Minnesota Swarm (6-7 H 3-2 A 3-5)

Philadelphia Wings (7-6 H 3-5 A 4-1)

The Swarm Back to Winning Ways

Friday, April 6, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 8,070

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Game Chronology

• 1st Quarter
  • Michael Brascia makes his NLL and Swarm Debut
  • Ryan Benesch is out for a third consecutive game with a concussion
  • Swarm getting the lbs so far
  • MacIntosh and Hajek to the box for roughing
  • Ross rolls to the net and finds Tao open in front of the net for the goal – SWARM 1-0
  • 9:09 left in the first quarter – SWARM 1 wings 0
  • Swarm called for too many men – wings pp
  • Crowley with a pp rocket from top middle – wings 1-1
  • D. Dawson back to the net rolled right then left and shot off the double team for the goal – wings 2-1
  • Crawford goes on the wrong side of the net to shoot, got the rebound, when around the net and got the shot off for the goal – SWARM 2-2
  • Looks like Kirk got called for a slash on Crowley behind the net – wings pp after the TV break
  • 4:12 left in the first quarter – SWARM 2 wings 2
  • Ross evades Heim and dives low against d help for the goal – SWARM 3-2
  • D. Dawson collides with Watt and limps off
  • Kirk with huge save on Seibald on the break to finish the quarter
  • End of the first quarter – SWARM 3 wings 2

• 2nd Quarter
  • Mundorf finds D. Dawson up top right of Kirk for the rocket – wings 3-3
  • Suitor scoops the loosie of the Hominuck shot and takes it all the way down on the 4 on 3 for the goal – SWARM 4-3
  • Kirk coming up with big saves so far
  • 9:29 left in the second quarter – SWARM 4 wings 3
  • Crawford and Wray both with roughing penalties, Crawford has words going off
  • P. Dawson denied on spin move by Kirk
  • Suitor knocked down the ball in o-zone, slow to get off with a limp, trainer takes him to the locker room
  • Miller denies Earl on the break
  • 4:04 left in the second quarter – SWARM 4 wings 3
  • Ross with an unsportsmanlike penalty – ref must not like him – wings pp with 3:01 left
  • D. Dawson finds Crowley with a behind the back pass for the pp goal with 2 seconds left on the pp – wings 4-4
  • MacIntosh called for over and back with just under a minute
  • Swarm timeout 8.3 seconds – 3 seconds put back on
  • Halftime – SWARM 4 wings 4

• 3rd Quarter
  • Swarm called for 8 seconds to start the half
  • Wings get loosie as Swarm shot clock expires, outlets to Crowley who finds Hominuck for the goal – wings 5-4
  • Hass leads the 4 on 2 break and finds MacIntosh for the breakaway goal – wings challenge – close crease for MacIntosh but may not be enough to overturn – wings lose challenge and second half timeout – SWARM 5-5
  • Westervelt turns Kelly around, shoots and scores – wings 6-5
  • Suits is back in action
  • 9:26 left in the third quarter – SWARM 5 wings 6
  • Hass forces the turnover on Crowley near the Swarm net and takes it all the way for the goal – SWARM 6-6
  • Earl denied by Miller on the 2 on 0 break
  • D. Dawson swims past defender and finds Merrill going to the net for the goal bouncing past Kirk – wings 7-6
  • 3:47 left in the third quarter – SWARM 6 wings 7
  • Schiller denied on break by Kirk
  • Miller makes big save on break and then P. Dawson and Belisle with roughing calls along the boards
  • Hass gets the loosie to start the break, Cinosky eventually gets the ball and finds Hass trailing for the goal – SWARM 7-7
  • End of the third quarter – SWARM 7 wings 7

• 4th Quarter
  • Ross behind the net goal waived off due to crease violation
  • Both posts helped keep Mundorf shot out
  • Henry comes off the bench and scores but goal waived off due to crease violation
  • Henry called for roughing on Miller in the crease – wings pp
  • 9:21 left in the game – SWARM 7 wings 7
  • 36 seconds left on wings pp out of the TV break
  • Ross evades his defender to the net and beats Miller low for the lead – SWARM 8-7
  • Swarm get the ball just as the shot clock expires, which may have confused the Wings. The ball gets cycled to Crawford up to for the goal – SWARM 9-7
  • Westervelt jumps over the crease and dunks it in the net behind Kirk – Swarm challenge and lose challenge and time out - wings 8-9
  • D. Dawson just barely finds Westervelt with a defender on the crease. Westervelt evades and scores – wings 9-9
  • MacIntosh double teamed up top and one arms behind his back to Tao with rifles it past Miller – SWARM 10-9
  • 3:32 left in the game – SWARM 10 wings 9
  • Gilbert forces the turnover and leads the break the other way. Gilbert finds Hass to Miller’s right for the goal – Hass with his first hat trick I believe – SWARM 11-9
  • Kirk, with the save with the Wings with the extra attacker, outlets to Hass who shoots behind halfcourt for the empty netter – Hass with his fourth – SWARM 12-9
  • Schiller called for a hold – Swarm on the pp for the rest of regulation
  • Tao gets ball from Crawford and with Miller screened and defender off, Tao lets loose and scores on pp – SWARM 13-9
  • Seibald called for a late slash – Swarm end game on the pp
  • Final – SWARM 13 wings 9
  • The Swarm end their four game losing streak
  • Tyler Hass scores a career high four goals