2007 Minnesota Swarm season

2007 Minnesota Swarm
League NLL
Division 3rd East
2007 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 200
Goals against 207
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Duane Jacobs
Captain Ryan Cousins
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 9,733
Team leaders
Goals Chris Panos (30)
Assists Ryan Ward (52)
Points Ryan Ward (75)
Penalties in minutes Mike Kilby (56)
Loose Balls Ryan Cousins (108)
Wins Nick Patterson (8)
Goals against average Nick Patterson (11.43)

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 3rd season in the league.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

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

1 Rochester Knighthawks xyz 16 14 2 0.875 0.0 80 62 249 194 +55 15.56 12.13
2 Buffalo Bandits x 16 10 6 0.625 4.0 62 44 207 188 +19 12.94 11.75
3 Minnesota Swarm x 16 9 7 0.563 5.0 44 53 200 207 -7 12.50 12.94
4 Toronto Rock x 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 35 35 187 183 +4 11.69 11.44
5 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 44 26 176 191 -15 11.00 11.94
6 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 8.0 44 26 178 186 -8 11.13 11.63
7 New York Titans 16 4 12 0.250 10.0 35 17 195 233 -38 12.19 14.56
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Colorado Mammoth xy 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 71 53 209 179 +30 13.06 11.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 44 53 219 202 +17 13.69 12.63
3 Arizona Sting x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 62 35 188 181 +7 11.75 11.31
4 San Jose Stealth x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 44 53 181 170 +11 11.31 10.63
5 Edmonton Rush 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 44 26 160 189 -29 10.00 11.81
6 Portland LumberJax 16 4 12 0.250 8.0 35 17 153 199 -46 9.56 12.44

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 13, 2007 Chicago Shamrox Xcel Energy Center L 1011 10,544 01
2 January 19, 2007 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 1110 8,174 11
3 January 20, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1322 12,883 12
4 January 27, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 1415 11,462 13
5 February 2, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 118 6,281 23
6 February 17, 2007 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden W 1514 7,026 33
7 February 18, 2007 New York Titans Xcel Energy Center W 1714 9,056 43
8 February 24, 2007 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre W 1911 6,101 53
9 March 4, 2007 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 1516 7,504 54
10 March 18, 2007 Philadelphia Wings Xcel Energy Center W 119 7,524 64
11 March 23, 2007 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center L 613 8,184 65
12 March 31, 2007 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 911 10,114 66
13 April 6, 2007 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1311 15,469 76
14 April 7, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 919 9,536 77
15 April 13, 2007 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 118 11,738 87
16 April 14, 2007 Arizona Sting Xcel Energy Center W 1615 14,144 97

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 22, 2007 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 814 9,003 01

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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
Ryan Ward 15 23 52 75 44 6
Sean Pollock 15 26 41 67 60 28
Dean Hill 14 32 21 53 29 4
Kasey Beirnes 15 23 20 43 49 8
Spencer Martin 14 14 27 41 56 15
Scott Stewart 15 17 23 40 57 4
Chad Culp 11 13 24 37 29 12
Mike Hominuck 6 12 16 28 25 2
Ryan Cousins 16 9 14 23 108 16
Totals 323 523 336 1053 52

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 16 656:19 7 5 125 .775 11.43
Matt Disher 16 300:58 2 2 81 .676 16.15
Totals 9 7 207 .743 12.94

Awards

Player Award
Marty O'Neill NLL GM of the Year
Ryan Cousins NLL Defensive Player of the Year
Ryan Cousins First Team All-Pro
Nick Patterson Second Team All-Pro
Ryan Cousins All-Stars
Ryan Ward

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 2007[5]
To Minnesota Swarm
Mike Hominuck
To Portland LumberJax
Kelly Hall
February 9, 2007[6]
To Minnesota Swarm
Ryan Sharp
To Portland LumberJax
1st round pick, 2007 entry draft
2nd round pick, 2007 entry draft
3rd round pick, 2008 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[7]

No. Position Player
22 Canada Fwd Beirnes, Kasey
18 Canada Def Biers, Andrew
10 Canada Def Boyle, Brock
50 Canada Def Cousins, Ryan
19 Canada Fwd Culp, Chad
1 Canada Goalie Disher, Matt
Canada Fwd Hall, Kelly
73 Canada Fwd Hill, Dean
47 United States Fwd Hill, Travis
90 Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
77 Canada Def Kemp, Riley
55 Canada Def Kilby, Mike
15 Canada Fwd Martin, Spencer
No. Position Player
8 Canada Fwd McDade, Rory
6 United States Def McLean, Ashton
Canada Def Miyashita, Mark
12 Canada Def Pacey, Eric
93 Canada Goalie Patterson, Nick
Fwd Perkins, Eric
17 Canada Fwd Pollock, Sean
20 Canada Def Ross, Kyle
26 Canada Def Sharp, Ryan
48 Canada Fwd Stewart, Scott
23 Canada Def Sullivan, Jon
16 Canada Fwd Talbot, Noah
44 Canada Fwd Ward, Ryan

See also

References

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