2009 Minnesota Swarm season

2009 Minnesota Swarm
Division 5th West
2009 record 6-10
Home record 2-6
Road record 4-4
Goals for 174
Goals against 198
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Duane Jacobs
Captain Ryan Cousins
Alternate captains Ryan Ward
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 11,851
Team leaders
Goals Sean Pollock (26)
Assists Sean Pollock (39)
Points Sean Pollock (65)
Penalties in minutes Ryan Sharp (34)
Loose Balls Ryan Sharp (89)
Wins Kevin Croswell (3)
Nick Patterson (3)
Goals against average Kevin Croswell (11.21)

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The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 5th in franchise history.

The Swarm played their first four seasons in the East division, but because of the addition of the Boston Blazers and the demise of the Arizona Sting, they were moved to the West division for the 2009 season.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 190 180
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 223 170
x-Boston Blazers 10 6 - .625 4-4 6-2 181 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 3 .438 6-2 1-7 169 197
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 4-4 3-5 188 193
e-Toronto Rock 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 194 218
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 12 4 - .750 5-3 7-1 206 167
x-Portland LumberJax 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 177
x-San Jose Stealth 7 9 5 .438 5-3 2-6 200 185
x-Colorado Mammoth 7 9 5 .438 4-4 3-5 172 184
e-Minnesota Swarm 6 10 6 .375 2-6 4-4 174 198
e-Edmonton Rush 5 11 7 .313 4-4 1-7 159 200

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 3 @ Portland W 11 - 7 7,121 1-0
2 January 10 San Jose W 10 - 7 13,094 2-0
3 January 24 Buffalo L 10 - 9 11,458 2-1
4 February 6 @ Calgary L 13 - 8 10,090 2-2
5 February 7 Colorado L 13 - 8 11,174 2-3
6 February 20 Boston L 16 - 12 12,106 2-4
7 February 21 @ Philadelphia L 13 - 12 10,559 2-5
8 February 27 @ Toronto W 13 - 10 13,324 3-5
9 February 28 @ Buffalo W 16 - 15 18,690 4-5
10 March 14 @ Philadelphia W 13 - 12 10,160 5-5
11 March 22 @ Colorado L 13 - 11 15,594 5-6
12 March 28 Calgary L 13 - 10 12,364 5-7
13 April 3 @ San Jose L 18 - 8 5,618 5-8
14 April 4 Edmonton W 9 - 7 12,476 6-8
15 April 11 Portland L 19 - 14 12,574 6-9
16 April 18 New York L 12 - 10 13,219 6-10

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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
Sean Pollock 15 26 39 65 74 14
Ryan Ward 15 20 36 56 58 4
Kevin Buchanan 11 22 23 45 58 2
Dan Marohl 13 20 25 45 35 2
Aaron Wilson 10 22 21 43 46 6
Kevin Ross 16 20 23 43 47 8
Chad Culp 15 12 23 35 87 7
Andrew Watt 13 6 11 17 68 10
Kevin Fines 12 6 5 11 65 8
Totals 281 455 262 1180 32

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
Kevin Croswell 16 519:13 3 4 97 .773 11.21
Nick Patterson 16 440:36 3 6 100 .713 13.62
Totals 6 10 198 .746 12.38

Transactions

Players not returning

Trades

November 19, 2008 To Minnesota Swarm
fourth round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Chris Courtney
September 7, 2008 To Minnesota Swarm
8th overall pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Andrew Biers
10th overall pick, 2008 entry draft
July 1, 2008 To Minnesota Swarm
second round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Chris McKay

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[1] The Swarm selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 8 Andrew Watt Robert Morris College
1 11 Kevin Buchanan Ohio State University
1 13 Joe Cinosky University of Maryland
2 24 Tom Michaelsen St John's University
4 38 Ricky Pages Ohio State University
4 40 Justin Haworth Limestone College
6 73 Bruce Bickford Drexel University

Roster

2009 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  •  4 Joe Cinosky
  • 50 Ryan Cousins (C)
  • 21 Kevin Fines
  •  5 Josh Funk
  • 28 Darren Halls
  • 34 Nick Inch
  • 12 Eric Pacey
  • 23 Jon Sullivan
 Forwards
  • 27 Colin Achenbach
  • 33 Kevin Buchanan
  • 19 Chad Culp
  • 47 Travis Hill
  •  7 Dan Marohl
  •  8 Rory McDade
  • 17 Sean Pollock
  • 71 Kevin Ross
  • 16 Noah Talbot
  • 44 Ryan Ward (A)
  • 22 Andrew Watt
  • 10 Aaron Wilson

Transition

  • 26 Ryan Sharp
 Practice Squad
  • -- Bruce Bickford
  • 15 Brad Favero
  • 55 Angus Goodleaf
  • 14 Marc Jackson
  • 12 Dan Nides
  • 11 Tom Michaelson
  • 13 Ricky Pages
  • -- Ross Zimmerman
 Head Coach
  • Duane Jacobs

Assistant Coaches

  • Mike Lines
  • Derek Moffat
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
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