Minnesota Swarm (1-0 H 0-0 A 1-0)

Colorado Mammoth (0-1 H 0-1 A 0-0)

Swarm Finally End Playoff Futility

Saturday, May 5, 2013
Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 14,152

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Game Chronology

• 1st Quarter
  • Another 2 30’s for the Swarm on their first possession
  • Jones shot off the pipe
  • Card finds Tao going to the net to open the scoring – SWARM 1-0 12:51
  • Crawford called for a high hit on Coates 2min minor – mammoth pp 12:11
  • Prout scores from top right on pp on a pass from Grant – mammoth 1-1 12:00
  • Card backs away turns left then right and unloads a shot past Levis – SWARM 2-1 11:39
  • Bilic blocks shot but called for a penalty on Gajic 2 min minor – mammoth pp 11:02
  • Another Swarm penalty on the pp down 5 on 3 – 10:32
  • Grant’s shot deflected in to the net by Kirk. Kirk made huge saves so far on the pp
  • 9:47 left in the first quarter – SWARM 2 mammoth 1
  • Kirk doing good work down a man for most of the first quarter so far. Swarm down a man on the pk going back to action after mammoth penalty at TV timeout
  • Prout called for delay of game – mammoth on the pp for a brief time then the Swarm
  • Swarm kill mammoth pp now on the pp themselves
  • Cycling the ball around Card returns it back to Benesch up top for the pp goal – SWARM 3-1 8:14
  • Levis with a huge save on the crease
  • Lincoln denied on the crease by Kirk
  • Stewart pushes off on the break, called for it and loses possession
  • Jones beats Earl to the net and scores but waived off due to crease violation – 5:20
  • Morgan gets outlet from Kirk evades Grant and his stick to the net for the breakaway goal – SWARM 4-1 4:33
  • Ross scores on the give and go from Benesch for the goal – SWARM 5-1 3:18
  • Reid leads the break and finds Gajic trailing for the goal – mammoth 2-5 2:47
  • Tao steals the ball in front of the net but denied but they get the rebound
  • 1:47 left in the first quarter – SWARM 5 mammoth 2
  • Hopcroft off the post
  • Crease call on the mammoth
  • Ross turns around on turnover on two guys but Levis denies shot at end of the first
  • End of the first quarter – SWARM 5 mammoth 2

• 2nd Quarter
  • Lincoln loses the ball on the crease on pass from Hopcroft.
  • Benesch twists and turns frees himself off pick and subshots it from long range for the goal – SWARM 6-2 12:58
  • Suits taking on Grant and shutting him down
  • Henry called for a crease working on Allen
  • Prout finds Jones on the crease who then goes high on Kirk – mammoth 3-6 11:32
  • Grant moves up high, gets a second and low to high shot past Kirk – mammoth 4-6 11:09
  • Illegal pick on the Swarm
  • Watt and Doran force turnover on Sullivan
  • Ross fleeced on double team to the net
  • Swarm will be a man down after TV timeout
  • 9:20 left in the second – SWARM 6 mammoth 4
  • Swarm back to the box again – Hass joins Benesch – Second time Swarm down a man – 9:00
  • 5 minutes high stick on Hass
  • Jones crushes Watt on the break and gets ball back.
  • Grant drops pass and Watt scoops it up and takes it downtown all alone on Levis for the sh goal – SWARM 7-4 6:31
  • Prout finds Jones with the quick stick goal down low for the pp goal – mammoth 5-7 5:06
  • Swarm called for shot clock violation at 4:22
  • 4:22 left in the second quarter – SWARM 7 mammoth 5
  • Kirk with a couple huge saves to finish the pk
  • Coates stoned by Kirk on transition
  • “These are the saves great goaltenders make” – Mikey Powell on Kirk’s save on Coates
  • Allen crushed by MacIntosh and he is not happy.
  • Ross called for crease on the delayed penalty. Allen to the box with a cross check on MacIntosh – Double Minor – Swarm on the PP rest of the half
  • Benesch goes high from top center and scores the pp goal unguarded – SWARM 8 mammoth 5 0:44
  • SWARM timeout with 40 seconds
  • Timeout called by the mammoth with 6 seconds
  • Halftime – SWARM 8 mammoth 5

