Around the National Lacrosse League for the games of Week Eleven, 13-14 March 2009. (Summaries are based on best-available information and may be amended as necessary.)

Calgary Roughnecks at Edmonton Rush
Friday, 9:30 PM - Rexall Place
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Dane Dobbie scored seven goals as the Roughnecks trounced the Rush, 22-10.

For all intents and purposes, the game was over fifteen minutes after it started. Led by two goals each from Dobbie and Scott Ranger, Calgary (7-2) staked out a 5-0 lead. By the end of the first quarter, it was 10-1.

We here at the Outsider's Guide would like to report that things got better for Edmonton (3-7) in the second quarter, even if that simply means the Rush doubled its offense and halved Calgary's. Indeed, the Rush netted two goals in the period (Callum Crawford and Dan Teat) and limited the Riggers to just four (although Ranger and Dobbie were both at four goals by this point).

The second half kicked off with an old-fashioned line brawl, with nine players earning misconducts. Edmonton drew the short end of the stick, losing five players (Jim Quinlan, Ryan McNish, Chris McElroy, Jamie Floris, and Shayne Bennett) and head coach Bob Hamley to Calgary's four (Jeff Shattler, Mike Kilby, Kyle Couling and Scott Carnegie); only Rigger defenseman Devan Wray escaped penalty.

Moments later, Dobbie netted his fifth goal of the night, followed by two by Curt Malawsky and another from Dobbie -- 18-3, Calgary. Teat responded with a pair for the Rush later in the period, part of a 4-2 run that made the score 20-7 at the end of the third quarter.

Edmonton went on to "win" the fourth quarter, three goals to two, as the Riggers finally took their foot off Edmonton's throat. Teat and Mike Hominuck scored late for the Rush, following yet another Dobbie goal.

Dobbie led all scorers with eleven points (7 goals, 4 assists), although he got a challenge from teammates Scott Ranger (4 goals, 6 assists) and Sanderson (3 goals, 6 assists). Teat (4 goals, 1 assist) and Hominuck (2 goals, 3 assists) had five points each for the Rush.

Colorado Mammoth at San Jose Stealth
Saturday, 3:30 PM - HP Pavilion
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Led by Brian Langtry's four goals, the Mammoth gored the Stealth in a Saturday matinee, 14-11.

Colorado (5-4) snapped an early 2-2 tie with three straight goals to close out the first quarter -- Gavin Prout, Chris Gill and Langtry.

Colin Doyle scored early in the second quarter to bring San Jose (3-7) to within two goals, but Jamie Shewchuk soon countered for the Mammoth. A Jeff Zywicki goal pulled the Stealth to within 6-4, but, again, Shewchuk had the response. Cam Sedgwick did likewise late in the quarter, and the Mammoth countered with a pair of goals, taking a 9-5 halftime lead.

Just like the second quarter, San Jose gained a little ground in the third quarter (consecutive goals by Zywicki and Peter Veltman) but then gave them right back (Gill and Langtry). A late-period Doyle goal made the score 11-8, but Langtry got his third 58 seconds into the fourth period.

The back-and-forth scoring continued all the way to the end, when Tom Johnson netted a meaningless goal for San Jose with less than a second to play.

Langtry finished with nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) for Colorado, while Zywicki's seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) paced San Jose.

Toronto Rock at Boston Blazers
Saturday, 7:30 PM - TD Banknorth Garden
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Scott Campbell scored 37 seconds into overtime, giving the Rock a 9-8 victory over the Blazers.

The goal was Campbell's only point of the night and prevented Luke Wiles' hat trick from being spoiled.

Wiles made his mark early, scoring 1:10 into the game for a quick Toronto (3-7) advantage. After Daryl Veltman tied the game, Lewis Ratcliff potted a goal to put the Rock ahead, 2-1.

Wiles struck again -- twice, in fact -- early in the second quarter, pushing Toronto to a 4-1 lead. Dan Dawson scored three minutes later, bringing Boston (7-4) back within two, but Kasey Beirnes countered 13 seconds before intermission for a 5-2 lead.

