2008 Minnesota Swarm season

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2008 Minnesota Swarm
2008 record 10-6
Home record 6-2
Road record 4-4
Goals for 199
Goals against 196
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Duane Jacobs
Captain Ryan Cousins
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 10,331
Team leaders
Goals Ryan Ward (33)
Assists Andy Secore (48)
Points Andy Secore (76)
Penalties in minutes Travis Hill (86)
Loose Balls Travis Hill (108)
Wins Nick Patterson (10)
Goals against average Nick Patterson (11.99)

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th in franchise history.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 7-2 3-4 203 174
x-Minnesota Swarm 10 6 - .625 6-2 4-4 199 196
x-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-1 5-5 197 186
x-Philadelphia Wings 10 6 - .625 7-1 3-5 225 220
e-Rochester Knighthawks 8 8 2 .500 4-4 4-4 197 171
e-Toronto Rock 7 9 3 .438 4-5 3-4 172 174
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 176 212
West Division                
y-San Jose Stealth 9 7 - .563 4-4 5-3 185 172
x-Colorado Mammoth 9 7 - .563 6-2 3-5 184 167
x-Calgary Roughnecks 7 9 2 .438 5-3 2-6 183 178
x-Portland LumberJax 6 10 3 .375 3-5 3-5 179 194
e-Edmonton Rush 4 11 5 .250 3-5 1-7 141 197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention


[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record
1 January 11 Minnesota 17 - 16 Toronto OT Patterson 13,317 1-0
2 January 12 Toronto 4 - 11 Minnesota Patterson 10,104 2-0
3 January 26 Minnesota 18 - 17 Rochester OT Patterson 9,686 3-0
4 February 2 Minnesota 14 - 12 San Jose Patterson 3,895 4-0
5 February 8 New York 9 - 16 Minnesota Patterson 10,204 5-0
6 February 10 Portland 13 - 14 Minnesota OT Patterson 11,244 6-0
7 February 16 Minnesota 14 - 16 Buffalo Montour 14,446 6-1
8 February 22 Minnesota 8 - 17 Philadelphia Blasdell 10,342 6-2
9 March 8 Minnesota 7 - 11 Buffalo Montour 12,313 6-3
10 March 14 Chicago 9 - 13 Minnesota Patterson 13,004 7-3
11 March 29 Minnesota 10 - 15 Chicago Roik 4,036 7-4
12 April 5 New York 9 - 12 Minnesota Patterson 10,854 8-4
13 April 12 Philadelphia 14 - 15 Minnesota OT Patterson 12,830 9-4
14 April 19 Rochester 11 - 8 Minnesota O'Toole 11,568 9-5
15 April 25 Chicago 12 - 10 Minnesota Roik 11,439 9-6
16 April 26 Minnesota 12 - 11 Chicago Patterson 6,014 10-6

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Reference: [2]

# Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance
1 Division Semifinal May 3 New York 11 - 8 Minnesota Vinc 11,088

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [3]

[edit] 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
Andy Secore 14 28 48 76 59 4
Ryan Ward 16 33 36 69 56 10
Craig Point 16 27 34 61 74 8
Sean Pollock 16 24 36 60 64 26
Chad Culp 16 23 32 55 89 14
Mike Hominuck 7 5 16 21 35 2
Ryan Sharp 15 9 11 20 78 72
Dean Hill 7 9 10 19 9 0
Rory McDade 8 4 13 17 11 4
Totals 313 512 408 1132 46

[edit] 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 16 905:34 10 4 181 .768 11.99
Kevin Croswell 16 63:56 0 2 12 .789 11.26
Totals 10 6 196 .766 12.25

[edit] Awards

Player Award
Craig Point Rookie of the Year
Ryan Cousins Defensive Player of the Year
Marty O'Neill NLL GM of the Year
Craig Point Rookie of the Month, February
Ryan Cousins First-Team All-Pro
Ryan Cousins All-Stars
Nick Patterson
Andy Secore
Ryan Ward

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

March 5, 2008[1]
 To Minnesota Swarm
Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia)
Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia)
second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton)		 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota)
first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)		 To Philadelphia Wings
AJ Shannon (from Edmonton)
fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)
March 11, 2008[2]
 To Minnesota Swarm
Ian Rubel		 To Toronto Rock
second round pick, 2009 entry draft

[edit] Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
27 Flag of the United States Fwd Achenbach, Colin
18 Flag of Canada Def Biers, Andrew
3 Flag of the United States Def Courtney, Chris
50 Flag of Canada Def Cousins, Ryan
11 Flag of the United States Fwd Cromwell, Keith
31 Flag of Canada Goalie Croswell, Kevin
19 Flag of Canada Fwd Culp, Chad
 ? Favero, Brad
 ? Goodleaf, Angus
Flag of Canada Def Halls, Darren
Flag of Canada Fwd Hill, Dean
47 Flag of the United States Fwd Hill, Travis
Flag of Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
34 Flag of Canada Def Inch, Nick
 ? Jackson, Marc
Flag of Canada Def Kemp, Riley
No. Position Player
7 Flag of the United States Fwd Marohl, Dan
8 Flag of Canada Fwd McDade, Rory
Flag of the United States Def McLean, Ashton
 ? Milkowski, Kevin
Flag of Canada Def Miyashita, Mark
24 Flag of Canada Fwd Norbraten, Justin
12 Flag of Canada Def Pacey, Eric
93 Flag of Canada Goalie Patterson, Nick
9 Flag of Iroquois Fwd Point, Craig
17 Flag of Canada Fwd Pollock, Sean
20 Flag of Canada Def Ross, Kyle
40 Flag of Canada Def Rubel, Ian
21 Flag of Canada Fwd Secore, Andy
26 Flag of Canada Trans Sharp, Ryan
23 Flag of Canada Def Sullivan, Jon
16 Flag of Canada Fwd Talbot, Noah
44 Flag of Canada Fwd Ward, Ryan

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt. NLL.com (March 5, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  2. ^ Toronto Trades Rubel to Minnesota. NLL.com (March 11, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
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