2016 Georgia Swarm season

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2016 Georgia Swarm
League NLL
Division3rd East
2016 record8-10
Home record4-5
Road record4-5
Goals for238
Goals against240
General ManagerJoe Sullivan
CoachJoe Sullivan
CaptainJordan MacIntosh
Alternate captains Shayne Jackson
Jason Noble
Arena Infinite Energy Arena
Team leaders
GoalsShayne Jackson (40)
AssistsRandy Staats (58)
PointsRandy Staats (94)
Penalties in minutesJason Noble (39)
Loose BallsJordan MacIntosh (182)
WinsBrodie MacDonald (6)
Goals against average Brodie MacDonald (12.82)

The 2016 Georgia Swarm season is the first season of the Georgia Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Duluth, Georgia playing in the National Lacrosse League. The team was formerly based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was known as the Minnesota Swarm.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits xyz18135.7220.08154251214+3713.9411.89
2 New England Black Wolves x18108.5563.06345229212+1712.7211.78
3 Georgia Swarm x18810.4445.04545238240-213.2213.33
4 Rochester Knighthawks 18711.3896.03645200215-1511.1111.94
5 Toronto Rock 18513.2788.04518190224-3410.5612.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush xy18135.7220.07263233190+4312.9410.56
2 Colorado Mammoth x18126.6671.08145203202+111.2811.22
3 Calgary Roughnecks x18810.4445.05436216216012.0012.00
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.04518198245-4711.0013.61

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 1, 2016@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 151615,09001
2January 9, 2016 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena W 1279,08711
3January 17, 2016 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena L 6114,84512
4January 29, 2016@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 201710,34522
5January 30, 2016@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 1398,77032
6February 6, 2016@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 11129,53133
7February 14, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena L 14214,97134
8February 20, 2016@ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 191514,51544
9February 28, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 15163,74445
10March 12, 2016@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 81413,72046
11March 18, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena L 4114,52347
12March 25, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks Infinite Energy Arena L 12163,34848
13April 2, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena L 14183,35549
14April 10, 2016 Colorado Mammoth Infinite Energy Arena W 17103,57759
15April 15, 2016 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena W 1692,95769
16April 16, 2016@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 17118,57079
17April 23, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 11214,097710
18April 30, 2016 Vancouver Stealth Infinite Energy Arena W 1465,347810

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Eastern division semi-finalMay 6, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 1314OT3,26601

Roster

Georgia Swarm roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 33 Flag of the United States.svg David Earl
  • 24 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan MacIntosh(C)
  • 45 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Noble(A)
  • 37 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ethan O'Connor
  • 44 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chad Tutton
  • 11 Flag of the United States.svg Joel White
Practice Squad
  • 61 Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Wenster Green (D)
  • 47 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Seidel (D)
  • 35 Flag of the United States.svg Adam Shute (G)
  • 98 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean Young (T)
Head Coach
  • Ed Comeau
Assistant Coaches
  • Sean Ferris
  • Blane Harrison

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

updated 2016-05-01
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 28, 2015To Georgia Swarm
29th overall selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2018 entry draft
To Toronto Rock
Mike Grimes
34th overall selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. [2] The Swarm made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
11Lyle Thompson
13Jesse King
15Chad Tutton
16Randy Staats
220Thomas Hoggarth
329Michael Seidel
543Nick Ossello
650Rick Lewis

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References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.