	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 14–13		2,982	8–5
14	April 9, 2016	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 14–10		10,128	9–5
15	April 15, 2016	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–16		2,957	9–6
16	April 23, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 21–11		4,097	10–6
17	April 30, 2016	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 7–12		19,070	10–7
18	May 1, 2016	Rochester Knighthawks	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 8–10		2,895	10–8

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-final	May 6, 2016	Georgia Swarm	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 14–13	OT	3,266	1–0
Eastern Final (Game 1)	May 16, 2016	Buffalo Bandits	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 10–15		3,697	1–1
Eastern Final (Game 2)	May 21, 2016	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 15–20		14,000	1–2

Roster

New England Black Wolves roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Tye Belanger 35 Evan Kirk Defensemen 39 Dan Ball 71 Sheldon Burns 13 Brett Manney 84 Brian Megill 96 Bill O'Brien 98 Jimmy Purves 44 John Ranagan  7 Derek Suddons		Forwards 27 Kevin Buchanan 91 Kyle Buchanan 26 Brett Bucktooth 21 Kevin Crowley  8 Mike MacDonald 66 Shane MacDonald 77 Quinn Powless 14 Pat Saunders Transition 20 Ryan Hotaling		Practice Squad -- Brent Adams (D) -- Matt Crough (F) -- Josh Johnson (F) Injured Reserve -- Andrew Suitor		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2014-09-27 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

October 12, 2015	To New England Black Wolves Kevin Crowley	To Toronto Rock Dan Lintner 2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft
October 25, 2015	To New England Black Wolves Tyler Digby 2nd round selection, 2017 entry draft	To Vancouver Stealth Garrett Billings
October 26, 2015	To New England Black Wolves Shawn Evans 3rd round selection, 2018 entry draft	To Calgary Roughnecks Tyler Digby 1st round selection, 2018 entry draft 1st round selection, 2019 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015.[2] The Black Wolves made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	8	Dan Lintner
3	22	Mike MacDonald
3	28	Philip Caputo
4	37	Brooker Muir
5	41	Ryan McSpadyen
6	48	Jordi Jones-Smith

See also

• 2016 NLL season

References

1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
2. "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.