Minnesota Swarm (0-2)
	Portland LumberJax (1-0)

Exhibition
Fourth quarter collapse dooms Swarm

Saturday, December 16, 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
Attendance: 4,633

The Minnesota Swarm led 10-9 going into the fourth quarter but the Portland LumberJax scored six of the first seven goals of the quarter to comeback and win 15-13 in an exhibition game with 4,633 in attendance in Victoria, British Columbia tonight. Ryan Powell of the LumberJax scored all his three goals in the fourth to lead the Jax to victory. Peter Morgan also was a nemesis for the Swarm netting four goals and two assists to help out the Jax. The LumberJax scored three times right off the face off against the Swarm which is an issue that needs to be fixed by January 13th.

The offense appeared to be clicking with Ryan Ward and Kelly Hall in the line up but the defense got lit up especially in the fourth quarter. However, it is tough to evaluate because the second half was played four on four. The Swarm apparently have had trouble with it. In this game, the Swarm gave up six goals in the first half but nine in the second. In the game last Saturday in Winnipeg against the Toronto Rock, the Swarm gave up six in the first but seven in the second. The Swarm may not be as strong four on four as they thought but the exhibition season is over and it is back to five on five for the whole game. Still, I think the defense may need to refocus a bit before the Chicago game to start the season.

Spencer Martin led the Swarm in scoring with four goals and one assists. Kasey Beirnes also notched a hat trick and got an assist. Ryan Ward got five assists to go along with one goal.

Matt Disher faced 46 shots and made 31 saves in the loss. The Swarm won the loose ball battle 66 to 57 with Mark Miyashita and Ryan Cousins leading the team with eight each. The Swarm went six of nine on power plays and went 2 of 4 a man down. +The Swarm had Kyle Ross, Eli Hill and Kyle Jamieson play tonight in the exhibition but they did not make the final 23-man active roster.

The Swarm finished 0-2 in the exhibition season. They start the regular season in week three of NLL play on January 13th, 2007 at The Hive (Xcel Energy Center) against the expansion Chicago Shamrox at 7:00 pm.

#	Minnesota	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	S	SOG	LB	FOW	FOT
1	Matt Disher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Rory McDade	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0
11	Kelly Hall	1	4	5	2	1	0	9	3	5	0	0
15	Spencer Martin	4	1	5	12	3	0	12	11	3	0	0
16	Noah Talbot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	Sean Pollock	1	1	2	0	0	0	8	8	1	0	0
18	Andrew Biers	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
19	Kyle Ross	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	0
22	Kasey Beirnes	3	1	4	0	2	0	11	10	3	0	0
23	Kyle Jamieson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
28	Eli Hill	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0
39	Mark Miyashita	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	13	28
44	Ryan Ward	1	5	6	0	0	0	14	12	2	0	0
48	Scott Stewart	0	2	2	0	0	0	9	5	3	0	0
50	Ryan Cousins	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	8	0	0
55	Michael Kilby	1	1	2	5	0	0	3	2	4	0	0
77	Riley Kemp	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
93	Nick Patterson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Brock Boyle	Did Not Dress
12	Eric Pacey	Did Not Dress
19	Chad Culp	Did Not Dress
23	Jon Sullivan	Did Not Dress
33	Shawn Summerfield	Did Not Dress
40	Jamie Taylor	Did Not Dress
47	Travis Hill	Did Not Dress
73	Dean Hill	Did Not Dress
#	Minnesota	GS	MIN	GA	1st SV	2nd SV	3rd SV	4th SV	OT SV	Saves	Shots	W/L	Rec
1	Matt Disher	1	59:13	15	6	9	6	10		31	46	L	0-1
93	Nick Patterson	0	0:00	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
	Empty Net	0	0:47	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
#	Portland	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	S	SOG	LB	FOW	FOT
2	Ray Guze	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	Del Halladay	2	3	5	0	0	0	10	9	2	0	0
4	Jed Prossner	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
5	Scott Mazuran	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	0
7	Graham Palmer	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
8	Ryan Marshall	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	8	0	0
9	Matt Holman	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
11	Scott Stapleford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12	Pat Jones	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	25
14	Ryder Bateman	1	1	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	2	6
17	Brodie Merrill	1	3	4	5	0	0	5	5	9	0	0
20	Adam Bysouth	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
22	Ryan Powell	3	0	3	0	1	0	6	5	2	0	0
30	Matt King	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
33	Richard Morgan	1	2	3	11	0	1	3	3	5	0	0
36	D.J. Driscoll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Peter Morgan	4	2	6	0	0	0	7	7	2	0	0
49	Bruce Alexander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
55	Ian Crashley	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
63	Tyler Heavenor	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
77	Dallas Eliuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
90	Mike Hominuck	1	1	2	2	1	0	8	6	2	0	0
26	Ryan Sharp	Did Not Dress
#	Portland	GS	MIN	GA	1st SV	2nd SV	3rd SV	4th SV	OT SV	Saves	Shots	W/L	Rec
30	Matt King	1	30:00	7	9	16	0	0		25	32
77	Dallas Eliuk	0	29:17	6	0	0	11	14		25	31	W	1-0
	Empty Net	0	0:43	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

