Minnesota Swarm (5-7 H 3-2 A 2-5)

Edmonton Rush (4-7 H 3-2 A 1-5)

Valiant Effort But Thwarted by Former Swarm in OT

Saturday, March 31, 2012
Edmonton, Alberta
Attendance: 6,011

Game Links

Game Chronology

• 1st Quarter
  • Greer got loose for the goal off the Rush faceoff win. 11 seconds in – rush 1-0
  • Williams finds Ward cutting to the net for the goal – two former Swarm, two rush goals – rush 2-0
  • Carlson with 8 much needed saves already
  • Just under 10 to go in the first – SWARM 0 rush 2
  • Rush pull goalie, Greer comes on and gets the ball to the net and scores – rush 3-0
  • Ross shoulders his way to the net, backs in and scores – SWARM 1-3
  • Ross scoops up loose ball fights off Rubisch to the net for the goal – SWARM 2-3
  • 3:20 left in the first – SWARM 2 rush 3
  • Greer scores but called for crease violation – rush challenge late as Swarm are on the breakaway – rush lose challenge and time out
  • Williams scores off Johnson screen – rush 4-2
  • End of the first quarter – SWARM 2 rush 4

• 2nd Quarter
  • Greer with a hat trick with a cannon on the run off the pick – rush 5-2
  • Suitor leads the break and finds Gillam off the bench for the 3 on 2 breakaway goal – Gillam’s first NLL and Swarm goal – SWARM 3-5 8:45 left in the second quarter – SWARM 3 rush 5
  • Still no penalties
  • Tao fakes then dumps it behind the back to Card on the crease for the goal – SWARM 4-5
  • Bold finds Quinlan all alone on the outlet pass who scores on Carlson – rush 6-4
  • Toll wins face off and finds Wilson going to the net for the goal – rush 7-4
  • Ward finds Small after fake for the quick stick on the crease – rush 8-4
  • Kirk in – Carlson out
  • 3:45 left in the second quarter – SWARM 4 rush 8
  • Illegal sub for Rush – Swarm pp – first penalty of the game
  • Gillam hits Mydske in the neck with the ball and Mydske down. Scary but Mydske gets back up.
  • Morgan hurt himself as he hit Small behind the net – maybe twisted something – back up
  • Swarm had good chances on the pp but couldn’t convert
  • Halftime – SWARM 4 rush 8

• 3rd Quarter
  • Card rocks Mydske to the turf up high and Suddons retaliates and gets sent to the box – Swarm pp
  • Suitor crosschecks Evans who took a dive at mid field – Evans jawing with Suits and Doran – Suits to the box – rush’s first pp of the game
  • 9:32 left in the third – SWARM 4 rush 8
  • Greer called for spearing – Swarm pp
  • Card with a laser past Bold for the goal on the pp – SWARM 5-8
  • Kirk with big save on Toll breakaway
  • Gillam gets a loosie on transition and finds Hass going to the net for the goal – SWARM 6-8
  • With under 5:00 left in the third – SWARM 6 rush 8
  • Swarm call timeout with 6.3 seconds – will pull Kirk for extra attacker
  • The Swarm almost got it at the end but Ross denied on brilliant save by Bold
  • Swarm have held the rush scoreless for 20:23 minutes
  • End of the third quarter – SWARM 6 rush 8

• 4th Quarter
  • Rush bench called for unsportsmanlike conduct – Swarm pp
  • Kelly called for crosscheck as TV timeout starts
  • Lots of chances for the Swarm – just not finishing
  • Just under ten minutes left – SWARM 6 rush 8
  • MacIntosh with Suddons all over him tries to bull to the net, he backs off and finds Crawford going to the net for the goal – SWARM 7-8
  • Card wins loose ball battle in the corner with shot clock drawing down and he finds Ross on the crease for the tying goal – SWARM 8-8
  • 4:02 left in the game – SWARM 8 rush 8
  • Rush held scoreless for over 30 minutes – what about those SWARM now!!!
  • Kirk with huge saves down the stretch
  • Rush call timeout with 35 seconds. Swarm used their time out at the end of the third
  • Greer hits the crossbar with seconds left, Suits leads the break but Bold denies
  • End of regulation – SWARM 8 rush 8

• Overtime
  • Wilson burns past Morgan to the net and scores on Kirk in overtime
  • Final - SWARM 8 rush 9
  • Evan Kirk came in relief of Tyler Carlson in the second quarter down 8-4 and held the Rush scoreless until former Swarm Aaron Wilson won the game in overtime
  • Ryan Benesch misses his second game in a row due to concussion
  • The Swarm have lost four straight and got swept by both Alberta teams this weekend
  • Both games this year between the two teams have went into overtime
  • Josh Gillam scored his first NLL and Swarm goal