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Botany Swarm
CityAuckland, New Zealand
LeagueNew Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Home arenaParadice Ice Skating Botany
ColoursWhite, maroon, black, yellow
       
General managerTravis Crickard
Head coachPhillip Fourie
CaptainAndrew Hay
Websitebotanyswarm.co.nz
Franchise history
2005-2007South Auckland Swarm
2007-present;Botany Swarm
Championships
Birgel Cup4 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Current season

The Botany Swarm is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in East Auckland, New Zealand. The team is a member of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL). The team was founded in 2005 as the South Auckland Swarm. Their name was changed prior to the 2007 season due to it being similar to one of the other teams and to better reflect the area in Auckland where their home rink is located (in the suburb of Botany Downs). They play their home games out of the Paradice Ice Skating Botany Rink known as The Hive.

History

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2017 Season

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7 May 2017, the Swarm announced that after 11 seasons, head coach Andreas Kaißer has stepped down, and will be replaced by former Swarm alumnus Brandon Contratto. However for personal reasons Brandon was unable to commit to the role. Former assistant coach Jeff Boehme took the role of head coach for the 2017 season.

The Botany Swarm welcomed four new imports for the 2017 season: Petr Zítka from the Czech Republic, Ryan Widmar from Illinois, Maximilian Hadraschek from Germany and Alex Mitsionis from Ohio.

2018 Season

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10 December 2017, the Swarm announced that Ian Wannamaker was appointed as the new head coach. Ian Wannamaker played for the Botany Swarm from 2007-2015 and represented New Zealand from 2010-2013, 2015.

23 December 2017, the Swarm announced that assistant coach of the Kelowna Rockets Travis Crickard was appointed as the new assistant coach.

The Botany Swarm welcomed four new imports for the 2018 season: Declan Weir an Irish Canadian, Harry Ferguson from Scotland, Colin Langham from Georgia and Lucas Bombardier from Vermont.

26 May 2018, Alexandr Polozov played his 100th game for the Botany Swarm against the Canterbury Red Devils.

9 June 2018, Jordan Challis played his 150th game for the Botany Swarm against the Dunedin Thunder.

21 July 2018, Logan Fraser played his 50th game for the Botany Swarm against the Dunedin Thunder.

5 August 2018, The Botany Swarm had their 200th NZIHL game.

2019 Season

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22 February 2019, Travis Crickard appointed Botany Swarm General Manager/CEO.

24 February 2019, Joel Rindelaub appointed Botany Swarm Interim Assistant General Manager.

The Botany Swarm welcomed four new imports for the 2019 season: Andrea Ricca from Italy, Corey McEwen born in Cardiff and now living in Toronto, Corey Morgan from New Jersey and Daniel Iasenza from Montreal.

11 May 2019, Michelle Cox appointed Botany Swarm Head Coach.

9 June 2019, Andrew Hay played his 200th game for the Botany Swarm against the West Auckland Admirals.

2021 Season

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The roster included goaltender Grace Harrison,[1][2] one of only two women competing in the league.

Season by season results

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Season GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2005 6 2 – 2 – 2 21 20 11 3rd Did not qualify [3]
2006 6 5 – 0 – 1 25 17 15 1st Lost final (Southern Stampede) [3]
2007 10 8 – 1 – 1 44 28 26 2nd Won final (Canterbury Red Devils) [3]
2008 12 8 – 3 – 1 65 35 31 2nd Won final (Canterbury Red Devils) [3]
2009 16 7 – 2 – 7 71 70 16 3rd Did not qualify [3]
2010 16 10 1 – 2 3 76 50 34 1st Won final (West Auckland Admirals) [3]
2011 16 12 0 – 1 3 94 44 37 1st Won final (Southern Stampede) [3]
2012 16 3 0 – 2 11 45 82 11 5th Did not qualify [3]
2013 16 7 2 – 4 3 110 77 30 3rd Did not qualify [3]
2014 16 5 2 – 2 7 71 70 21 4th Did not qualify [3]
2015 16 4 1 – 2 9 67 87 16 3rd Did not qualify [3]
2016 16 6 1 – 0 9 63 73 20 4th Did not qualify [3]
2017 16 4 1 – 2 9 53 95 16 4th Did not qualify [3]
2018 16 5 0 – 1 10 59 86 16 4th Did not qualify [3]
2019 16 10 0 – 1 5 81 49 31 2nd Lost semifinal (West Auckland Admirals) [3]
2020 4 0 0 – 1 4 7 26 1 2nd Playoffs not held [3]
2021 14 6 2 – 0 6 54 51 22 – Playoffs cancelled [4]

Players

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Current roster

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Team roster for the 2018 NZIHL Season[5]

