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Minnesota Swarm
(0-1 H 0-0 A 0-1) |
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Colorado Mammoth
(1-0 H 1-0 A 0-0)
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Mammoth Elevate Their Game Late To Beat Swarm
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Denver, Coloardo
Attendance: 14,106
Game Links
Game Chronology
- Swarm scratches are Tyler Carlson, Joel Henry & Matt Kelly
- Mammoth scratches are Tye Belanger, John Orsen & Derek Hopcroft
- Six rookies in the line up for the Swarm. 10 of 12 new players are in the line up.
- Sully, Polly and Rory Smith, who the Swarm traded to the Mammoth in September, are all in the lineup.
- Possible family feud amongst Bash Brothers - Andrew Suitor and Rory Smith.
- Langtry's number has been raised. Game should be starting soon.
- Patterson in net for the Swarm. Levis for the Mammoth
- Wow, the road jerseys sure do pop.
- Park held MacIntosh as Mac went to the net. Swarm PP
- Already first Storm reference by Mammoth announcers
- Jordan MacIntosh with the PP goal. First ever Swarm and NLL goal. First of the year for the good guys on a pass from Crawford. SWARM 1-0
- Swarm back on the pp after Holding's penalty.
- Grant with a rock from wrong side shorthanded. Fracas started after Doran roughed him up. Mammoth 1-1
- 8:01 left in the first - SWARM 1 mammoth 1
- looks like it is 4 on 4
- Pollock from behind the net finds MacLeod going to the net for the goal. mammoth 2-1
- MacIntosh finds Crawford on the pick and roll for the goal. SWARM 2-2
- Ross called for goalie interference on Levis. Slight bump if anything. mammoth pp
- 4:55 left in the first - SWARM 2 mammoth 2
- Grant finds Lincoln alone on the crease for the goal. mammoth 3-2
- Holding to the box for an illegal crosscheck. SWARM pp
- Shewchuk finds the five hole on the pp from top left. SWARM 3-3
- Cinosky keeps on trying to get that first ever NLL goal.
- Morgan runs over Grant along the boards. no call
- Announcers just said Smith may have a word with Morgan. Yea right
- mammoth goal by Prout waived off due to end of the quarter.
- End of first quarter - SWARM 3 mammoth 3
- MacIntosh looking like the best of the best out there for the Swarm.
- Downing thwarts Coates breakaway to start the second quarter
- Patty swallows up MacLeod.
- Players really have to be versatile on each end in today's NLL.
- Park called for tripping. SWARM pp Tripped up Benesch.
- NLL Scoring Champion Ryan Benesch with a rocket from top center on the pp. SWARM 4-3
- Crawford finds Tao cutting to the middle for the goal. First Swarm and NLL goal for Tao. SWARM 5-3
- Grant off the bench and all alone on the break scores on Patty. mammoth 4-5
- Card to the box after words with Smith. mammoth pp
- Patty recovers after ball goes after pipe and his back.
- 9:25 left in the second quarter. SWARM 5 mammoth 4
- MacIntosh takes it on the break, gets to the net turns and finds Benesch trailing for the goal. SWARM 6-4
- Patty kick saves away Gajic breakaway.
- Another save on the break by Patty this time on Prossner.
- Gratuitous altitude jibe that the Swarm can't handle the high elevation.
- Gajic scores but waived off. Replay.
- mammoth win challenge. Gajic's over the back dive goal is good. mammoth 5-6
- 3:37 left in the second. SWARM 6 mammoth 5
- Grant with a behind the back pass finds Lincoln on the crease for the goal. mammoth 6-6
- Prout with his 800th point on the assist on the Lincoln goal.
- Pollock scores for the bad guys. Hit late by Cinosky and slow to get up. mammoth 7-6
- Crawford finds Ross on the crease on the delayed penalty. Ross straddles the crease and finds an opening past Levis for the goal. SWARM 7-7
- Tao high sticks Sullivan and goes to the box. mammoth pp for five minutes.
- Patty with two big saves on Prout to end the half.
- End of the first half - SWARM 7 mammoth 7
- Swarm a man down for the first 3:45 of the third quarter after Tao high sticking.
- Third quarter starts a man down for first 3:45
- Illegal sub on mammoth. 4 on 4 for two minutes then Swarm back down for another 35 seconds.
- Watt goes off with a twinge according to the announcers.
- Reportedly Hass has been out for a while.
- Swarm kill off five minute major.
- Prout scores off feed from Grant. mammoth 8-7
- Suitor's goal waived off and the Swarm challenge. Levis hurt on Suitor's dive.
