2009 Minnesota Swarm season

2009 Minnesota Swarm
League NLL
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)

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.

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 New York Titans xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 53 53 190 180 +10 11.88 11.25
2 Buffalo Bandits x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 53 53 223 170 +53 13.94 10.63
3 Boston Blazers x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 44 62 181 168 +13 11.31 10.50
4 Rochester Knighthawks x 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 62 17 169 197 -28 10.56 12.31
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 44 35 188 193 -5 11.75 12.06
6 Toronto Rock 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 35 35 194 218 -24 12.13 13.63
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 53 71 206 167 +39 12.88 10.44
2 Portland LumberJax x 16 9 7 0.563 3.0 44 53 181 177 +4 11.31 11.06
3 San Jose Stealth x 16 7 9 0.438 5.0 53 26 200 185 +15 12.50 11.56
4 Colorado Mammoth x 16 7 9 0.438 5.0 44 35 172 184 -12 10.75 11.50
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 26 44 174 198 -24 10.88 12.38
6 Edmonton Rush 16 5 11 0.313 7.0 44 17 159 200 -41 9.94 12.50

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 3, 2009 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden W 117 7,121 10
2 January 10, 2009 San Jose Stealth Xcel Energy Center W 107 13,094 20
3 January 24, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 910 11,458 21
4 February 6, 2009 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 813 10,090 22
5 February 7, 2009 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 813 11,174 23
6 February 20, 2009 Boston Blazers Xcel Energy Center L 1216 12,106 24
7 February 21, 2009 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 1213 10,559 25
8 February 27, 2009 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1310 13,324 35
9 February 28, 2009 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena W 1615 18,690 45
10 March 14, 2009 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 1312 10,160 55
11 March 22, 2009 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 1113 15,594 56
12 March 28, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Xcel Energy Center L 1013 12,364 57
13 April 3, 2009 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 818 5,618 58
14 April 4, 2009 Edmonton Rush Xcel Energy Center W 97 12,476 68
15 April 11, 2009 Portland LumberJax Xcel Energy Center L 1419 12,574 69
16 April 18, 2009 New York Titans Xcel Energy Center L 1012 13,219 610

Player stats

Reference:[3]

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.[4] The Swarm selected the following players:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
18 Andrew Watt Robert Morris College
111 Kevin Buchanan Ohio State University
113 Joe Cinosky University of Maryland
224 Tom Michaelsen St John's University
438 Ricky Pages Ohio State University
440 Justin Haworth Limestone College
673 Bruce Bickford Drexel University

Roster

2009 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  4 United States Joe Cinosky
  • 50 Canada Ryan Cousins (C)
  • 21 Canada Kevin Fines
  •  5 United States Josh Funk
  • 28 Canada Darren Halls
  • 34 Canada Nick Inch
  • 12 Canada Eric Pacey
  • 23 Canada Jon Sullivan
Forwards
Transition
  • 26 Canada Ryan Sharp
Practice Squad
  • -- United States Bruce Bickford
  • 15 Canada Brad Favero
  • 55 Canada Angus Goodleaf
  • 14 Canada Marc Jackson
  • 11 United States Tom Michaelson
  • 13 United States Ricky Pages
  • -- United States 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

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