2014 Minnesota Swarm season

2014 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2014 record	4 - 14
Home record	2 - 7
Road record	2 - 7
Goals for	180
Goals against	219
General Manager	Joe Sullivan
Coach	Joe Sullivan
Captain	Andrew Suitor
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals	Logan Schuss (36)
Assists	Callum Crawford (54)
Points	Callum Crawford (80)
Penalties in minutes	Andrew Suitor (73)
Loose Balls	Jordan MacIntosh (204)
Wins	Zach Higgins (2) Tyler Carlson (2)
Goals against average	Tyler Carlson (11.32)
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The 2014 Minnesota Swarm season was the tenth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	8–1	6–3	210	167	+43	11.67	9.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	6–3	3–6	219	213	+6	12.17	11.83
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	6–3	2–7	190	200	-10	10.56	11.11
4	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	.333	8.0	2–7	4–5	202	218	-16	11.22	12.11
5	Minnesota Swarm	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	180	219	-39	10.00	12.17

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Edmonton Rush – xyz	18	16	2	.889	0.0	8–1	8–1	220	157	+63	12.22	8.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	12	6	.667	4.0	6–3	6–3	237	215	+22	13.17	11.94
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	8	10	.444	8.0	4–5	4–5	201	228	-27	11.17	12.67
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	4	14	.222	12.0	3–6	1–8	181	223	-42	10.06	12.39

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 28, 2013	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 6–8		6,238	0–1
2	January 11, 2014	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Event Centre	L 5–8		5,276	0–2
3	January 18, 2014	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 11–10		5,164	1–2
4	January 19, 2014	Philadelphia Wings	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–15		8,213	1–3
5	February 1, 2014	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 12–14		15,127	1–4
6	February 8, 2014	Calgary Roughnecks	Xcel Energy Center	L 13–15		8,468	1–5
7	February 15, 2014	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–14		7,195	1–6
8	February 22, 2014	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–14		9,207	1–7
9	February 23, 2014	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 15–14		6,458	2–7
10	March 8, 2014	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 9–12		15,330	2–8
11	March 16, 2014	Toronto Rock	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–9	OT	6,628	2–9
12	March 23, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–9	OT	6,081	3–9
13	March 29, 2014	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–15		11,008	3–10
14	April 4, 2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 14–15	OT	6,430	3–11
15	April 5, 2014	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–12		6,410	3–12
16	April 12, 2014	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–9		7,088	4–12
17	April 19, 2014	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	L 12–18		7,961	4–13
18	April 26, 2014	Toronto Rock	Xcel Energy Center	L 6–8		9,056	4–14

Roster

Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 30 Tyler Carlson 31 Zach Higgins Defensemen 10 Alex Crepinsek  8 Greg Downing  4 Jeff Gilbert (A) 11 Mike Hobbins 15 Jordan Houtby		Forwards 98 Callum Crawford (C) 81 Josh Gillam 32 Shayne Jackson 89 Scott Jones 18 Logan Schuss Transition 33 David Earl 12 Cameron Flint  9 Tyler Hass 24 Jordan MacIntosh 46 Kiel Matisz 45 Jason Noble  3 Brock Sorensen 20 Andrew Suitor (C)		Practice Squad 23 Dominique Alexander  7 Zach Palmer 84 Corbyn Tao		Head Coach Joe Sullivan Assistant Coaches Aime Caines Bobby Keast Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2013-04-21 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 15, 2013[2]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick, 2015 entry draft 1st round pick, 2016 entry draft 3rd round pick, 2017 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Ryan Benesch Andrew Watt
September 13, 2013[3]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick, 2015 entry draft 1st round pick, 2017 entry draft	To Philadelphia Wings Evan Kirk

See also

• 2014 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2014 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
2. "Bandits land Benesch in trade". NLL.com. July 15, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
3. "Swarm trade Kirk to Wings". NLL.com. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.