Minnesota Swarm

Minnesota Swarm
Minnesota Swarm
Division Western
Founded 2004
Home Arena Xcel Energy Center
Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Colors Yellow, Blue, White
Head Coach Mike Lines
Associate General Manager Joe Sullivan
Local media KARE, KFAN (AM), KXXR
Website mnswarm.com
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Minnesota Swarm is a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team plays on Treasure Island Field at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The team's previous owners (Minnesota Sports & Entertainment) who also own the NHL's Minnesota Wild purchased the rights to the inactive Montreal Express team on August 10, 2004. The name Swarm was selected over Thrill, Rush and Bullheads on October 25, 2004.

On July 16, 2008, John J. Arlotta and his son Andy Arlotta were officially announced as the team's new owners.[1]

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History

The Minnesota Swarm played their first exhibition game on December 10, 2004 against the Colorado Mammoth. The team drew over 14,000 fans — a record for an NLL preseason game, though most of the tickets were free. The Swarm's first regular season game was in Rochester against the Knighthawks on January 1, 2005, in which the Swarm won 12-11. Craig Conn scored the first goal in franchise history. Their first home regular season game was January 21, 2005 against the Buffalo Bandits. The coach of the team for the first season was Mike Simpson and the general manager was Marty O'Neill.


Forward Craig Conn and defenseman Ryan Cousins were named reserves for the East Division All-Star Team at the 2005 NLL All Star Game. Ryder Bateman ranked tied for second among NLL rookies in goals and third in scoring. The team finished the season with a 5-11 record. In August 2005, Adam Mueller was named as the head coach of the team.

The Swarm made the NLL playoffs after the 2006 season with an 8-8 record. In July 2006 Adam Mueller resigned as coach and was replaced on August 1 by Duane Jacobs. In 2007 the Swarm improved to a 9-7 record, again making the playoffs. General Manager Marty O'Neill was named NLL GM of the Year.[2] Nate Lowery has been a high valued prospect attackmen that the Swarm have really been after. However, he has declined their offer to go pro and is going to Hood College to up his draft status.

In Week 7 of the 2008 NLL season, the Swarm established a league record by running up a 12-0 lead before the New York Titans broke their scoreless streak in the third quarter of the contest.[3] For the third year in a row, the Swarm improved their record over the previous season, finishing with a 10-6 record. They lost to the New York Titans in the division semi-finals, but GM Marty O'Neill was once again named NLL GM of the Year,[4] becoming the only multiple winner of this award.

Minnesota finished the 2009 season with a 6-10 record. The team failed to make it to the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. Kevin Buchanan led all Swarm rookies in goals (22), assists (23) and points (45). He received NLL Rookie of the Week honors twice and was named to the All-Rookie Team. After serving as an assistant coach from 2008-09, Mike Lines was named as head coach of the Swarm in August of 2009.

The Swarm finished the 2010 season with a 5-11 record, and advanced to the postseason were it fell 14-10 to the eventual NLL Champion Washington Stealth in the first round of the playoffs. During the 2010 season, Minnesota had three of the league’s Top 10 scorers in Callum Crawford, Aaron Wilson, and Ryan Benesch. Callum Crawford also set two Swarm records by tallying 96 points and 64 assists during the season.

Improving to an 8-8 record in the 2011 season, the Swarm advanced to the playoffs and was defeated 14-8 by the Washington Stealth for the second consecutive year in the first round of the playoffs. Ryan Benesch led the league as the Top Scorer with 95 points and also led the league with 46 goals, setting a new Swarm record. Representing the Swarm in the Western Division All-Star game, Ryan Benesch and Nick Patterson were selected as starters for the team and Callum Crawford and Andrew Watt were named as reserves.

