Minnesota Swarm (5-5 H 3-1 A 2-4)

Washington Stealth (4-8 H 2-4 A 2-4)

Swarm Stomped on Sunday by Stealth

Sunday, March 25, 2012
Everett, Washington
Attendance: 3,618

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Game Chronology

• 1st Quarter
  • Bucktooth gets pass on the way to the net and scores – stealth 1-0
  • Sorenson to the box for a hold – Swarm pp
  • Duch beats two defenders to the net and the ball dribbles through Carlson’s legs for the sh goal – stealth 2-0
  • Stealth called for too many men – Swarm on 5 on 3
  • Stealth kill off both penalties and get a shorty
  • Delay of game to Benesch for not giving up ball to Bloom – stealth pp
  • Iannucci with a subshot on the pp – stealth 3-0
  • 9:48 left in the first quarter – SWARM 0 stealth 3
  • Stealth get out on the breakaway. Beers finds Sorenson trailing for the goal – stealth 4-0
  • Suitor forces turnover against boards at midfloor. Takes the ball to the net for the goal – SWARM 1-4
  • Ross’s goal waived off due to crease violation
  • Cummings got loose behind the defense on the crease, gets pass and scores on delayed penalty – stealth 5-1
  • Henry grabbed Martin and threw him down, called for a hold – stealth pp
  • 4:22 left in the first quarter – SWARM 1 stealth 5
  • Stealth called for too many men with 10 seconds to go as they tried to get the extra attacker on – Swarm pp
  • End of the first quarter – SWARM 1 stealth 5

• 2nd Quarter
  • MacIntosh takes a shot. Card gets the rebound near the crease and scores the pp goal – SWARM 2-5
  • McElroy with slash to Watt’s head on the breakaway- Benesch takes penalty shot and misses, may have been in the crease. Benny never makes these penalty shots.
  • Suitor to the box for a boarding on Martin – stealth pp
  • Watt gets the outlet pass on the break and scores shorthanded – Watt’s team record 11th shorty – SWARM 3-5
  • Duch with a laser on the pp – stealth 6-3
  • Martin breaks up Watt breakaway takes it back the other way, shoots and scores – stealth 7-3
  • Kirk in – Carlson out – first in game goaltending change this season for the Swarm
  • Crawford gets perfect outlet from Kirk and royally screws it up
  • 7:24 left in the second quarter – SWARM 3 stealth 7
  • Belisle to the box – stealth pp
  • Card takes a shot from wrong side and scores – may have went off Ross’ back – sh goal – SWARM 4-7
  • Swarm called for too many men on breakaway chance – stealth pp
  • 4:12 left in the second quarter – SWARM 4 stealth 7
  • Duch finds Beers on the crease for the goal – Swarm defense fell asleep – Swarm challenge and lose – stealth 8-4
  • Bilic called for a slash after the clock stopped on the goal – stealth pp
  • Zywicki finds D. Hill for the quick shot pp goal on the crease – stealth 9-4
  • Stealth call timeout with 22 seconds
  • Halftime – SWARM 4 stealth 9 - dreadful

• 3rd Quarter
  • Duch charges the net and the ball kind of rolls over Kirk’s back and into the net - stealth 10-4
  • Crawford leads the break and drops it off for Benesch, who rockets it past Richards – SWARM 5-10
  • Belisle scoops up loose ball, gets up and finds MacIntosh weaving through the stealth d – SWARM 6-10
  • Bloom finishes off the faceoff – stealth 11-6
  • Duch with his fourth of the net beating the d to the net – stealth 12-6
  • Numerous lbs in front of the net with MacIntosh finally burying it – SWARM 7-12
  • Sorenson fakes low and shoots high to finish 3 on 2 break – stealth 13-7
  • 7:13 left in the third quarter – SWARM 7 stealth 13
  • Sorenson with a hat trick on yet another stealth breakaway – stealth 14-7
  • Hodgson finishes off another stealth transition goal as the Swarm can’t keep up – stealth 15-7
  • 4:14 left in the third quarter – SWARM 7 stealth 15
  • Carlson back in – Kirk out
  • Ratcliff called for goalie interference – Swarm pp
  • Hodgson with a push in Benesch’s back into the floor of the crease – Benesch slow to get up – Swarm pp
  • End of the third quarter – SWARM 7 stealth 15

• 4th Quarter
  • Benesch called for a delay of game preventing stealth from starting with the ball – stealth pp
  • Duch fakes the shot up high and finds Zywicki for the quick stick pp goal – stealth 16-7
  • Suitor with a dive for the goal – SWARM 8-16
  • Suitor gets the outlet and scores all alone on Richards – Suits with a hat trick – SWARM 9-16
  • Off the faceoff, Snider wins it gets it to Salt who finds Cummings for the goal – stealth 17-9
  • Watt scoops up the rebound and takes it coast to coast for the goal – SWARM 10-17
  • Crawford pushes off Hodgson, gets loose and scores – SWARM 11-17
  • 8:04 left in the game – SWARM 11 stealth 17
  • Right out of the break – Tao right to the net and scores – SWARM 12-17
  • Bucktooth with a high low rocket over a screen for the goal – stealth 18-12
  • Kelly starts the break and finds Gilbert who then finds Ross alone on the crease – SWARM 13-18
  • Watt to the box – lots of consternation with the refs – maybe unsportsmanlike – stealth pp
  • 4:53 left in the game – SWARM 13 stealth 18
  • D. Hill with the quick stick pp goal – stealth 19-13
  • Belisle back to the box for the Swarm – stealth right back on the pp
  • Suitor hobbles off after diving to try to score
  • Ratcliiff swats the rebound off Carlson into the net for pp goal – stealth 20-13
  • FINAL – SWARM 13 stealth 20
  • The Swarm finish their four game road trip going 2-2