Minnesota Swarm (1-1 H 1-0 A 0-1) |
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Calgary Roughnecks (1-1 H 1-0 A 0-1)
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Patterson and the Swarm Win Home Opener With Panache
Friday, January 15, 2010
St. Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 11,758
The Minnesota Swarm had a successful 2010 home debut at the Xcel Energy Center as they controlled the action
and the Calgary Roughnecks throughout with the score on the board at the end of the game showing 12-10 in favor
of the boys in blue. The win is the first this year for the Swarm as they even up their record at 1-1. The win
against the Roughnecks also ties up the season series between the two teams with each winning at home with the tie
breaker in Calgary on March 26.
Swarm rookie Zack Greer led the team in scoring with a goal and four assists. Tim Campeau got the game winning goal
as he scored the first two goals of his Swarm career. Nick Patterson saved
80% of his shots making 41 of 51 saves. Callum Crawford and Jay Thorimbert
scored their first Swarm goals in addition to Campeau. The Swarm shutout
the Roughnecks 3-0 in the third quarter, which is the first time the Swarm had
ever shut out an opponent in a third quarter.
Tracey Kelusky had a hat trick
for Calgary while Josh Sanderson had eight points on two goals and six assists.
Joshua Truax got the gist of the game down quite well. The Swarm give up the shorthanded goal to
Kelusky to start the game and you may think, here we go again, but they tied it up in the
next minute and from then on ruled the game.
The team was moving very well the whole night on both sides. Helping out on defense to limit
Sanderson. Big hits by Cousins and Morgan throughout the night to rattle the Necks. Some nice
transition goals by Sullivan, Watt and Thorimbert. The defense really worked hard in the fourth
quarter killing of those five minute majors. The one on Greer sure looked like a dive by McBride
but the team persevered.
One player who did well was Talbot, who had some issues before the game. He mentioned
that his equipment bag was misplaced by the airlines and by the time he dressed, every piece
of equipment was borrowed from another play. Even for his stick, he borrowed a head from one
player and a shaft from another. After the game, he still didn't know where his bag was and
who knows, it maybe lost forever.
The team only had one lull of no scoring from the last five of the second up to the last
five of the third. Calgary rallied towards halftime but the defense came out strong in the
third to kill the momentum.
The team struggled a bit with getting shots on net as only 38 of 62 were on goal but they
got their goals at very opportune times throughout the game. Greer is improving each game and
still has a lot of room to improve, but still got a goal and four assists. So I think shortly
and after watching the Mammoth tonight, it may be next Friday, look for Greer to explode just
like Buchanan did against Toronto last year.
What I like on offense is that all of the players are not afraid to put caution to the wind
as they go to the net to make things happen. They don't try to waste much time outside just
passing it around, they get right to quickly. With Buchanan tied up with work, it looks like
Campeau is coming around pretty well which may leave Buck out of the line up for a while. I met
Campeau after the game and he is quite a character and likes to dance. I don't want to jinx him
but he maybe the newest favorite player of mine or at least definitely in the running.
I think the seven forwards you saw on Friday are who Lines will go with as much as possible
going forward. Having Pollock back defnitely sparks things up and Crawford is working out well
as he replaces Marohl.
Of course, the star of the show, was Patterson. I know some don't like his new haircut, but
he worked out quite a bit in the offseason and he looks like the Patty of 2006 - 2008 and now
even more wiser. Numerous big saves throughout the game, took away some breakaway chances and
even a great outlet to Watt for his goal. I talked to Croswell after the game told him that if
Patterson keeps this up, he may not get much playing time this year.
With travel issues, short turnaround and facing a team that beat them by five, just five days
before, the Swarm performed quite well and the thing is, they have not peaked yet, the best is
still to come.
Game Links
Team Stats |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
|
Sv/S |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
Minnesota |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
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41/50 |
24 |
3/6 |
1 |
62 |
38 |
64 |
9/25 |
Calgary |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
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26/38 |
16 |
4/10 |
1 |
61 |
50 |
60 |
16/25 |
# |
Minnesota |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
88 |
Zack Greer |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
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10 |
Aaron Wilson |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
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15 |
Tim Campeau |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0/2 |
98 |
Callum Crawford |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
17 |
Sean Pollock |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
|
71 |
Kevin Ross |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
21 |
Ryan Benesch |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
|
6 |
Scott Self |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
12 |
Eric Pacey |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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22 |
Andrew Watt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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23 |
Jon Sullivan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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75 |
Jay Thorimbert |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
9/23 |
50 |
Ryan Cousins |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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93 |
Nick Patterson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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5 |
Josh Funk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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11 |
Richard Morgan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
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16 |
Noah Talbot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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31 |
Kevin Croswell |
Back Up Goaltender - Did Not Play |
4 |
Joe Cinosky |
Did Not Dress |
24 |
Sean Thomson |
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 |
|
93 |
NickPatterson |
60:00 |
10 |
41 |
51 |
W 1-1 |
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31 |
Kevin Croswell |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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# |
Calgary |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
S |
SOG |
LB |
FO |
19 |
Josh Sanderson |
2 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
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17 |
Tracey Kelusky |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
