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 Minnesota Swarm (0-1)
vs
 Philadelphia Wings (2-0)
January 14th, 2006, 7:00 pm CST
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, PA
TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:
B2 Networks $6.00 per game
Tape Delay: Channel 45 KSTC Wednesday January 18th, 2006 at 9:00 pm CST
Lacrosse TV
Live statistics at Pointstreak
Minnesota Swarm website: http://www.mnswarm.com
Minnesota Swarm message board: http://boards.mnswarm.com
National Lacrosse League website: http://www.nll.com
NLL message board: http://www.wingszone.com/nllmb/
Series: Philadelphia 3-1
Last week, the Swarm lost 15-11 to the Wings to start the season at the Xcel
Energy Center. #44 Ryan Ward (4 goals & 2 assists) and #22 Kasey
Beirnes (3 goals & 3 assists) led the scoring. #1 Matt Disher saved
29 of 42 shots in goal. The Swarm scored three straight to begin the
game but the Wings finished the 1st quarter up 5 to 3. After Ward's
third goal of the game to tie it at 10 to 10 with 14:39 in the 4th
quarter, the Wings scored five straight to take control.
More statistics on the Swarm at Pointstreak
http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/teampl...56&seasonid=977
Standings:
http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standi...30&seasonid=977
Thisweekend, the Swarm are looking to get their first win of the year and
to keep up with the undefeated Wings (2-0) in the East Division. This
is the Wings home opener. The Swarm are hoping that #11 Kelly Hall will
be ready to go after a rib injury suffered before last Friday's game.
The lefthander's scoring and aggressiveness will be needed near the net
to help with the offense.
#66 D'arcy Berthiaume and #48 Nolan
Heavenor will need to win half the face offs with the Wings #24 Peter
Jacobs, maybe the best faceoff specialist in the NLL. Jacobs won 20 of
30 faceoffs, with Berthiaume going 7 of 20 and Heavenor going 3 of 10.
If #39 Mark Miyashita makes his Swarm debut this weekend, he may also
be used in face offs.
The defense will need to communicate
better and prevent Wings players like #17 Marc Morley, #19 Sean
Greenhalgh and #15 Luke Wiles coming up the middle. #24 Brock Boyle and
#77 Riley Kemp will be the man in the middle to prevent this and
provide help on each side. Also, team captain #50 Ryan Cousins will
probably be charged with preventing #90 Jeff Ratcliffe and #66 Jake
Bergey from coming from the right to the net.
Disher will be
expected to come up with a better performance in goal and will do so.
With limited practice team because of his job as a banker with the
Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver, Disher maybe a little off, but he
has lost some weight and is in much better shape this season. Seeing
him in civilian clothing, it is amazing how much better he looks. The
opposing goaltender, #37 Matt Roik, has been outstanding so far this
year. Can he keep it up? History says no, but maybe that is history now.
Main players for both teams
Swarm Offense:
Lefties:
#10 Chad Culp
#11 Kelly Hall
#37 Tony Henderson
#40 Jamie Taylor
Righties:
#44 Ryan Ward
#22 Kasey Beirnes
#17 Sean Pollock
#14 Ryder Bateman
Swarm Defense:
#50 Ryan Cousins
#24 Brock Boyle
#12 Eric Pacey
#77 Riley Kemp
#23 Jon Sullivan
#19 Darryl Gibson
#55 Michael Kilby
Swarm Faceoff:
#66 D'arcy Berthiaume
#48 Nolan Heavenor
Swarm Goalie
#1 Matt Disher
Swarm Head Coach:
Adam Mueller
Wings Offense:
Lefties:
#21 Keith Cromwell
#17 Marc Morley
#19 Sean Greenhalgh
Righties:
#15 Luke Wiles
#90 Jeff Ratcliffe
#66 Jake Bergey
#27 Dan Marohl
Wings Defense:
#47 Jeff Spano
#11 Glenn Clark
#22 Dan Finck
#28 Thomas Hajek
#34 Shawn Nadelen
#5 Brock Robertson
Wings Faceoff
#24 Peter Jacobs
Wings Goalie:
#37 Matt Roik
Wings Head Coach:
Lindsay Sanderson
My prediction is Swarm 14 Wings 13. Time to spoil the home opener for all those Wings fans.
The following games week ending January 21st:
Minnesota Swarm at Calgary Roughnecks, Friday January 20th at the Pengrowth Saddledome at 8:30 pm
Minnesota Swarm host the Rochester Knighthawks, Saturday January 21st at the Xcel Energy Center at 7:00 pm.
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