2023 Albany FireWolves season

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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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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.

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 Canada Jackson Brown
  • 76 Canada Justin Geddie
Defensemen
  • 27 Canada Mike Byrne
  • 88 Canada Curtis Conley
  • 77 Canada Nick Chaykowsky
  •  8 United States Greg Downing
  • 73 Canada Aaron Forster
  • 19 Canada Patrick Kaschalk
  • 18 Iroquois Ty Logan
  • 13 United States Brett Manney (C)
  • 21 Canada Brent Mitchell
  • 11 Canada Jackson Nishimura
Forwards
  •  6 United States Charlie Kitchen
  • 66 United States Kieran McArdle
  • 41 United States John Piatelli
  • 16 Canada Justin Scott
  • 22 Iroquois Hiana Thompson
  • 44 Canada Tanner Thomson
  • 57 Canada Ethan Walker
  • 17 Canada 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.