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Thompson Swarms knighthawks with Four Goals in Pre-Season Debut

Saturday, December 6, 2014
Rochester, New York
Attendance: 10,073

Game Links

1st Half Lineups 2nd Half Lineups Swarm Notes  Knighthawks Notes 

Game Chronology

  • 1st Quarter
    • Brodie MacDonald will play in the first half while Zach Higgins will play in the second half in net for the Swarm
    • Jason Noble, Logan Schuss and Mitch Belisle will not play tonight for the Swarm
    • Matt Vinc will start for the Knighthawks and it looks like Angus Goodleaf will play the second quarter
    • Miles Thompson , Jordan MacIntosh, Shayne Jackson, David Earl & Ethan O'Connor will play the entire game
    • MacIntosh vs. Evans in faceoff circle
    • Jackson with a bomb from top center but Vinc gets the low save
    • Flubbed transition chance by MacIntosh
    • Point banged one off the post
    • MacIntosh almost scores right off over and back on the quick restart
    • Bradman playing up on offense
    • Walters evades Downing on a fake to the middle and lets the shot for the goal (D.Dawson & Prout assists) - Knighthawks 1-0
    • Thompson called for crease violation
    • 9:16 left in the first quarter - SWARM 1 knighthawks 0
    • Suitor scoops rebound off O'Connor's shot on transition to score on the crease - SWARM 1-1
    • Guiltinan to the box with hold - knighthawks pp
    • MacDonald with big save on Point
    • Crawford swims through the hawks for the shorthanded goal - SWARM 2-1
    • D. Dawson just at the end of the power play gets a point blank shot on MacDonald for the goal - knighthawks 2-2
    • 4:23 left in the first quarter - SWARM 2 knighthawks 2
    • Guiltinan goes coast to coast but Vinc denies him
    • MacDonald bending over backwards to make some quick saves
    • MacIntosh intercepts pass to lead the break
    • Hill's quick stab down low is stopped by Vinc to end the quarter
    • End of the 1st Quarter - SWARM 2 knighthawks 2
  • 2nd Quarter
    • Same goaltenders to start second
    • Guiltinan with the huge transition goal with a couple fakes on S. Self - SWARM 3-2
    • Hall comes around the crease and gets pass from Prout for the goal - knighthawks 3-3
    • Jamieson called for a crease violation
    • Jackson back on defense gets called for a hold - knighthawks pp
    • Crawford and P. Dawson have a little scrap but P. Dawson to the box with a roughing penalty
    • Thompson works the two man game with Crawford for the power play goal - SWARM 4-3
    • Looks like Swarm still on the power play
    • 8:36 left in the second quarter - SWARM 4 knighthawks 3
    • Vinc with a huge rob on Hill
    • Thompson charges the net but denied by Vinc
    • Suitor undressed already and sounds like S. MacDonald is limping around
    • Jackson's goal waived off but Head Coach Sullivan throws challenge flag
    • Replay shows Jackson beating Evans to the net, dives and scores in the air - Challenge works - SWARM 5-3
    • Thompson finds the upper right corner of the net over Vinc's left shoulder for the goal - SWARM 6-3
    • B. MacDondald finds MacIntosh for the break but shot goes awry
    • Good recovery by Bradman to get ball back after he dropped pass from Crawford
    • 4:06 left in the second quarter - SWARM 6 knighthawks 3
    • Goodleaf in goal for the knighthawks out of the break
    • O'Connor and Miles showing good hustle trying to regain possession
    • Miles and Prout have words and both get sent to the box - SWARM will start with the ball
    • Swarm lose ball at midfield, Batson scoops and find Jamieson off the bench for the goal - knighthawks 4-6
    • Hall beats MacDonald but hits crossbar
    • MacIntosh struggling but the effort definitely is 100% - he will get a lucky bounce soon
    • Swarm call timeout with 19.6 seconds left
    • Jackson gets shot off but denied. S. Smith lets loose desperation shot toward empty net but no dice
    • Shots MN 30 ROC 21
    • HALFTIME - SWARM 6 knighthawks 6
  • 3rd Quarter
    • Higgins starting second half for the Swarm. Goodleaf still in the net for knighthawks
    • Casimir to the box quickly to start the third - knighthawks pp
    • Cotter wearing #18 apparently
    • Tao open in front of the net but pass off the mark to him
    • Dawson's shot off Higgins' stick and it bounces off back of left leg in for the goal just after pp expires - knighthawks 5-6
    • Thompson with the forecheck to get ball back, gets around former Swarm Sullivan and shoots low past Goodleaf for goal - SWARM 7-5
    • Thompson with the hat trick
    • SWARM on first power play I believe on the night, on Smith penalty,
    • 9:10 left in the third - SWARM 7 knighthawks 5
    • Thompson off pick by Matisz gets around defender for his fourth goal - SWARM 8 -5
    • Higgins denies Williams' break away - big save
    • Higgins then stops S. Self on break
    • Matisz gets pass from Jones, slight fake and shoots over defender for goal - SWARM 9 -5
    • Alexander gets ball off over and back and finds Matisz trailing down the floor for the goal - SWARM 10- 5
    • Just over 4 minutes left in the third quarter - SWARM 10 knighthawks 5
    • Alton in goal out of break for knighthawks
    • Cotter on the crease and his shot off the cross bar
    • Palmer called for crease violation
    • Matisz starts transition to O'Connor who finds MacIntosh for the goal - SWARM 11-5
    • D. Dawson finds Hall in the slot for the quick goal on the delayed penalty - knighthawks 6-11
    • One last shot for Swarm with extra attacker but Palmer loses the handle and no shot taken
    • End of the third quarter - SWARM 11 knighthawks 6
  • 4th Quarter
    • Higgins with a huge save on Walters' shot from rebound off boards by a breakaway shot by Reid
    • Wraparound shot by Swarm denied by Alton
    • Attwood got back on defense to thwart Cotter breakaway
    • S. Smith hit Casimir after an over and back was called costing the knighthawks - SWARM PP
    • Good ball movement ending with Thompson finding MacIntosh on the crease for the five-hole goal - SWARM 12 knighthawks 6
    • Looks like Houtby to the box for hit in the corner on Kozak - penalty to start out of the break
    • 8:43 left in the game - SWARM 12 knighthawks 6
    • Styres in net for the knighthawks out of the break
    • The knighthawks pp moved the ball crisply and finally Walters got it by Higgins for the pp goal - knighthawks 7-12
    • Higgins with big arm save and rebound scoop on Kozak
    • Cotter with a beautiful pick to go on the break but Williams caught him and Cotter's shot inpigned upon
    • Kozak breakaway thwarted by Higgins
    • Tao gets pass from Jackson in traffic on the crease for the goal - SWARM 13-7
    • Attwood crashes the net to scoop up Reid rebound for the goal - knighthawks 8-13
    • 4:25 left in the game - SWARM 13 knighthawks 8
    • Extra Attacker rest of way for knighthawks
    • Alton and Styres trading off when Swarm have the ball at end of game
    • Good defense by Swarm to thwart knighthawks for 45 seconds
    • Cotter gets the ball of the break started by Alexander and scores empty netter from mid floor - SWARM 14-8

