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Minnesota Swarm are a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team plays at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota
The team owners (Minnesota Sports & Entertainment) who also own the NHL's Minnesota Wild purchased the rights to the inactive Montreal Express team on August 10, 2004. The name Swarm was selected over Thrill, Rush and Bullheads. The coach of the team for the first season was Mike Simpson and the general manager is Marty O'Neill.
The Minnesota Swarm played their first exhibition game on December 10, 2004 against the Colorado Mammoth. The team drew over 14,000 fans — a record for an NLL preseason game, though most of the tickets were free. The Swarm's first regular season game was in Rochester against the Knighthawks on January 1, 2005, in which the Swarm won 12-11. Craig Conn scored the first goal in franchise history. Their first home regular season game was January 21, 2005 against the Buffalo Bandits.
Forward Craig Conn and defenseman Ryan Cousins were named reserves for the East Division All-Star Team at the 2005 NLL All Star Game. Ryder Bateman ranked tied for second among NLL rookies in goals and third in scoring. The team finished the season with a 5-11 record. In August 2005, Adam Mueller was named as the head coach of the team.
The Swarm made the NLL playoffs after the 2006 season with an 8-8 record.
In July of 2006 Adam Mueller resigned as coach and was replaced on August 1 by Duane Jacobs.
[edit] Roster
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 22 |
 |
FW |
Beirnes, Kasey |
| 18 |
|
DF |
Biers, Andrew |
| 10 |
|
DF |
Boyle, Brock |
| 50 |
|
DF |
Cousins, Ryan |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Culp, Chad |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Disher, Matt |
| 47 |
 |
DF |
Hill, Travis |
| 73 |
|
FW |
Hill, Dean |
| 90 |
|
FW |
Hominuck, Mike |
| 77 |
|
DF |
Kemp, Riley |
| 55 |
|
DF |
Kilby, Mike |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 15 |
|
FW |
Martin, Spencer |
| 6 |
|
DF |
McLean, Ashton |
| 39 |
|
DF |
Miyashita, Mark |
| 12 |
|
DF |
Pacey, Eric |
| 93 |
|
GK |
Patterson, Nick |
| 17 |
|
FW |
Pollock, Sean |
| 26 |
|
DF |
Sharp, Ryan |
| 48 |
|
FW |
Stewart, Scott |
| 23 |
|
DF |
Sullivan, Jon |
| 16 |
|
DF |
Talbot, Noah |
| 44 |
|
FW |
Ward, Ryan |
|
[edit] All time Record
| Season |
Division |
W-L |
Finish |
Home |
Road |
GF |
GA |
Coach |
Playoffs |
| 2005 |
Eastern |
5-11 |
5th |
2-6 |
3-5 |
188 |
231 |
Mike Simpson |
Missed playoffs |
| 2006 |
Eastern |
8-8 |
4th |
3-5 |
5-3 |
158 |
171 |
Adam Mueller |
Lost in division semifinals |
| Total |
2 seasons |
13-19 |
|
5-11 |
8-8 |
346 |
402 |
|
|
| Playoff Totals |
|
0-1 |
|
0-0 |
0-1 |
10 |
11 |
|
|
[edit] Playoff Results
| Season |
Game |
Visiting |
Home |
| 2006 |
Division Semifinal |
Minnesota 10 |
Buffalo 11 |
[edit] Trivia
As a promotional stunt for the 2007 season opener, local sports newscaster Eric Perkins signed a one-game contract to play for the Swarm. Commercials were aired on NBC showing Perkins at a news conference taunting the Chicago Shamrox. He did end up getting some play time, though he had hardly managed to touch the ball in the few minutes he participated in the 11-10 loss.