• 3rd Quarter
  • Swarm start the half a man up.
  • Ball called for a penalty 4 on 4 for 11 seconds then mammoth pp – 13:55
  • Hass scoops up loose ball along the boards in the Swarm zone and then takes it up the floor, evades Grant near the net and scores sh on Levis – SWARM 9-5 13:06
  • Swarm kill the penalty and get a shorty – not too bad
  • Grant scores with 3 on the shot clock as he worked to get an shot off from top left – mammoth 6-9 10:37
  • Crawford called for a crease violation
  • Grant goes from right to left and shoots high to low with two guys on him and getting knock down – mammoth 7-9 10:00
  • Gilbert gets attention for a cramp after the Grant goal and comes off
  • Allen limps off after forcing turnover
  • Bilic denied on the break away
  • 8:02 left in the third – SWARM 9 mammoth 7
  • Gallant sent to the box – Swarm pp 8:02
  • Four big shots by the Swarm on the pp, one off net and three big saves by Levis - mammoth kill the penalty
  • Sullivan takes a shot to the leg on a Ross shot
  • Suits goes down on loose ball battle then Hass denied by Levis as Levis’ helmet comes off
  • Kirk stops Jones shot on the crease
  • Kirk with a huge save on a really wide open Grant
  • Swarm called for shot clock violation
  • 3:25 left in the third – SWARM 9 mammoth 7
  • Ross with a double team backs in and splits it to the net with four fakes and a goal – SWARM 10-7 2:30
  • Kirk closes up short side on Grant
  • Suits diving goal denied by Levis
  • Reid’s breakaway denied by Kirk
  • Swarm get shot clock violation as Hawksbee is all over Card
  • Lincoln’s goal waived off due to crease violation with a minute left
  • Mammoth with extra attacker to finish the third for the last shot but Prout’s shot off net
  • End of the third – SWARM 10 mammoth 7

• 4th Quarter
  • Grant with a quick strike off the bench on a breakaway pass from Sullivan – mammoth 8-10 14:09
  • Loose ball push on Swarm – mammoth keep possession
  • Kirk huge save on MacLeod
  • Watt denied on the crease by Levis
  • Shot clock violation on the Swarm
  • Gilbert breakaway shot denied by Levis
  • Grant spins off Suitor and gets shot off by Kirk – mammoth 9-10 11:24
  • Hass breakaway off faceoff broken up by defense
  • Jones called for a crease violation
  • Card called for a crease violation on shot saved by Levis
  • Grant gets own rebound and scores but waived off - looks like the ball actually went behind the net not into it - 10:08
  • 9:17 left in the game – SWARM 10 mammoth 9
  • Gallant called for a hold – Swarm pp 9:00
  • Swarm get a reset just as shot clock expires
  • Never mind, the Swarm got another shot clock violation
  • Jones drops ball on the run to the net – tried to shoot without the ball
  • MacIntosh with a huge pp goal from top right – SWARM 11-9 7:16
  • Grant goes through the Hass wringer and is down for a minute but gets up – Looks like Doran may have nailed him or Hass with a slash on the leg – no call mammoth fans not happy
  • Ross called for a crease violation as he tried to score between his legs
  • Grant back on
  • Delayed penalty on Reid – EA – MacIntosh gets shot off and Levis almost let it trickle in – Swarm pp 4:32
  • 4:32 left in the game – SWARM 11 mammoth 9
  • Card with the power play goal from just right of Levis – Swarm 12-9 3:23
  • Crawford with a huge goal top right – SWARM 13-9 2:49
  • Belanger in – Levis out after Crawford goal
  • Orsen called for crosscheck with 2:27 left – Swarm pp
  • Jones buries a shorthanded on pass from Pollock – mammoth 10-13 1:04
  • Watt scores off the face off and scores empty netter as mammoth pulled the goalie – SWARM 14-10 0:51
  • Checking Suitor's stick - called by the mammoth – desperation
  • Suitor stick was illegal and goes to the box – ball does not come out - mammoth pp
  • Final – SWARM 14 mammoth 10
  • First ever Swarm playoff win – If the Rush win – we host next Saturday!!!
  • The Swarm win their first ever playoff game after losing their first five in team history
  • The Swarm will host the Edmonton Rush at The Hive next Saturday, May 12 for their first divisional finals appearance
  • The Swarm score a playoff record 14 goals
  • The Swarm never trailed in the game
  • The Swarm had a playoff team record three shorthanded goals with Andrew Watt getting two and Tyler Hass the other
  • Ryan Benesch set a Swarm playoff game records with seven points and three goals
  • The Swarm have won five straight which includes the last four games of the regular season