Game Notes

  • Miles Thompson definitely was the number one star of the game with four goals. It will be tough to get four every night but he sure looks like someone who can get that regularly. He definitely works well with Callum Crawford already, so we may have a deadly 1-2 punch on the right side. Thompson clearly is the #2 guy on that side with #1 potential.
  • We can't say for certain who will start the regular season opener at Ho-Chunk Nation Field at The Hive on January 3rd but after tonight both Brodie MacDonald and Zach Higgins made the decision much tougher in a positive way as both were fantastic in net tonight. Each faced Dan Dawson, Craig Point, Gavin Prout and Jordan Hall as those offensive threats played the entire game and only got four goals combined.
  • The announcers said that Shane MacDonald was limping in the second quarter and was not dressed by the end of that quarter. It also looks like Andrew Suitor was given the night off before the end of the second quarter but that may be to keep him fresh for the game against Calgary and his arch-enemy Geoff Snider.
  • Jordan MacIntosh started slowly but as usual he got himself straightened out by the time the big third quarter rally came around. He just seems to have boundless energy and as usual he shows he does everything well.
  • Other players that stood out in a good way in my opinion were Ethan O'Connor, Eric Guiltinan, Patrick Miles and Dominique Alexander. The team played rather well tonight despite only coming together for the first time on Friday night. Chemistry issues on the field can be expected and some of the play was out of sync, but not as much as one would figure.
  • For a first weekend of camp, the Swarm sure have set up a grueling schedule. After the game in Rochester, they had to bus back to Oakville for tomorrow's game against Calgary. I presume they got back around midnight in Oakville time and will go out to booze it up, I mean get some sleep. Meanwhile, Calgary stayed in Oakville Saturday night as they beat Toronto 14-5 about an hour earlier than the finish of the Swarm game. Unlike the Swarm, the Roughnecks did have four-hour round trip bus ride to Rochester like the Swarm and we will follow on twitter to find out if that could be an issue in tomorrow's game.
  • No word on why the players that did not dress were not playing. From what I can gather, maybe only Jason Noble was at the game but that is just speculation on my part with no basis of truth. Noble did get hurt during the World Field Lacrosse Championships and did not play the rest of the MLL season after that, so maybe that injury is lingering a bit. The Swarm know what they have in Noble and maybe willing to rest him so he is 100% for the regular season opener.