Awards & honors

Year Player Award
2011 Ryan Benesch NLL Scoring Title [5]
2009 John J. Arlotta Executive of the Year [6]
2008 Marty O'Neill GM of the Year [4]
Tom Garrity Executive of the Year [7]
Ryan Cousins Defensive Player of the Year [8]
Craig Point Rookie of the Year [9]
2007 Marty O'Neill GM of the Year [2]
Ryan Cousins Defensive Player of the Year [10]

Roster

Minnesota Swarm rosterview · talk · edit
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  • 4 United States Joe Cinosky
  • 16 Canada Noah Talbot
  • 85 United States Matt Kelly
  • -- United States Mitch Belisle
  • -- Canada Nik Bilic
  • -- Canada Tyler Collins
  • -- Canada Kiel Donahue
  • -- United States Jason Duboe
  • -- Canada Jeff Gilbert
  • -- United States Brian Karalunas
  • -- 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
  • -- United States Greg Downing
  • -- United States David Earl
  • -- Canada 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


All time Record

Season Division W-L Finish Home Road GF GA Coach Playoffs
2005 Eastern 5-11 5th 2-6 3-5 188 231 Mike Simpson Missed playoffs
2006 Eastern 8-8 4th 3-5 5-3 158 171 Adam Mueller Lost in division semifinals
2007 Eastern 9-7 3rd 4-4 5-3 200 207 Duane Jacobs Lost in division semifinals
2008 Eastern 10-6 1st 6-2 4-4 199 176 Duane Jacobs Lost in division semifinals
2009 Western 6-10 5th 2-6 4-4 174 198 Duane Jacobs Missed playoffs
2010 Western 5-11 4th 3-5 2-6 189 201 Mike Lines Lost in division semifinals
2011 Western 8-8 2nd 5-3 3-5 187 180 Mike Lines Lost in division semifinals
Total 7 seasons 51-59   25-31 26-30 1,295 1,364    
Playoff Totals   0-5   0-2 0-3 44 64    

Playoff Results

Season Game Visiting Home
2006 Division Semifinal Minnesota 10 Buffalo 11
2007 Division Semifinal Minnesota 8 Buffalo 14
2008 Division Semifinal New York 11 Minnesota 8
2010 Division Semifinal Minnesota 10 Washington 14
2011 Division Semifinal Washington 14 Minnesota 8

Team Records

Single Season

Category Player Count Year
Goals Ryan Benesch 46 2011
Assists Callum Crawford 64 2010
Points Callum Crawford 96 2010
PIM Travis Hill 86 2008
Loose Balls Jay Thorimbert 152 2010
Saves Nick Patterson 598 2008

Publicity

As a promotional stunt for the 2007 season opener, local sports newscaster Eric Perkins signed a one-game contract to play for the Swarm. Commercials were aired on NBC showing Perkins at a news conference taunting the Chicago Shamrox. He did end up getting 8 seconds of playing time in the 11-10 loss. In 2008, The Swarm announced that they would be retiring Perkins' number 66. [11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Swarm Introduce New Ownership". NLL.com. July 16, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3549. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 
  2. ^ a b "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 3, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2928. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  3. ^ "Minnesota routs New York, 16-9". NLL.com. February 8, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3277. Retrieved 2008-02-14. 
  4. ^ a b "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3474. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  5. ^ "2011 Regular Season - All Players". NLL.com. http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&season_id=54. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
  6. ^ "John J. Arlotta Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 6, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3957. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  7. ^ "Tom Garrity Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 6, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3469. Retrieved 2008-05-06. 
  8. ^ "Cousins Named Edge Defensive Player of the Year". NLL.com. May 12, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3479. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
  9. ^ "Point Named Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 13, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3482. Retrieved 2008-05-13. 
  10. ^ "Cousins named Defensive Player of the Year". NLL.com. May 1, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2924. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  11. ^ "Eric Perkins Jersey to be retired". MNSwarm.com. http://www.mnswarm.com/news/news.asp?news_id=349. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  12. ^ Chavez, Bob (March 4, 2008). "Swarm to retire jersey of a legend". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/03/04/swarm-to-retire-jersey-of-a-legend/. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 

See also

  • Minnesota Swarm seasons

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