2015 Minnesota Swarm season

2015 Minnesota Swarm
LeagueNLL
Division4th East
2015 record6 - 12
Home record3 - 6
Road record3 - 6
Goals for185
Goals against226
General ManagerJoe Sullivan
CoachJoe Sullivan
CaptainAndrew Suitor
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Team leaders
GoalsShayne Jackson (30)
AssistsShayne Jackson (48)
PointsShayne Jackson (78)
Penalties in minutesJason Noble (36)
Loose BallsJoel White (182)
WinsZach Higgins (5)
Goals against averageZach Higgins (11.70)

The 2015 Minnesota Swarm season is the eleventh and final season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League. Beginning in 2016 the Swarm will relocate to Duluth, Georgia and become the Georgia Swarm.

Regular season

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Current standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rockxyz18144.7780.07–27–2230185+4512.7810.28
2Rochester Knighthawksx18126.6672.07–25–4205173+3211.399.61
3Buffalo Banditsx18117.6113.07–24–5236208+2813.1111.56
4Minnesota Swarm18612.3338.03–63–6185226−4110.2812.56
5New England Black Wolves18414.22210.02–72–7186249−6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rushxy18135.7220.06–37–2241177+6413.399.83
2Colorado Mammothx1899.5004.06–33–6212218−611.7812.11
3Calgary Roughnecksx18711.3896.04–53–6212217−511.7812.06
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.03–62–7211265−5411.7214.72

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: Losses; GBGames 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

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 3, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 13–20 8,974 0–1
2 January 10, 2015 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 14–10 7,415 1–1
3 January 24, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun W 19–13 3,563 2–1
4 January 30, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 12–15 12,756 2–2
5 February 6, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 7–6 OT 9,645 3–2
6 February 13, 2015 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center L 4–16 8,945 3–3
7 February 14, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–14 8,668 3–4
8 February 28, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre L 15–21 3,259 3–5
9 March 14, 2015 New England Black Wolves Xcel Energy Center L 9–10 8,912 3–6
10 March 15, 2015 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 8–12 13,045 3–7
11 March 21, 2015 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 8–12 14,601 3–8
12 March 29, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun W 13–9 5,014 4–8
13 April 3, 2015 New England Black Wolves Xcel Energy Center W 12–8 7,599 5–8
14 April 4, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 2–10 6,294 5–9
15 April 11, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 9–12 8,986 5–10
16 April 18, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Xcel Energy Center L 6–10 8,131 5–11
17 April 25, 2015 Edmonton Rush Xcel Energy Center L 12–16 8,013 5–12
18 May 2, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 13–12 OT 9,086 6–12

Roster

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Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 44 Canada Nick Cotter (T)
  • 97 Canada Ian Crawford (D)
  • 88 Iroquois Joe Maracle (F)
  • 67 Canada Patrick Miles (D)
Unable to play
  • -- Canada Matt Gibson (F)
  • -- Canada Josh Gillam (F)
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2015-02-05
NLL Transactions

Transactions

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Trades

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July 1, 2014 To Minnesota Swarm
Brodie MacDonald
3rd overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Miles Thompson)
To Edmonton Rush
Tyler Carlson
1st overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Ben McIntosh)
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
July 29, 2014 To Minnesota Swarm
Alex Turner
To Edmonton Rush
3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft
August 13, 2014 To Minnesota Swarm
Mike Grimes
3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft
To Vancouver Stealth
Tyler Hass
Dane Stevens
August 20, 2014 To Minnesota Swarm
Ethan O'Connor
1st round selection, 2017 entry draft
To Toronto Rock
Brock Sorensen
September 22, 2014 To Minnesota Swarm
40th selection, 2014 entry draft
To New England Black Wolves
Jay Card

Entry Draft

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The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[2] The Swarm made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 3 Miles Thompson
1 5 Shane McDonald
2 10 Joe Maracle
4 29 Eric Guiltinan
5 38 Patrick Miles
5 40 Paxton Leroux

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.