2012 Minnesota Swarm season

2012 Minnesota Swarm
2012 record
General Manager David Zygaj
Coach Mike Lines
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders

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The 2012 Minnesota Swarm season will be the eighth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
Buffalo Bandits .000 0–0 0–0
Philadelphia Wings .000 0–0 0–0
Rochester Knighthawks .000 0–0 0–0
Toronto Rock .000 0–0 0–0
West Division                
Calgary Roughnecks .000 0–0 0–0
Colorado Mammoth .000 0–0 0–0
Edmonton Rush .000 0–0 0–0
Minnesota Swarm .000 0–0 0–0
Washington Stealth .000 0–0 0–0

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

Game log

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record [1]
1 January 14 @ Colorado
2 January 28 Buffalo
3 February 4 @ Rochester
4 February 10 Edmonton
5 February 12 Rochester
6 February 18 Colorado
7 February 24 @ Washington
8 March 3 @ Calgary
9 March 17 @ Buffalo
10 March 25 @ Washington
11 March 30 Calgary
12 March 31 @ Edmonton
13 April 6 @ Philadelphia
14 April 14 Washington
15 April 21 Philadelphia
16 April 28 Colorado

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2011[2] To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft
4th round pick in 2011 Entry Draft
2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft
To Edmonton Rush
Aaron Wilson
Ryan Cousins
Kevin Croswell
2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft
September 6, 2011[3] To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Anthony Cosmo)
To Colorado Mammoth
Jon Sullivan
Rory Smith
Sean Pollock
September 9, 2011[4] To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Greg Downing)
2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft
1st round pick in 2012 Entry Draft
Jeff Gilbert
To Toronto Rock
Josh Sanderson
Nick Inch
October 25, 2011[5] To Minnesota Swarm
4th round pick, 2013 entry draft
To Buffalo Bandits
Mat Giles

Dispersal Draft

The Swarm chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round Overall Player
1 3 Anthony Cosmo
1 4 Josh Sanderson
2 13 Mitch Belisle
3 22 Jason Duboe
4 30 Tyler Collins

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[6] The Swarm selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 4 Jordan MacIntosh Rochester Institute of Technology
1 6 Evan Kirk Hobart College
2 12 Corbyn Tao Robert Morris University
3 19 Jay Card Hofstra University
3 27 David Earl Notre Dame University
4 29 Brian Karalunas Villanova University
4 31 Patrick Smith Robert Morris
5 39 Jeremy Boltus Army
6 48 Todd Baxter Denver University

Roster

Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  • 4 Joe Cinosky
  • 16 Noah Talbot
  • 85 Matt Kelly
  • -- Mitch Belisle
  • -- Dan Ball
  • -- Nik Bilic
  • -- Michael Brascia
  • -- Kiel Donahue
  • -- Brendon Doran
  • -- Jeff Gilbert
  • -- Brian Karalunas
  • -- Joe Wasson
Forwards

Transition

  • 9 Tyler Hass
  • 11 Rich Morgan
  • 15 Shayne Bennett
  • 20 Andrew Suitor
  • 22 Andrew Watt
  • -- Greg Downing
  • -- David Earl
  • -- Jordan MacIntosh
Practice Squad

Holdout

Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Aime Caines
  • Joe Sullivan
  • Bob Keast

Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2011-11-29
NLL Transactions

See also

References