2005 Minnesota Swarm season

2005 Minnesota Swarm
League NLL
Division 5th East
2005 record 5-11
Home record 2-6
Road record 3-5
Goals for 188
Goals against 231
General Manager Marty O'Neill
Coach Mike Simpson
Captain Ryan Cousins
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 9,579
Team leaders
Goals Kelly Hall (27)
Assists Jamie Taylor (27)
Points Kelly Hall (48)
Penalties in minutes Ryan Cousins (45)
Mike Kilby (45)
Loose Balls Riley Kemp (94)
Wins Matt Disher (4)
Goals against average Matt Disher (14.45)

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the Swarm's inaugural season in the NLL.

The Swarm won the first game in franchise history, 12-11 on New Year's Day in Rochester, and after losing to Toronto and Buffalo, they beat the San Jose Stealth to even their record at 2-2. The Swarm then lost seven in a row, before finally winning their first home game. They finished the season 5-11 and last in the East.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xyz16124.7500.06–26–2227190+3714.1911.88
2Buffalo Bandits – x16115.6881.05–36–2217183+3413.5611.44
3Rochester Knighthawks – x16106.6252.05–35–3193179+1412.0611.19
4Philadelphia Wings16610.3756.03–53–5213218-513.3113.62
5Minnesota Swarm16511.3127.02–63–5188231-4311.7514.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xy16106.6250.06–24–4216208+813.5013.00
2Arizona Sting – x1697.5621.05–34–4209209013.0613.06
3Colorado Mammoth – x1688.5002.05–33–5201182+1912.5611.38
4Anaheim Storm16511.3125.02–63–5175212-3710.9413.25
5San Jose Stealth16412.2506.02–62–6170197-2710.6212.31

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 1, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 8,532 1–0
2 January 15, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 15–19 17,229 1–1
3 January 21, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 10–15 13,198 1–2
4 January 22, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 9–8 5,059 2–2
5 January 28, 2005 Anaheim Storm Xcel Energy Center L 7–8 12 2–3
6 February 11, 2005 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center L 9–15 9,109 2–4
7 February 18, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 16–17 OT 6,448 2–5
8 February 20, 2005 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Xcel Energy Center L 17–18 8,106 2–6
9 March 5, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center L 8–15 10,846 2–7
10 March 11, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 16–23 8,254 2–8
11 March 18, 2005 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 11–13 9,116 2–9
12 March 25, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 12–11 7,764 3–9
13 March 26, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–20 8,557 3–10
14 April 1, 2005 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 9–15 10,054 3–11
15 April 9, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 12–11 OT 4,967 4–11
16 April 15, 2005 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Xcel Energy Center W 14–12 13,524 5–11

Player stats

Reference:[3]

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
Kelly Hall132721484734
Ryan Ward11192544532
Chad Culp141823418717
Ryder Bateman142019395620
Jamie Taylor15927365217
D'Arcy Berthiaume131418328820
Craig Conn81417317817
Sean Pollock13916254217
Kerry Susheski14157224722
Totals237425460103162

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
Matt Disher14788:46410190.72914.45
Nick Patterson489:131023.72915.47
John McLellan251:16018.7959.36
Mike Attwood339:42008.73312.09
Totals511 231 .731 14.44

Awards

PlayerAward
Ryder BatemanAll-Rookie Team
Craig ConnAll-Stars
Ryan Cousins

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2005[4]
 To Minnesota Swarm
second round pick, 2005 entry draft		 To Colorado Mammoth
John McLellan
February 12, 2005[5]
 To Minnesota Swarm
Ryan Ward		 To Philadelphia Wings
Shawn Nadelen
March 24, 2005[6]
 To Minnesota Swarm
first round pick, 2006 entry draft
first round pick, 2007 entry draft		 To Arizona Sting
Craig Conn

Roster

Reference:[7]

No. Position Player
43 Goalie Attwood, Mike
14 Canada Fwd Bateman, Ryder
66 Canada Fwd Berthiaume, D'Arcy
24 Canada Def Boyle, Brock
Canada Fwd Bryde, Jayme
Canada Def Campbell, Scott
Canada Fwd Conn, Craig
50 Canada Def Cousins, Ryan
10 Canada Fwd Culp, Chad
1 Canada Goalie Disher, Matt
Canada Def Doddridge, Neil
22 Canada Def Guze, Ray
11 Canada Fwd Hall, Kelly
Canada Fwd Harasym, Jon
37 United States Fwd Henderson, Tony
No. Position Player
47 United States Fwd Hill, Travis
19 Canada Def Jenner, Teddy
77 Canada Def Kemp, Riley
55 Canada Def Kilby, Mike
15 Canada Def Martin, Andrew
Canada Goalie McLellan, John
United States Def Nadelen, Shawn
12 Canada Def Pacey, Eric
93 Canada Goalie Patterson, Nick
17 Canada Fwd Pollock, Sean
Canada Fwd Smalley, Trent
23 Canada Def Sullivan, Jon
33 Canada Fwd Summerfield, Shawn
84 Canada Fwd Susheski, Kerry
40 Canada Fwd Taylor, Jamie
44 Canada Fwd Ward, Ryan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Swarm - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25956&seasonid=686
  4. ↑ "Mammoth Goaltender Retires". NLL.com. February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  5. ↑ "Rock, Knighthawks Look To Keep Pace In East". NLL.com. February 12, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  6. ↑ "Conn Traded to Arizona; Toll to Rochester". NLL.com. March 24, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  7. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25956&seasonid=686
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