- Levis back up
- Suits goal looks good as he dives the crease. Waiting for the refs.
- Swarm win challenge. Suitor's goal is good. SWARM 8-8
- Patty with big save on Grant after Grant does swim move past defender.
- Grant brings ball from behind the net and one hands pass to Jones who quick sticks it for the goal. mammoth 9-8
- 9:16 left in the third quarter. SWARM 8 mammoth 9
- Grant behind the back pass to the crease and finds McBride for the goal. mammoth 10-8
- Grant scoops lb on the delayed penalty and finds Lincoln for the goal. Lincoln then taunts Patty and goes to the box. mammoth 11-8
- Coates starts the break and finds Pollock going to the net for the goal. mammoth 12-8
- Swarm timeout called by Mike Lines
- 4:58 left in the third quarter - SWARM 8 mammoth 12
- Crawford with a low screamer for the goal. SWARM 9 mammoth 12
- Benesch comes right back with a low hard one. Benny with a hat trick. SWARM 10 mammoth 12
- Park down after Belisle hit. Play stopped as Swarm went on transition.
- >Gajic sent to the box. SWARM pp
- Smith called for a slash. SWARM up 5 on 3
- End of the third quarter – SWARM 10 mammoth 12
- Crawford scores on the pp early in the fourth. SWARM 11 mammoth 12
- Grant beats the Swarm back on transition for the goal. mammoth 13 SWARM 11
- Doran scores first Swarm and NLL goal on the break. SWARM 12 mammoth 13
- Prout replies back with a goal. mammoth 14 SWARM 12
- Card scoops lb off the corner, takes it to the net for the goal. First NLL and Swarm goal for Card. SWARM 13 mammoth 14
- MacLeod beats Watt after stoppage to the net for the goal. Swarm can’t review. mammoth 15 SWARM 13
- Prout gets open shot from up top and blasts it past Patterson. mammoth 16 SWARM 13
- Stewart runs impeded down to the net and scores on the break. mammoth 17 SWARM 13
- Ball called for the penalty to stop play. mammoth pp
- 6:54 left in the game - mammoth 17 SWARM 13
- Ball called for a 5 minute major on the high sticking
- Grant cranks it on the pp from up top. mammoth 18 SWARM 13
- Jones scores from behind the net on the pp from Grant. mammoth 19 SWARM 13
- Jones makes it 20 tonight for the mammoth on the pp. mammoth 20 SWARM 13
- :47 left in the game – SWARM 13 mammoth 20
- MacIntosh intercepts pass and takes it down the floor and is denied.
- Mammoth called for illegal sub on the play. Swarm get a penalty shot.
- Crawford takes the penalty shot and gets it past Levis for the goal. Not much celebration down six. SWARM 14-20
- Game dwindles away from the Swarm
- FINAL – SWARM 14 mammoth 20
Game Notes
- Callum Crawford leads the scoring for the Swarm with 4 goals and 5 assists. Ryan Benesch adds 3 goals and 4 assists.
- Jordan MacIntosh scores the first goal of the sesaon for the Swarm. That goal was also MacIntosh's first in his NLL
and Swarm career. His 27 faceoffs wins are a team record for one game. Only nine Swarm players in team history have even
more than 27 faceoffs wins.
- MacIntosh was the most impressive of players for the Swarm in the game. Tireless work on both ends. Often filling in on the left side of the
offense.
- Corbyn Tao and Jay Card scored their first ever NLL and Swarm goals.
- Brendan Doran scored his first Swarm goal.
- Kevin Ross scored his 50th goal as a member of the Swarm
- The eight Mammoth fourth quarter goals were the most given up by the Swarm in a fourth quarter in team history.
- This is the fifth time in history that the Swarm have given up more than 20 goals in a game. Record is 23 against Buffalo
in 2005.
- Crawford now holds the current Minnesota ironman record with 35 consecutive games played.
- Anrew Suitor was named captain for the Swarm before the game.
- Benesch and Jeff Gilbert served as assistnat caprains for the game. Assistants will rotate every game for the time being.
- Action due to rule changes like the 8 second rule, smaller goalie pads, no rolling of the ball on a change, etc. ramped up the pace of the game.
This cauased a lot of unsettled situations that the Swarm did not handle as well as the Mammoth particularly in the fourth quarter.
- Possible injuries for Tyler Hass and Andrew Watt will be followed up on. Hass was reported out in the second quarter.
- Even though Nick Patterson was probably left in the lurch often by the defense, I am sure John Arlotta is thinking about calling Anthony Cosmo.
Arlotta doesn't really want Patterson around and may use this game as a reason to make some move regarding Patterson.