# Minnesota G 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
2 Miles Thompson 4 X X X X
7 Zach Palmer 0     X X
8 Greg Downing 0 X X    
10 Alex Crepinsek 0 X X    
11 Sam Bradman 0 X X    
12 Ian Crawford 0 X X    
15 Jordan Houtby 0     X X
18 Nick Cotter 1     X X
20 Andrew Suitor 1 X X    
22 Marcus Holman 0 X X    
23 Dominique Alexander 0     X X
24 Jordan MacIntosh 2 X X X X
32 Shayne Jackson 1 X X X X
33 David Earl 0 X X X X
37 Ethan O'Connor 0 X X X X
45 Andrew Casimir 0     X X
46 Kiel Matisz 2     X X
66 Shane MacDonald 0 X X    
67 Patrick Miles 0 X X    
73 Dean Hill 0 X X    
84 Corbyn Tao 1     X X
85 Eric Guiltinan 1 X X    
88 Joe Haodais Maracle 0     X X
89 Scott Jones 0     X X
98 Callum Crawford 1 X X    
18 Logan Schuss Did Not Dress
23 Mike Grimes Did Not Dress
34 Pat Laconi Did Not Dress
45 Jason Noble Did Not Dress
85 Mitch Belisle Did Not Dress
 
# Minnesota GS GA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th W/L Rec
31 Zach Higgins   4     X X W 1-0
50 Brodie MacDonald X 4 X X        
 
# Rochester G 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1 Joe Walters 2 X X X X
2 Paul Dawson 0 X X    
3 Brock Levick 0 X X    
4 Jamie Batson 0 X X X X
5 Scott Self 0 X X X X
6 Dan Dawson 2 X X X X
7 Chris Attwood 1     X X
9 Craig Point 0 X X X X
10 Mitch Dumont 0     X X
11 Zach Williams 0     X X
12 Todd Kozak 0     X X
16 Dylan Evans 0 X X    
19 Gavin Prout 0 X X X X
20 Zac Reid 0 X X X X
26 Mike Kirk 0 X X    
29 Ian Llord 0 X X X X
32 Jon Sullivan 0     X X
37 Scott Campbell 0 X X X X
44 Jordan Hall 2 X X X X
45 Colin McDowall 0     X X
79 Sid Smith 0 X X X X
88 Cody Jamieson 1 X X    
8 Brier Jonathan Did Not Dress
15 Ian Martin Did Not Dress
23 Cory Vitarelli Did Not Dress
25 Brad Self Did Not Dress
28 Stephen Keogh Did Not Dress
  Anthony Patterson Did Not Dress
  Kyle Pereira Did Not Dress
 
# Rochester GS GA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th W/L Rec
00 Brandon Styres   1       X    
33 Don Alton   2     X X    
48 Matt Vinc X 6 X X        
55 Angus Goodleaf   4   X X   L 0-1
Empty Net   1       X    

Scoring
MN ROC Team Goal Notes
1st Quarter
0 1 Rochester Joe Walters  
1 1 Minnesota Andrew Suitor  
2 1 Minnesota Callum Crawford SH
2 2 Rochester Dan Dawson PP
2nd Quarter
3 2 Minnesota Eric Guiltinan  
3 3 Rochester Jordan Hall  
4 3 Minnesota Miles Thompson PP
5 3 Minnesota Shayne Jackson  
6 3 Minnesota Miles Thompson  
6 4 Rochester Cody Jamieson  
3rd Quarter
6 5 Rochester Dan Dawson  
7 5 Minnesota Miles Thompson  
8 5 Minnesota Miles Thompson  
9 5 Minnesota Kiel Matisz GWG
10 5 Minnesota Kiel Matisz  
11 5 Minnesota Jordan MacIntosh  
11 6 Rochester Jordan Hall  
4th Quarter
12 6 Minnesota Jordan MacIntosh  
12 7 Rochester Joe Walters PP
13 7 Minnesota Corbyn Tao  
13 8 Rochester Chris Attwood  
14 8 Minnesota Nick Cotter EN

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Minnesota vs Calgary at Oakville, ON - Sunday, December 7th, 2014 11:00 am Central
  • Rochester vs Toronto at Montreal - Sunday, December 14th, 2014 1:00 pm Central