Wings Down Toronto, Take Over First in NLL East
from press release
TORONTO - The Philadelphia Wings made a
statement on Saturday night, using a strong second quarter to
handily beat the Toronto Rock 14-8 in the Air Canada Centre and
move into sole possession of first place in the East Division.
After being pushed around by Toronto in the opening frame and
trailing 3-2, the Wings (4-2) outscored the Rock 4-1 in the second
to open up a two-goal halftime lead that they would never
relinquish.
The Philadelphia win spoiled the return of Rock captain Colin
Doyle, who has been battling a leg injury and was not a big factor
in the outcome, finishing with one assist.
Dan Dawson, Brendan Mundorf and Kevin Crowley led the Philadelphia
attack. Dawson had his second straight double-digit point game,
following what he deemed an unacceptable losing effort two weeks
ago against the Rock in Philadelphia. The big right-hander had
three goals and seven assists.
Mundorf was simply dominant in what was likely his best game as a
Wing. He had five goals and three assists, playing the role of
sniper with three goals from the same spot to the left of Matt
Roik, who was pulled halfway through the fourth.
Crowley added three goals and three assists.
The Philadelphia defense was suffocating, led by Brandon Miller who
finished with 32 saves on 40 shots.
Garrett Billings had a hat trick and Jamie Rooney two goals for
Toronto, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
Toronto (3-3) just didn’t have an answer for the superior
play of Philadelphia. Two weeks ago, the Rock blanked the Wings in
the second half en route to a 15-6 win in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia travels to Edmonton to take on the Rush Friday night
while Toronto will host Rochester.
