2011 Minnesota Swarm season

2011 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	2nd West
2011 record	8-8
Home record	5-3
Road record	3-5
Goals for	187
Goals against	180
General Manager	Marty O'Neill
Coach	Mike Lines
Captain	Ryan Cousins
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Benesch (46)
Assists	Ryan Benesch (49)
Points	Ryan Benesch (95)
Penalties in minutes	Rory Smith (47)
Loose Balls	Andrew Suitor (108)
Wins	Nick Patterson (7)
Goals against average	Nick Patterson (11.08)
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The 2011 Minnesota Swarm season was the seventh season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

Standings

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East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	−36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	−21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	−29	10.94	12.75

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

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Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 8, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–11	OT	8,242	0–1
2	January 14, 2011	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 16–8		3,362	1–1
3	January 22, 2011	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	W 9–8		7,042	2–1
4	January 29, 2011	Washington Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–10	OT	8,911	3–1
5	February 4, 2011	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 12–15		15,001	3–2
6	February 12, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–12		4,940	3–3
7	February 19, 2011	Boston Blazers	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–14		7,051	3–4
8	February 20, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 12–10		15,825	4–4
9	March 4, 2011	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–10	OT	13,957	5–4
10	March 25, 2011	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 13–14		7,035	5–5
11	March 27, 2011	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–12		9,294	5–6
12	April 1, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 12–15		10,486	5–7
13	April 2, 2011	Calgary Roughnecks	Xcel Energy Center	W 13–8		6,504	6–7
14	April 9, 2011	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 15–16	OT	4,864	6–8
15	April 16, 2011	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–8		9,635	7–8
16	April 23, 2011	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–8		9,623	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

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Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 30, 2011	Washington Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–14		5,878	0–1

Roster

2011 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 93 Nick Patterson    Tyler Carlson    Drew Dickie Defensemen  4 Joe Cinosky 12 Eric Pacey (A) 16 Noah Talbot 23 Jon Sullivan 24 Rory Smith 34 Nick Inch 85 Matt Kelly    Nik Bilic    Kiel Donahue    Ben Salo		Forwards  7 John McClure 16 Jamie Shewchuk 17 Sean Pollock 21 Ryan Benesch 27 Mat Giles (A) 71 Kevin Ross 98 Callum Crawford    Joel Henry    Sean Robinson    Pat Saunders Transition  9 Tyler Hass 11 Rich Morgan 15 Shayne Bennett 20 Andrew Suitor 22 Andrew Watt				Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2011-07-06 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2011 NLL season