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Calgary Roughnecks
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New Look Swarm Look Like 2009 Look Swarm in Loss to Roughnecks
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 8,112
Eignt new players suited up for the Minnesota Swarm on Sunday afternoon in Calgary as they started their 2010 season but just
like twice last year, the Swarm were outmatched by the defending NLL champions as they fell to the Roughnecks by a score of
12-7.
The Swarm came out strong to start as Andrew Watt got the first goal of the season for the team on a breakaway. He reached back
one handed to snag the outlet from Ryan Cousins and went in full stride to tie the game up at 1-1. Definitely the hightlight goal
of the game for the Swarm. Aaron Wilson got the Swarm their
only lead of the game when he got a no look pass from Ryan Benesch on the crease and put it past Makk King. Jeff Moleski tied it
up by the end of thw quarter for the Necks on a breakaway.
The second quarter started badly as Calgary scored four straight goals. Josh Sanderson was in on all four as he got two of
the goals and assisted on the other two. The goals show how well Calgary executes the pick and roll and how Sanderson can get
free behind the much larger defenders of the Swarm. During this stretch, Patterson left briefly after tended to by the trainer, but
came back after Kevin Croswell gave up the goal to make it 6-2. Benesch answered with two straight goals, his first with the
Swarm. The first goal he scooped up a loosie in front of the net and put it in. The second goal, Benesch, got it through
King's five hole. The Swarm did get on the power play with 40 seconds left in the quarter and had good chances as the clock wound
down but were unable to draw the game within one.
The Swarm opened the third on the power play but were unable to convert. They did; however, get the next goal of the game
as first round pick Zack Greer got his first NLL goal on a feed from Callum Crawford. Crawford, behind the net, found Greer open
briefly and Greer launch the outside with a guy draped over him for the goal. After a breakaway goal by Curtis Manning to put
the Necks back up by one, Wilson got his second of the game when he reached down low with a side arm ripper past King to get the
Swarm within one at 6-7. That was as close as the Swarm would get as the Necks rattled off three straight as Sanderson again
controlled the action with a goal and two assists in the rally. Calgary's Manning committed a check from behind with six seconds
left in the third putting the Swarm up on the power play. Crawford started the play, passed quickly to Greer who then found Sean
Thomson right on the crease for the goal with 1.2 seconds left. So at the end of the quarter, the Swarm were down 10-7.
Calgary shut down the Swarm in the final quarter. The killer goal came quickly for the Necks as Scott Ranger went unmolested
to the net on the flank of the Swarm defesne to score just 42 seconds into the quarter. It was an obvious breakdown in the
defense which Ranger exploited. Cousins was called twice on penalties during the first half of the quarter which exposed
them to the Calgary power play which burned them for the last goal of the game when Dane Dobbie's goal was initially stopped
by Patterson but rolled away and over the goal line. Crawford did get a goal late with a shot from behind the net but it
was waived off after the review show his foot on the crease. That then sealed the final score at 12-7 in favor of Calgary.
Benesch led the Swarm with two goals and three assists in his first game with the Swarm. Crawford had three assists and Wilson
had two goals and an assist. Sanderson torched the Swarm for four goals and six assists to lead Calgary. Patterson did well in
goal making 34 saves on 45 shots and Croswell in his minute of play made one save on two shots. King went the entire way
for the Roughnecks making 38 saves on 45 shots.
Benesch would get my nod as offensive player of the game for the Swarm while Eric Pacey looked very good on defense in his
first action for the Swarm since the Colorado game on March 20, 2009.
