Minnesota Swarm 10 Chicago Shamrox 15
The Swarm Got Jac(obs)ked Up
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Attendance: 4,036
The Minnesota Swarm started fast and strong again against the Chicago Shamrox. These teams have met four times and in
each game the Swarm have at least scored four times to start the game before the Shamrox have answered. This time, the
Shamrox more than answered, they turned back the tide and routed the Swarm 15-10 at the Sears Centre on Saturday night.
As I mentioned above, the Swarm started fast and strong. Sean Pollock (16g 26a) started it
just 50 seconds into the game. Ryan Ward (22g 28a) and Rory McDade
(2g 4a) soon followed to give the Swarm a 3-0 lead before the first officials timeout. Keith
Cromwell (3g 7a) increased the lead to four on the Swarm's first power play of the game when his shot went off the back of
Shamrox's goaltender Matt Roik's left leg and in. Bobby McBride finally got
the Shamrox onto the scoreboard at 10:12 on a breakaway. Cromwell scored his second power play of the goal just before
the end of the quarter to give the Swarm a seemingly safe 5-1 lead after one.
That just set up the Cody Jacobs show which began in the second quarter. The second year player got his game on with his
first goal at 3:27 to cut the Swarm lead to 5-2. He got the Shamrox within one on a power play at 8:59 and then got his second
quarter hat trick at 13:51 to give the Shamrox their first lead at 6-5. By the end of the quarter, the Swarm were shut out by
Roik and the Shamrox were flying high. The second quarter shutout is the first time the Swarm have been shutout in that quarter
since February 11, 2005 in a 15-9 loss to Toronto at the Xcel.
Jacobs was not done yet as he scored at 1:53 of third to increase the lead to two. The only fight of the game came 19 seconds
later as Swarm repeat offender Travis Hill (2g 6a) and Drew Candy tangled. Candy, who fought
Kyle Ross (3g 6a) to a draw in the previous game, quickly got the better of Hill, who still leads the
league in penalty minutes with 81. Jacobs got his fifth goal at 4:08 then off the subsequent face off, Callum Crawford scooped up
the loosie to put the Shamrox up 9-5. That led to a goaltender change for the Swarm as Nick
Patterson (7-3 12.18 GAA .769 Save %) was replaced by Kevin Croswell (0-1 14.74 GAA .750 Save %).
This was the first time that Croswell entered a game before the fourth quarter. The Swarm then got a big opportunity to cut the
lead when Mat Giles was called for a high sticking major at 6:07. However, the Swarm were unable to convert on the crucial five
minute power play while Crawford was able to score shorthanded with 15 seconds before the penalty expired. The Swarm only were
able to get off nine shots in total in the third quarter even with the five minute power play and were shut out again. It is
second time in Swarm history that the team was shut out for two consecutive quarters.
Giles started the fourth with the Shamrox's tenth consecutive goal to increase their lead to 11-5. The Swarm finally got a
goal when Andy Secore (20g 32a) scored at 1:20 of the fourth. The Swarm then rallied with two
additional goals on the power play from Craig Point (22g 27a) and Pollock to pull within three.
However, the Shamrox replied with three of their own. Giles scored the first of the three and that prompted the Swarm to bring
back Patterson in order to better employ an extra attacker offense to get back in the game. It did not work well as the Shamrox
got two more before Secore answered to make it 14-9. Giles got his third of night on an empty netter before Ward finished the
scoring on the night with 58 seconds left in the game.
Secore led the Swarm with two goals and five assists. Pollock, Ward and Cromwell also got two goals. Jacobs led the Shamrox with six
goals and one assist. Jacobs is the tenth player to score a sock trick against the Swarm and the fourth this year. Patterson and
Croswell faced a combined 61 shots and saved 47 while Roik made 45 saves on 55 shots. The Swarm's transition was completely
missing with Ross and Ryan Sharp (7g 6a) out due to injury. The Swarm only had a couple transition
attempts on net while Shamrox got transition goals from Scott Self and McBride. According to Ward, the Swarm seemed a step slow
all night especially getting after loosies and noted the lack of practice time (zero) he has had with the team since the season
started since he lives in Twin Cities while half the team is in Ontario The game sure did not seem to start that way but once the
Shamrox got into the game, they just couldn't be stopped. It was definitely the most disappointing loss of the season because the
Swarm had the opportunity to get back in first place. The incentive to win was great but it just seemed like the wind was taken
out of their sails. The Swarm were outscored 9-5 in the second half which is the fifth straight game they have been outscored (49-21)
in the latter half. The loss is the Swarm's fourth in five games and fourth straight loss on the road. Even with the loss,
the Swarm remained in second place, only a half game behind Philadelphia.
The Swarm will now play four straight at Xcel with the first of those four on Saturday, April 5 when they host the New York
Titans (6-5), who have won five of six, at 7:00 pm CDT on Hawaiian Night. The Shamrox next game is on the same day as
they host Philadelphia.
