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Minnesota Swarm
(6-8 H 3-3 A 3-5)
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Philadelphia Wings
(5-10 H 2-6 A 3-4)
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Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 7:30 pm CDT
Xcel Energy Center
Treasure Island Field at The Hive
St. Paul, Minnesota
Live Statistics
TV/Internet/Radio Coverage:
Swarm Vision Live
More Coverage of this game at:
Minnesota Swarm Website
Philadelphia Wings Website
National Lacrosse League Website
IL Indoor.com
Standings:
| West |
W |
L |
GB |
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East |
W |
L |
GB |
+/- |
| z-Calgary |
11 |
4 |
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21 |
x-Buffalo |
10 |
4 |
- |
23 |
| x-Washington |
8 |
7 |
3.0 |
13 |
x-Toronto |
10 |
5 |
0.5 |
23 |
| x-Minnesota |
6 |
8 |
4.5 |
1 |
x-Rochester |
8 |
6 |
2.0 |
3 |
| Colorado |
4 |
10 |
6.5 |
-21 |
x-Boston |
7 |
8 |
3.5 |
4 |
| Edmonton |
4 |
11 |
7.0 |
-33 |
Philadelphia |
5 |
10 |
5.5 |
-34 |
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x-Clinched Playoff Spot
z-Clinched Division Title
Series History:
| Minnesota |
Overall |
Home |
Road |
Home (2010) |
Road (2010) |
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7-7 |
4-3 |
3-4 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| Total |
7-7 |
4-3 |
3-4 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
The Wings swept the Swarm last year with a 20-11 thumping in Philadelphia and a 13-12 overtime loss at The Hive. It was the
first time since 2005 that the Wings won the season series over the Swarm.
Personnel:
Minnesota Swarm
Depth Chart
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Philadelphia Wings
Depth Chart
| Goaltenders |
Defense (Left) |
Defense (Right) |
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| 36-Brandon Miller |
5-Steve Holmes |
34-Shawn Nadelen |
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| 38-Kurtis Wagar |
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44-Taylor Wray |
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92-Paul Dawson |
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13-Brett Manney |
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3-Matt Alrich |
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10-Matt Zash |
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25-Pat Heim |
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21-Jeff Reynolds |
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16-Joe Smith |
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41-Ryan McFayden
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| Transition (Left) |
Transition (Right) |
Forward (Left) |
Forward (Right) |
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| 27-Ryan McClelland |
18-Max Seibald |
2-Brendan Mundorf |
23-Athan Iannucci |
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17-David Brock |
87-Alex Turner |
26-Drew Westervelt |
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33-Bill McGlone |
14-Ryan Boyle |
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40-Matt Danowski |
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Staff
| General Manager |
Head Coach |
Assistant Coach |
Assistant Coach |
| Johnny Mouradina |
John Tucker |
Blane Harrison |
Tom Slate |
Notes:
- The Swarm are promoting "Hive Cares" in order to raise money to fight cancer for various charities. They will be
wearing pink helmets and blue and pink jerseys for the game. They are being auctioned of at
Swarm Website.
- The Swarm are in the playoffs and will either be the second or third seed. In order to be the second seed and
host a first round playoff game against Washington, the Swarm need to win their final two (Wings, Mammoth) and the Stealth
need to lose their remaining game (Knighthawks). If this does not happen, the Swarm will go to Washington to play the Stealth
in the first round.
- The Swarm have lost four of their last five.
- The Swarm have an one game winning streak at home
- The Swarm have lost 10 straight against East Division opponents. Their last win against the East came on March 14, 2009 in
a 13-12 win in Philadelphia. The last time the Swarm won a home game against an East opponent was on April 12, 2008 when Sean Pollock
scored the overtime winner in a 15-14 win over the Wings.
- Ryan Benesch is tied for first in the NLL with 40 goals with Rhys Duch of Washington. Benesch has a game in hand over Duch.
- Noah Talbot has played in 72 consecutive games for the Swarm
- Sean Pollock has 200 assists in his Swarm career as of the last game.
- Andrew Suitor has five goals in his last two games.
- Aaron Wilson has nine goals in his last three games.
- Andrew Watt is questionable to play with his back injury which has caused him to miss the last three games
- Rory Smith is expected back in the line up after serving an one-game suspension last weekend for head butting a Bandit player on
March 27th
- The Wings are the only team in the league eliminated from playoff contention. They have only made the playoffs once (2008)
since they won the Champions Cup in 2001.
- This is the Wings last game of the year
- Alex Turner, who played one game with the Swarm last year, has 17 goals and 20 assists with the
Wings this year.
- Wings leading scorer is Athan Iannucci with 29 goals and 31 assists in 12 games; however, he has not played since March 26 due
to injury.
Prediction: Minnesota Swarm 15 Philadelphia Wings 11
Next Games After This Match Up
- Minnesota vs Colorado - Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 7:30 pm Central
- Phiadelphia - Season Over - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
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