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WK
1
Fri, Dec 2
FINAL
Philadelphia
8
Halifax
18
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Vancouver
8
Toronto
19
Sat, Dec 3
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San Diego
15
New York
14
Sat, Dec 3
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Albany
11
Buffalo
10
Sat, Dec 3
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Rochester
16
Georgia
11
Sat, Dec 3
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Colorado
6
Saskatchewan
18
WK
2
Fri, Dec 9
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Las Vegas
11
Panther City
13
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
12
San Diego
13
Sat, Dec 10
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Toronto
7
Rochester
11
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Vancouver
9
Calgary
11
WK
3
Fri, Dec 16
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Calgary
14
Vancouver
5
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Panther City
9
Las Vegas
3
Sat, Dec 17
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Buffalo
11
Toronto
8
Sat, Dec 17
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Rochester
14
Albany
13
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Philadelphia
13
Georgia
12
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Halifax
20
New York
11
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Colorado
12
Panther City
9
WK
5
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
Halifax
13
Buffalo
18
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
San Diego
17
Calgary
14
Sat, Dec 31
FINAL
Panther City
9
Saskatchewan
11
WK
6
Fri, Jan 6
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Philadelphia
14
Las Vegas
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Panther City
9
Rochester
17
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Halifax
14
Albany
11
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Buffalo
18
Georgia
9
Sat, Jan 7
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Toronto
15
New York
7
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Calgary
8
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Vancouver
11
San Diego
16
WK
7
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Albany
11
Halifax
10
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
10
Colorado
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Halifax
8
Toronto
17
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Panther City
12
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Georgia
9
Buffalo
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
San Diego
10
Calgary
14
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Las Vegas
16
Vancouver
19
Sun, Jan 15
FINAL
Rochester
11
New York
8
WK
8
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Buffalo
12
Rochester
15
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
15
Sat, Jan 21
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Toronto
14
Philadelphia
5
Sat, Jan 21
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New York
16
Albany
10
WK
9
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Rochester
7
Halifax
17
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Buffalo
13
Philadelphia
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Buffalo
16
New York
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Las Vegas
10
Saskatchewan
15
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL/OT
Toronto
11
Calgary
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
San Diego
13
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Panther City
20
Vancouver
7
WK
10
Fri, Feb 3
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Georgia
10
Colorado
13
Sat, Feb 4
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Calgary
12
Halifax
11
Sat, Feb 4
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New York
14
Toronto
22
Sat, Feb 4
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Albany
5
Philadelphia
13
Sat, Feb 4
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Rochester
10
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 4
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Panther City
10
San Diego
12
Sat, Feb 4
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Saskatchewan
14
Vancouver
8
Sat, Feb 4
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Colorado
8
Las Vegas
13
WK
11
Fri, Feb 10
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Toronto
11
Georgia
10
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
13
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Halifax
14
Rochester
16
Sat, Feb 11
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Albany
12
New York
14
Sat, Feb 11
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Vancouver
13
Panther City
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Colorado
9
Calgary
13
WK
12
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
9
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
16
San Diego
11
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Georgia
7
Toronto
16
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
Albany
10
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
12
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Colorado
7
Panther City
13
Sun, Feb 19
FINAL
New York
12
Halifax
13
WK
13
Fri, Feb 24
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Panther City
12
Colorado
14
Fri, Feb 24
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Calgary
9
Las Vegas
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL/OT
New York
10
Rochester
11
Sat, Feb 25
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Albany
4
Georgia
20
Sat, Feb 25
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Vancouver
16
Saskatchewan
12
WK
14
Fri, Mar 3
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Buffalo
10
Halifax
9
Sat, Mar 4
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New York
12
Philadelphia
19
Sat, Mar 4
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Las Vegas
12
San Diego
15
Sat, Mar 4
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Rochester
8
Toronto
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL/OT
Georgia
9
Albany
8
Sat, Mar 4
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Saskatchewan
10
Panther City
16
Mon, Mar 6
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Toronto
10
Philadelphia
11
WK
15
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL/OT
Halifax
9
Buffalo
10
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL
Calgary
16
Colorado
10
Sat, Mar 11
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Albany
6
Toronto
12
Sat, Mar 11
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Philadelphia
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 11
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San Diego
12
Saskatchewan
11
Sat, Mar 11
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Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
5
Sun, Mar 12
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Rochester
19
Georgia
18
WK
16
Fri, Mar 17
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Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
11
Fri, Mar 17
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San Diego
16
Vancouver
9
Sat, Mar 18
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Georgia
13
Philadelphia
12
Sat, Mar 18
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Toronto
12
Halifax
14
Sat, Mar 18
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Albany
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 18
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Colorado
13
Buffalo
8
Sat, Mar 18
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Las Vegas
8
Panther City
11
Sun, Mar 19
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
9
Rochester
8
WK
17
Fri, Mar 24
FINAL
San Diego
17
Panther City
9
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Toronto
11
Albany
9
Sat, Mar 25
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Halifax
14
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Georgia
13
New York
8
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Calgary
14
Saskatchewan
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL/OT
Buffalo
7
San Diego
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Colorado
12
Vancouver
14
Sat, Mar 25
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Rochester
7
Las Vegas
12
WK
18
Fri, Mar 31
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New York
Georgia
Fri, Mar 31
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Colorado
Fri, Mar 31
22:00:00
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San Diego
Sat, Apr 1
19:00:00
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Sat, Apr 1
20:00:00
Albany
Panther City
Sat, Apr 1
21:30:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 2
13:00:00
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Halifax
Sun, Apr 2
18:00:00
Rochester
Philadelphia
WK
19
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sat, Apr 8
22:30:00
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Las Vegas
WK
20
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
Las Vegas
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Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
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Colorado
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
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Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
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Albany
Sat, Apr 15
19:30:00
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Buffalo
Sat, Apr 15
21:30:00
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Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 15
22:00:00
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Vancouver
WK
21
Fri, Apr 21
20:30:00
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Panther City
Sat, Apr 22
18:00:00
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Halifax
Sat, Apr 22
19:00:00
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Rochester
Sat, Apr 22
20:00:00
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Buffalo
Sat, Apr 22
21:30:00
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Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 22
22:00:00
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Sun, Apr 23
15:00:00
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Albany
WK
22
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Halifax
Georgia
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
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San Diego
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
New York
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Sat, Apr 29
22:30:00
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Miller Time: Rock Roll Swarm On Road, 16-4

