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Minnesota Swarm (2-2) 8

Calgary Roughnecks (5-0) 13

Roughnecks 5-0 Overall and 5-0 in First Quarter

Friday, February 6, 2009
Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 10,090

Leading up to the weekend, the game between the Minnesota Swarm and the Calgary Roughnecks was hyped as the best of the weekend as the top two teams in the West battled. By the end of Friday night, the hype was only half realized as the Roughnecks lived up to it but the Swarm did not in the Roughnecks 13-8 victory. The win gave the Roughnecks a two and half game lead in the West and a best ever 5-0 start and five game winning streak. The loss was the second straight for the Swarm and both losses came against undefeated teams with Buffalo being the first.

The Swarm got behind early and deep in this game. Roughnecks captain Tracey Kelusky started his hot night with the first goal of the game on the power play at the 3:06 mark of the first quarter. Jeff Shattler led the transition onslaught with two straigtht goals on transition including a coast to coast beauty for the third goal of the game. Kelusky found Kaleb Toth and Curt Malawsky for two more goals to finish the first quarter up 5-0. This was the second time in a row the Swarm have been shutout in the first quarter of a game and these two last games are the only times in Swarm history the team has been shutout in the first quarter.

Even with a goal disallowed due to a crease violation, the Roughnecks continued their onslaught. Kelusky scored shorthanded to extend the lead to six at 5:04 of the quarter. Chad Culp was definitely spirited and got the best hit of the year so far for the Swarm when he caught Mike Carnegie just under the chin and sent him and his helmet sailing. Following up on that, Culp got the first Swarm goal of the night as he backhanded past Roughneck goaltender Pat Campbell at the 12:49 mark of the second. The 37 minutes and 49 seconds was the longest it took for the Swarm to score their first goal in team history. After Noah Talbot was called for a five minute illegal cross check with a minute left, Calgary struck with one more goal with ten seconds left on a Toth power play goal to go to the locker room with a 7-1 lead.

The Swarm had to still kill four minutes of the Talbot penalty to start the third but fell short. Just 42 seconds into the third, Dane Dobbie got the second goal on the five minute major for the Roughnecks. Dean Hill answered with a wraparound past Campbell which was upheld after a Calgary challenge. When Jeff Moleski out ran the Swarm defense to score past Nick Patterson to make it 9-3, the Swarm made the goaltender change to Kevin Croswell. The change produced a temporary momentum shift with three straight Swarm goals started by Kevin Fines who scored right off the faceoff following Croswell's entry into the game. Kevin Ross added to the rally with a hard rocket from the left of Campbell and then Ryan Ward scored on the power play to cut the lead to 9-5. Kelusky as usual daggered the Swarm with a goal to end the rally. After another goal by Toth, the Roughnecks were up 11-5 heading into the fourth.

Culp starts the fourth with a bounce shot past Campbell just 27 seconds in. Both defenses clamped down for the nearly the next nine mintues until Josh Sanderson scored on the power play with three seconds left a man up. Andrew Watt then scooped up a loose ball near the crease and put it past Campbell to make it 12-7. Travis Hill finished the Swarm scoring with a breakaway and Kelusky got one late while shorthanded for the Roughnecks to finish the game 13-8 in the Roughnecks favor.

Culp led the Swarm with two goals and one assist. Kelusky led the Roughnecks with four goals and five assists which included two shorthanded and one power play goal.

Game Statistics

Box Score

Minnesota Swarm Game Center



Team Stats 1 2 3 4 F   Sv/S PIM PP SH S SOG LB FO
Minnesota 0 1 4 3 8   35/48 25 1/5 0 76 46 62 11/25
Calgary 5 2 4 2 13   38/46 10 5/7 2 60 48 62 14/25


# Minnesota G A Pts PIM PPG SHG S SOG LB FO
7 Dan Marohl 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 8 2 0/0
12 Eric Pacey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0
16 Noah Talbot 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 6 0/0
17 Sean Pollock 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 4 0/0
19 Chad Culp 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 4 11 0/0
21 Kevin Fines 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 3 0/0
22 Andrew Watt 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0/0
23 Jon Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0/0
26 Ryan Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0/0
28 Darren Halls 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 3/8
31 Kevin Croswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
34 Nick Inch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0
44 Ryan Ward 1 1 2 0 1 0 14 9 3 0/0
47 Travis Hill 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 8/17
50 Ryan Cousins 0 1 1 14 0 0 2 0 7 0/0
71 Kevin Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 4 2 0/0
73 Dean Hill 1 2 3 0 0 0 6 5 4 0/0
93 NickPatterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
4 Joe Cinosky Did Not Dress
5 Josh Funk Did Not Dress
9 Craig Point Did Not Dress
27 Colin Achenbach Did Not Dress
33 Kevin Buchanan Did Not Dress
 