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8 |
Craig Conn |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
10 |
3/6 |
44 |
Dane Dobbie |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
12 |
4 |
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77 |
Jeff Shattler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
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7 |
Rob Van Beek |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
71 |
Scott Ranger |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
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14 |
Jeff Moleski |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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30 |
Matt King |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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10 |
Curtis Manning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
15 |
Rob Kirkby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5/8 |
16 |
Mike Carnegie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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20 |
Bruce Codd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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24 |
Scott Carnegie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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26 |
Craig Gelsvik |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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37 |
Andrew McBride |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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40 |
Nolan Heavenor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8/11 |
33 |
Chris Levis |
Back Up Goaltender |
4 |
Devan Wray |
Did Not Dress |
9 |
Kaleb Toth |
Did Not Dress |
28 |
Carlton Schuss |
Did Not Dress |
55 |
Michael Kilby |
Did Not Dress |
80 |
Peter McFetridge |
Did Not Dress |
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# |
Calgary |
MIN |
GA |
Saves |
Shots |
Dec |
|
30 |
Matt King |
60:00 |
12 |
26 |
38 |
L 1-1 |
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33 |
Chris Levis |
0:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Scoring |
Quarter |
Time |
MN |
CAL |
Team |
Goal |
1st Assist |
2nd Assist |
Notes |
First |
2:55 |
0 |
1 |
Calgary |
Tracey Kelusky |
Josh Sanderson |
Dane Dobbie |
SH |
First |
3:58 |
1 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Jay Thorimbert |
Ryan Cousins |
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First |
10:23 |
2 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Jon Sullivan |
Scott Self |
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SH |
First |
13:21 |
3 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Sean Pollock |
Zack Greer |
Ryan Benesch |
PP |
Second |
1:27 |
4 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Callum Crawford |
Zack Greer |
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Second |
8:23 |
5 |
1 |
Minnesota |
Eric Pacey |
Kevin Ross |
Sean Pollock |
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Second |
9:37 |
5 |
2 |
Calgary |
Craig Conn |
Rob Van Beek |
Matt King |
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Second |
10:38 |
6 |
2 |
Minnesota |
Tim Campeau |
Callum Crawford |
Zack Greer |
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Second |
11:12 |
6 |
3 |
Calgary |
Craig Conn |
Josh Sanderson |
Tracey Kelusky |
PP |
Second |
13:25 |
6 |
4 |
Calgary |
Tracey Kelusky |
Josh Sanderson |
Scott Ranger |
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Second |
13:56 |
6 |
5 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Craig Conn |
Jeff Moleski |
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Third |
10:37 |
7 |
5 |
Minnesota |
Aaron Wilson |
Kevin Ross |
Scott Self |
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Third |
11:53 |
8 |
5 |
Minnesota |
Zack Greer |
Callum Crawford |
Sean Pollock |
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Third |
14:40 |
9 |
5 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Nick Patterson |
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Fourth |
2:02 |
9 |
6 |
Calgary |
Dane Dobbie |
Tracey Kelusky |
Craig Conn |
PP |
Fourth |
3:07 |
9 |
7 |
Calgary |
Josh Sanderson |
Tracey Kelusky |
Craig Conn |
PP |
Fourth |
7:13 |
10 |
7 |
Minnesota |
Kevin Ross |
Aaron Wilson |
Tim Campeau |
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Fourth |
8:17 |
10 |
8 |
Calgary |
Jeff Shattler |
Josh Sanderson |
Dane Dobbie |
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Fourth |
8:58 |
11 |
8 |
Minnesota |
Tim Campeau |
Aaron Wilson |
Ryan Benesch |
PP GW |
Fourth |
10:03 |
11 |
9 |
Calgary |
Tracey Kelusky |
Craig Conn |
Josh Sanderson |
PP |
Fourth |
12:25 |
12 |
9 |
Minnesota |
Callum Crawford |
Zack Greer |
Tim Campeau |
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Fourth |
13:13 |
12 |
10 |
Calgary |
Dane Dobbie |
Tracey Kelusky |
Josh Sanderson |
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Penalties |
Quarter |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Penalty |
Bench |
Duration |
First |
0:50 |
Minnesota |
Josh Funk |
Cross Checking |
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2:00 |
First |
1:16 |
Calgary |
Craig Conn |
Tripping |
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2:00 |
First |
8:31 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Holding |
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2:00 |
First |
10:54 |
Minnesota |
Andrew Watt |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
First |
12:24 |
Calgary |
Craig Conn |
Boarding |
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2:00 |
First |
12:36 |
Calgary |
Andrew McBride |
Cross Checking |
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2:00 |
Second |
9:37 |
Minnesota |
Josh Funk |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
Second |
9:37 |
Calgary |
Andrew McBride |
Roughing |
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4:00 |
Second |
10:13 |
Minnesota |
Sean Pollock |
Roughing |
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2:00 |
Second |
10:13 |
Calgary |
Rob Kirkby |
Unsportsmanlike Conduct |
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2:00 |
Second |
10:58 |
Minnesota |
Jay Thorimbert |
Holding |
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2:00 |
Third |
1:24 |
Calgary |
Nolan Heavenor |
Slashing |
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2:00 |
Third |
3:53 |
Minnesota |
Noah Talbot |
Holding |
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2:00 |
Fourth |
0:41 |
Minnesota |
Josh Funk |
Illegal Substitution |
X |
2:00 |
Fourth |
1:38 |
Minnesota |
Ryan Cousins |
Elbowing |
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5:00 |
Fourth |
6:58 |
Minnesota |
Zack Greer |
Slashing |
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5:00 |
Fourth |
6:58 |
Calgary |
Andrew McBride |
Slashing |
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2:00 |
Fourth |
8:39 |
Calgary |
Nolan Heavenor |
Illegal Substitution |
X |
2:00 |
Referees |
Crew Chief |
Assistant Referee |
12-Todd Labranche |
20-Brian Larsen |
Next Games After This Match Up
- Minnesota vs Colorado - Friday, January 22nd, 2010 7:30 pm Central
- Calgary vs Washington - Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 8:30 pm Central
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