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Swarm trade Culp acquire Crawford in threeteam trade LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMaineotText Size(NLL) The Minnesota Swarm acquired forward Callum Crawford from the Edmonton Rush in a threeteam trade on Tuesday As part of the deal the Swarm sent forward Chad Culp to the Colorado Mammoth who traded forward Ryan Powell to EdmontonCrawford 25 recorded 41 points and 48 loose balls in 13 contests with the Edmonton last year Prior to his time with the Rush Crawford spent the 2008 season with the Chicago Shamrox and finished with 27 points along with 37 loose balls The native of Calgary AB has tallied 99 points 27 PIM and 142 loose balls over his fouryear career in the league with Edmonton Chicago San Jose and CalgaryTrading Chad was one of the hardest moves Ive ever had to make in my career He brought a ton of character to our team and contributed a lot on the field whether it was scoring goals hustling or making plays on special teams said Swarm general manager Marty ONeill Basically we needed to add some insurance to our right side and we had seven lefthanders fighting for five spots in camp It just made sense for us to go out and get another quality righthanded forward in CallumCulp 27 was one of the original members of the inaugural Swarm team in 2005 Last season the native of Fergus ON appeared in 15 contests for the Swarm tallying 35 points 7 PIM and 87 loose balls Culp finishes his tenure in Minnesota ranked third in team history in points (223) goals (86) and assists (137)Powell an eightyear veteran spent the last four seasons with the Portland LumberJax and was picked up by Orlando Titans in the 2009 NLL Dispersal Draft and then traded to Colorado Mammoth for Matt Danowski Last season with the Jax Powell notched 18 goals and 44 assists for 62 points two shy of his careerbest total logged one year earlier Through 100 career NLL regularseason games Powell has racked up 119 goals and 207 assists for 326 points along with 442 loose ballsRyan will obviously play a significant role for us particularly as a setup man with his excellent passing abilities said Rush head coach and general manager Derek Keenan Ryan is also a biggame player as he showed during the Champions Cup run with Portland two years ago He will be an exciting complement to the muchimproved offensive attack we have in store for the 2010 seasonlog inBe the first to submit a comment!log in(Photo Bruce Kluckhohn)Share ThisHighlights TOR 2 BUF 3Rookie Tyler Myers led the way as the Sabres earned their tenth straight win...