Wings

Date    Opponent   Time    Jan. 14    Rochester Knighthawks    7    Jan. 21    Washington Stealth   7      Jan. 27    at Buffalo Bandits    7:30    Feb. 4    Toronto Rock    7    Feb. 12    Buffalo Bandits    4    Feb. 18    at Toronto Rock   7    Feb. 24    at Edmonton Rush    9    March...

The Chicago Shamrox defeated the Wings, 17-11, at the Sears Centre last night, sending Toronto to the National Lacrosse League playoffs and eliminating the Wings. The Wings, Chicago and Toronto were 6-10 in the Eastern Division. Toronto won based on its 5-7 divisional record. Chicago finished 5-8. The Wings were 4-8. Marc Morley led the Wings with three goals.

The Wings will play their only National Lacrosse League exhibition game at 1 p.m. Sunday against the Rochester Knighthawks at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton. Brodie Merrill, who was the league's player of the year last season, and Kevin Crowley, the Wings' No. 1 draft choice, will make their Wings debuts. The Wings will open their 16-game regular season Jan. 14 against Rochester at the Wells Fargo Center.  

The Wings upset the defending National Lacrosse League champion Toronto Rock, 10-8, last night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Tom Marechek led the Wings with five points, including three goals. Jeff Ratcliffe had three goals; Dan Marohl and Keith Cromwell each had two goals. Ratcliffe netted the game-winning goal; that score gave him 200 points for his career. The Wings, who ended a three-game losing streak, are 3-3. "I was proud of the way this team came into this building and played," Wings coach Adam Mueller said.

The Toronto Rock crushed the Wings, 17-9, last night and pushed the defending National Lacrosse League champions to the brink of elimination. The Wings (7-8) will meet Toronto tonight at the First Union Center in their final regular-season game. The Wings need a win to have a chance of qualifying for the playoffs, but two other contenders also must lose either tonight or tomorrow.

The expansion New Jersey Storm handed the Wings their first home loss of the season, 13-11, before 17,488 fans at the First Union Center last night. Tom Marechek, Jeff Ratcliffe and Jake Bergey each scored three goals for the Wings, the National Lacrosse League champs. Scott Stewart led the Storm with three goals and two assists.

The Wings overcame a slow start for a 10-8 comeback road win Saturday over Rochester, snapping a 10-game losing streak to the Knighthawks. Rochester scored four times inside three minutes for a 4-0 lead early before the Wings roared back.  

Drew Westervelt scored two goals and had three assists to lead the Wings to a 12-8, National Lacrosse League victory over the Boston Blazers Saturday night at the Wachovia Center. Wings goaltender Brandon Miller made 41 saves, and was particularly stellar in the first quarter, stopping 14 of 15 shots. The Wings (1-1) were clinging to a 9-8 lead entering the fourth quarter, then put the game away with three goals. Another key to the win was holding last season's league MVP, Dan Dawson, to two assists.

Gewas Schindler scored the winning goal in overtime as the Columbus Landsharks defeated the Wings, 15-14, in a National Lacrosse League game last night. A crowd of 13,726 fans in the First Union Center watched the former Wing score 4 minutes, 23 seconds into the extra period to hand the Wings their third straight loss. Tom Marechek led the Wings in scoring with four goals, while Mark Millon, Kevin Finneran and Jeff Ratcliffe each recorded hat tricks. Marechek had a total of six points for the Wings.

The Wings defeated the Buffalo Bandits, 16-13, in a National Lacrosse League game last night. Jeff Ratcliffe powered the offense with four goals, while rookie Ryan Ward recorded his first NLL hat trick. The Wings (2-0) started off strong, getting three straight goals by Ratcliffe, Tom Marechek and Ward. After a goal by Buffalo's Jason Crosbie, the Wings added another three goals, on shots by Keith Cromwell, Ward and Thomas Hajek. The Wings' home opener is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday against the Rochester Knighthawks at the Wachovia Center.

Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the host Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-1, Monday night to take a two-games-to-one lead in the second-round series. Patrick Kane scored 4 minutes, 35 seconds into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied the game about a minute later, but Andrew Shaw's goal was waved off because he was in the crease.

Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the host Chicago Blackhawks, 4-1, Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series. It was a strong response by the Red Wings after Chicago handled them easily in the series opener, 4-1. Just as the Blackhawks did in Game 1, Detroit took control in the second period and put the game away in the third. Now, the Red Wings have a chance to take the lead when this series between Original Six rivals shifts to Detroit for Game 3 on Monday.

IF THE Chicago Blackhawks-Detroit Red Wings rivalry is about to undergo a transformation, the Blackhawks want to have the final say. They got the first word. Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in the third period, Corey Crawford made 20 saves and the Blackhawks beat the visiting Wings, 4-1, in the opener of their second-round Western Conference playoff series last night. Detroit moves to the Eastern Conference next season. "As happy as we are about going to the Eastern Conference, we are going to be giving up something that's pretty special," Wings forward Justin Abdelkader said.

The Wings ended their season in the first round of the NLL playoffs, losing to the Rochester Knighthawks, 10-8, at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday. It was the second year in a row that the Wings bowed out in the first round. Last year, the Knighthawks bounced the Wings out in the first round with a 14-3 victory on their way to the Champion's Cup. The Wings struggled with a slow start, trailing, 3-0, after the first quarter. The Philadelphia squad rebounded in the second quarter, scoring three straight goals on the way to a four-goal quarter.

The Wings visit Rochester on Saturday at 5 p.m. to take on the Knighthawks in the East Division semifinals of the National Lacrosse League playoffs. The game will be shown on CBS Sports Network. The teams met last year in Rochester for a first-round game that the Knighthawks won, 14-13. This year, the teams have played three games, and the Knighthawks have won two of them. "We are approaching this as one game, a best-of-one series, that we have to win," Wings assistant captain Brett Manney said.

Jordin Tootoo netted the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and Johan Franzen scored on a power play with 6 minutes, 26 seconds left, lifting the host Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win Wednesday night over the Los Angeles Kings and into eighth place in the Western Conference. Detroit is one point ahead of Columbus and one behind seventh-place Minnesota. All three teams have two games remaining. The Red Wings are aiming to extend their postseason streak to 22, the longest in North American professional sports.

JORDIN TOOTOO netted the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and Johan Franzen scored on a power play with 6:26 left, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win last night over the visiting Los Angeles Kings and into eighth place in the Western Conference. Detroit is one point ahead of Columbus and one behind seventh-place Minnesota. All three teams have two games remaining. The Red Wings are aiming to extend their postseason streak to 22, the longest in North American professional sports.

The Wings will travel to Rochester at 5 p.m. Saturday to take on the Knighthawks in the first round of the National Lacrosse League playoffs. The Wings will begin their run at a league-record eighth NLL championship at Blue Cross Arena in a game that will be televised live nationally on the CBS Sports Network. At 7-9, the Wings are the No. 3 seed in the East Division and enter the playoffs with the same record the defending champion Knighthawks had going into the playoffs last year.

The Wings will visit the Rochester Knighthawks this weekend in a rematch of last year's first-round opponents in the National Lacrosse League playoffs. The day and time had not been announced by Sunday night. The Knighthawks beat the Wings en route to winning the 2012 Champion's Cup. This year, the Wings (7-9) are the No. 3 seed in the East Division. Rochester (8-8) is No. 2. The Toronto Rock (10-6) clinched the top overall seed and the East's regular-season title. The Minnesota Swarm (7-9)