2008 Minnesota Swarm season

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th in franchise history.

2008 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
2008 record	10-6
Home record	6-2
Road record	4-4
Goals for	199
Goals against	196
General Manager	Marty O'Neill
Coach	Duane Jacobs
Captain	Ryan Cousins
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	10,331
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Ward (33)
Assists	Andy Secore (48)
Points	Andy Secore (76)
Penalties in minutes	Travis Hill (86)
Loose Balls	Travis Hill (108)
Wins	Nick Patterson (10)
Goals against average	Nick Patterson (11.99)
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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	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–2	3–4	203	174	+29	12.69	10.88
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	199	196	+3	12.44	12.25
3	New York Titans – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–1	5–5	197	186	+11	12.31	11.62
4	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	225	220	+5	14.06	13.75
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	197	171	+26	12.31	10.69
6	Toronto Rock	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–5	3–4	172	174	−2	10.75	10.88
7	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	176	212	−36	11.00	13.25

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Jose Stealth – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	4–4	5–3	185	172	+13	11.56	10.75
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	6–2	3–5	184	167	+17	11.50	10.44
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	183	178	+5	11.44	11.12
4	Portland LumberJax – x	16	6	10	.375	3.0	3–5	3–5	179	194	−15	11.19	12.12
5	Edmonton Rush	16	4	12	.250	5.0	3–5	1–7	141	197	−56	8.81	12.31

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 11, 2008	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 17–16	OT	13,317	1–0
2	January 12, 2008	Toronto Rock	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–4		10,104	2–0
3	January 26, 2008	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 18–17	OT	9,686	3–0
4	February 2, 2008	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W 14–12		3,895	4–0
5	February 8, 2008	New York Titans	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–9		10,204	5–0
6	February 10, 2008	Portland LumberJax	Xcel Energy Center	W 14–13	OT	11,244	6–0
7	February 16, 2008	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 14–16		14,446	6–1
8	February 22, 2008	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 8–17		10,342	6–2
9	March 8, 2008	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 7–11		12,313	6–3
10	March 14, 2008	Chicago Shamrox	Xcel Energy Center	W 13–9		13,004	7–3
11	March 29, 2008	@ Chicago Shamrox	Sears Centre	L 10–15		4,036	7–4
12	April 5, 2008	New York Titans	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–9		10,854	8–4
13	April 12, 2008	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–14	OT	12,830	9–4
14	April 19, 2008	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–11		11,568	9–5
15	April 25, 2008	Chicago Shamrox	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–12		11,439	9–6
16	April 26, 2008	@ Chicago Shamrox	Sears Centre	W 12–11		6,014	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 3, 2008	New York Titans	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–11		11,088	0–1

Player stats

Reference:^[4]

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
Andy Secore	14	28	48	76	59	4
Ryan Ward	16	33	36	69	56	10
Craig Point	16	27	34	61	74	8
Sean Pollock	16	24	36	60	64	26
Chad Culp	16	23	32	55	89	14
Mike Hominuck	7	5	16	21	35	2
Ryan Sharp	15	9	11	20	78	72
Dean Hill	7	9	10	19	9	0
Rory McDade	8	4	13	17	11	4
Totals		313	512	408	1132	46

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
Nick Patterson	16	905:34	10	4	181	.768	11.99
Kevin Croswell	16	63:56	0	2	12	.789	11.26
Totals			10	6	196	.766	12.25

Awards

Player	Award
Craig Point	Rookie of the Year
Ryan Cousins	Defensive Player of the Year
Marty O'Neill	NLL GM of the Year
Craig Point	Rookie of the Month, February
Ryan Cousins	First-Team All-Pro
Ryan Cousins	All-Stars
Nick Patterson
Andy Secore
Ryan Ward

Transactions

Trades

March 5, 2008[5]	To Minnesota Swarm Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia) Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia) second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton)	To Edmonton Rush Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota) first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)	To Philadelphia Wings AJ Shannon (from Edmonton) fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)
March 11, 2008[6]	To Minnesota Swarm Ian Rubel	To Toronto Rock second round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference:^[7]

No. Position Player 27 Fwd Achenbach, Colin 18 Def Biers, Andrew 3 Def Courtney, Chris 50 Def Cousins, Ryan 11 Fwd Cromwell, Keith 31 Goalie Croswell, Kevin 19 Fwd Culp, Chad  ? Favero, Brad Goalie Goodleaf, Angus Def Halls, Darren Fwd Hill, Dean 47 Fwd Hill, Travis Fwd Hominuck, Mike 34 Def Inch, Nick  ? Jackson, Marc Def Kemp, Riley

No. Position Player 7 Fwd Marohl, Dan 8 Fwd McDade, Rory Def McLean, Ashton  ? Milkowski, Kevin Def Miyashita, Mark 24 Fwd Norbraten, Justin 12 Def Pacey, Eric 93 Goalie Patterson, Nick 9 Fwd Point, Craig 17 Fwd Pollock, Sean 20 Def Ross, Kyle 40 Def Rubel, Ian 21 Fwd Secore, Andy 26 Trans Sharp, Ryan 23 Def Sullivan, Jon 16 Fwd Talbot, Noah 44 Fwd Ward, Ryan

See also

• 2008 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2008 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
5. "Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt". NLL.com. March 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
6. "Toronto Trades Rubel to Minnesota". NLL.com. March 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
7. "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".