Titans Open Season at Home with 11-9 Win vs. Chicago

[Sonny]

NEW YORK, NY – The Chicago Shamrox fell to the New York Titans 11-9 on Saturday night in front of more than 13,000 people in the first indoor lacrosse game ever held at Madison Square Garden. The Titans got two goals each from Pat Maddalena, Ryan Boyle and Jarrett Park to power past the previously undefeated Shamrox.

The game started out slow as no goals were scored in the first 12:05 of the game. Maddalena finally got the scoring started as he snuck a power play goal past Shamrox goaltender Brandon Miller. New York native Chris Panos immediately answered back for the Shamrox as he tied the game 44 seconds later with a highlight reel behind-the-back goal.

The Titans reeled off six of the next eight goals to build an insurmountable lead. The Shamrox battled back, with the help of a hat trick by Jason Clark, but it wasn't enough as the Titans held off the hard-charging Shamrox, handing them their first loss in franchise history.

The Shamrox continue their season-high four-game road trip next Friday night against the San Jose Stealth at 9:30 p.m. CST. The Shamrox return home on Sunday, February 11 to take on the Buffalo Bandits at 3:00 p.m. CST.

Line Score 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Chicago 1 2 3 3 9
New York 2 5 2 2 11

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
New York - Pat Maddalena (powerplay) (Mike McLellan, Ryan Boyle) 12:05
Chicago - Chris Panos (Thomas Montour) 12:49
New York - Ryan Boyle (shorthanded) (Pat Maddalena, Brendan Mundorf) 14:56

2nd Quarter
New York - Ryan Boyle (Casey Powell, Roy Colsey) 0:57
Chicago - Mike Hobbins (Thomas Montour) 3:38
Chicago - Zach Heffner (shorthanded) (unassisted) 4:34
New York - Mike McLellan (Pat Maddalena, Ryan Boyle) 6:51
New York - Jarett Park (unassisted) 7:16
New York - Pat Maddalena (Brian Tower) 8:14
New York - Brendan Mundorf (powerplay) (Pat Maddalena, Roy Colsey) 13:09

3rd Quarter
Chicago - Josh Wasson (powerplay) (Chris Panos, Jon Harasym) 1:27
Chicago - Jason Clark (powerplay) (Jon Harasym, Josh Wasson) 2:03
Chicago - Jon Harasym (powerplay) (Jason Clark) 3:51
New York - Joseph Ghedina (Jarett Park) 9:45
New York - Mike McLellan (powerplay) (Casey Powell, Brendan Mundorf) 12:11

4th Quarter
New York - Bobby Horsey (Blake Miller, Matt Alrich) 2:12
New York - Jarett Park (shorthanded) (Curtis Palidwor) 3:07
Chicago - Jason Clark (Chris Panos, Jon Harasym) 4:40
Chicago - Jason Clark (unassisted) 11:38
Chicago - Josh Wasson (extra attacker) (Bill McGlone, Jon Harasym) 14:00

[Sonny]

NY Press Release:

The New York Titans played their home opener at Madison Square Garden in front of a crowd of 13,127 fans as they defeated Chicago 11-9. The Titans-Chicago match was the first ever lacrosse game played at Madison Square Garden, the world's most famous arena. The win brings the Titans' season record to 1-2.

Pat Maddalena was the Titans leader in points, recording 2 goals and 3 assists. Jarrett Park and Ryan Boyle each contributed 2 goals for the Titans. Brendan Mundorf, the Titans' first pick in the 2006 National Lacrosse League entry draft scored his first goal of the season during the match.

Titans goalie Curtis Palidwor made 56 saves. For Chicago, Mike Hobbins and Zach Heffner scored 1 goal each.

The Titans play their next game at home on Friday, January 26 at 7:30pm at Nassau Coliseum against the Philadelphia Wings.

[EvanFSU]

I was at the game...great crowd...and there was a promotional bar crawl beforehand. If anyone is in the NYC area should definitely check out the next home game as it was a blast