2009 Minnesota Swarm season

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.

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)
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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:

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	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	53	13.94	10.62
3	Boston Blazers – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	−28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	−5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	−24	12.12	13.62

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	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	−12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	−24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	−41	9.94	12.50

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; GB: Games 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

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 11–7		7,121	1–0
2	January 10, 2009	San Jose Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–7		13,094	2–0
3	January 24, 2009	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–10		11,458	2–1
4	February 6, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 8–13		10,090	2–2
5	February 7, 2009	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–13		11,174	2–3
6	February 20, 2009	Boston Blazers	Xcel Energy Center	L 12–16		12,106	2–4
7	February 21, 2009	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 12–13		10,559	2–5
8	February 27, 2009	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–10		13,324	3–5
9	February 28, 2009	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 16–15		18,690	4–5
10	March 14, 2009	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 13–12		10,160	5–5
11	March 22, 2009	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–13		15,863	5–6
12	March 28, 2009	Calgary Roughnecks	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–13		12,364	5–7
13	April 3, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 8–18		5,618	5–8
14	April 4, 2009	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	W 9–7		12,476	6–8
15	April 11, 2009	Portland LumberJax	Xcel Energy Center	L 14–19		12,574	6–9
16	April 18, 2009	New York Titans	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–12		13,219	6–10

Player stats

Reference:

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

• Andrew Biers - traded
• Chris Courtney - traded
• Chris McKay - traded

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. The Swarm selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	8	Andrew Watt	Robert Morris College
1	11	Kevin Buchanan	Ohio State University
1	13	Joe Cinosky	University of Maryland
2	24	Tom Michaelsen	St John's University
4	38	Ricky Pages	Ohio State University
4	40	Justin Haworth	Limestone College
6	73	Bruce Bickford	Drexel University

Roster

2009 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Kevin Croswell 93 Nick Patterson Defensemen  4 Joe Cinosky 50 Ryan Cousins (C) 21 Kevin Fines  5 Josh Funk 28 Darren Halls 34 Nick Inch 12 Eric Pacey 23 Jon Sullivan		Forwards 27 Colin Achenbach 33 Kevin Buchanan 19 Chad Culp 47 Travis Hill  7 Dan Marohl  8 Rory McDade 17 Sean Pollock 71 Kevin Ross 16 Noah Talbot 44 Ryan Ward (A) 22 Andrew Watt 10 Aaron Wilson Transition 26 Ryan Sharp		Practice Squad -- Bruce Bickford 15 Brad Favero 55 Angus Goodleaf 14 Marc Jackson 11 Tom Michaelson 13 Ricky Pages -- Ross Zimmerman		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

See also

• 2009 NLL season