2018 NZIHL Botany Swarm Roster
# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
6 South Africa Michael Attwell (A) F L 33 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Canada KC Ball F R 49 2005 Mission, British Columbia, Canada
2 Canada Matas Barakauskas D L 33 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
32 Israel Barr Bialik G L 21 2019 Haifa, Israel
22 New Zealand Jordan Challis (A) F R 32 2007 Auckland, New Zealand
9 New Zealand Eric Chung D R 27 2019 Takapuna, New Zealand
5 New Zealand Edward Commons D R 31 2019 Auckland, New Zealand
24 New Zealand Logan Fraser D R 26 2014 Auckland, New Zealand
37 New Zealand Grace Harrison G L 27 2015 Auckland, New Zealand
13 New Zealand Andrew Hay (C) D R 39 2005 Auckland, New Zealand
21 New Zealand Joshua Hay F R 35 2005 Auckland, New Zealand
20 New Zealand Oliver Hay D R 27 2013 Auckland, New Zealand
26 New Zealand Thomas Heather D L 27 2013 Auckland, New Zealand
1 New Zealand Michael Hopkinson G L 33 2013 Auckland, New Zealand
11 New Zealand Richard Hopkinson F R 32 2016 Auckland, New Zealand
14 Canada Daniele Iasenza F R 28 2019 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
18 New Zealand Kyle Jonsson F R 28 2013 Auckland, New Zealand
27 Russia Maxim Kaluzhny F R 35 2015 Vladivostok, Russia
28 Czech Republic Ondrej Kozak F R 37 2014 Rakovník, Czech Republic
34 New Zealand Antony Logan F R 22 2019 Albany, New Zealand
17 New Zealand Stephen Mawson D R 33 2016 Whangārei, New Zealand
7 United Kingdom Corey McEwen F R 32 2019 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
33 New Zealand Jake McIntyre F R 22 2019 Auckland, New Zealand
4 United States Corey Morgan D L 28 2019 Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States
31 New Zealand Rick Parry G L 37 2019 Kauri, New Zealand
10 Estonia Aleksander Polozov F L 38 2016 Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
30 New Zealand Maia Rata G L 42 2018 Auckland, New Zealand
15 New Zealand Mak Rawiri D R 25 2019 Manukau, New Zealand
3 Italy Andrea Ricca D L 35 2019 Pinerolo, Italy
29 United States Joel Rindelaub F R 37 2018 St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
25 New Zealand Remy Sandoy D R 31 2018 Auckland, New Zealand
36 New Zealand Zac Snoad F R 22 2019 Auckland, New Zealand
23 New Zealand Leith Thompson D R 38 2005 Auckland, New Zealand
8 New Zealand Robin Vortanov F R 27 2014 Auckland, New Zealand
35 Canada Ian Wannamaker F L 43 2007 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
12 New Zealand Sam Webb F L 25 2019 Auckland, New Zealand

Franchise scoring leaders

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There are the top ten point scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NZIHL regular season.

# Player Seasons Pos GP G A Pts PIM
1 New Zealand KC Ball 2005-18 F 184 73 118 191 82
2 New Zealand Jordan Challis 2007-18 F 157 64 81 145 383
3 New Zealand Alex Polosov 2010-14, 2016-18 F 113 62 75 137 327
4 United States Brandon Contratto 2013-15 F 47 59 66 125 105
5 New Zealand Joshua Hay 2005-13, 2017-18 F 119 54 55 109 343
6 New Zealand Michael Attwell 2009-17 F 131 35 57 92 182
7 New Zealand Andrew Hay 2005-18 D 190 18 64 82 243
8 New Zealand Ian Wannamaker 2007-15 D 104 43 38 81 149
9 New Zealand Charlie Huber 2005-11, 2015 F 73 40 41 81 52
10 New Zealand Lyle Idoine 2005-12 F 90 28 45 73 302

Franchise all-time most appearances

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There are the top ten player who have made the most appearances in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NZIHL regular season.

# Player Seasons Pos RS Games PS Games
1 New Zealand Andrew Hay 2005-18 D 190 6
2 New Zealand KC Ball 2005-18 F 184 3
3 New Zealand Jordan Challis 2007-18 F 157 2
4 New Zealand Leith Thompson 2005-18 D 142 2
5 New Zealand Michael Attwell 2009-17 F 131 0
6 New Zealand Joshua Hay 2005-13, 2017-18 F 119 3
7 New Zealand Alex Polosov 2010-14, 2016-18 F 113 0
8 New Zealand Ian Wannamaker 2007-15 D 104 4
9 New Zealand Samuel Boniface 2007-10, 2012–13, 2015 F 98 2
10 New Zealand Lyle Idione 2005-12 F 90 3

Technical staff

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Current as of 24 June 2019

2018 NZIHL Botany Swarm Staff
Position Name[6]
Head coach New Zealand Michelle Cox
Assistant coach Canada Corey McEwen
General Manager United Kingdom Philippa Kaisser
Physiotherapist Singapore Sankaran Duntellu
Team Staff New Zealand Michael Attwell

Leaders

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Team captains

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# Name From To
1 New Zealand Rene Aish 4 June 2005 7 August 2005
2 Canada George Pilgrim 9 June 2006 10 September 2006
3 New Zealand Andrew Hay 26 May 2007 Current

Head coaches

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# Manager From To Played Won Overtime Won Tied Overtime Lost Lost GF GA Win %
1 Germany Andreas Kaisser 4 June 2005 4 September 2011 88 55 2 9 3 19 421 278 70.27%
2 New Zealand Philip Lyle 9 June 2012 27 August 2012 18 3 0 0 2 13 53 96 20.37%
3 Germany Andreas Kaisser 25 May 2013 7 August 2016 64 22 6 0 8 28 311 307 44.79%
4 France Jeff Boehme 26 May 2017 6 August 2017 16 4 1 0 2 9 53 95 33.33%
5 New Zealand Ian Wannamaker 26 May 2018 10 October 2018 16 5 0 0 1 10 59 86 33.33%

References

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  1. ^ "Grace Harrison". eliteprospects.com/. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Team". botanyswarm.co.nz/. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Botany Swarm at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. ^ "2021 New Zealand Ice Hockey League Div I". stats.iihf.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2018 Botany Swarm Roster" (PDF). NZIHF. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Botany Swarm Roster" (PDF). NZIHF. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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