Game Statistics
Box Score
Minnesota Swarm Game Center
| # | Minnesota |
G |
A | Pts |
PIM |
PPG | SHG |
S |
LB | FO |
|
# | Chicago |
G |
A | Pts |
PIM |
PPG | SHG |
S |
LB | FO |
| 21 | Andy
Secore | 2 |
5 |
7 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 13 |
7 |
0-0 |
|
88 | Cody Jacobs |
6 |
1 | 7 |
0 |
1 | 0 |
18 |
0 | 0-0 |
| 17 | Sean
Pollock | 2 |
2 |
4 | 0 |
1 |
0 | 15 |
4 |
0-0 |
|
27 | Mat Giles |
3 |
3 | 6 |
9 |
1 | 0 |
11 |
4 | 0-0 |
| 11 | Keith
Cromwell | 2 |
1 |
3 | 0 |
2 |
0 | 3 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
44 | Bobby McBride |
1 |
4 |
5 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 3 |
8 |
0-0 |
| 44 | Ryan Ward |
2 |
1 | 3 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
6 |
6 | 0-0 |
|
42 | Jonas Derks |
2 |
1 | 3 |
2 |
0 | 0 |
11 |
5 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Craig
Point |
1 |
2 | 3 |
0 |
1 | 0 |
17 |
7 | 10-11 |
|
23 | Callum
Crawford |
2 |
0 | 2 |
2 |
0 | 1 |
8 |
2 | 0-0 |
| 19 | Chad Culp |
0 |
3 |
3 | 4 |
0 |
0 | 6 |
6 |
0-0 |
|
13 | Jason Clark |
0 |
2 | 2 |
12 |
0 | 0 |
3 |
5 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Rory
McDade | 1 |
1 |
2 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 4 |
1 |
0-0 |
|
33 | Bill McGlone |
0 |
2 | 2 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
8 |
7 | 0-0 |
| 12 | Eric
Pacey | 0 |
1 |
1 | 2 |
0 |
0 | 1 |
1 |
0-0 |
|
63 | Thomas
Montour | 0 |
2 |
2 | 2 |
0 |
0 | 3 |
6 |
0-0 |
| 47 | Travis
Hill | 0 |
1 |
1 | 7 |
0 |
0 | 1 |
4 |
7-16 |
|
6 | Scott Self |
1 |
0 | 1 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
2 |
8 | 2-4 |
| 16 | Noah
Talbot | 0 |
0 |
0 | 2 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
2 |
0-0 |
|
11 | Mike Hobbins |
0 |
1 | 1 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
3 | 0-0 |
| 18 | Andrew
Biers | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
3 |
0-1 |
|
17 | Kevin Fines |
0 |
1 |
1 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 1 |
2 |
3-10 |
| 23 | Jon
Sullivan | 0 |
0 |
0 | 2 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
5 |
0-0 |
|
26 | Mike Kirk |
0 |
1 | 1 |
2 |
0 | 0 |
1 |
3 | 0-0 |
| 27 | Colin
Achenbach |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
1 |
4 | 0-0 |
|
35 | Matt Roik |
0 |
1 | 1 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
5 | 0-0 |
| 31 | Kevin
Croswell | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
71 | Kevin Ross |
0 |
1 | 1 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
3 |
1 | 0-0 |
| 34 | Nick Inch |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
4 | Carter
Livingstone |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
3 | 0-0 |
| 40 | Ian Rubel |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
18 | Josh Wasson |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
4 |
4 | 6-14 |
| 50 | Ryan
Cousins | 0 |
0 |
0 | 4 |
0 |
0 | 2 |
5 |
0-0 |
|
25 | Drew Candy |
0 |
0 | 0 |
5 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
2 | 0-0 |
| 93 | Nick
Patterson | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
43 | Derek Collins |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0-0 |
| # | Minnesota | MIN |
GA | Saves | Shots |
|
# | Chicago | MIN |
GA | Saves | Shots |
| 93 | Nick Patterson | 41:09 |
11 | 36 | 47 |
|
35 | Matt Roik | 60:00 |
10 | 45 | 55 |
| 31 | Kevin Croswell | 18:49 |
3 | 11 | 14 |
|
43 | Derek Collins | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Empty Net | 0:02 |
1 | | 1 |
|
| | |
| |
|
| Scoring by Quarter | 1 | 2 |
3 | 4 | F |
| Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
0 | 5 | 10 |
| Chicago | 1 | 5 |
4 | 5 | 15 |
| Team Stats | Power Play | SHG |
PIM | LB | Saves/Shots |
SOG |
SOFF |
Face Offs |
| Minnesota | 4/7 | 0 |
21 | 57 | 47/62 |
55 |
14 |
17/28 |
| Chicago | 2/7 | 1 |
34 | 68 | 45/55 |
62 |
14 |
11/28 |
| Scratches | | |
| | |
| Minnesota | Chris Courtney | Kyle Ross |
Justin Norbraten | Ryan Sharp | Dean Hill |
| Chicago | Bryan Kazarian | Darryl Gibson |
Brock Boyle | Andrew Burkholder | Chris Panos |
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