2013 Minnesota Swarm season

The 2013 Minnesota Swarm season was the ninth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

2013 Minnesota Swarm
LeagueNLL
Division5th West
2013 record7 9
Home record5 3
Road record2 6
Goals for219
Goals against202
General ManagerJoe Sullivan
CoachJoe Sullivan
CaptainAndrew Suitor
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Team leaders
GoalsRyan Benesch (34)
AssistsCallum Crawford (63)
PointsCallum Crawford (95)
Penalties in minutesTyler Hass (41)
Loose BallsJordan MacIntosh (197)
WinsTyler Carlson (4)
Goals against averageTyler Carlson (11.04)

The season did not start the way the Swarm might have hoped. Five of their first six games were decided by a single goal, but the Swarm only won two of them. They fell to 3-7 before dominating three straight home games, winning by 7, 9, and 14 goals. They finished at 7-9, good for fifth in the West but thanks to the Buffalo Bandits' 6-10 record, the Swarm crossed over to the Eastern division and made the playoffs.

In the first round, they had another dominating game, defeating the regular season champion Toronto Rock 20-11 in Toronto. But their visit to the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester was less successful, and the eventual champion Knighthawks ended the Swarm's season with a 12-10 win.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock xyz16106.6250.05353194176+1812.1211.00
2Rochester Knighthawks x1688.5002.03553179165+1411.1910.31
3Philadelphia Wings x1679.4383.04435170207−3710.6212.94
4Buffalo Bandits16610.3754.02644171211−4010.6913.19
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks xy1697.5620.03562222211+1113.8813.19
2Washington Stealth x1697.5620.05344193192+112.0612.00
3Edmonton Rush x1697.5620.02671203170+3312.6910.62
4Colorado Mammoth x1679.4382.03544185202−1711.5612.62
5Minnesota Swarm c1679.4382.05326219202+1713.6912.62

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 12, 2013 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 1213 15,238 01
2 January 25, 2013 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1213 10,504 02
3 January 26, 2013 Washington Stealth Xcel Energy Center W 1514 8,782 12
4 February 2, 2013 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 915 16,231 13
5 February 8, 2013 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center W 1312 OT 7,722 23
6 February 16, 2013 Calgary Roughnecks Xcel Energy Center L 1617 8,254 24
7 February 22, 2013 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 138 6,292 34
8 February 24, 2013 Edmonton Rush Xcel Energy Center L 914 6,882 35
9 March 3, 2013 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 811 2,663 36
10 March 8, 2013 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 1519 8,622 37
11 March 16, 2013 Washington Stealth Xcel Energy Center W 125 7,830 47
12 March 29, 2013 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Xcel Energy Center W 2011 8,079 57
13 April 6, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center W 217 10,167 67
14 April 7, 2013 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wells Fargo Center L 1315 6,861 68
15 April 13, 2013 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 1712 17,622 78
16 April 20, 2013 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 1416 12,214 79

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 28, 2013 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 2011 9,066 10
Division Final May 4, 2013 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1012 5,096 11

Roster

2013 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 39 Canada Dan Ball
  • 85 United States Mitch Belisle
  • 79 Canada Nik Bilic
  • 10 Canada Alex Crepinsek
  •  8 United States Greg Downing
  •  4 United States Jeff Gilbert (A)
Forwards
Transition
  • 33 United States David Earl
  •  9 Canada Tyler Hass
  • 24 Canada Jordan MacIntosh
  • 46 Canada Kiel Matisz
  •  3 Canada Brock Sorensen
  • 20 Canada Andrew Suitor (C)
  • 22 Canada Andrew Watt
Practice Squad
  • 89 Canada Ryan Masters
  • 16 United States Michael O'Brien
Head Coach

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

updated 2013-04-21
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 26, 2012[3] To Minnesota Swarm
1st round selection, 2015 entry draft
To Philadelphia Wings
Kevin Ross
July 27, 2012[4] To Minnesota Swarm
Shawn Williams
To Edmonton Rush
Two 2nd round selections, 2013 entry draft
July 27, 2012[4] To Minnesota Swarm
3rd overall selection, 2012 entry draft
To Buffalo Bandits
Shawn Williams
Brendan Doran
5th, 14th, and 18th overall selections, 2012 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[5] The Swarm made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
12Brock SorensonOhio State University
13Kiel MatiszRobert Morris University
14Shayne JacksonLimestone College
110Alex CrepinsekRochester Institute of Technology
324Sam BradmanSalisbury College
437Tyler TanguayAdrian College
542Bryan CampbellBrock University
546Matt GibsonYale University
649Michael TeeterVictoria, BC
651Chris CudmoreMars Hill College

See also

References

  1. "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  2. "Minnesota Swarm schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. "Swarm trade Kevin Ross to Wings". mnswarm.com. July 26, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  4. "Pair of trades brings Shawn Williams to Bandits". NLL.com. July 27, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  5. "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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