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Joel Henry Released by Swarm; Crawford Stepping Up Big

March 20, 2013
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Yesterday the Minnesota Swarm released Joel Henry from their practice roster, leaving just two practice squad players left; Mike O’Brien and Ryan Masters. Minnesota is not allowed to add anymore players to the practice roster, but they can call those two to their active roster at any time. Henry played in eight games this season form Minnesota and had five goals and three assists for eight points. The forward also…

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Swarm Blow Out Stealth 12-5

March 18, 2013
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The Minnesota Swarm picked up a much needed fourth win of the season as they upset the first place Washington Stealth by a score of 12-5. Dean Hill scored early to give Washington a 1-0 lead but two Minnesota goals would have them up 2-1 after one quarter of play. Minnesota would score four times in the second and later on, five goals in the fourth as goaltender Tyler Carlson…

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Rock Crush Wings 13-8

March 17, 2013
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In a season that resembles a see-saw, the Philadelphia Wings lost their second in a row, after winning three in a row.  So far the see-saw has gone, Win 2, Lose 3,Win 3 Lose 2.  The latest lost was to the division leading Toronto Rock by a score of 13-8.  The Wings were without the services of Brodie Merrill (concussion) and defender Brett Manney (hamstring).  Jeff Reynolds returned to the…

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Mammoth Beat Bandits Second Time In A Row, 16-13

March 17, 2013
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This certainly wasn’t the way the Bandits had hoped their home and home with Colorado would go. Before last weekend, Colorado was a lowly 2-7. It was looking like they would certainly be the team to miss the playoffs this season. However, they won both their games against the Bandits and have jolted life into their season. The Bandits put up a fight last night, but were never able to…

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Greer Leads Rush Past Knighthawks

March 17, 2013
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Zack Greer led the way with 4 goals and 1 assist as the Edmonton Rush (6-5) defeated the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) 11-9 in a rematch of the 2012 NLL Championship. Greer opened the scoring for the Rush as Edmonton got off to a hot start outscoring the Knighthawks 5-1 after the first quarter and maintaining a 7-3 lead heading into halftime. Rochester battled back, outscoring Edmonton 4-1 in the third…

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Bandits and Mammoth Square Off in Round Two

March 16, 2013
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Once last week’s game ended, almost everyone’s minds quickly jumped to next week’s match-up. Once again the Colorado Mammoth and Buffalo Bandits face-off, this time in Denver. The league hopes that it doesn’t end the way last week’s game ended, with a 10 man brawl. All of the players involved besides Bandit David Brock have appealed their suspensions, so they will all be playing tonight. It will likely be the…

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Final NLL Moves Before Roster Freeze

March 16, 2013
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The National Lacrosse League teams had to finalize their rosters yesterday before the roster freeze, and each team made some moves signing free agents. Check them all out below. Buffalo Bandits Assigned righty forward Luke Wiles to the practice roster and activated transition man Hayden Smith and defenseman Kevin Brownell. Rochester Knighthawks Released Matt Hummell and Tyler Burton and placed them on the practice roster. Released Brad Richardson from the…

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NLL: Stealth Battle with Swarm

March 15, 2013
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The Washington Stealth will look to stay in first place on Saturday night as they take on the Minnesota Swarm. Last week the fell in Calgary 19-15 while Washington picked up a 16-10 win in Philadelphia. The Stealth will be without some players due to suspensions; Justin Pychal, Mitch McMichael and Jeff Moleski. Tim Henderson was also placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list this past week. If the…

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Bandits Release Wiles, Active Smith and Brownell

March 15, 2013
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As rumored for the past few days, the Bandits have released forward Luke Wiles and placed him on the team’s practice roster. They have also announced that Hayden Smith and Kevin Brownell have been placed on the active roster. This season Wiles has struggled when compared to his previous numbers, scoring ten goals and ten assists in ten games. Six of those goals were scored in two of the games. Last season Wiles was…

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