Minnesota Swarm (5-10 H 2-4 A 3-6)
	Buffalo Bandits (8-7 H 5-2 A 3-5)

Swarm's Land Playoff Stand: Courageous but Unsustainable

Saturday, April 11, 2015
St. Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 8,986

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Game Notes

The Minnesota Swarm were down to the last of men and supplies on Saturday night but in the end could not withstand the fierce siege of the Buffalo Bandits taking away the last chance for 2015 playoff glory with a 12-9 win over the Swarm in front of 8,986 at Ho-Chunk Nation Field at The Hive. With first half injuries felling both Jordan MacIntosh (possibly season ending) and Callum Crawford, the Swarm were down to the proverbial one leg to stand on. Down 5-0 early, the Swarm began to claw back behind Shayne Jackson, who scored a career high five goals and got back within 8-7 early in the third quarter, but they couldn't quite get the rest of way there and will be missing the playoffs for the second straight season. Irregardless, the Swarm still have three games to go, all at The Hive, which they can ruin the well-being of other teams starting with the Calgary Roughnecks next Saturday night.

• Shayne Jackson is the only player to have a four goal and a five goal game this season for the Swarm.
• Brodie MacDonald relieved Zach Higgins after Dhane Smith's goal made it 4-0 Buffalo in the first quarter. MacDonald faced one shot seventeen seconds off the ensuing face off as Mitchell Jones scored his first goal of the season in his first game of the season. MacDonald was immediately pulled and Higgins finished the rest of the game.
• The Swarm got their only power play goal of the game in the second quarter as Johnny Powless scored unassisted. In their last six games, the Swarm have went 2 for 26 on the power play. They went 1 for 6 on Saturday night and gave up two shorthanded goals to former Swarm players Chad Culp and Ryan Benesch.
• The Swarm's four game home winning streak against the Bandits was snapped.
• David Earl scored his first goal since the season opener on Saturday night after missing seven games due to injury.
• Jordan MacIntosh's lower body injury appears to be lower left leg as he immediately dropped to the ground after the injury. It didn't appear to be caused by an opponent. He needed two Swarm players to carry him off the floor and my hunch is it is season ending. If so, his 69 game consecutive game streak will end after tonight, leaving him second to Noah Talbot's 75 game streak. MacIntosh's injury affects Corbyn Tao quite a bit as he will be the main face off guy and his shifts on offense will increase greatly. No word yet if Kiel Matisz, who should be eligible to come injured reserve, will play against Calgary on April 18th. If not, Tao will figure prominently in the Swarm plans on that night.

#	Minnesota	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	S	SOG	LB	FT	FOW	FOT
2	Miles Thompson	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	12	6	0	0	0
8	Greg Downing	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
10	Alex Crepinsek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
11	Joel White	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	11	2	0	0
15	Jordan Houtby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
24	Jordan MacIntosh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6
31	Zach Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	Shayne Jackson	5	1	6	0	0	0	19	15	4	0	0	0
33	David Earl	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0
37	Ethan O'Connor	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	3
45	Jason Noble	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0
50	Brodie MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	Patrick Miles	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
73	Dean Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	4	0	0	0
84	Corbyn Tao	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2	8	0	3	16
85	Mitch Belisle	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
93	Johnny Powless	1	3	4	0	1	0	11	10	4	0	0	0
98	Callum Crawford	0	3	3	0	0	0	7	3	3	0	0	0
12	Sam Bradman	Did Not Dress
66	Shane MacDonald	Did Not Dress
#	Minnesota	GS	MIN	GA	1st SV	2nd SV	3rd SV	4th SV	OT SV	Saves	Shots	W/L	Rec
31	Zach Higgins	1	59:43	11	7	6	8	8		29	40	L	5-7
50	Brodie MacDonald		0:17	1	0	0	0	0		0	1
#	Buffalo	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	S	SOG	LB	FT	FOW	FOT
2	Jerome Thompson	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	0
3	Billy Dee Smith	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	Jamie Batson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	Derek Suddons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Kevin Brownell	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	1	0	0
17	Ryan Benesch	4	3	7	0	1	1	10	8	5	0	0	0
19	Chad Culp	1	1	2	0	0	1	7	5	3	0	0	0
20	Nick Weiss	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22	Andrew Watt	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
23	Steve Priolo	1	1	2	2	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	0
24	Mitchell Jones	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	2	7	0	0	0
44	Anthony Cosmo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Mitch Wilde	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0
66	Alex Kedoh Hill	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	0
75	Jay Thorimbert	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	2	19	0	20	25
91	Corey Fowler	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
92	Dhane Smith	2	5	7	0	0	0	13	8	5	0	0	0
38	Kurtis Wagar	Back Up Goaltender - Did Not Play
11	John Tavares	Did Not Dress
15	Matthew Bennett	Did Not Dress
#	Buffalo	GS	MIN	GA	1st SV	2nd SV	3rd SV	4th SV	OT SV	Saves	Shots	W/L	Rec
38	Kurtis Wagar		0:00	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
44	Anthony Cosmo	1	60:00	9	12	13	6	11		42	51	W	7-7