Game Links
| Team Stats |
Sv/S |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
| Minnesota |
35/47 |
8 |
2/3 |
0 |
60 |
45 |
62 |
10/24 |
| Calgary |
38/45 |
6 |
3/4 |
0 |
58 |
47 |
80 |
14/24 |
| # |
Minnesota |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
| 5 |
Josh Funk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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| 6 |
Scott Self |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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| 10 |
Aaron Wilson |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
8 |
1 |
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| 11 |
Richard Morgan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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| 12 |
Eric Pacey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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| 15 |
Tim Campeau |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
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| 16 |
Noah Talbot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 21 |
Ryan Benesch |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
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| 22 |
Andrew Watt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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| 23 |
Jon Sullivan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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| 24 |
Sean Thomson |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0/2 |
| 31 |
Kevin Croswell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 50 |
Ryan Cousins |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
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| 71 |
Kevin Ross |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
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| 75 |
Jay Thorimbert |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
10/22 |
| 88 |
Zack Greer |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
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| 93 |
Nick Patterson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
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| 98 |
Callum Crawford |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
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| 4 |
Joe Cinosky |
Did Not Dress |
| 17 |
Sean Pollock |
Did Not Dress |
| 27 |
Colin Achenbach |
Did Not Dress |
| 33 |
Kevin Buchanan |
Did Not Dress |
| 34 |
Nick Inch |
Did Not Dress |
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| # |
Minnesota |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
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| 31 |
Kevin Croswell |
2:38 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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| 93 |
Nick Patterson |
57:22 |
11 |
34 |
45 |
L 0-1 |
Started |
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| # |
Calgary |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
| 7 |
Rob Van Beek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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| 8 |
Craig Conn |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
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| 10 |
Curtis Manning |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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| 14 |
Jeff Moleski |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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| 15 |
Rob Kirkby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9/13 |
| 16 |
Mike Carnegie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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| 17 |
Tracey Kelusky |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
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| 19 |
Josh Sanderson |
4 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
4 |
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| 20 |
Bruce Codd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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| 24 |
Scott Carnegie |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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| 30 |
Matt King |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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| 37 |
Andrew McBride |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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| 40 |
Nolan Heavenor |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5/11 |
| 44 |
Dane Dobbie |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
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| 55 |
Michael Kilby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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| 71 |
Scott Ranger |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
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| 77 |
Jeff Shattler |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
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| 33 |
Chris Levis |
Back Up Goaltender - Did Not Play |
| 4 |
Devan Wray |
Did Not Dress |
| 9 |
Kaleb Toth |
Did Not Dress |
| 26 |
Craig Gelsvik |
Did Not Dress |
| 28 |
Carlton Schuss |
Did Not Dress |
| 80 |
Peter McFetridge |
Did Not Dress |
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| # |
Calgary |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
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| 30 |
Matt King |
60:00 |
7 |
38 |
45 |
W 1-0 |
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| 33 |
Chris Levis |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Scoring |
| Time |
MN |
CAL |
Team |
Goal |
1st Assist |
2nd Assist |
Notes |
| 1st Quarter |
| 3:40 |
0 |
1 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Tracey Kelusky |
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| 6:52 |
1 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Ryan Cousins |
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| 7:53 |
2 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Ryan Benesch |
Callum Crawford |
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| 13:23 |
2 |
2 |
Calgary |
Jeff Moleski |
Nolan Heavenor |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 3:54 |
2 |
3 |
Calgary |
Tracey Kelusky |
Josh Sanderson |
Jeff Shattler |
PP |
| 4:20 |
2 |
4 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Tracey Kelusky |
Dane Dobbie |
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| 5:39 |
2 |
5 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Scott Carnegie |
Jeff Moleski |
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| 6:43 |
2 |
6 |
Calgary |
Scott Ranger |
Craig Conn |
Josh Sanderson |
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| 7:45 |
3 |
6 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Benesch |
Kevin Ross |
Sean Thomson |
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| 13:55 |
4 |
6 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Benesch |
Callum Crawford |
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PP |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 2:56 |
5 |
6 |
Minnesota |
Zack Greer |
Callum Crawford |
Ryan Benesch |
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| 3:42 |
5 |
7 |
Calgary |
Curtis Manning |
Scott Carnegie |
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| 5:57 |
6 |
7 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Tim Campeau |
Ryan Benesch |
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| 10:23 |
6 |
8 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Jeff Shattler |
Dane Dobbie |
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| 10:59 |
6 |
9 |
Calgary |
Jeff Shattler |
Josh Sanderson |
Dane Dobbie |
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| 13:48 |
6 |
10 |
Calgary |
Craig Conn |
Josh Sanderson |
Dane Dobbie |
PP |
| 14:58 |
7 |
10 |
Minnesota |
Sean Thomson |
Zack Greer |
Aaron Wilson |
PP |
| 4th Quarter |
| 0:42 |
7 |
11 |
Calgary |
Scott Ranger |
Jeff Shattler |
Josh Sanderson |
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| 8:07 |
7 |
12 |
Calgary |
Dane Dobbie |
Josh Sanderson |
Scott Ranger |
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| Penalties |
| Time |
Team |
Player |
Penalty |
Bench |
Duration |
| 1st Quarter |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 2:16 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Holding |
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2:00 |
| 13:06 |
Calgary |
Rob Kirkby |
Holding |
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2:00 |
| 14:20 |
Calgary |
Rob Van Beek |
Holding |
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2:00 |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 13:01 |
Minnesota |
Eric Pacey |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
| 14:54 |
Calgary |
Curtis Manning |
Checking from Behind |
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2:00 |
| 4th Quarter |
| 3:46 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Cousins |
Holding |
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2:00 |
| 7:44 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Cousins |
Slashing |
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2:00 |
| Referees |
| Crew Chief |
12-Todd Labranche |
| Assistant Referee |
24-Greg Hart |
Next Games After This Match Up
- Minnesota vs Calgary - Friday, January 15th, 2010 7:35 pm Central
- Calgary at Minnesota - Friday, January 15th, 2010 7:35 pm Central
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