Minnesota Swarm (0-1 H 0-0 A 0-1)

Colorado Mammoth (1-0 H 1-0 A 0-0)

Mammoth Elevate Their Game Late To Beat Swarm

Saturday, January 14, 2012
Denver, Coloardo
Attendance: 14,106

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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.

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