2011 Minnesota Swarm season

2011 Minnesota Swarm
League NLL
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)

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.

Standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits – xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 4–4 6–2 169 159 +10 10.56 9.94
2 Toronto Rock – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 7–1 3–5 187 168 +19 11.69 10.50
3 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 4–4 6–2 176 159 +17 11.00 9.94
4 Boston Blazers – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 4–4 4–4 166 155 +11 10.38 9.69
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 5 11 0.313 5.0 2–6 3–5 143 179 -36 8.94 11.19
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 198 181 +17 12.38 11.31
2 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 187 180 +7 11.69 11.25
3 Washington Stealth – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 3–5 5–3 203 198 +5 12.69 12.38
4 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 151 172 -21 9.44 10.75
5 Edmonton Rush 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 4–4 1–7 175 204 -29 10.94 12.75

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 8, 2011 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center L 10–11 OT 8,242 0–1
2 January 14, 2011 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett W 16–8 3,362 1–1
3 January 22, 2011 Edmonton Rush Xcel Energy Center W 9–8 7,042 2–1
4 January 29, 2011 Washington Stealth Xcel Energy Center W 11–10 OT 8,911 3–1
5 February 4, 2011 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 12–15 15,001 3–2
6 February 12, 2011 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–12 4,940 3–3
7 February 19, 2011 Boston Blazers Xcel Energy Center L 11–14 7,051 3–4
8 February 20, 2011 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 12–10 15,825 4–4
9 March 4, 2011 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 11–10 OT 13,957 5–4
10 March 25, 2011 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 13–14 7,035 5–5
11 March 27, 2011 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 9–12 9,294 5–6
12 April 1, 2011 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 12–15 10,486 5–7
13 April 2, 2011 Calgary Roughnecks Xcel Energy Center W 13–8 6,504 6–7
14 April 9, 2011 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 15–16 OT 4,864 6–8
15 April 16, 2011 Philadelphia Wings Xcel Energy Center W 11–8 9,635 7–8
16 April 23, 2011 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center W 12–8 9,623 8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 30, 2011 Washington Stealth Xcel Energy Center L 8–14 5,878 0–1

Roster

2011 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  4 United States Joe Cinosky
  • 12 Canada Eric Pacey (A)
  • 16 Canada Noah Talbot
  • 23 Canada Jon Sullivan
  • 24 Canada Rory Smith
  • 34 Canada Nick Inch
  • 85 United States Matt Kelly
  •    Canada Nik Bilic
  •    Canada Kiel Donahue
  •    Canada Ben Salo
Forwards
Transition
  •  9 Canada Tyler Hass
  • 11 Canada Rich Morgan
  • 15 Canada Shayne Bennett
  • 20 Canada Andrew Suitor
  • 22 Canada Andrew Watt
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

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.