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Minnesota Swarm
(1-0)

Calgary Roughnecks
(1-0)

Sunday, December 7, 2014 - 11:00 am CST
Toronto Rock Athletic Centre
Oakville, Ontario


Last Update: December 7, 2014 9:49 am Central

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Series History:

Minnesota Overall Home Road Home (2014) Road (2014)
vs Roughnecks 5-10 2-4 3-6 0-1 0-1
Total 5-10 2-4 3-6 0-1 0-1

Last Weekend:

Notes:

  • Both teams will meet after playing their first pre-season games on Saturday night. The Swarm beat the Knighthawks in Rochester 14-8 led by Miles Thompson's four goals. The Roughnecks beat the Rock, 14-5, at the TRAC, led by Matthew Dinsdale's five goals.
  • Last pre-season, both teams met in Oakville with Calgary winning 19-9. Jason Noble had to serve an one-game regular season suspension due to a hit he dished out in that game. Noble is expected to play after not dressing in last night's game.
  • Last regular season, Calgary swept the season series, 2-0.
  • Callum Crawford started his NLL career in Calgary in 2006
  • Calgary made it to the Champions Cup Finals losing to the Knighthawks in the tiebreaker for the Cup.
  • Former Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill is the Roughnecks Goaltender Coach
  • The Roughnecks had the top offense last NLL season led by Shawn Evans who led the league in assists, Dane Dobbie who led the league in goals and Curtis Dickson who was third in the league in goals.

Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 17 Calgary Roughnecks 16

Team Stats (2014) Minnesota   Calgary
  Stat NLL Rank   Stat NLL Rank
Goals Per Game 10.0 9th   13.2 1st
Goals Against Per Game 12.2 7th   11.9 5th
Loose Balls Per Game 71.6 1st   60.2 8th
Forced Turnovers Per Game 14.0 2nd   9.4 6th
Power Play 44.6% 5th   55.4% 1st
Penalty Kill 55.6% 3rd   66.7% 1st
Penalty Minutes Per Game 15.0 7th   16.2 5th

Faceoffs:

Minnesota FOW FOT   Calgary FOW FOT
Jordan MacIntosh 198 430   Geoff Snider 317 493
Ethan O'Connor 48 113   Matthew Dinsdale 8 23
Andrew Suitor 8 39   Garrett McIntosh 3 6
Alex Crepinsek 1 1        
Corbyn Tao 0 1        

Minnesota Swarm

Runners (2014 Stats)
# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College G A LB
2 F R Miles Thompson 12/08/90 5-11 185 Onondaga, NY Albany
3 T L Eric Guiltinan 08/25/93 5-10 200 London, ON Wilfrid Laurier
5 D L Andrew Casimir 04/16/87 6-3 220 East Patchogue, NY Dowling
7 F L Zach Palmer 01/03/91 5-7 173 Kleinburg, ON Johns Hopkins
8 D L Greg Downing 03/24/85 6-1 193 Auburn, NY Fairfield 3 5 69
10 D R Alex Crepinsek 02/18/89 5-11 185 Oakville, ON RIT 2 4 70
11 T R Sam Bradman 05/26/90 6.00 165 Canton,NY Salisbury
15 D R Jordan Houtby 11/01/91 6-3 181 St. Catharines, ON Detroit 0 2 15
17 F R Marcus Holman 05/02/91 5-11 185 Baltimore, MD North Carolina
18 F L Logan Schuss 01/23/91 6-0 210 Ladner, BC Ohio State 36 37 77
20 T R Andrew Suitor - C 04/26/89 6-0 190 Orangeville, ON Adrian 9 10 106
22 D R Dominique Alexander 07/14/91 6-2 215 Baldwin, NY Ohio State
24 T R Jordan MacIntosh 09/19/89 6-2 190 Oakville, ON RIT 23 38 204
32 F L Shayne Jackson 11/16/90 5-10 175 Bowmanville, ON Limestone 18 33 56
33 T L David Earl 08/02/87 6-1 185 Simsbury, CT Notre Dame 3 11 89
37 T R Ethan O'Connor 03/05/91 6-1 185 Milton, ON Hobart 5 4 133
44 F L Nick Cotter 04/08/86 5-11 190 Whitby, ON Dowling
45 T L Jason Noble 09/05/91 5-9 180 Orangeville, ON Cornell 0 1 71
46 T R Kiel Matisz 06/08/89 6-5 215 Stoney Creek, ON Robert Morris 22 14 46
66 F L Shane MacDonald 07/26/93 6-0 205 Elora, ON  
67 D R Patrick Miles 10/22/92 5-11 170 Brampton, ON New England Coll
73 F L Dean Hill 10/26/84 6-3 225 Scarborough, ON Brock 1 2 2
84 F R Corbyn Tao 04/09/88 5-10 185 Coquitlam, BC Robert Morris 0 1 1
85 D R Mitch Belisle 11/09/85 5-10 190 Brewster, NY Cornell
88 F L Joe Haodais Maracle 08/30/94 5-11 195 Six Nations, ON  
89 F R Scott Jones 02/11/89 6-5 210 Port Coquitlam, BC UMBC 6 15 23
97 D R Ian Crawford 04/28/83 6.00 220 Ottawa, ON  
98 F R Callum Crawford - A 11/07/84 6-2 196 Ottawa, ON Dowling 24 54 92
Goaltending (2014 Stats)
# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College W L GAA SV %
31 G L Zach Higgins 12/30/90 6-1 215 Courtice, ON Davenport 2 7 12.66 .759
50 G L Brodie MacDonald 09/11/89 6-7 245 Vernon, BC   1 0 8.03 .825
Staff
Owner/GM Head Coach Assistant Assistant Assistant
John Arlotta Joe Sullivan Aime Caines Bobby Keast Rory McDade

Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)
31 - Zach Higgins 8 - Greg Downing 10 - Alex Crepinsek
50 - Brodie MacDonald 5 - Andrew Casimir 15 - Jordan Houtby
    85 - Mitch Belisle
    22 - Dominique Alexander
    97 - Ian Crawford
    67 - Patrick Miles
     
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forwards (Left) Forwards (Right)
45 - Jason Noble 24 - Jordan MacIntosh 18 - Logan Schuss 98 - Callum Crawford - A
33 - David Earl 20 - Andrew Suitor - C 32 - Shayne Jackson 2 - Miles Thompson
3 - Eric Guiltinan 46 - Kiel Matisz 73 - Dean Hill 89 - Scott Jones
  37 - Ethan O'Connor 7 - Zach Palmer 84 - Corbyn Tao
  11 - Sam Bradman 66 - Shane MacDonald 17 - Marcus Holman
    88 - Joe Haodais Maracle  
    44 - Nick Cotter  

Calgary Roughnecks

Runners (2014 Stats)
# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College G A LB
3 D L Dan MacRae 07/17/88 6-1 200 Oakville, ON RIT 7 8 73
4 T R Geoff Snider 04/02/81 5-11 205 Calgary, AB Denver 17 16 209
6 D R Garrett McIntosh 06/17/89 6-4 235 Coquitlam, BC Drexel 3 6 33
7 T L Tor Reinholdt 04/21/90 6-2 200 Port Moody, BC Limestone 3 2 22
10 T R Curtis Manning 03/12/87 6-4 205 Surrey, BC Simon Fraser 4 7 69
11 D L Greg Harnett 06/30/90 5-11 185 Caledon, ON Bishop's 1 4 35
14 D L Jeff Moleski 02/03/82 6-1 205 Prince George, BC   2 6 93
15 F R Shawn Evans 04/28/86 5-8 175 Peterborough, ON Bellarmine 26 79 89
16 D R Mike Carnegie - A 03/24/84 5-10 192 London, ON Western Ontario 1 2 32
17 F R Curtis Dickson 07/18/88 6-2 195 Port Coquitlam, BC Delaware 44 28 46
20 T L Travis Cornwall 02/01/90 6-2 210 Coquitlam, BC Simon Fraser 0 4 29
21 T R Karsen Leung 04/21/90 6-0 180 Victoria, BC Bellarmine 11 18 93
22 D R Scott Carnegie 12/17/85 6-0 171 London, ON  
33 D L Jon Harnett 05/28/88 6-1 180 Orangeville, ON Adrian 2 14 84
36 F L Daryl Veltman 09/25/85 6-0 180 Brampton, ON Hobart 20 41 35
37 D R Andrew McBride - C 12/09/82 6-0 185 Ladner, BC Calgary 0 2 52
44 F L Dane Dobbie 12/01/86 5-9 183 Elora, ON   51 39 32
61 F R Matthew Dinsdale 07/14/91 5-10 190 Coquitlam, BC Simon Fraser 6 11 17
77 T L Jeff Shattler 12/26/84 6-0 185 Edmonton, AB   35 49 71
80 D R Peter McFetridge 03/18/86 6-3 195 Vancouver, BC   0 5 27
  F L Connor Goodwin 12/07/93 6-0 180 New West, BC McGill
  F R Pat Henry 12/18/93 6-1 185 Calgary, AB  
  F L Casey Jackson 02/28/90 6-1 175 Victoria, BC RIT
  F R Jordan McBride 10/02/86 6-0 210 New Westminster, BC Stony Brook 1 6 10
  D L Patrick O'Meara 02/04/90 6-5 205 Coquitlam, BC  
  T R Tyson Roe 10/06/92 6-10 245 Duncan, BC Concordia (WI)
Goaltending (2014 Stats)
# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College W L GAA SV %
30 G R Mike Poulin 12/17/85 6-2 215 Kitchener, ON Conestoga 12 5 11.45 .770
92 G R Frank Scigliano 01/16/92 6-4 290 Coquitlam, BC   0 1 13.52 .732
  G R Ryan McBride 1993 6-4 250 Calgary, AB Mount Royal
Staff
General Manager Head Coach Assistant Assistant Assistant
Mike Board Curt Malawsky Bruce Codd Bob McMahon Marty O'Neill
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)
30-Mike Poulin 3-Dan MacRae 37-Andrew McBride
92-Frank Scigliano 14-Jeff Moleski 10-Curtis Manning
Ryan McBride 33-Jon Harnett 16-Mike Carnegie
  11-Greg Harnett 6-Garrett McIntosh
  Patrick O'Meara 22-Scott Carnegie
     
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forward (Left) Forward (Right)
20-Travis Cornwall 4-Geoff Snider 77-Jeff Shattler 15-Shawn Evans
7-Tor Reinholdt 21-Karsen Leung 44-Dane Dobbie 17-Curtis Dickson
  80-Peter McFetridge 36-Daryl Veltman 61-Matthew Dinsdale
  Tyson Roe Casey Jackson Jordan McBride
    Connor Goodwin Pat Henry

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Pre-Season: Minnesota vs Colorado - Oakville, ON - Saturday, December 13th, 2014 5:00 pm Central
  • Pre-Season: Calgary vs Edmonton - Saturday, December 20th, 2014 8:00 pm Central