# Minnesota MIN GA Saves Shots Dec  
93 NickPatterson 32:44 9 21 30 L 1-1  
31 Kevin Croswell 27:16 4 14 18    
 
# Calgary G A Pts PIM PPG SHG S SOG LB FO
4 Devan Wray 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 6/13
7 Greg Hinman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0/0
9 Kaleb Toth 3 1 4 2 1 0 12 10 6 0/0
14 Jeff Moleski 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 0/0
16 Mike Carnegie 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0/0
17 Tracey Kelusky 4 5 9 0 1 2 8 7 4 0/0
19 Josh Sanderson 1 4 5 0 1 0 7 6 3 0/0
20 Bruce Codd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0
22 Curt Malawsky 1 0 1 2 1 0 8 7 0 0/0
24 Scott Carnegie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0
37 Andrew McBride 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0
40 Nolan Heavenor 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 8/12
44 Dane Dobbie 1 4 5 0 1 0 9 8 4 0/0
55 Michael Kilby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0
71 Scott Ranger 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 2 5 0/0
73 Pat Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
77 Jeff Shattler 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 5 6 0/0
30 Matt King Backup Goaltender - Did Not Play
6 John Lintz Did Not Dress
10 Cayle Ratcliff Did Not Dress
27 Kyle Couling Did Not Dress
80 Peter McFetridge Did Not Dress
91 Kyle Goundrey Did Not Dress
 
# Calgary MIN GA Saves Shots Dec  
73 Pat Campbell 60:00 8 38 46 W 4-0  
30 Matt King 0:00 0 0 0    


Scoring
Quarter Time MN CAL Team Goal 1st Assist 2nd Assist Notes
First 3:06 0 1 Calgary Tracey Kelusky Dane Dobbie   PP
First 4:47 0 2 Calgary Scott Ranger Andrew McBride Mike Carnegie  
First 5:52 0 3 Calgary Jeff Shattler Pat Campbell    
First 9:41 0 4 Calgary Kaleb Toth Tracey Kelusky Josh Sanderson  
First 10:38 0 5 Calgary Curt Malawsky Tracey Kelusky Josh Sanderson PP
Second 5:04 0 6 Calgary Tracey Kelusky Josh Sanderson Dane Dobbie SH
Second 12:49 1 6 Minnesota Chad Culp Travis Hill    
Second 14:50 1 7 Calgary Kaleb Toth Tracey Kelusky Josh Sanderson PP
Third 0:42 1 8 Calgary Dane Dobbie Tracey Kelusky   PP
Third 1:41 2 8 Minnesota Dean Hill      
Third 2:44 2 9 Calgary Jeff Moleski     GWG
Third 3:00 3 9 Minnesota Kevin Fines Dean Hill    
Third 5:27 4 9 Minnesota Kevin Ross Ryan Cousins Chad Culp  
Third 6:41 5 9 Minnesota Ryan Ward Dan Marohl Dean Hill PP
Third 8:21 5 10 Calgary Tracey Kelusky Dane Dobbie Scott Ranger  
Third 14:12 5 11 Calgary Kaleb Toth Tracey Kelusky Jeff Shattler  
Fourth 0:27 6 11 Minnesota Chad Culp Ryan Ward    
Fourth 9:30 6 12 Calgary Josh Sanderson Andrew McBride   PP
Fourth 10:00 7 12 Minnesota Andrew Watt      
Fourth 11:32 8 12 Minnesota Travis Hill Darren Halls    
Fourth 13:37 8 13 Calgary Tracey Kelusky Dane Dobbie Kaleb Toth SH


Penalties

Quarter Time Team Player Penalty Bench Duration
First 2:55 Minnesota Darren Halls Slashing   2:00
First 9:41 Minnesota Kevin Fines Illegal Cross Checking   2:00
First 12:17 Calgary Jeff Moleski Checking from Behind   2:00
Second 3:00 Minnesota Andrew Watt Hooking   2:00
Second 3:44 Calgary Curt Malawsky Tripping   2:00
Second 14:02 Minnesota Noah Talbot Illegal Cross Checking Major   5:00
Third 6:14 Calgary Jeff Shattler Roughing   2:00
Fourth 4:17 Calgary Kaleb Toth Holding   2:00
Fourth 7:33 Minnesota Ryan Cousins Slashing   2:00
Fourth 12:15 Calgary Greg Hinman Slashing   2:00
Fourth 13:37 Minnesota Ryan Cousins Unsportsmanlike Conduct   2:00
Fourth 13:37 Minnesota Ryan Cousins Unsportsmanlike Conduct Misconduct   10:00


Referees
Crew Chief Assistant Referee Technical Referee
16-Tom Sutton 22-Scott Malloy 10-John Babbitt

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Minnesota (2-2) vs. Colorado (2-2) - Saturday, February 7 7:00 pm CST
  • Calgary (5-0) at Colorado (2-2) - Saturday, February 14 8:00 pm CST