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Minnesota Swarm (5-5) 13
Philadelphia Wings (4-7) 12
The Swarm Ma-Rohl the Wings
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 10,160
Minnesota Swarm Assistant Head Coach Mike Lines knows the money play for this team. The play that when needed once a game, produces results. So when the Swarm called timeout last Saturday against the Philadelphia Wings with 14 seconds left in a 12-12 tie, there was no time like the present to put the money play in action. The money play was get the ball to Dan Marohl behind the net and let him unleash the "Air Marohl" or find an open shooter. Marohl got the ball
from Aaron Wilson and saw the best opportunity to be himself. He dived to the
left of Wings goaltender Rob Blasdell and tucked in with 4.4 seconds to give the Swarm the 13-12 victory
over the Wings at the Wachovia Center. The goal was reviewed by the refs but was upheld. The game winner by Marohl is his third this season and gave the Swarm their third straight victory, all on the road.
The Swarm changed things up to start the game. They actually started the game right out of the box with four
straight goals from Ryan Cousins, Marohl, Wilson and Kevin Buchanan. Those four goals chased Wings starting goaltender Brandon Miller from the game. This was the Swarm's best start since going up 4-0 on the San
Jose Stealth on January 10. The Swarm were not only scoring in the first quarter, their defense was also keeping the Wings off the board as they limited the Wings to only five shots on goaltender Nick Patterson, which Nick turned away with ease.
The Wings finally broke through just seconds after the fight with Athan Iannucci scoring on the crease. Cousins countered with his second goal of the night when Travis Hill intercepted a pass in
the Swarm's defensive half and found Kevin Ross all alone near the crease. Ross couldn't get it
by Blasdell but the rebound was scooped up by Cousins, who put it in the net. The Wings
scored twice before Marohl got his second of the night right off the TV timeout. Iannucci closed the scoring in the first half and the Swarm lead at halftime was cut in half from four to two at 6-4.
Buchanan started the third with a rocket over Blasdell's shoulder to make it 7-4. The big fight of the night happenend next when Sean Pollock and Rob Van Beek had a disagreement. In a sprited back and forth fight, Pollock drew blood from Van Beek. That seemed to give the Wings some steam and they capitalized with a couple quick goals after that including one in which Drew Westervelt beat Joe Cinosky one
on one to the net as no one came to help Cinosky. After the goal, Westervelt taunted Cinosky, who did not take kindly to it. The refs broke them up and Westervelt was sent to the box for unsportsmanlike conduct. Just after
the Wings killed the Swarm power play off that penalty, Buchanan takes the ball to the side of net, stops and pivots around to find Wilson charging towards the net to make it 8-6. Each team then traded their only power play goals of the night with Iannucci getting the Wings power play goal to make it 8-7. Then the Swarm went on the power play and Pollock converted with 1:21 left in the quarter.
The Wings came out strong to start the final quarter with three straight goals including a shorthanded goal by
Merrick Thomson that gave the Wings their first lead of the game at 10-9. Marohl tied it back up at ten but it only
took 24 seconds for Iannucci to give the lead back to the Wings with his fifth goal of the night. After that,
controversy took over the game, at least according to Wings supporters. It started when Wilson tied the game as he came around the top to get open and unloaded on Blasdell. It appeared the shot may have not crossed the goal line before the shot clock read zero. The Wings tried to challenge but shot clock violations are not
reviewable and the goal stood. Ryan Ward scored shortly thereafter to put the Swarm up one, but the Wings
challenged once again and the review of the play found Wilson in the crease at the time of goal. The refs waived the goal off and the game was still tied at eleven. The action went back and forth for a while with Nick Patterson making a huge save on a Thomas Hajek breakaway. That led to Pollock with the ball behind the net and Steve
Panarelli covering him like a blanket. With Panarelli still draped over him, Pollock was able to bring the ball to the front of the net and find an opening to score to make it 12-11. The Wings wanted to challenge the goal since
they believed Pollock was in the crease but they were out of challenges. The Wings still had a bullet to fire and Thomson fired it after spinning off of Cousins on the crease and diving to score to tie it at twelve with 1:25 to go. The goal was reviewed and upheld as it was clear that Thomson was not on the ground in the crease; however, since the review was with under two minutes left in the game, the officials initiated the review not the Swarm, so
the Swarm still had their time out. That time out was huge when it was called with fourteen seconds left in the game since it set up the game winner by Marohl described previously.
