2023 Albany FireWolves season

The Albany FireWolves are a lacrosse team based in Albany, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the franchise's 7th season in the league, 2nd as the Albany FireWolves.

2023 Albany FireWolves
LeagueNLL
DivisionEast
2023 record3-15
Home record0-9
Road record3-6
Goals for167
Goals against233
General ManagerChris Seinko
CoachGlenn Clark
ArenaMVP Arena
Average attendance3,610
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A month before the season started, the team announced that George Manias resigned as team president. Chris Porreca, who was previously Vice President of Corporate Sales & Business Operations has taken over the position of president.[1][2]

Regular season edit

Current standings edit

Reference:[3]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Banditsxyz18144.7780.07–27–2215191+2411.9410.61
2Toronto Rockx18135.7221.08–15–4234164+7013.009.11
3Halifax Thunderbirdsx18108.5564.05–45–4238210+2813.2211.67
4Rochester Knighthawksx18108.5564.06–34–5218214+412.1111.89
5Philadelphia Wings1899.5005.04–55–4200211−1111.1111.72
6Georgia Swarm18810.4446.03–65–4219207+1212.1711.50
7New York Riptide18513.2789.03–62–7201243−4211.1713.50
8Albany FireWolves18315.16711.00–93–6167233−669.2812.94
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1San Diego Sealsxy18144.7780.07–27–2240193+4713.3310.72
2Calgary Roughnecksx18135.7221.07–26–3218167+5112.119.28
3Panther City Lacrosse Clubx18108.5564.06–34–5204193+1111.3310.72
4Colorado Mammothx1899.5005.07–22–7190208−1810.5611.56
5Saskatchewan Rush18810.4446.05–43–6204212−811.3311.78
6Las Vegas Desert Dogs18513.2789.04–51–8179222−439.9412.33
7Vancouver Warriors18414.22210.02–72–7188247−5910.4413.72


Game log edit

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 3, 2022 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 11–10 11,493 1–0
2 December 17, 2022 Rochester Knighthawks MVP Arena L 13–14 3,819 1–1
3 January 7, 2023 Halifax Thunderbirds MVP Arena L 11–14 3,843 1–2
4 January 13, 2023 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 11–10 OT 9,211 2–2
5 January 21, 2023 New York Riptide MVP Arena L 10–16 3,642 2–3
6 February 4, 2023 @ Philadelphia Wings (2018-) Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) L 5–13 8,333 2–4
7 February 11, 2023 @ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum L 12–14 4,738 2–5
8 February 18, 2023 Las Vegas Desert Dogs MVP Arena L 10–12 3,520 2–6
9 February 25, 2023 @ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena L 4–20 8,715 2–7
10 March 4, 2023 Georgia Swarm MVP Arena L 8–9 OT 3,492 2–8
11 March 11, 2023 @ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre L 9–12 8,421 2–9
12 March 18, 2023 @ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum L 10–13 4,512 2–10
13 March 25, 2023 Toronto Rock MVP Arena L 9–11 3,849 2–11
14 April 1, 2023 @ Panther City Lacrosse Club Dickies Arena L 8–12 2,329 2–12
15 April 8, 2023 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–12 4,628 3–12
16 April 15, 2023 Georgia Swarm MVP Arena L 6–15 3,661 3–13
17 April 23, 2023 Philadelphia Wings (2018-) MVP Arena L 9–10 3,107 3–14
18 April 29, 2023 Buffalo Bandits MVP Arena L 10–16 3,558 3–15

Roster edit

Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
  •  1   Jackson Brown
  • 76   Justin Geddie
Defensemen
  • 27   Mike Byrne
  • 88   Curtis Conley
  • 77   Nick Chaykowsky
  •  8   Greg Downing
  • 73   Aaron Forster
  • 19   Patrick Kaschalk
  • 18   Ty Logan
  • 13   Brett Manney (C)
  • 21   Brent Mitchell
  • 11   Jackson Nishimura
Forwards
  •  6   Charlie Kitchen
  • 66   Kieran McArdle
  • 41   John Piatelli
  • 16   Justin Scott
  • 22   Hiana Thompson
  • 44   Tanner Thomson
  • 57   Ethan Walker
  • 17   Colton Watkinson
Transition
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2022-01-12
NLL Transactions


Entry Draft edit

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022.[4] The FireWolves made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 4 Alex Simmons St Catharines – University of Denver/Syracuse University
1 7 Will Johansen Nanaimo Timbermen – Robert Morris University
1 17 Tye Kurtz Cobourg Kodiaks – University of Delaware
3 53 John Piatelli Cornell University
4 67 Matt Duncan Toronto Beaches – Robert Morris University
6 98 Aiden Guld Coquitlam Jr A – University of Toronto****

References edit

  1. ^ Tutka, Paul (2022-11-03). "Albany President Manias steps down, FireWolves promote Porreca to lead front-office role". The Lax Mag. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ^ Singelais, Mark (2022-11-03). "Albany FireWolves president George Manias resigns". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. ^ "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
  4. ^ "2022 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.