- Swarm are 3-5 in regular season openers and 4-4 in road openers.
- John Grant led the Mammoth with 4 goals and 7 assists. He now has 42 goals and 49 assists against the Swarm in his career. Gavin
Prout had 3 goals and 6 assists.
- Sean Pollock had a big game against his former team with 2 goals and 6 assists.
Team Stats |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
F |
Sv/S |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FT |
FO |
Minnesota |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
14 |
30/50 |
16 |
4/7 |
0 |
83 |
55 |
96 |
19 |
29/39 |
Colorado |
3 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
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20 |
41/55 |
18 |
4/6 |
2 |
66 |
50 |
67 |
15 |
10/39 |
# |
Minnesota |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FT |
FO |
98 |
Callum Crawford |
4 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
10 |
11 |
1 |
0/0 |
21 |
Ryan Benesch |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0/0 |
24 |
Jordan MacIntosh |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
27/37 |
71 |
Kevin Ross |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0/0 |
77 |
Jay Card |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
84 |
Corbyn Tao |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0/0 |
8 |
Greg Downing |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0/0 |
19 |
Jamie Shewchuk |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0/0 |
20 |
Andrew Suitor |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
1 |
2/2 |
23 |
Brendon Doran |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0/0 |
43 |
Jeff Gilbert |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0/0 |
4 |
Joe Cinosky |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0/0 |
9 |
Tyler Hass |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
11 |
Richard Morgan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0/0 |
22 |
Andrew Watt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0/0 |
39 |
Dan Ball |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0/0 |
79 |
Nik Bilic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0/0 |
85 |
Mitch Belisle |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0/0 |
93 |
Nick Patterson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
35 |
Evan Kirk |
Did Not Play - Back Up Goaltender |
13 |
Matt Kelly |
Did Not Dress |
30 |
Tyler Carlson |
Did Not Dress |
94 |
Joel Henry |
Did Not Dress |
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# |
Minnesota |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
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93 |
NickPatterson |
60:00 |
20 |
30 |
50 |
L 0-1 |
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35 |
Evan Kirk |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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# |
Colorado |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FT |
FO |
24 |
John Grant |
4 |
7 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0/0 |
9 |
Gavin Prout |
3 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0/0 |
17 |
Sean Pollock |
2 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0/0 |
16 |
Adam Jones |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
0/0 |
44 |
Jamie Lincoln |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
13 |
Mat MacLeod |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
5/9 |
14 |
Jordan McBride |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0/0 |
8 |
Scott Stewart |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5/30 |
15 |
Ilija Gajic |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0/0 |
37 |
Dan Coates |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0/0 |
1 |
Jed Prossner |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
23 |
Jon Sullivan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0/0 |
30 |
Chris Levis |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
11 |
John Gallant |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0/0 |
12 |
Jarett Park |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
19 |
Cam Holding |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
42 |
Rory Smith |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0/0 |
62 |
Creighton Reid |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0/0 |
88 |
Ian Hawksbee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0/0 |
35 |
Dan Lewis |
Did Not Play - Back Up Goaltender |
20 |
Derek Hopcroft |
Did Not Dress |
31 |
Tye Belanger |
Did Not Dress |
56 |
John Orsen |
Did Not Dress |
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# |
Colorado |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
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30 |
Chris Levis |
60:00 |
14 |
41 |
55 |
W 1-0 |
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35 |
Dan Lewis |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Scoring |
Quarter |
Time |
MN |
COL |
Team |
Goal |
1st Assist |
2nd Assist |
Notes |
First |
3:49 |
1 |
0 |
Minnesota |
Jordan MacIntosh |
Callum Crawford |
Ryan Benesch |
PP |
First |
5:01 |
1 |
1 |
Colorado |
John Grant |
Gavin Prout |
Sean Pollock |
SH |
First |
7:56 |
1 |
2 |
Colorado |
Mat MacLeod |
Sean Pollock |
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First |
