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Minnesota Swarm
(2-9 H 0-4 A 2-5)

Buffalo Bandits
(8-3 H 6-1 A 2-2)

Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 2:00 pm CST
The Hive
St. Paul, Minnesota


Live Statistics

TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:

Swarm Vision Live
Tape Delayed Local Broadcast on Channel 45 on Sunday, April 13th, 2014 at 4:00 pm CT
Swarm Twitter
Bandits Twitter

More Coverage of this game at:

Minnesota Swarm Website
Buffalo Bandits Website
National Lacrosse League Website
IL Indoor.com

Standings (03/21/14):

East Division W-L (Division Record) [vs. Swarm] (Goal Differential)

  1. Rochester Knighthawks 9-3 (8-1) [1-0] (34)
  2. Buffalo Bandits 8-3 (6-2) [1-0] (9)
  3. Toronto Rock 5-7 (3-5) [2-0] (-5)
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  4. Philadelphia Wings 3-9 (2-8) [1-2] (-17)
  5. MINNESOTA SWARM 2-9 (2-5) (-25)

West Division W-L (Division Record) [vs. Swarm] (Goal Differential)

  1. x-Edmonton Rush 11-0 (6-0) [1-0] (49)
  2. Calgary Roughnecks 7-5 (4-4) [1-0] (8)
  3. Colorado Mammoth 5-8 (4-5) [1-0] (-33)
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  4. Vancouver Stealth 3-9 (2-7) [1-0] (-20)

    x - Clinched playoff spot

Series History:

Minnesota Overall Home Road Home (2014) Road (2014)
vs Bandits 4-16 2-6 2-10 0-0 0-1
vs Bandits - Playoffs 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0
Total 4-18 2-6 2-12 0-0 0-1

This will be the second of three games this season between the two teams. The first game was on March 8th in Buffalo where the Bandits came back down 9-8 to start the fourth quarter to beat the Swarm, 12-9. Zach Higgins saved a career high 45 shots and Josh Gillam had a hat trick and an assist. Mark Steenhuis had four goals and two assists for the Bandits and Anthony Cosmo had 46 saves.

The Swarm have beaten the Bandits in two consecutive home games by rather large margins. 19-11 in 2012 and 21-7 in 2013. The Swarm had lost their first six home games to the Bandits previous to the win in 2012.

Last Games

The Swarm returned home last Sunday and came back from four goals down in the fourth quarter to tie the Rock to force overtime. The Rock; though, won it in overtime with a goal by Colin Doyle. The win by the Rock clinched the season series for them over the Swarm.

The Bandits played on Friday night in Edmonton and lost 14-5 as they only scored two goals in the last three quarters of the game.

Notes

  • Ryan Benesch makes his return to The Hive since he was traded along with Andrew Watt this past offseason for future draft picks. He had two assists in the first game between the two teams this season. He leads the Bandits in points and assists. His replacement, Logan Schuss, is comparing favorably to Benesch, stats wise, except for the most important stat - team record.

    GP G A Pts Shots SOG PPG LB Team Record
    Logan Schuss 11 19 19 38 124 97 7 48 2-9
    Ryan Benesch 11 15 32 47 103 68 4 53 8-3


  • The 2-9 start is the worst start to a season in team history, equaling their 2-9 start in the inaugural 2005 season. Also in that season, the Swarm lost their first five at home. If the Swarm lose on Sunday, they will tie that 2005 with five straight losses to start the home part of the schedule.
  • The Swarm have scored less than nine goals per home game in three of their four home games. They have given up more than fourteen goals per home game in three of their four home games.
  • Buffalo and Rochester can clinch a playoff spot if the Bandits beat the Swarm. If that would to occur the Swarm at best could get third in the East.
  • Callum Crawford (130) needs one more goal to tie Sean Pollock (131) for second all-time in Swarm regular season goals.
  • Crawford is tied for the NLL lead with three shorthanded goals.
  • Jordan MacIntosh is 4th in the NLL with 116 loose balls
  • Tyler Carlson is fourth in the NLL with 11.10 GAA
  • Logan Schuss is tied for third in the NLL with 7 power play goals. He leads all rookies with 19 goals. He is second amongst NLL rookies with 19 assists and 38 points.
  • Andrew Suitor leads the NLL with 48 penalty minutes
  • Starting Goaltenders - Swarm: ?????? & Bandits - Anthony Cosmo (2nd in Wins, 3rd in GAA & 1st in Saves in the NLL)
  • Faceoffs - Swarm: Jordan MacIntosh & Bandits - Jay Thorimbert (3rd in FO wins in the NLL)
  • Swarm - 9.8 goals per game (9th in NLL) - 12.1 goals given up per game (4th in NLL)
  • Bandits - 11.3 goals per game (5th in NLL) - 10.5 goals given up per game (3rd in NLL)
  • Power Play - Swarm 46.0% (4th in NLL) & Bandits 38.3% (8th in NLL)
  • Penalty Kill - Swarm 55.3% (3rd in NLL) & Bandits 53.2% (7th in NLL)
  • Penalty Minutes Per Game - Swarm 17.5 (4th in NLL) & Bandits 15.0 (7th in NLL)
  • John Tavares (1,701) surpassed 1,700 points in his NLL career on Friday night. He needs two goals (798) to reach 800 for his NLL career. He leads the NLL all-time in goals, assists and points and probably many other numerous records too numerous to count or remember.
  • Jay Thorimbert is firth in the NLL with 112 loose balls
  • Steve Priolo is fourth in the NLL with 19 forced turnoves, fifth in the NLL with 35 penalty minutes, tied for first with 3 shorthanded goals and leads all NLL defensemen with 7 goals and 20 points
  • Former Swarm with the Bandits:
    • Ryan Benesch
    • Chad Culp
    • Rory Smith
    • Jay Thorimbert
    • Andrew Watt - On injured reserve
    • Aaron Wilson

Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 11 Buffalo Bandits 10

Personnel:

Minnesota Swarm

# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College Stats
3 T L Brock Sorensen 07/16/89 6-6 210 Peterborough, ON Ohio State 4-G 2-A 46-LB
4 D L Jeff Gilbert - A 05/31/83 6-4 210 Barrie, ON Robert Morris 2-G 5-A 62-LB
8 D L Greg Downing 03/24/85 6-1 193 Auburn, NY Fairfield 2-G 2-A 43-LB
9 T R Tyler Hass 04/20/85 6-6 205 Victoria, BC Victoria 5-G 1-A 36-LB
10 D R Alex Crepinsek 02/18/89 5-11 185 Oakville, ON RIT 1-G 3-A 44-LB 1/1-FO
12 T R Cameron Flint 10/10/90 5-11 190 Georgetown, ON Denver 1-G 1-A 20-LB
15 D R Jordan Houtby 11/01/91 6-3 181 St. Catharines, ON Detroit 0-G 1-A 7-LB
18 F L Logan Schuss 01/23/91 6-0 210 Ladner, BC Ohio State 19-G 19-A 48-LB
20 T R Andrew Suitor - C 04/26/89 6-0 190 Orangeville, ON Adrian 8-G 6-A 63-LB 4/25-FO
24 T R Jordan MacIntosh 09/19/89 6-2 190 Oakville, ON RIT 17-G 23-A 116-LB 127/259-FO
27 F L Dane Stevens 04/27/88 6-3 210 Westham Islands, BC   1-G 3-A 6-LB
30 G L Tyler Carlson 04/29/88 6-1 215 Brampton, ON Seneca 0-5 11.10 GAA .721 Sv%
31 G L Zach Higgins 12/30/90 6-1 215 Courtice, ON Davenport 2-4 12.74 GAA .751 Sv%
32 F L Shayne Jackson 11/16/90 5-10 175 Bowmanville, ON Limestone 6-G 21-A 37-LB
33 T L David Earl 08/02/87 6-1 185 Simsbury, CT Notre Dame 0-G 6-A 53-LB
45 T L Jason Noble 09/05/91 5-9 180 Orangeville, ON Cornell 0-G 1-A 42-LB
46 T R Kiel Matisz 06/08/89 6-5 215 Stoney Creek, ON Robert Morris 15-G 6-A 35-LB
81 F L Josh Gillam 06/04/88 6-0 180 Peteborough, ON Dartmouth 7-G 9-A 37-LB
89 F R Scott Jones 02/11/89 6-5 210 Port Coquitlam, BC UMBC 4-G 9-A 13-LB
98 F R Callum Crawford - A 11/07/84 6-2 196 Ottawa, ON Dowling 15-G 33-A 59-LB
Practice Roster
7 F L Zach Palmer 01/03/91 5-7 173 Kleinburg, ON Johns Hopkins N/A
11 D R Mike Hobbins 04/15/84 6-2 200 Peterborough, ON Fleming 1-G 4-A 25-LB
23 D R Dominique Alexander 07/14/91 6-2 215 Baldwin, NY Ohio State N/A
84 F R Corbyn Tao 04/09/88 5-10 185 Coquitlam, BC Robert Morris 0-G 1-A 1-LB 0/1-FO
Staff
Owner/GM Head Coach Assistant Assistant
John Arlotta Joe Sullivan Aime Caines Bobby Keast
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)
31-Zach Higgins 4-Jeff Gilbert 10-Alex Crepinsek
30-Tyler Carlson 8-Greg Downing 15-Jordan Houtby
    ---Practice Roster---
    11-Mike Hobbins
    23-Dominique Alexander
     