Craig Conn made it 6-2 five minutes into the third quarter before the Blazers countered with goals by Gary Bining and Jay Thorimbert a few minutes later.

Brendan Thenhaus scored at 4:44 of the fourth quarter, dragging the Blazers back within a goal at 6-5. Chad Thompson's goal a few minutes later delayed the inevitable tie, accomplished on consecutive Matt Lyons goals with just under five minutes to play.

Beirnes put Toronto back in front with a goal at 11:59, then Dawson retied the game at 13:37. An unsuccessful Boston shot at the start of overtime set the stage for Campbell's game-winner seconds later.

Wiles (3 goals, 2 assists) and Dawson (2 goals, 3 assists) tied for the game high in points, five.

Minnesota Swarm at Philadelphia Wings
Saturday, 7:30 PM - Wachovia Center
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Chad Culp's goal with five seconds left in regulation gave the Swarm a 13-12 win over the Wings.

The loss ruined a strong showing by Wings forward Athan Iannucci, whose five goals helped erase an early 4-0 deficit.

Credit the usual suspects for Minnesota (5-5) with building that early advantage -- goals by Ryan Cousins, Dan Marohl, Aaron Wilson and Kevin Buchanan helped chase Brandon Miller (8 shots faced, 4 saves) from goal in a matter of seven and a half minutes.

Led by Iannucci, Philadelphia (4-7) began rallying in the second quarter. "Nooch" scored twice in the period, along with singles from Drew Westervelt and Jon Harasym, as the Wings pulled to within 6-4 by halftime.

Buchanan scored to kick off the second half, then Merrick Thomson scored about three minutes later. Twice in the third quarter, Philadelphia pulled to within a goal, only to allow Minnesota to regain the two-goal cushion each time.

The fourth quarter started on an entirely different note for the Wings, with Iannucci, Rob Van Beek and Thomson stringing together goals for a 10-9 lead, their first of the game.

That left Minnesota playing catch-up for a while, and indeed it did, tying the game on a Marohl goal at mid-quarter and (following an Iannucci goal) again moments later, courtesy of Wilson.

A Sean Pollock goal put Minnesota ahead with about two and a half minutes to play, but Thomson tied the game a minute later. With overtime looming, Minnesota held for the last shot, Chad Culp finding rope at 14:55 on a feed from Wilson.

Iannucci, even in defeat, finished as the game's top scorer, tallying five goals and three assists for an eight-point night. Wilson (3 goals, 4 assists) and Buchanan (2 goals, 5 assists) each had seven points for Minnesota.

Buffalo Bandits at Rochester Knighthawks
Saturday, 7:35 PM - Blue Cross Arena
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Shawn Evans scored 4:23 into sudden death overtime, lifting the Knighthawks past the Bandits, 15-14.

Rochester (4-5) had the hot hand early, running off four straight first-quarter goals (two by Jason Henhawk) to go up, 5-1. The Bandits recovered to get within 5-4 by the end of the quarter, with Roger Vyse scoring a goal and Cory Bomberry pumping out two more.

Craig Point scored twice for the Knighthawks early in the second quarter, but Buffalo (7-3) produced another three-goal run (Mark Steenhuis, John Tavares and Pat McCready) to tie the game, 7-7.

Another Point goal was followed by another Tavares goal, then one by Sean Greenhalgh, and a late exchange of goals made it a 10-9 game at intermission.

Tavares scored both Buffalo goals in the third quarter, while Joe Walters, Shawn Williams and Evans netted one each for the Knighthawks. Tie game, 12-12.

Vyse gave Buffalo a short-lived lead (seven seconds) early in the fourth quarter, then Williams put the Knighthawks ahead for considerably longer. It took Buffalo almost seven minutes, until the 13:56 mark, to knot the score again, on a Mike Accursi goal.

The teams played unusually deep into overtime, with Rochester getting a couple shots on goal before Evans netted the game-winner.

Evans finished with ten points (4 goals, 6 assists) to lead all scorers, while Tavares topped the Bandits with seven (4 goals, 3 assists).