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Minnesota Swarm
(5-4 H 2-2 A 3-2)

Buffalo Bandits
(7-3 H 4-1 A 3-2)

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 1:00 pm CDT
Xcel Energy Center
Treasure Island Field at The Hive
St. Paul, Minnesota


Live Statistics

TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:

Live on Versus
Swarm Vision Live

More Coverage of this game at:

Minnesota Swarm Website
Buffalo Bandits Website
National Lacrosse League Website
IL Indoor.com

Standings:

West W L GB +/-   East W L GB +/-
x-Calgary 9 3 - 22 x-Toronto 9 3 - 26
x-Washington 6 6 3.0 12 Buffalo 7 3 1.0 17
Minnesota 5 5 3.0 3 Boston 6 6 3.0 14
Edmonton 3 9 6.0 -29 Rochester 5 5 3.0 -14
Colorado 1 8 6.5 .-25 Philadelphia 4 7 4.5 -26
                   

x-Clinched Playoff Spot

Series History:

Minnesota Overall Home Road Home (2011) Road (2011)
vs Buffalo 2-12 0-5 2-7 0-1
vs Buffalo-Playoffs 0-2   0-2    
Total 2-14 0-5 2-9   0-1

The Bandits won the first of two this season against the Swarm with a 15-12 victory in Buffalo on February 4, 2011. John Tavares scored two goals and six assists including the game winner. Ryan Benesch led the Swarm with three goals and four assists. Kevin Croswell made his only appearance this season in the game saving 21 of 29 shots in 35:35 minutes of play in relief of Nick Patterson.

Personnel:

Minnesota Swarm

Numerical Roster Picture Roster Stats
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)    
93 - Nick Patterson 16 - Noah Talbot 23 - Jon Sullivan    
31 - Kevin Croswell 24 - Rory Smith 50 - Ryan Cousins  
  85 - Matt Kelly 4 - Joe Cinosky    
    34 - Nick Inch    
    12 - Eric Pacey    
         
         
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forwards (Left) Forwards (Right)  
22 - Andrew Watt 20 - Andrew Suitor 9 - Ryan Benesch 98 - Callum Crawford  
Richard Morgan 47 - Travis Hill 19 - Jamie Shewchuk 10 - Aaron Wilson  
  9 - Tyler Hass 71 - Kevin Ross 27 - Mat Giles  
  15 - Shayne Bennett   17 - Sean Pollock  
Staff
General Manager Head Coach Assistant Assistant
Marty O'Neill Mike Lines Aime Caines Joe Sullivan


Buffalo Bandits

Roster Picture Roster Stats
Depth Chart
Goaltenders Defense (Left) Defense (Right)    
66-Mike Thompson 65-Clay Hill 6-Chris White    
55-Angus Goodleaf 15-Chris Corbeil 4-Scott Self    
  2-Ian Llord 23-Steve Priolo    
19-Darryl Gibson 88-Travis Irvinng    
    0-Ben McCullough    
       
Transition (Left) Transition (Right) Forward (Left) Forward (Right)
  9-Mark Steenhuis 11-John Tavares 17-Tracey Kelusky
  63-Thomas Montour 81-Roger Vyse 26-Brett Bucktoosh  
  7-Jon Harasym 20-Chad Culp 10-Brendan Thenhaus  
  75-Jay Thorimbert 84-Brandon Francis    
    22-Kyle Clancy    
Staff
HC/GM Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Darris Kilgour Chuck Brown Ron Henry Duane Jacobs Rich Kilgour Emmet Printup

Notes:

  • This is the debut for the Swarm on national TV in the United States as the game will be aired live on Versus
  • Onw win clinches a playoff spot for the Swarm
  • This should be the first game at The Hive for Swarm captain Ryan Cousins since February 20th, 2010
  • Ryan Benesch is the only player in the league to average three goals per game. His 31 goals led the league.
  • If Sean Pollock plays on Sunday at The Hive, he will be the first Swarm player to play in 100 regular season games for the team
  • Noah Talbot has played in 68 conscutive games for the Swarm
  • This will the Swarm home debut of Shayne Bennett
  • The Swarm have lost their last eleven games against the East Division.  The last win against the East was on March 14, 2009 in Philadelphai where Dan Marohl scored the game winner with a second left against the Wings.  The last home win agasinst an East team was also aganst the Wings on April 14, 2008 when Sean Pollock scored the gamew winner in overtime to win at The Hive
  • The Swarm are 0-5 at home versus the Bandits with the last game at home against the Bandits on January 24th, 2009. That was a 10-9 loss in which the Swarm came back to tie it at nine late before Tavares scored the game winner. Ryan Ward and Kevin Fines scored two goals each for the Swarm. Mike Thomspson saved 58 shots for the Bandits
  • John Tavares, the NLL's all-tme leading scorer, has 36 goals and 60 assists against the Swarm.  He also has four game wiinning goals against the Swarm
  • Dog Day at The Hive where fans can bring their dog or dogs to the game

Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 14 Buffalo Bandits 13

Next Games After This Match Up

  • Minnesota at Calgary - Friday, April 1st, 2011 8:30 pm Central
  • Buffalo vs Washington - Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 6:00 pm Central