2008 Minnesota Swarm season

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.

2008 Minnesota Swarm
LeagueNLL
2008 record10-6
Home record6-2
Road record4-4
Goals for199
Goals against196
General ManagerMarty O'Neill
CoachDuane Jacobs
CaptainRyan Cousins
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance10,331
Team leaders
GoalsRyan Ward (33)
AssistsAndy Secore (48)
PointsAndy Secore (76)
Penalties in minutesTravis Hill (86)
Loose BallsTravis Hill (108)
WinsNick Patterson (10)
Goals against averageNick Patterson (11.99)

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits xyz16106.6250.07234203174+2912.6910.88
2Minnesota Swarm x16106.6250.06244199196+312.4412.25
3New York Titans x16106.6250.05155197186+1112.3111.62
4Philadelphia Wings x16106.6250.07135225220+514.0613.75
5Rochester Knighthawks1688.5002.04444197171+2612.3110.69
6Toronto Rock1679.4383.04534172174−210.7510.88
7Chicago Shamrox16610.3754.03535176212−3611.0013.25
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1San Jose Stealth xy1697.5620.04453185172+1311.5610.75
2Colorado Mammoth x1697.5620.06235184167+1711.5010.44
3Calgary Roughnecks x1679.4382.05326183178+511.4411.12
4Portland LumberJax x16610.3753.03535179194−1511.1912.12
5Edmonton Rush16412.2505.03517141197−568.8112.31

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:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 11, 2008 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 1716 OT 13,317 10
2 January 12, 2008 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center W 114 10,104 20
3 January 26, 2008 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1817 OT 9,686 30
4 February 2, 2008 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 1412 3,895 40
5 February 8, 2008 New York Titans Xcel Energy Center W 169 10,204 50
6 February 10, 2008 Portland LumberJax Xcel Energy Center W 1413 OT 11,244 60
7 February 16, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1416 14,446 61
8 February 22, 2008 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 817 10,342 62
9 March 8, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 711 12,313 63
10 March 14, 2008 Chicago Shamrox Xcel Energy Center W 139 13,004 73
11 March 29, 2008 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre L 1015 4,036 74
12 April 5, 2008 New York Titans Xcel Energy Center W 129 10,854 84
13 April 12, 2008 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Xcel Energy Center W 1514 OT 12,830 94
14 April 19, 2008 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center L 811 11,568 95
15 April 25, 2008 Chicago Shamrox Xcel Energy Center L 1012 11,439 96
16 April 26, 2008 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre W 1211 6,014 106

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 3, 2008 New York Titans Xcel Energy Center L 811 11,088 01

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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 Secore14284876594
Ryan Ward163336695610
Craig Point16273461748
Sean Pollock162436606426
Chad Culp162332558914
Mike Hominuck751621352
Ryan Sharp15911207872
Dean Hill79101990
Rory McDade841317114
Totals313512408113246

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 Patterson16905:34104181.76811.99
Kevin Croswell1663:560212.78911.26
Totals106 196 .766 12.25

Awards

PlayerAward
Craig PointRookie of the Year
Ryan CousinsDefensive Player of the Year
Marty O'NeillNLL GM of the Year
Craig PointRookie of the Month, February
Ryan CousinsFirst-Team All-Pro
Ryan CousinsAll-Stars
Nick Patterson
Andy Secore
Ryan Ward

Transactions

Trades

March 5, 2008[5]
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[6]
To Minnesota Swarm
Ian Rubel
To Toronto Rock
second round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[7]

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

See also

References

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