Minnesota Swarm (2-3 H 0-3 A 2-0)
	Rochester Knighthawks (4-1 H 2-0 A 2-1)

Sunday, January 29, 2006
St. Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 7,544

The Minnesota Swarm (2-3) were up 7-4 at halftime but the Rochester Knighthawks' John Grant scored five second half goals to lead Rochester's comeback victory at 10-9. The two teams have twice at The Hive over the last two weekends with the Swarm losing both games, falling 0-3 at home. Brock Boyle had three goals and Matt Disher saved 43 of 53 shots. Other than John Grant having a great weekend against Buffalo and us, we played pretty well. I think we are slowly wearing down O'Toole so by the time the Swarm visit Rochester on April 8th, we will knock down the door.

It hurt that Kasey Beirnes was unable to play because of the wedding he had to go in the Dominican Republic. With him back, quarterbacking the offense, I think the Swarm will look more like they did in the victory in Philadelphia.

The defense continues to improve. Possibly with the exception of the first game, the defense has given the Swarm the chance for victory. Gibson continues doing a great job in getting guys in position to help each other out.

I think faceoffs lis now Miyashita's job. He's earned it and we all hope he continues to grow into the role.

Lastly, except for t-shirt giveaways, when Brock gets the outlet pass from Disher or Patterson, you can sense the crowd getting ready to burst. I am getting to a point that I am almost standing upright and cheering the goal, even before Brock shoots it.

Let's hush the Rush Friday night.

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