Marohl scored four goals to lead the Swarm. His game winner not only was his third this season, it also was his second in a row as he got the game winner against Buffalo on February 28. Wilson is definitely fitting in well
with his new team as he got another three goals and four assists. Buchanan may get his second straight NLL Rookie of the Week award with a two goal and five assist performance. Hill had his third consecutive game with
more face offs won than lost as he won 19 of 28 face offs. Patterson continued with his success from the Buffalo
game with 35 saves on 47 shots. Patterson was in net for the whole game on Saturday for the first time since the San Jose game on January 10, in between that time, he started three games but Kevin Croswell came in
relief in all three. Iannucci led the Wings with five goals and three assists, which was a season high. Iannucci has played in five games this season and has eight goals, all of which were scored against the Swarm.
The win for the Swarm kept them in fourth place. They are only an half game behind third place, Colorado, who they play this upcoming Saturday. With losses for both San Jose and Edmonton this past weekend, the Swarm have a two game lead on both of those teams for the battle for the last playoff spot.
Game Statistics
Box Score
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Highlights
Team Stats |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
|
Sv/S |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
Minnesota |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
|
35/47 |
9 |
1/3 |
0 |
85 |
58 |
68 |
19/29 |
Philadelphia |
0 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
|
45/58 |
13 |
1/1 |
1 |
67 |
47 |
67 |
10/29 |
# |
Minnesota |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
4 |
Joe Cinosky |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0/0 |
7 |
Dan Marohl |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
0/0 |
10 |
Aaron Wilson |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
11 |
6 |
0/0 |
12 |
Eric Pacey |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0/0 |
16 |
Noah Talbot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0/0 |
17 |
Sean Pollock |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
0/0 |
19 |
Chad Culp |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
0/0 |
22 |
Andrew Watt |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0/0 |
23 |
Jon Sullivan |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0/0 |
26 |
Ryan Sharp |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0/0 |
33 |
Kevin Buchanan |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
0/1 |
34 |
Nick Inch |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0/0 |
44 |
Ryan Ward |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
0/0 |
47 |
Travis Hill |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
19/28 |
50 |
Ryan Cousins |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
0/0 |
71 |
Kevin Ross |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0/0 |
93 |
NickPatterson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
31 |
Kevin Croswell |
Backup Goaltender - Did Not Play |
5 |
Josh Funk |
Did Not Dress |
8 |
Rory McDade |
Did Not Dress |
21 |
Kevin Fines |
Did Not Dress |
27 |
Colin Achenbach |
Did Not Dress |
28 |
Darren Halls |
Did Not Dress |
|
# |
Minnesota |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
|
93 |
NickPatterson |
60:00 |
12 |
35 |
47 |
W 3-2 |
|
31 |
Kevin Croswell |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
# |
Philadelphia |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
6 |
Jon Harasym |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0/0 |
7 |
Kyle Sweeney |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
0/0 |
8 |
A.J. Shannon |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0/0 |
9 |
Merrick Thomson |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
12 |
6 |
0/0 |
10 |
Matt Bocklet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0/0 |
17 |
Jordan Levine |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0/0 |
23 |
Athan Iannucci |
5 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
0/0 |
25 |
Pat Heim |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6/21 |
26 |
Drew Westervelt |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0/0 |
27 |
Mat Giles |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
0/0 |
28 |
Thomas Hajek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