The Toronto Rock (5-1) had a record-setting defensive performance by shutting down the Minnesota Swarm (3-3) with a 16-4 road win in front of a crowd of 8,941 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Friday night. With the Swarm loss, the Rock strengthened their lead atop the East Division while allowing the fewest goals in a road game in the team’s history.

The Swarm took an early lead in the first quarter when Callum Crawford (1+1) followed up his game-winning overtime performance last week with the first goal of the game this week. The first quarter ended with a tie at two, in a seemingly even-paced game.

“They came out very hard with lots of pressure and we didn’t handle it as well as I would have liked,” said Rock head coach John Lovell. “We’re coming off an off week and their at home and coming off a big win themselves – so there were a lot of things going against us. We just wanted to stay in the game in the first quarter and that’s what we did. It was 2-2 and we settled in, got our legs, and went from there.”

The second quarter brought a chaotic storm of offense from the Rock, who scored 13 unanswered goals into the third quarter, the biggest scoring run by one team in the NLL since the Roughnecks scored 15-straight goals in a playoff game in 2009. It was the longest regular season scoring run in the league since 2008.

“I think when we got on that run, it was a combination of things. It was goals from the back end, it was transition goals, we ran the ball up the floor, we just kind of got on a roll there,” Lovell said. “They had some great looks and (goalie) Brandon Miller made some extraordinary saves there. It could have changed the complexion of the game.”

The nine goals by Toronto in the second quarter were the most by the Rock in any quarter since April 2000.

From then on, it was still all Rock. Stephan Leblanc led the way on offense with nine points (4+5) while Brett Hickey (3+2) and Kasey Beirnes (3+2) were both strong offense contributors. Toronto netminder Brandon Miller saved 38 of 42 shots, with four goals being the fewest allowed in a complete game in the veteran goalie’s 15-year NLL career.

“The game started off pretty well and I think we were just really outshooting them,” Leblanc said. “When you’re defense is playing really well like that and holding them to the numbers that they did, and our shots eventually started to fall – it kind of broke their backs a little bit.”

Minnesota’s only goal in the second half was by Logan Schuss (1+1) in the third quarter. Zach Higgins played 31:03 minutes and saved 30 of 41 shots. Brodie MacDonald took over in the third quarter and had 10 stops on 15 shots on goal.

“That’s very disgraceful for us to come to our home center and give an opportunity like that back to Toronto,” said Swarm head coach Joe Sullivan. “You’re fighting for first place and really, respectability in the East Division. They took advantage of every opportunity and they played like a number one team.”

With a 16-4 win and the best record in the NLL, the Rock are looking to continue their dominant season as they build on the successes of each game.

“I like the feeling in our dressing room right now,” Lovell said. “I like the things that we’re doing well. We did a lot of little things and those are habits and character that we’re building with this team and it’s going to continue.”

Swarm starting goalie Zach Higgins finished with 30 stops of 41 shots on goal. Brodie MacDonald made an appearance with 10 saves on 15 shots.

Three Stars of the Game as selected by the media:

1) Stephan Leblanc
2) Brandon Miller
3) Kasey Beirnes

The Swarm have a chance for retribution on Saturday night, when the two teams face off again, this time at Air Canada Centre in Toronto at 7 p.m. ET. Watch the game on NLL LIVE (United States) and TSN.ca (Canada) starting at 7 p.m. ET.

“We’ll focus on what worked and if we can replicate that tomorrow, it’ll be a fun night,” said Leblanc. “They’ll be ready to go tomorrow, though. These are short memory games.”

“They’re going to come back and play extremely hard tomorrow night,” Lovell said. “We’re the team in first place right now and we want to stay there.”

“Respect your opponent and care enough to prepare yourself to play the game for 60 minutes,” Sullivan said of his expectation for the Swarm tomorrow night. “Play within our system and play it with some charisma and with some energy.”

Story by Maria Jollie (@SwarmBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Scott Pierson.

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