Minnesota Swarm (2-5) 12

Philadelphia Wings (3-5) 13

Iannucci Returns to Send Swarm to Fifth Straight Loss

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 10,559

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• Kevin Buchanan is playing tonight and it looks like Athan Iannucci is coming back to play after injury for the Wings.
• 15-Brad Favero is added to tonight's line up. Looks like 28-Darren Halls is out. Halls maybe injured enough that the Swarm activated Favero from the practice roster.
• Favero is a lefthanded forward and this will be his NLL and Swarm debut.
• Offense
  • Righties-Ward-Pollock-Marohl
  • Lefties-Culp-Ross-Buchanan-Favero
• First Quarter
  • Fight going on Snider v. Swarm before the game. Looks like friendly shoving.
  • Travis Hill to the box with check from behind on Snider. Wings PP Double Minor
  • Merrick Thomson low hard shot left of Croswell for PP goal. Wings 1-0
  • Sharp to the box check from behind Wings PP
  • 10 second violation for Swarm man down
  • Thomson another rocket like the first. PP goal Wings 2-0
  • Travis Hill tackles Wray to floor around the neck. Wings PP
  • Snider top center behind screen rips it past Croswell. Wings 3-0
  • 8:20 left in first Swarm 0 Wings 3
  • Culp and Buchanan almost pulled off a beauty of a pick and roll
  • Thomson top center for third of night. Wings 4-0
  • Missed passed results in over and back for Swarm
  • Wray called for holding. Swarm PP
  • Ward comes from behind the net, turns, shoots and scores on PP. Wings 4-1
  • Dangerous rebound of Croswell but Achenbach scoops it.
  • 4:36 left in first. Swarm 1 Wings 4
  • Pollock gains possession behind the net and finds Ward top right for the goal. Swarm 2-4
  • Van Beek pointblank shot denied by Croswell
  • Giles called for slash, Swarm PP
  • End of first quarter - Swarm 2 Wings 4
  • 7 seconds left on Swarm PP
• Second Quarter
  • Sharp scores on outlet pass from Achenbach. Swarm 3-4
  • Philly TO 14:00 left in 2nd Quarter
  • Iannucci on the crease scores. Swarm 3-5
  • Culp goal waived off due to crease violation. Challenge. Foot on line
  • Swarm lose challenge and timeout
  • Levine finds Snider off bench on 2 on 1 breakaway for the goal. Swarm 3-6
  • Travis Hill denied on break all alone by Miller
  • Marohl with steal, gets shot off but stopped by Miller
  • Fines hits the post, rebound corraled by Miller
  • 9:32 left in 2nd - Swarm 3 Wings 6
  • Over and back off Snider's shot
  • Sweeney on the break finds Iannucci for goal, but Iannucci off the bench early - No goal Swarm PP
  • Wings kill Swarm PP
  • Pollock called for crease violation on goal from outlet from Fines
  • Miller gets the ball off the violation and finds Iannucci for the goal on the outlet. Swarm 3-7
  • 4:17 left in 2nd - Swarm 3 Wings 7
  • Iannucci called for illegal stick. Swarm PP
  • Swarm PP Killed
  • Croswell comes out and scoops ball, almost loses it before getting pass off
  • Hajek goes to box for slashing. Swarm PP
  • Marohl with his vintage air gait goal on PP. Swarm 4-7
  • Westervelt scores from crease off face off. Swarm 4-8
  • Halftime - Swarm 4 Wings 8
• Third Quarter
  • Wailes scores just 19 seconds into the third Swarm 4-9
  • Buchanan with great shot but Miller with better save
  • Ward comes around screen and puts it over Miller's left shoulder for Swarm goal. Swarm 5-9
  • Favero with good strip at midfield to get the ball back
  • Sharp gets in a good hit on Erwin before TV timeout.
  • Swarm 5 Wings 9 9:10 left in third
  • Croswell with huge save on Giles who sccoped it off the crease
  • Pollock scoops his own rebound and puts it back in as he dove. Swarm 6-9
  • Ross hits post
  • Swarm D forces shot clock violation on Wings
  • Snider called for illegal screen . Swarm ball
  • Swarm 6 Wings 9 TV time out
  • Watt scores shorthanded. Takes the ball down field. Picked up by defender, rolls off him to the net, fakes and scores. Swarm 7-9
  • Sharp called for goalie interference. Wings PP. Watt scores shorthanded
  • Culp gets refs to overturn over and back.
  • Swarm kill Wings PP and Watt scores shorthanded Great Job
  • Ward called for check from behind Wings PP.
  • 1:18 left on Wings PP at end of quarter
  • End of third - Swarm 7 Wings 9
• Fourth Quarter
  • Wings move the ball well and Giles gets it top center and rips it past Croswell on PP. Swarm 7-10
  • Achenbach injured and goes to locker room with injury.
  • Pollock grabs rebound and puts it in as he doves and gets hit by Sweeney. Swarm 8-10
  • Kevin Buchanan rips it top center off pick and it rolls by Miller. Swarm 9-10. No stopping us now
  • Westervelt gets feed from Snider off face off to answer, Swarm 9-11 Westervelt all alone on crease
  • Hajek leads breakaway and finds Van Beek to Hajek's right to finish. Swarm 9-12
  • Marohl scoops loosie out of scrum all alone on Miller but denied.
  • Pacey gets ball and starts break and finds Fines filling the lane for the goal. Swarm 10-12
  • Face off violation on Snider overturned. Wings ball
  • Heim to the box, Swarm PP
  • 9:37 left - Swarm 10 Wings 12
  • Iannucci catches the pass on the crease. One hands it past Croswell and hands Cousins back his stick. Swarm 10-13
  • Sharp scores off face off. Swarm 11-13.
  • Wray check from behind. Swarm PP
  • Thomson hits crossbar shorthanded.
  • Wings kill Swarm PP
  • Croswell with two quick saves. Achenbach back in game.
  • 4:46 left - Swarm 11 Wings 13
  • Miller huge save on Ward
  • Minnesota time out 1:20 left
  • Favero top center with big goal. Swarm 12-13
  • Wings timeout called by Miller who got loose ball out of crease with 23 seconds to go
  • Swarm force turnover but couldn't get shot on net
  • Final - Swarm 12 Wings 13

Next Games After This Match Up

• Minnesota (2-5) at Toronto (2-5) - Friday, February 27 6:30 pm CST
• Philadelphia (3-5) at Edmonton (2-5) - Friday, February 27 8:30 pm CST