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Minnesota Swarm
(0-0 H 0-0 A 0-0)
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Colorado Mammoth
(0-0 H 0-0 A 0-0)
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 8:00 pm CST
Pepsi Center
Denver, Colorado
Live Statistics
TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:
Swarm Vision Live
Altitude TV - Dish Network Channel 410 & Direct TV Channel 681
More Coverage of this game at:
Minnesota Swarm Website
Colorado Mammoth Website
National Lacrosse League Website
IL Indoor.com
Standings:
| West |
W |
L |
GB |
+/- |
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East |
W |
L |
GB |
+/- |
| Calgary |
1 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Minnesota |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
Philadelphia |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Colorado |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
Rochester |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| Edmonton |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
Toronto |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
-3 |
| Washington |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
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Series History:
| Minnesota |
Overall |
Home |
Road |
Home (2011) |
Road (2011) |
| vs Colorado |
5-5 |
2-4 |
3-1 |
1-0 |
2-0 |
| vs Colorado-Playoffs |
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| Total |
5-5 |
2-4 |
3-1 |
1-0 |
2-0 |
The Swarm did quite well against the Mammoth last year as they swept the season series 3-0. Callum Crawford got the game winner at The Hive
in the regular season finale to clinch second place in the West and a home playoff game. Crawford has two game winning goals for the Swarm
against the Mammoth. The games in Colorado last year were both close with the Swarm winning 12-10 and 11-10 on an overtime goal by Ryan Benesch. The
Swarm have won five straight against the Mammoth after losing their first five in team history against them. The Swarm have not lost to the
Mammoth since January 22, 2010.
Personnel:
Minnesota Swarm
Depth Chart
Staff
Colorado Mammoth
Depth Chart
| Goaltenders |
Defense (Left) |
Defense (Right) |
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| 30-Chris Levis |
42-Rory Smith |
23-Jon Sullivan |
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| 35-Dan Lewis |
56-John Orsen |
11-John Gallant |
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| 31-Tye Belanger |
88-Ian Hawksbee |
37-Dan Coates |
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62-Creighton Reid |
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| Transition (Left) |
Transition (Right) |
Forward (Left) |
Forward (Right) |
| 15-Ilija Gajic |
8-Scott Stewart |
24-John Grant |
9-Gavin Prout |
| 19-Cam Holding |
12-Jarett Park |
1-Jed Prossner |
17-Sean Pollock |
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44-Jamie Lincoln |
14-Jordan McBride |
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16-Adam Jones |
13-Mat MacLeod |
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20-Derek Hopcroft |
Staff
| General Manager |
Head Coach |
Assistant |
Assistant |
| Steve Govett |
Bob Hamley |
Ed Comeau |
Sean Ferris |
- This is the season opener for both teams. This is the first time these two teams have faced each other in a season opener
- Nick Paterson is expected to start in goal for the Swarm. Entering his eighth season with Swarm, that makes Patterson the player to
play the longest for the Swarm in team history. He is the only player to remain from the original 2005 season.
- Patterson is 5-3 with a 10.33 GAA and a .773 Save % against the Mammoth with
the Swarm. Patterson has won each of the five games in the Swarm's current five
game winning streak against the Mammoth.
- No decision has been announced as to which of the two rookie goaltendters will dress and back up Patterson: Evan Kirk or Tyler Carlson. The
second goaltender spot may be a roteation for the first few games of the year.
- The Swarm have twelve new players on their roster to begin the year from the end of the 2011
season.
- Four 2011 Entry Draft Picks made the team in Jordan MacIntosh, Evan Kirk, Corbyn Tao & Jay Card.
- Four rookie free agents made the team in Nik Bilic, Joel Henry, Dan Ball & Tyler Carlson.
- The Swarm have seven forwards on the roster led by Ryan Benesch and Callum Crawford. Expect all seven to dress and play.
- This will be the first NLL game between The Bash Brothers - Andrew Suitor for the Swarm and Rory Smith for the Mammoth.
- The Swarm are 3-4 in season openers and have not won a sesaon opener since 2009 when they beat the Portland LumberJax 11-7
in Portland.
- The Swarm are 4-3 in road openers including last year's 16-8 win in Washington over the Stealth.
- The Swarm have not been together as a team since the pre-season game in Six Nations versus Toronto on December 18th. The nine/ten players living in
the Twin Cities this season started training together this week. The Mammoth practiced this past weekend in Devner in preparation for this weekend's
game.
- The Mammoth have turned their roster over even more than the Swarm after a 5-11 season which saw them lose to the Calgary Roughnecks in the
first round of the playoffs. They have fifteen new players.
- The Swarm traded Sean Pollock, Smith and Jon Sullivan
to the Mammoth for the third pick in the Boston Blazers Dispersal Draft. The Swarm picked goaltender Anthony Cosmo,
who has not yet reported to the team due to preferring to play for an East Division team near his home in Ontario.
- Scott Stewart is another Swarm player making his Mammoth debut. Stewart played for the Swarm from 2006 - 2007.
- Sullivan was just named an assistant captain for the Mammoth this past Monday.
- In thirteen games against the Swarm, John Grant has 38 goals, 42 assists and 3 game winning goals
- The Mammoth are retiring Brian Langtry's #6 jersey before the game. He is the second Mammoth player to have a number retired after
Gary Gait's #22. Langtry scored 14 gaols and 20 assists in nine games against the Swarm. Langtry had been with the Mammoth sicne 2003 when the
team moved from Washingotn, DC.
Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 16 Colorado Mammoth 14
Next Games After This Match Up
- Minnesota vs Buffalo - Saturday, January 28th, 2012 7:30 pm Central
- Colorado at Edmonton - Friday, January 20th, 2012 8:00 pm Central
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