8:24 |
2 |
2 |
Minnesota |
Callum Crawford |
Jordan MacIntosh |
Kevin Ross |
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First |
10:26 |
2 |
3 |
Colorado |
Jamie Lincoln |
John Grant |
Sean Pollock |
PP |
First |
13:14 |
3 |
3 |
Minnesota |
Jamie Shewchuk |
Ryan Benesch |
Callum Crawford |
PP |
Second |
2:29 |
4 |
3 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Benesch |
Callum Crawford |
Jay Card |
PP |
Second |
2:43 |
5 |
3 |
Minnesota |
Corbyn Tao |
Callum Crawford |
Greg Downing |
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Second |
3:18 |
5 |
4 |
Colorado |
John Grant |
Chris Levis |
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Second |
6:05 |
6 |
4 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Benesch |
Jordan MacIntosh |
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Second |
9:55 |
6 |
5 |
Colorado |
Ilija Gajic |
Sean Pollock |
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Second |
11:39 |
6 |
6 |
Colorado |
Jamie Lincoln |
John Grant |
Gavin Prout |
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Second |
12:33 |
6 |
7 |
Colorado |
Sean Pollock |
Jordan McBride |
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Second |
13:02 |
7 |
7 |
Minnesota |
Kevin Ross |
Callum Crawford |
Corbyn Tao |
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Third |
3:50 |
7 |
8 |
Colorado |
Gavin Prout |
John Grant |
Adam Jones |
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Third |
4:18 |
8 |
8 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Suitor |
Greg Downing |
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Third |
6:39 |
8 |
9 |
Colorado |
Adam Jones |
John Grant |
Gavin Prout |
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Third |
6:58 |
8 |
10 |
Colorado |
Jordan McBride |
John Grant |
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Third |
8:19 |
8 |
11 |
Colorado |
Jamie Lincoln |
John Grant |
Gavin Prout |
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Third |
10:02 |
8 |
12 |
Colorado |
Sean Pollock |
Dan Coates |
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SH |
Third |
10:24 |
9 |
12 |
Minnesota |
Callum Crawford |
Ryan Benesch |
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Third |
10:50 |
10 |
12 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Benesch |
Jordan MacIntosh |
Kevin Ross |
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Fourth |
0:30 |
11 |
12 |
Minnesota |
Callum Crawford |
Ryan Benesch |
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PP |
Fourth |
0:52 |
11 |
13 |
Colorado |
John Grant |
Dan Coates |
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Fourth |
1:47 |
12 |
13 |
Minnesota |
Brendon Doran |
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Fourth |
2:21 |
12 |
14 |
Colorado |
Gavin Prout |
Adam Jones |
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|
Fourth |
3:57 |
13 |
14 |
Minnesota |
Jay Card |
Jeff Gilbert |
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|
Fourth |
4:21 |
13 |
15 |
Colorado |
Mat MacLeod |
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GWG |
Fourth |
6:04 |
13 |
16 |
Colorado |
Gavin Prout |
Adam Jones |
Jed Prossner |
|
Fourth |
6:35 |
13 |
17 |
Colorado |
Scott Stewart |
Jon Sullivan |
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|
Fourth |
8:25 |
13 |
18 |
Colorado |
John Grant |
Sean Pollock |
|
PP |
Fourth |
9:36 |
13 |
19 |
Colorado |
Adam Jones |
John Grant |
Gavin Prout |
PP |
Fourth |
10:09 |
13 |
20 |
Colorado |
Adam Jones |
Sean Pollock |
Gavin Prout |
PP |
Fourth |
13:18 |
14 |
20 |
Minnesota |
Callum Crawford |
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PS |
Penalties |
Quarter |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Penalty |
Bench |
Duration |
First |
3:01 |
Colorado |
Jarett Park |
Holding |
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2:00 |
First |
3:58 |
Colorado |
Cam Holding |
Checking from Behind |
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2:00 |
First |
5:01 |
Colorado |
Ilija Gajic |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
First |
5:01 |
Minnesota |
Mitch Belisle |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
First |
10:05 |
Minnesota |
Kevin Ross |
Goalie Interference |
|
2:00 |
First |
11:59 |
Colorado |
Cam Holding |
Illegal Cross Checking |
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2:00 |
Second |
2:17 |
Colorado |
Jarett Park |
Tripping |
|
2:00 |
Second |
3:31 |
Minnesota |
Jay Card |
Illegal Cross Checking |
|
2:00 |
Second |
13:45 |
Minnesota |
Corbyn Tao |
High Sticking |
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5:00 |
Third |
0:51 |
Colorado |
Jed Prossner |
Delay of Game |
|
2:00 |
Third |
8:19 |
Colorado |
Jamie Lincoln |
Unsportsmanlike Conduct |
|
2:00 |
Third |
12:52 |
Colorado |
Ilija Gajic |
Holding |
|
2:00 |
Third |
13:33 |
Colorado |
Rory Smith |
Slashing |
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2:00 |
Fourth |
8:06 |
Minnesota |
Dan Ball |
High Sticking |
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5:00 |
Referees |
Crew Chief |
Assistant Referee |
Shot Clock Operator |
12-Todd Labranche |
Chris Williams |
David Pratt |
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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