2010 Minnesota Swarm season

2010 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	4th West
2010 record	5-11
Home record	3-5
Road record	2-6
Goals for	189
Goals against	201
General Manager	Marty O'Neill
Coach	Duane Jacobs
Captain	Ryan Cousins
Alternate captains	Ryan Ward
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	8,288
Team leaders
Goals	Aaron Wilson (40)
Assists	Callum Crawford (64)
Points	Callum Crawford (96)
Penalties in minutes	Sean Pollock (46)
Loose Balls	Jay Thorimbert (152)
Wins	Nick Patterson (4)
Goals against average	Kevin Croswell (12.21)
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The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season was the 6th in franchise history.

The Swarm didn't have a strong start to the 2010 season, losing four of their first five games. But after winning four of their next five to even their record at 5-5, they lost their last six games of the season, three of them in overtime, to finish with a 5-11 record. Despite the .313 winning percentage, the Swarm made the playoffs ahead of the 4-12 Colorado Mammoth. But in the playoffs, their losing streak continued, as the eventual champion Washington Stealth eliminated them with a 14-10 victory.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Orlando Titans – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	172	154	+18	10.75	9.62
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	197	156	+41	12.31	9.75
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	169	170	−1	10.56	10.62
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	161	162	−1	10.06	10.12
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	7	9	.438	4.0	4–4	3–5	155	181	−26	9.69	11.31
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	168	194	−26	10.50	12.12

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Stealth – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	211	179	+32	13.19	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	193	169	+24	12.06	10.56
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	186	201	−15	11.62	12.56
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	189	201	−12	11.81	12.56
5	Colorado Mammoth	16	4	12	.250	7.0	0–8	4–4	167	201	−34	10.44	12.56

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:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 2010	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 7–12		8,112	0–1
2	January 15, 2010	Calgary Roughnecks	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–10		11,758	1–1
3	January 22, 2010	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	L 14–15	OT	8,648	1–2
4	January 30, 2010	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 7–11		15,636	1–3
5	February 5, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 9–12		3,526	1–4
6	February 13, 2010	Washington Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–12		8,952	2–4
7	February 20, 2010	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–5		9,223	3–4
8	February 27, 2010	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 13–12		15,427	4–4
9	March 13, 2010	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 11–20		10,248	4–5
10	March 26, 2010	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 17–13		10,486	5–5
11	March 27, 2010	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 14–16		6,200	5–6
12	April 3, 2010	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	L 12–13	OT	8,935	5–7
13	April 9, 2010	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–12		9,193	5–8
14	April 10, 2010	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	L 8–13		10,032	5–9
15	April 17, 2010	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	L 12–13	OT	9,229	5–10
16	April 24, 2010	Orlando Titans	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–12	OT	10,768	5–11

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 10–14		3,268	0–1

Transactions

New players

• Brock Boyle - acquired in trade
• Ryan Benesch - acquired in trade
• Ryan Hoff - acquired in trade
• Richard Morgan - acquired in trade
• Scott Self - acquired in trade
• Sean Thompson - acquired in trade
• Jay Thorimbert - acquired in trade
• Alex Turner - acquired in trade

Players not returning

• Ian Rubel - traded
• Ryan Ward - traded

Trades

October 14, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Hoff Second round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Rochester Knighthawks Aaron Bold Ian Rubel Cody Johnson
September 24, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Sean Thomson	To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Colleluori Third round pick, 2010 entry draft
September 3, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Richard Morgan	To Edmonton Rush First round pick, 2009 entry draft
September 3, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Alex Turner Aaron Bold	To Washington Stealth Two first round picks, 2009 entry draft
August 13, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Jay Thorimbert	To Boston Blazers Second round pick, 2011 entry draft
July 7, 2009	To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Benesch Scott Self First round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Edmonton Rush Ryan Ward Justin Norbraten Scott Stewart Richard Morgan

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. The Swarm selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	3	Zach Greer	Bryant University
4	36	Kevin Colleluori	Colgate University
5	44	Cody Johnson	Onondaga Community College
6	54	Matt Kelly	University of Virginia

Roster

2010 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Kevin Croswell 93 Nick Patterson Defensemen -- Brock Boyle  4 Joe Cinosky 50 Ryan Cousins (C) 21 Kevin Fines  5 Josh Funk 28 Darren Halls 34 Nick Inch 12 Eric Pacey 23 Jon Sullivan		Forwards 27 Colin Achenbach -- Ryan Benesch 33 Kevin Buchanan 19 Chad Culp 47 Travis Hill  7 Dan Marohl  8 Rory McDade 17 Sean Pollock 71 Kevin Ross 16 Noah Talbot -- Sean Thomson 22 Andrew Watt 10 Aaron Wilson 88 Zack Greer Transition 26 Ryan Sharp		Practice Squad -- Bruce Bickford 15 Brad Favero 55 Angus Goodleaf 14 Marc Jackson 11 Tom Michaelson 15 Daniel Nides 13 Ricky Pages -- Ross Zimmerman		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated {{{Date}}} NLL Transactions

See also

• 2010 NLL season