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Wings keep Playoff hopes alive with OT win over Rochester
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All posts by David Malandra JrPublished02 Apr 2023
Philadelphia PA: The push for the playoffs continued for the Philadelphia Wings as they took on Rochester Knighthawks on Sunday Night from the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. There are two teams in front of the Wings for the final playoff spot in the East.
The Wings got the scoring started by Ben McIntosh. Rochester answered back and the Wings took a 4-3 lead at end of the 1st quarter.
This was a very physical game & it would be the same in the second quarter as the Wings took an 8-7 lead into halftime.
In the second half, the Wings would continue to make things very challenging for the Knighthawks as they increased the lead to 11-8 by the end of 3rd quarter. This game would change in every big way as the Knighthawks would rally back & take the lead at 13-12 with 2:25 left followed by the Wings answering back to make it 13-13 regards of Taite Cattoni.
TIE GAME. FINAL MINUTES.
TUNE IN ON ESPN+(https://t.co/hMukuv342X) and TSN+ pic.twitter.com/PjIYnQJyw8
— NLL (@NLL) April 3, 2023
The Wings would win the game in overtime from Joe Resetarits.
🚨 REZZY GAME WINNER 🚨@NLLwings win it in OT! pic.twitter.com/fCDAZLm006
— NLL (@NLL) April 3, 2023
How it sounded inside the Wells Fargo Center:
How it sounded inside Wells Fargo Center as the Wings win in Overtime #WingsLAX #NLL #PHIvsROC pic.twitter.com/em53jw3www
— David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) April 3, 2023
Postgame:
Wings Capitan Kiel Matisz:
I asked Wings Kiel Matisz about winning the game in overtime#WingsLAX #NLL #PHIvsROC pic.twitter.com/OHfgdtsjUn
— David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) April 3, 2023
A Crowd of 5,939 were very entertained as the Wings would close out their home schedule. If things were to fall their way, there could be possibility a home playoff game.
