2008 Minnesota Swarm season

2008 Minnesota Swarm
2008 record 10-6
Home record 6-2
Road record 4-4
Goals for 199
Goals against 196
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Duane Jacobs
Captain Ryan Cousins
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 10,331
Team leaders
Goals Ryan Ward (33)
Assists Andy Secore (48)
Points Andy Secore (76)
Penalties in minutes Travis Hill (86)
Loose Balls Travis Hill (108)
Wins Nick Patterson (10)
Goals against average Nick Patterson (11.99)

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The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th in franchise history.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 7-2 3-4 203 174
x-Minnesota Swarm 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 199 196
x-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-1 5-5 197 186
x-Philadelphia Wings 10 6 - .625 7-1 3-5 225 220
e-Rochester Knighthawks 8 8 2 .500 4-4 4-4 197 171
e-Toronto Rock 7 9 3 .438 4-5 3-4 172 174
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 176 212
West Division                
y-San Jose Stealth 9 7 - .563 4-4 5-3 185 172
x-Colorado Mammoth 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 184 167
x-Calgary Roughnecks 7 9 2 .438 5-3 2-6 183 178
x-Portland LumberJax 6 10 3 .375 3-5 3-5 179 194
e-Edmonton Rush 4 11 5 .250 3-5 1-7 141 197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 11 @ Toronto W 17 - 16 OT 13,317 1-0
2 January 12 Toronto W 11 - 4 10,104 2-0
3 January 26 @ Rochester W 18 - 17 OT 9,686 3-0
4 February 2 @ San Jose W 14 - 12 3,895 4-0
5 February 8 New York W 16 - 9 10,204 5-0
6 February 10 Portland W 14 - 13 OT 11,244 6-0
7 February 16 @ Buffalo L 16 - 14 14,446 6-1
8 February 22 @ Philadelphia L 17 - 8 10,342 6-2
9 March 8 @ Buffalo L 11 - 7 12,313 6-3
10 March 14 Chicago W 13 - 9 13,004 7-3
11 March 29 @ Chicago L 15 - 10 4,036 7-4
12 April 5 New York W 12 - 9 10,854 8-4
13 April 12 Philadelphia W 15 - 14 OT 12,830 9-4
14 April 19 Rochester L 11 - 8 11,568 9-5
15 April 25 Chicago L 12 - 10 11,439 9-6
16 April 26 @ Chicago W 12 - 11 6,014 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 3 New York L 11 - 8 11,088

Player stats

Reference: [3]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
Andy Secore 14 28 48 76 59 4
Ryan Ward 16 33 36 69 56 10
Craig Point 16 27 34 61 74 8
Sean Pollock 16 24 36 60 64 26
Chad Culp 16 23 32 55 89 14
Mike Hominuck 7 5 16 21 35 2
Ryan Sharp 15 9 11 20 78 72
Dean Hill 7 9 10 19 9 0
Rory McDade 8 4 13 17 11 4
Totals 313 512 408 1132 46

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Nick Patterson 16 905:34 10 4 181 .768 11.99
Kevin Croswell 16 63:56 0 2 12 .789 11.26
Totals 10 6 196 .766 12.25

Awards

Player Award
Craig Point Rookie of the Year
Ryan Cousins Defensive Player of the Year
Marty O'Neill NLL GM of the Year
Craig Point Rookie of the Month, February
Ryan Cousins First-Team All-Pro
Ryan Cousins All-Stars
Nick Patterson
Andy Secore
Ryan Ward

Transactions

Trades

March 5, 2008[1]
 To Minnesota Swarm
Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia)
Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia)
second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton)		 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota)
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)		 To Philadelphia Wings
AJ Shannon (from Edmonton)
fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)
March 11, 2008[2]
 To Minnesota Swarm
Ian Rubel		 To Toronto Rock
second round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
27 Fwd Achenbach, Colin
18 Def Biers, Andrew
3 Def Courtney, Chris
50 Def Cousins, Ryan
11 Fwd Cromwell, Keith
31 Goalie Croswell, Kevin
19 Fwd Culp, Chad
 ? Favero, Brad
Goalie Goodleaf, Angus
Def Halls, Darren
Fwd Hill, Dean
47 Fwd Hill, Travis
Fwd Hominuck, Mike
34 Def Inch, Nick
 ? Jackson, Marc
Def Kemp, Riley
No. Position Player
7 Fwd Marohl, Dan
8 Fwd McDade, Rory
Def McLean, Ashton
 ? Milkowski, Kevin
Def Miyashita, Mark
24 Fwd Norbraten, Justin
12 Def Pacey, Eric
93 Goalie Patterson, Nick
9 Fwd Point, Craig
17 Fwd Pollock, Sean
20 Def Ross, Kyle
40 Def Rubel, Ian
21 Fwd Secore, Andy
26 Trans Sharp, Ryan
23 Def Sullivan, Jon
16 Fwd Talbot, Noah
44 Fwd Ward, Ryan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt". NLL.com. March 5, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3350. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  2. ^ "Toronto Trades Rubel to Minnesota". NLL.com. March 11, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3358. Retrieved 2008-05-02. 
East
Buffalo • Chicago • Minnesota • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West