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
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xyz 16 12 4 0.750 0.0 62 62 227 190 +37 14.19 11.88
2 Buffalo Bandits x 16 11 5 0.688 1.0 53 62 217 183 +34 13.56 11.44
3 Rochester Knighthawks x 16 10 6 0.625 2.0 53 53 193 179 +14 12.06 11.19
4 Philadelphia Wings 16 6 10 0.375 6.0 35 35 213 218 -5 13.31 13.63
5 Minnesota Swarm 16 5 11 0.313 7.0 26 35 188 231 -43 11.75 14.44
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xy 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 62 44 216 208 +8 13.50 13.00
2 Arizona Sting x 16 9 7 0.563 1.0 53 44 209 209 0 13.06 13.06
3 Colorado Mammoth x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 53 35 201 182 +19 12.56 11.38
4 Anaheim Storm 16 5 11 0.313 5.0 26 35 175 212 -37 10.94 13.25
5 San Jose Stealth 16 4 12 0.250 6.0 26 26 170 197 -27 10.63 12.31

xClinched playoff berth;cClinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;yClinched division;zClinched best regular season record;GPGames Played
WWins;LLossesGBGames back;PCTWin percentage;HomeRecord at Home;RoadRecord on the Road;GFGoals scored;GAGoals allowed
DifferentialDifference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GPAverage number of goals scored per game;GA/GPAverage 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 1211 8,532 10
2 January 15, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1519 17,229 11
3 January 21, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 1015 13,198 12
4 January 22, 2005 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 98 5,059 22
5 January 28, 2005 Anaheim Storm Xcel Energy Center L 78 12 23
6 February 11, 2005 Toronto Rock Xcel Energy Center L 915 9,109 24
7 February 18, 2005 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 1617 OT 6,448 25
8 February 20, 2005 Philadelphia Wings Xcel Energy Center L 1718 8,106 26
9 March 5, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 815 10,846 27
10 March 11, 2005 Buffalo Bandits Xcel Energy Center L 1623 8,254 28
11 March 18, 2005 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 1113 9,116 29
12 March 25, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks Xcel Energy Center W 1211 7,764 39
13 March 26, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1120 8,557 310
14 April 1, 2005 Colorado Mammoth Xcel Energy Center L 915 10,054 311
15 April 9, 2005 @ Anaheim Storm Arrowhead Pond W 1211 OT 4,967 411
16 April 15, 2005 Philadelphia Wings Xcel Energy Center W 1412 13,524 511

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 Hall 13 27 21 48 47 34
Ryan Ward 11 19 25 44 53 2
Chad Culp 14 18 23 41 87 17
Ryder Bateman 14 20 19 39 56 20
Jamie Taylor 15 9 27 36 52 17
D'Arcy Berthiaume 13 14 18 32 88 20
Craig Conn 8 14 17 31 78 17
Sean Pollock 13 9 16 25 42 17
Kerry Susheski 14 15 7 22 47 22
Totals 237 425 460 1031 62

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 Disher 14 788:46 4 10 190 .729 14.45
Nick Patterson 4 89:13 1 0 23 .729 15.47
John McLellan 2 51:16 0 1 8 .795 9.36
Mike Attwood 3 39:42 0 0 8 .733 12.09
Totals 5 11 231 .731 14.44

Awards

Player Award
Ryder Bateman All-Rookie Team
Craig Conn All-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

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