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forwards (Left) Forwards (Right)
45-Jason Noble 24-Jordan MacIntosh 18-Logan Schuss 98-Callum Crawford
3-Brock Sorensen 20-Andrew Suitor 81-Josh Gillam 89-Scott Jones
33-David Earl 9-Tyler Hass 32-Shayne Jackson ---Practice Roster---
  12-Cameron Flint 27-Dane Stevens 84-Corbyn Tao
  46-Kiel Matisz ---Practice Roster---  
    7-Zach Palmer  


Buffalo Bandits

# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College Stats
3 D L Billy Dee Smith 06/30/82 6-3 195 St. Catharines, ON   0-G 1-A 12-LB
5 F R Joe Resetarits 08/22/89 6-0 185 Hamburg, NY Albany 13-G 12-A 36-LB
7 D L Derek Suddons 06/10/78 6-2 210 Oshawa, ON Hartford 0-G 3-A 38-LB
8 T R Kevin Brownell 08/16/88 6-1 175 Burlington, ON Robert Morris 3-G 3-A 35-LB
9 T R Mark Steenhuis 12/03/80 5-11 195 St. Catharines, ON   23-G 20-A 62-LB
10 F R Aaron Wilson 12/20/80 5-9 175 Kitchener, ON Waterloo 4-G 2-A 10-LB
11 F L John Tavares - C 09/04/68 5-11 185 Toronto, ON Wilfrid Laurier 19-G 17-A 43-LB
13 T R Dave Brock 08/13/86 6-3 215 Burlington, ON Albany 1-G 1-A 32-LB 0/3-FO
17 F L Ryan Benesch 01/30/85 5-9 180 Kitchener, ON   15-G 32-A 53-LB
19 F L Chad Culp 02/05/82 5-9 175 Fergus, ON   6-G 3-A 40-LB
23 D R Steve Priolo 01/15/89 6-5 236 St. Catharines, ON Brock 7-G 13-A 58-LB
27 D L Glen Bryan 02/13/89 5-9 185 Orangeville, ON Wilfrid Laurier 1-G 4-A 62-LB
38 G L Kurtis Wagar 11/05/85 6-0 210 Blackstock, ON Brock 0-1 11.73 GAA .800 Sv%
42 D L Rory Smith 02/01/87 6-1 210 Mimico, ON York 0-G 5-A 35-LB
44 G L Anthony Cosmo 10/06/77 6-2 210 Mississauga, ON Brock 8-2 10.31 GAA .810 Sv%
51 F L Shawn Williams - A 06/20/74 5-11 195 Scarborough, ON Brock 8-G 22-A 26-LB
55 D R Mitch Wilde 11/21/91 6-3 208 Brooklin, ON Robert Morris 1-G 2-A 11-LB
75 T R Jay Thorimbert 07/06/86 6-0 205 Whitby, ON Guelph 3-G 3-A 112-LB 157/278-FO
90 F R Jamie Rooney 07/31/84 5-10 185 Arthur, ON   4-G 10-A 21-LB
92 F R Dhane Smith 09/23/92 6-3 195 Kitchener, ON Conestoga 13-G 30-A 47-LB 1/5-FO
Practice Roster
4 F L Joel Matthews 02/26/91 6-3 215 St. Catharines, ON Detroit Mercy N/A
74 D R Colin Boucher 03/09/88 6-5 235 Huntsville, ON Conestoga N/A
91 T L Jordan Critch 03/13/91 5-11 175 Orangeville, ON Guelph N/A
97 T L Hayden Smith 01/18/91 6-1 195 Owen Sound, ON   N/A
Staff
General Manager Head Coach Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant
Steve Dietrich Troy Cordingley Rob Buchan Rich Kilgour Rusty Kruger Dave Pym Dan Teat Steve Toll
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)
44-Anthony Cosmo 3-Billy Dee Smith 23-Steve Priolo
38-Kurtis Wagar 7-Derek Suddons ---Practice Roster---
  42-Rory Smith 74-Colin Boucher
  27-Glen Bryan  
     
     
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forward (Left) Forward (Right)
---Practice Roster--- 92-Dhane Smith 17-Ryan Benesch 9-Mark Steenhuis
91-Jordan Critch 13-David Brock 51-Shawn Williams 90-Jamie Rooney
  75-Jay Thorimbert 11-John Tavares 5-Joe Resetarits
  8-Kevin Brownell 19-Chad Culp 10-Aaron Wilson
  55-Mitch Wilde ---Practice Roster---  
  ---Practice Roster--- 4-Joel Matthews  
  97-Hayden Smith    

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Minnesota at Calgary - Saturday, March 29th, 2014 8:00 pm Central
  • Buffalo - Saturday, February 8th, 2014 9:00 pm Central