2015 Minnesota Swarm season

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2015 Minnesota Swarm
League NLL
Division4th East
2015 record6 - 12
Home record3 - 6
Road record3 - 6
Goals for185
Goals against226
General ManagerJoe Sullivan
CoachJoe Sullivan
CaptainAndrew Suitor
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals Shayne Jackson (30)
AssistsShayne Jackson (48)
PointsShayne Jackson (78)
Penalties in minutesJason Noble (36)
Loose BallsJoel White (182)
Wins Zach Higgins (5)
Goals against average Zach Higgins (11.70)

The 2015 Minnesota Swarm season is the eleventh and final season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League. Beginning in 2016 the Swarm will relocate to Duluth, Georgia and become the Georgia Swarm.

Contents

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xyz18144.7780.07272230185+4512.7810.28
2 Rochester Knighthawks x18126.6672.07254205173+3211.399.61
3 Buffalo Bandits x18117.6113.07245236208+2813.1111.56
4 Minnesota Swarm 18612.3338.03636185226-4110.2812.56
5 New England Black Wolves 18414.22210.02727186249-6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xy18135.7220.06372241177+6413.399.83
2 Colorado Mammoth x1899.5004.06336212218-611.7812.11
3 Calgary Roughnecks x18711.3896.04536212217-511.7812.06
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.03627211265-5411.7214.72

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 3, 2015 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 13208,97401
2January 10, 2015@ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place W 14107,41511
3January 24, 2015@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun W 19133,56321
4January 30, 2015@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 121512,75622
5February 6, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 76OT9,64532
6February 13, 2015 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center L 4168,94533
7February 14, 2015@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9148,66834
8February 28, 2015@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre L 15213,25935
9March 14, 2015 New England Black Wolves Xcel Energy Center L 9108,91236
10March 15, 2015@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 81213,04537
11March 21, 2015@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 81214,60138
12March 29, 2015@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun W 1395,01448
13April 3, 2015 New England Black Wolves Xcel Energy Center W 1287,59958
14April 4, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 2106,29459
15April 11, 2015 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 9128,986510
16April 18, 2015 Calgary Roughnecks Xcel Energy Center L 6108,131511
17April 25, 2015 Edmonton Rush Xcel Energy Center L 12168,013512
18May 2, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 1312OT9,086612

Roster

Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Cotter (T)
  • 97 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ian Crawford (D)
  • 88 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Joe Maracle (F)
  • 67 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Miles (D)
Unable to play
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Gibson (F)
  • -- Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josh Gillam (F)
Head Coach

Joe Sullivan

Assistant Coaches

Aime Caines
Bobby Keast
Rory McDade


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

Roster updated 2015-02-05
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 1, 2014To Minnesota Swarm
Brodie MacDonald
3rd overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Miles Thompson)
To Edmonton Rush
Tyler Carlson
1st overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Ben McIntosh)
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
July 29, 2014To Minnesota Swarm
Alex Turner
To Edmonton Rush
3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft
August 13, 2014To Minnesota Swarm
Mike Grimes
3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft
To Vancouver Stealth
Tyler Hass
Dane Stevens
August 20, 2014To Minnesota Swarm
Ethan O'Connor
1st round selection, 2017 entry draft
To Toronto Rock
Brock Sorensen
September 22, 2014To Minnesota Swarm
40th selection, 2014 entry draft
To New England Black Wolves
Jay Card

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. [2] The Swarm made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
13Miles Thompson
15Shane McDonald
210Joe Maracle
429Eric Guiltinan
538Patrick Miles
540Paxton Leroux

See also

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References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.