0/0 |
31 |
Rob Blasdell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
36 |
Brandon Miller |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
37 |
Benson Erwin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0/0 |
44 |
Taylor Wray |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0/0 |
55 |
Steve Panarelli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4/8 |
77 |
Rob Van Beek |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0/0 |
88 |
Kyle Wailes |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0/0 |
4 |
Geoff Snider |
Did Not Dress |
5 |
George Castle |
Did Not Dress |
22 |
David Mitchell |
Did Not Dress |
24 |
Sean Thomson |
Did Not Dress |
34 |
Shawn Nadelen |
Did Not Dress |
|
# |
Philadelphia |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
|
36 |
Brandon Miller |
7:35 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
31 |
Rob Blasdell |
52:25 |
9 |
41 |
50 |
L 0-3 |
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Scoring |
Quarter |
Time |
MN |
PHI |
Team |
Goal |
1st Assist |
2nd Assist |
Notes |
First |
1:48 |
1 |
0 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Cousins |
Andrew Watt |
|
|
First |
4:56 |
2 |
0 |
Minnesota |
Dan Marohl |
Ryan Ward |
Chad Culp |
|
First |
6:57 |
3 |
0 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Chad Culp |
Jon Sullivan |
|
First |
7:35 |
4 |
0 |
Minnesota |
Kevin Buchanan |
Andrew Watt |
|
|
Second |
5:30 |
4 |
1 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Mat Giles |
Rob Van Beek |
|
Second |
7:02 |
5 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Cousins |
Kevin Ross |
Travis Hill |
|
Second |
7:47 |
5 |
2 |
Philadelphia |
Drew Westervelt |
Athan Iannucci |
Kyle Wailes |
|
Second |
8:15 |
5 |
3 |
Philadelphia |
Jon Harasym |
A.J. Shannon |
Kyle Wailes |
|
Second |
10:16 |
6 |
3 |
Minnesota |
Dan Marohl |
Chad Culp |
Kevin Buchanan |
|
Second |
12:55 |
6 |
4 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Jon Harasym |
A.J. Shannon |
|
Third |
2:41 |
7 |
4 |
Minnesota |
Kevin Buchanan |
Aaron Wilson |
Jon Sullivan |
|
Third |
6:10 |
7 |
5 |
Philadelphia |
Merrick Thomson |
Drew Westervelt |
A.J. Shannon |
|
Third |
7:04 |
7 |
6 |
Philadelphia |
Drew Westervelt |
Athan Iannucci |
Kyle Wailes |
|
Third |
9:43 |
8 |
6 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Kevin Buchanan |
Joe Cinosky |
|
Third |
11:34 |
8 |
7 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Drew Westervelt |
Kyle Wailes |
PP |
Third |
13:39 |
9 |
7 |
Minnesota |
Sean Pollock |
Aaron Wilson |
Chad Culp |
PP |
Fourth |
2:40 |
9 |
8 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Mat Giles |
Pat Heim |
|
Fourth |
3:21 |
9 |
9 |
Philadelphia |
Rob Van Beek |
Drew Westervelt |
Merrick Thomson |
|
Fourth |
4:45 |
9 |
10 |
Philadelphia |
Merrick Thomson |
Rob Van Beek |
Jordan Levine |
SH |
Fourth |
7:34 |
10 |
10 |
Minnesota |
Dan Marohl |
Eric Pacey |
Kevin Buchanan |
|
Fourth |
7:58 |
10 |
11 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Kyle Sweeney |
|
|
Fourth |
9:08 |
11 |
11 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Kevin Buchanan |
Ryan Ward |
|
Fourth |
12:27 |
12 |
11 |
Minnesota |
Sean Pollock |
Aaron Wilson |
Kevin Buchanan |
|
Fourth |
13:35 |
12 |
12 |
Philadelphia |
Merrick Thomson |
Mat Giles |
Athan Iannucci |
|
Fourth |
14:55 |
13 |
12 |
Minnesota |
Dan Marohl |
Aaron Wilson |
Sean Pollock |
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Penalties |
Quarter |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Penalty |
Bench |
Duration |
Second |
14:59 |
Philadelphia |
Taylor Wray |
Roughing |
|
2:00 |
Second |
14:59 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Roughing |
|
2:00 |
Third |
5:11 |
Philadelphia |
Rob Van Beek |
Fighting |
|
5:00 |
Third |
5:11 |
Minnesota |
Sean Pollock |
Fighting |
|
5:00 |
Third |
7:04 |
Philadelphia |
Drew Westervelt |
Unsportsmanlike Conduct |
|
2:00 |
Third |
10:06 |
Minnesota |
Noah Talbot |
Holding |
|
2:00 |
Third |
12:03 |
Philadelphia |
Taylor Wray |
Interference |
|
2:00 |
Fourth |
3:58 |
Philadelphia |
Athan Iannucci |
Roughing |
|
2:00 |
Referees |
Crew Chief |
Assistant Referee |
Technical Referee |
Bill Fox |
Steve Adamick |
David Seidman |
Next Games After This Match Up
- Minnesota (5-5) at Colorado (5-4) - Sunday, March 22 7:00 pm CST
- Philadelphia (4-7) vs Colorado (5-4) - Saturday, March 28 6:30 pm CST
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