2011 Minnesota Swarm season

2011 Minnesota Swarm
Division 2nd West
2011 record 8-8
Home record 5-3
Road record 3-5
Goals for 187
Goals against 180
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Mike Lines
Captain Ryan Cousins
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals Ryan Benesch (46)
Assists Ryan Benesch (49)
Points Ryan Benesch (95)
Penalties in minutes Rory Smith (47)
Loose Balls Andrew Suitor (108)
Wins Nick Patterson (7)
Goals against average Nick Patterson (11.08)

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The 2011 Minnesota Swarm season was the seventh season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

Contents

Standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 169 159
x-Toronto Rock 10 6 – .625 7-1 3-5 187 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 176 159
x-Boston Blazers 8 8 2.0 .500 4-4 4-4 166 155
Philadelphia Wings 5 11 5.0 .312 2-6 3-5 143 179
West Division                
z-Calgary Roughnecks 11 5 – .688 6-2 5-3 198 181
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3.0 .500 5-3 3-5 187 180
x-Washington Stealth 8 8 3.0 .500 3-5 5-3 203 198
x-Colorado Mammoth 5 11 6.0 .312 3-5 2-6 151 172
Edmonton Rush 5 11 6.0 .312 4-4 1-7 175 204

x - Clinched playoff berth, y - Clinched division, z - Clinched playoff home field

Game log

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8 Rochester L 11 – 10 OT 8,242 0 – 1
2 January 14 @ Washington W 16 – 8 - 3,362 1 – 1
3 January 22 Edmonton W 9 – 8 - 7,042 2 – 1
4 January 29 Washington W 11 – 10 OT 8,911 3 – 1
5 February 4 @ Buffalo L 15 – 12 - 15,001 3 – 2
6 February 12 @ Rochester L 12 – 10 - 4,940 3 – 3
7 February 19 Boston L 14 – 11 - 7,051 3 – 4
8 February 20 @ Colorado W 12 – 10 - 15,825 4 – 4
9 March 4 @ Colorado W 11 – 10 OT 13,957 5 – 4
10 March 25 @ Edmonton L 14 – 13 - 7,035 5 – 5
11 March 27 Buffalo L 12 – 9 - 9,294 5 – 6
12 April 1 @ Calgary L 15 – 12 - 10,486 5 – 7
13 April 2 Calgary W 13 – 8 - 6,504 6 – 7
14 April 9 @ Washington L 16 – 15 OT 4,864 6 – 8
15 April 16 Philadelphia W 11 – 8 - 9,635 7 – 8
16 April 23 Colorado W 12 – 8 - 9,623 8 – 8

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal Apr 30 Washington Xcel Energy Center L 14 – 8 - 5,878

Roster

Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  •  4 Joe Cinosky
  • 12 Eric Pacey (A)
  • 16 Noah Talbot
  • 23 Jon Sullivan
  • 24 Rory Smith
  • 34 Nick Inch
  • 85 Matt Kelly
  •    Nik Bilic
  •    Kiel Donahue
  •    Ben Salo
 Forwards

Transition

  •  9 Tyler Hass
  • 11 Rich Morgan
  • 15 Shayne Bennett
  • 20 Andrew Suitor
  • 22 Andrew Watt
 Practice Squad

Holdout

 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Aime Caines
  • Joe Sullivan
  • Bob Keast
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2011-07-06
NLL Transactions

See also

References

East
West
Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Washington