Swarm breeze past Mammoth, 15 - 5
Minnesota Swarm forward Callum Crawford scored four goals and added
five assists to help lead the Minnesota Swarm (3-4) to a 15-5 victory
over the Colorado Mammoth (2-5) on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center
in front of 9,223. It was the Swarm's first ever victory over the
Mammoth.
"We continued right where we left off last week," Swarm Head Coach Mike
Lines said. "We gained some confidence with some big goals from guys
who really stepped it up. It's definitely a good sign."
Crawford scored two goals late in the second quarter that capped off a
five goal period for the Swarm and gave Minnesota the 6-4 lead at
halftime. Colorado had the 3-1 lead after the first quarter.
Ryan Benesch and Aaron Wilson also had good nights for Minnesota with
Benesch scoring three goals and adding six assists while Wilson had two
goals and five assists. Sean Pollock had two goals and two assists as
well for Minnesota.
The Swarm continued to find the back of the net in the second half,
scoring nine unanswered goals after Jamie Shewchuk scored for the
Mammoth 1:04 into the third quarter.
Five different Colorado players scored goals, but it was Nenad Gajic
who led the Mammoth on the stat sheet with three assists. The Mammoth
did not score a goal the final 28-minutes, 56-seconds.
Minnesota outshot Colorado 42-30 on the night.
Date published : 22 Feb 2010 - 14:17:53