Scoring
Time	MN	BUF	Team	Goal	1st Assist	2nd Assist	Notes
1st Quarter
1:12	0	1	Buffalo	Ryan Benesch	Jerome Thompson	Corey Fowler
1:21	0	2	Buffalo	Jay Thorimbert
4:47	0	3	Buffalo	Chad Culp	Dhane Smith	Steve Priolo	SH
7:26	0	4	Buffalo	Dhane Smith	Ryan Benesch	Chad Culp
7:43	0	5	Buffalo	Mitchell Jones	Alex Kedoh Hill	Jay Thorimbert
9:09	1	5	Minnesota	Shayne Jackson	Callum Crawford
13:24	2	5	Minnesota	David Earl	Joel White	Ethan O'Connor
14:58	3	5	Minnesota	Shayne Jackson	Johnny Powless	Callum Crawford	EA
2nd Quarter
3:15	3	6	Buffalo	Jerome Thompson	Dhane Smith	Ryan Benesch
6:32	4	6	Minnesota	Johnny Powless			PP
6:52	4	7	Buffalo	Ryan Benesch	Mitchell Jones	Dhane Smith
8:01	5	7	Minnesota	Shayne Jackson	Mitch Belisle
13:09	6	7	Minnesota	Shayne Jackson	Callum Crawford	Patrick Miles
14:15	6	8	Buffalo	Dhane Smith	Ryan Benesch	Andrew Watt
3rd Quarter
2:41	7	8	Minnesota	Dean Hill	Miles Thompson	Corbyn Tao
4:07	7	9	Buffalo	Steve Priolo	Nick Weiss	Andrew Watt
10:21	7	10	Buffalo	Ryan Benesch	Dhane Smith		SH GWG
4th Quarter
3:46	8	10	Minnesota	Miles Thompson	Shayne Jackson	Johnny Powless
6:12	8	11	Buffalo	Ryan Benesch	Dhane Smith		PP
10:43	8	12	Buffalo	Jay Thorimbert
13:50	9	12	Minnesota	Shayne Jackson	Johnny Powless	Joel White	EA

Penalties
Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Bench	Duration
1st Quarter
4:11	Buffalo	Billy Dee Smith	Checking from Behind		2:00
10:33	Buffalo	Mitchell Jones	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	X	2:00
2nd Quarter
5:24	Buffalo	Steve Priolo	Intentional Contact- Dead Ball		2:00
10:13	Buffalo	Billy Dee Smith	Illegal Cross Checking		2:00
3rd Quarter
9:10	Buffalo	Alex Kedoh Hill	Slashing		2:00
12:50	Minnesota	Joel White	Slashing		2:00
4th Quarter
5:06	Minnesota	Greg Downing	Holding		2:00
6:50	Buffalo	Jay Thorimbert	Checking from Behind		2:00
14:17	Minnesota	Jason Noble	Intentional Contact - Dead Ball		2:00
14:17	Buffalo	Alex Kedoh Hill	Intentional Contact - Dead Ball		2:00

Referees
Crew Chief	Assistant Referee	Shot Clock Operator
21-Chris "Chico" Williams	6-Rick Lum	73-Daron "Rowdy" Yates

Next Games After This Match Up

• Minnesota vs Calgary - Saturday, April 18th, 2015 7:00 pm Central
• Buffalo vs Vancouver - Saturday, April 25th, 2015 6:30 pm Central