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Minnesota Swarm
(5-4 H 3-1 A 2-3)

Washington Stealh
(3-8 H 1-4 A 2-4)

Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 7:00 pm CST
Comcast Arena
Everett, Washington


Live Statistics

TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:

Swarm Vision Live

More Coverage of this game at:

Minnesota Swarm Website
Washington Stealth Website
National Lacrosse League Website
IL Indoor.com

Standings:

West W L GB +/-   East W L GB +/-
Calgary 8 3 - 37 Philadelphia 7 4 - -9
Colorado 8 3 - 10 Toronto 5 6 2.0 -5
Minnesota 5 4 2.0 8 Rochester 5 6 2.0 0
Edmonton 3 7 4.5 -7 Buffalo 4 7 3.0 -13
Washington 3 8 5.0 -21          

Series History:

Series History:

Minnesota Overall Home Road Home (2012) Road (2012)
vs Washington 4-2 2-0 2-2   1-0
vs Washington-Playoffs 0-2 0-1 0-1    
Total 4-4 2-1 2-3   1-0

The Swarm got their first road win of the year on February 24 against the Stealth in a 15-7 victory. Evan Kirk saved 43 of 50 shots for his second win of the season. Ryan Benesch led the Swarm with 2 goals and 6 assists. The Swarm had three short handed goals with Jeff Gilbert scoring two of them. The Stealth were missing Rhys Duch, Jeff Zywicki and Tyler Richards.

Personnel:

Minnesota Swarm

Numerical Roster Picture Roster Stats
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)    
30-Tyler Carlson 43-Jeff Gilbert 85-Mitch Belisle    
35-Evan Kirk 39-Dan Ball 79-Nik Bilic
  13-Matt Kelly 4-Joe Cinosky    
  23-Brendon Doran 45-Michael Brascia    
         
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forwards (Left) Forwards (Right)  
22-Andrew Watt 20-Andrew Suitor 21-Ryan Benesch 98-Callum Crawford  
11-Richard Morgan 24-Jordan MacIntosh 71-Kevin Ross 84-Corbyn Tao  
33-David Earl 9-Tyler Hass 94-Joel Henry 77-Jay Card  
    81-Josh Gillam    
Staff
Owner/GM Head Coach Assistant Assistant
John Arlotta Joe Sullivan Aime Caines Bobby Keast


Washington Stealth

Roster Picture Roster Stats
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)  
00-Tyler Richards 23-Mike Grimes 2-Matt Beers  
31-Kevin Croswell 3-Jeff Moleski 11-Kyle Sorensen
  44-Chris McElroy 6-Curtis Hodgson
  25-Eric Martin 97-Kyle Ross
  17-Justin Salt 24-Chris O'Dougherty  
 
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forward (Left) Forward (Right)
18-Kyle Hartzell 47-Jason Bloom 42-Lewis Ratcliff 0-Rhys Duch
  41-Bob Snider 29-Cam Sedgwick 67-Jeff Zywicki
    73-Dean Hill 83-Athan Iannucci
    55-Martin Cummings 26-Brett Bucktooth
Staff
General Manager Head Coach Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant
Doug Locker Chris Hall Dave Evans Rick Lum Dan Stroup Art Webster
  • The Swarm enter this week after a 13-10 loss in Buffalo on March 17, 2012. Ryan Benesch, Callum Crawford and Pat Smith each had two goals.
  • Ryan Benesch is two goals short of 100 in his Swarm regular season career.
  • Michael Brascia is expected to make his NLL and Swarm debut after being signed to a three-year contracxt this past Thursday.
  • Joe Cinosky has not played in the last two games.
  • At least eight and up to all eleven Swarm rookies will dress tonight.
  • The Stealth lost last night in Edmonton by a 10-9 score.
  • The Stealth will have Jeff Zywicki, Rhys Duch and Tyler Richards back in the line up for this game.
  • Right now, the Stealth would be the only team out of the playoffs.

Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 15 Washington Stealth 13

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Minnesota vs Calgary - Friday , March 30th, 2012 7:30 pm Central
  • Washington at Calgary - Saturday, March 31st 2012 8:00 pm Central