2023 Panther City Lacrosse Club season

2023 Panther City Lacrosse Club
League	NLL
Division	TBD West
2023 record	10–8
Home record	6–3
Road record	4–5
Goals for	204
Goals against	193
General Manager	Bob Hamley
Coach	Tracey Kelusky
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	Dickies Arena
Average attendance	2,813
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The Panther City Lacrosse Club is a professional lacrosse team based in Fort Worth, Texas. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is the second season in franchise history.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

East Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	215	191	+24	11.94	10.61
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	8–1	5–4	234	164	+70	13.00	9.11
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	5–4	5–4	238	210	+28	13.22	11.67
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	218	214	+4	12.11	11.89
5	Philadelphia Wings	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	200	211	−11	11.11	11.72
6	Georgia Swarm	18	8	10	.444	6.0	3–6	5–4	219	207	+12	12.17	11.50
7	New York Riptide	18	5	13	.278	9.0	3–6	2–7	201	243	−42	11.17	13.50
8	Albany FireWolves	18	3	15	.167	11.0	0–9	3–6	167	233	−66	9.28	12.94

West Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	240	193	+47	13.33	10.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	218	167	+51	12.11	9.28
3	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	204	193	+11	11.33	10.72
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	190	208	−18	10.56	11.56
5	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	204	212	−8	11.33	11.78
6	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	9.0	4–5	1–8	179	222	−43	9.94	12.33
7	Vancouver Warriors	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	188	247	−59	10.44	13.72

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 9, 2022	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Dickies Arena	W 13–11		4,184	1–0
2	December 16, 2022	@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Michelob Ultra Arena	W 9–3		7,072	2–0
3	December 17, 2022	Colorado Mammoth	Dickies Arena	L 9–12		1,842	2–1
4	December 31, 2022	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 9–11		8,663	2–2
5	January 7, 2023	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–17		4,062	2–3
6	January 14, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 12–10		10,234	3–3
7	January 28, 2023	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	W 20–7		7,836	4–3
8	February 4, 2023	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena	L 10–12		4,214	4–4
9	February 11, 2023	Vancouver Warriors	Dickies Arena	W 14–13		3,657	5–4
10	February 18, 2023	Colorado Mammoth	Dickies Arena	W 13–7		2,421	6–4
11	February 24, 2023	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	L 12–14		9,973	6–5
12	March 4, 2023	Saskatchewan Rush	Dickies Arena	W 16–10		3,478	7–5
13	March 18, 2023	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Dickies Arena	W 11–8		2,238	8–5
14	March 24, 2023	San Diego Seals	Dickies Arena	L 9–17		2,104	8–6
15	April 1, 2023	Albany FireWolves	Dickies Arena	W 12–8		2,329	9–6
16	April 8, 2023	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 5–12		11,404	9–7
17	April 15, 2023	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	W 9–8		7,532	10–7
18	April 21, 2023	Calgary Roughnecks	Dickies Arena	L 12–13		3,063	10–8

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
western Conference Quarterfinals	May 6, 2023	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–12		10,104	0–1

Roster

References:

Panther City LC roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 39 Nick Damude Cam MacLeod Defensemen  7 Tyler Burton 21 Liam Byrnes 10 Chad Cummings  8 Pat Foley 94 Matt Hossack 22 Evan Messenger Brooker Muir 12 Liam Patten Nate Wade		Forwards 19 Phil Caputo 15 Patrick Dodds  3 Jonathan Donville 22 Dean Fairall 28 Nathan Grenon Will Malcom  7 Cam Milligan Cam Wengreniuk Transition Tony Malcom 26 Josh Medeiros		Practice Squad 55 Dylan Hutchison Mathieu Gautier Ronin Pusch Holdout 13 Connor Sellars		Head Coach Tracey Kelusky Assistant Coaches Steve Toll Kyle Goundrey Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2022-11-28 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. Panther City made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	5	Jason Knox	Burlington Chiefs – Ohio State University
1	9	Mathieu Gautier	Edmonton Miners
1	21	Colton Lidstone	Nanaimo Timbermen – Robert Morris University
2	30	Ronin Pusch	Edmonton Miners
2	37	Carter Zavitz	St. Catharines Jr A – Princeton University
3	47	Petey Lasala	University of Virginia
5	79	Kaleb Martin	Whitby Jr A
6	94	Jackson Rose	Lakeway Texas – St. Bonaventure
6	97	Michael Ippolito	High Point University