The Philadelphia Wings was one of six teams from the original National Lacrosse League . This team mimicked Philadelphia's NHL counterpart, the Flyers with a "Broad Street Bullies" style of play. The Wings played at the home of the Flyers, the Spectrum , and played their first game in that arena on May 19, 1974, mere hours after the Flyers won the Stanley Cup . The Wings were one of three teams that did not go bankrupt prior to the 1976 season cancellation.
6-515: Philadelphia Wings may refer to any of three distinct professional lacrosse teams: Philadelphia Wings (1974–1975) , a member of the original National Lacrosse League Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) , a founding member of the National Lacrosse League that moved to New England in 2014 Philadelphia Wings (2018–present) , a member of the current National Lacrosse League Topics referred to by
12-449: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Philadelphia Wings (1974%E2%80%931975) The league only lasted two seasons. The regular season was played during the off-season of the NHL and consisted of 40 games in 1974 and 48 in 1975. Both seasons consisted of a two-round playoff with four of the six teams making the playoffs. Each round
18-782: The Wings wore the original orange jersey and the Rochester Knighthawks donned the Rochester Griffins jersey. Members of the original Wings were honored at a ceremony at half-time. The players included Doug Favell ( NHL goalie), John Grant Sr., the only player to play for the first two versions of the NLL Wings and father of John Grant Jr. , Jimmy Wasson, goalkeeper Wayne Platt, Zeny Lipinski, long-time Lower Merion lacrosse coach John Linehan and Canadian lacrosse Hall of Famer Larry Lloyd . Flyer's television announcer Gene Hart called
24-541: The modern-day National Lacrosse League , which also has included two unrelated teams called the Philadelphia Wings ( Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) and Philadelphia Wings (2018–) ). This was the only original league logo resurrected in the rebirth of pro indoor lacrosse. The current NLL league and franchise makes no references to the original incarnation although in 2004 there was a "retro" night in Philadelphia where
30-433: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Philadelphia Wings . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philadelphia_Wings&oldid=1180683313 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-462: Was a best-of-seven series. The Wings were regular season champions in the first season (1974). After defeating the Maryland Arrows in the first round, they were eliminated in the final round by the Rochester Griffins four games to two in the first season. They failed to make the playoffs with a disappointing fifth-place finish (they missed the playoffs by one win). The 1974–75 NLL is unrelated to
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