In one of the most prolific runs in National Lacrosse League history, the Arizona Sting scored sixteen times in an eighteen-goal stretch on its way to a 17-10 thrashing of the Anaheim Storm Friday night at Glendale Arena.

How bad was it?

Arizona ran off ten straight goals in the second half.

That's been known to happen. Really, though, how bad could it have been?

Anaheim suffered two long scoring droughts, one spanning almost 27 minutes and the other shutting out the Storm completely for the second quarter.

Come on, this isn't the Storm of years past. They must've done something well, right?

Anaheim actually led 6-1 early in the second quarter.

Yikes.

Yes, it was that kind of game for the Storm, just when the NLL's poor, mistreated stepsister was starting to make other teams forget about its horrible past.

Raweras Mitchell and Scott Stewart gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead less than six minutes into the game. After Dan Dawson snatched back one of those goals moments later, the Storm struck again, eventually taking a 6-1 lead into the second quarter.

Anaheim evened managed to flush Sting goaltender Mike Miron from net in the first quarter, dispatching him at 10:46 after a seven-save, five-goals-allowed start.

The lead lasted about as long as an ice cube in the Arizona desert, though. Jonas Derks, freshly arrived via trade from Buffalo, scored twice to begin the second period. Peter Veltman and Cory Bomberry soon scored as well, cutting the deficit to 6-5 at the 3:41 mark.

Not until Chris MacKay scored almost ten minutes later, though, did the score change. His goal tied the game at six, and that was the score when the teams went to their rooms at halftime.

Anaheim's offense returned early in the third quarter, with Adam Bysouth putting the Storm back in front at 1:06. After Gewas Schinder tied the game nineteen seconds later, Ryan Powell quickly untied it.

And that's the last anyone saw of the Storm offense for quite some time, as Arizona used the red goal light to toast the netting in the Anaheim goal.

It started normally enough, with Dawson tying the game at the eight-minute mark. Perhaps that should've sent up red flags -- it made the score 8-8.

Pat Maddalena soon followed with a goal, then Bomberry, then a pair from Jason Clark, and the Sting waltzed into the fourth quarter with a fairly secure 12-8 lead.

Arizona wasn't done, though -- not even close. Schindler scored to open the final period, then Dawson struck for a pair.

Noah Talbot found rope for his first pro goal in the ninth minute, and Derks finished his hat trick a minute and a half later.

When Matt Dwane finally snapped Anaheim's 26-minute, ten-goals-against drought, the score was 17-9 and less than ninety seconds remained in the ballgame.

Chris Seller got the Storm to double digits a minute later, closing out the scoring on one of Anaheim's most bizarre losses ever (and that's saying something).

Dawson led the attack with four goals and three assists, with Schindler (two goals, two assists) and Derks (three goals) contributing mightily.

Anaheim's top scorer was Dwane, and he only managed a goal and two assists. In fact, only Seller could manufacture more than one goal for the Storm.

Next up for Anaheim is a trip to Buffalo a week from tonight. Arizona returns to action next Sunday, at Colorado.