Scoring
Time	MN	POR	Team	Goal	1st Assist	2nd Assist	Notes
1st Quarter
2:10	0	1	Portland	Mike Hominuck	Del Halladay	Tyler Heavenor	PP
4:00	0	2	Portland	Richard Morgan	Brodie Merrill		SH
9:49	1	2	Minnesota	Kyle Ross
10:26	2	2	Minnesota	Sean Pollock	Mark Miyashita	Michael Kilby
13:24	3	2	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Ryan Ward	Andrew Biers	PP
14:58	3	3	Portland	Peter Morgan	Del Halladay
2nd Quarter
3:08	4	3	Minnesota	Kelly Hall	Sean Pollock	Ryan Ward	PP
3:19	4	4	Portland	Ryan Marshall	Brodie Merrill	Pat Jones	3:19
7:13	5	4	Minnesota	Michael Kilby	Andrew Biers
8:30	5	5	Portland	Brodie Merrill	Matt King
8:38	5	6	Portland	Ryan Marshall	Pat Jones
9:56	6	6	Minnesota	Kasey Beirnes	Rory McDade		PP
13:50	7	6	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Scott Stewart	Ryan Ward
3rd Quarter
0:46	8	6	Minnesota	Kasey Beirnes	Spencer Martin	Kyle Jamieson
4:02	8	7	Portland	Peter Morgan	Del Halladay	Brodie Merrill
6:50	8	8	Portland	Ryder Bateman	Mike Hominuck
11:27	8	9	Portland	Peter Morgan	Richard Morgan
13:08	9	9	Minnesota	Ryan Ward	Scott Stewart	Kelly Hall
14:24	10	9	Minnesota	Kasey Beirnes	Kelly Hall	Ryan Ward	PP
4th Quarter
0:59	10	10	Portland	Ryan Powell
2:46	10	11	Portland	Ryan Powell	Peter Morgan		PP
3:49	10	12	Portland	Del Halladay	Matt Holman	Jed Prossner
5:04	11	12	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Kelly Hall	Ryan Ward	PP
5:21	11	13	Portland	Ryan Powell	Richard Morgan	Pat Jones
6:29	11	14	Portland	Peter Morgan	Ryan Marshall	Adam Bysouth	GWG
7:59	11	15	Portland	Del Halladay	Peter Morgan	Ryder Bateman
10:57	12	15	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Kasey Beirnes	Kelly Hall	PP
11:06	13	15	Minnesota	Ryan Cousins	Riley Kemp	Mark Miyashita

Penalties
Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Bench	Duration
1st Quarter
1:49	Minnesota	Eli Hill	Tripping		2:00
3:37	Portland	Ryder Bateman	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00
13:08	Portland	Richard Morgan	Holding		2:00
2nd Quarter
2:39	Portland	Pat Jones	Tripping		2:00
3:08	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Roughing		2:00
3:08	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	Fighting		5:00
3:08	Portland	Richard Morgan	Roughing		2:00
3:08	Portland	Richard Morgan	Fighting		5:00
4:24	Portland	Ian Crashley	Holding		2:00
9:17	Portland	Ian Crashley	High Sticking		5:00
12:18	Portland	Ray Guze	Slashing		2:00
12:18	Minnesota	Kelly Hall	Slashing		2:00
3rd Quarter
7:53	Minnesota	Michael Kilby	Fighting		5:00
7:53	Portland	Brodie Merrill	Fighting		5:00
8:10	Portland	Richard Morgan	Slashing		2:00
9:03	Minnesota	Spencer Martin	High Sticking		5:00
10:43	Portland	Mike Hominuck	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00
12:50	Portland	Scott Mazuran	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00
4th Quarter
2:27	Minnesota	Ryan Cousins	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00
4:53	Portland	Scott Mazuran	Holding		2:00
9:36	Portland	Graham Palmer	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00

Referees
Crew Chief	Assistant Referee	Technical Referee
Ron Crosato	Greg Pepper