2012 Minnesota Swarm season

The 2012 Minnesota Swarm season was the eighth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.

2012 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	3rd West
2012 record	9-7
Home record	6-2
Road record	3-5
Goals for	202
Goals against	190
General Manager	Joe Sullivan
Coach	Joe Sullivan
Captain	Andrew Suitor
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Benesch (33)
Assists	Callum Crawford (58)
Points	Callum Crawford (83)
Penalties in minutes	Andrew Suitor (74)
Loose Balls	Jordan MacIntosh (153)
Wins	Tyler Carlson (5)
Goals against average	Evan Kirk (9.81)
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After a 3–3 start, the Swarm fired coach Mike Lines, naming Associate General Manager Joe Sullivan as the new head coach.^[1] No reason was given for the move.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[2]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	198	196	+2	12.38	12.25
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	191	197	−6	11.94	12.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	176	207	−31	11.00	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	4–4	3–5	198	204	−6	12.38	12.75

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	216	170	+46	13.50	10.62
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	201	+16	13.56	12.56
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	202	190	+12	12.62	11.88
4	Edmonton Rush – x	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	167	175	−8	10.44	10.94
5	Washington Stealth	16	4	12	.250	8.0	2–6	2–6	179	204	−25	11.19	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

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 14, 2012	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 14–20		14,106	0–1
2	January 28, 2012	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	W 19–11		8,232	1–1
3	February 4, 2012	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 14–16		5,267	1–2
4	February 10, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–9	OT	7,012	2–2
5	February 12, 2012	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	W 9–6		7,087	3–2
6	February 18, 2012	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	L 7–12		9,030	3–3
7	February 24, 2012	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 15–7		3,755	4–3
8	March 3, 2012	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–11		7,638	5–3
9	March 17, 2012	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 10–13		15,003	5–4
10	March 25, 2012	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 13–20		3,618	5–5
11	March 30, 2012	Calgary Roughnecks	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–15		8,510	5–6
12	March 31, 2012	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 8–9	OT	6,011	5–7
13	April 6, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	W 13–9		8,070	6–7
14	April 14, 2012	Washington Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	W 14–9		8,239	7–7
15	April 21, 2012	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–10		9,357	8–7
16	April 28, 2012	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–13		11,297	9–7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[4]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 5, 2012	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 14–10		14,152	1–0
Division Final	May 12, 2012	Edmonton Rush	Xcel Energy Center	L 3–15		6,491	1–1

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2011[5]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft 4th round pick in 2011 Entry Draft 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Aaron Wilson Ryan Cousins Kevin Croswell 2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft
September 6, 2011[6]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Anthony Cosmo)	To Colorado Mammoth Jon Sullivan Rory Smith Sean Pollock
September 9, 2011[7]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in Boston Blazers dispersal draft (Greg Downing) 2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft 1st round pick in 2012 Entry Draft Jeff Gilbert	To Toronto Rock Josh Sanderson Nick Inch
October 25, 2011[8]	To Minnesota Swarm 4th round pick in 2013 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Mat Giles
February 16, 2012[9]	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in 2013 entry draft 1st round pick in 2014 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Anthony Cosmo
March 20, 2012[10]	To Minnesota Swarm 3rd round pick in 2013 entry draft	To Colorado Mammoth Jamie Shewchuk

Dispersal Draft

The Swarm chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round	Overall	Player
1	3	Anthony Cosmo
1	4	Josh Sanderson
2	13	Mitch Belisle
3	22	Jason Duboe
4	30	Tyler Collins

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.^[11] The Swarm selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Jordan MacIntosh	Rochester Institute of Technology
1	6	Evan Kirk	Hobart College
2	12	Corbyn Tao	Robert Morris University
3	19	Jay Card	Hofstra University
3	27	David Earl	Notre Dame University
4	29	Brian Karalunas	Villanova University
4	31	Patrick Smith	Robert Morris
5	39	Jeremy Boltus	Army
6	48	Todd Baxter	Denver University

Roster

2012 Minnesota Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 30 Tyler Carlson 35 Evan Kirk Defensemen 39 Dan Ball 85 Mitch Belisle 79 Nik Bilic  4 Joe Cinosky 23 Brendon Doran 43 Jeff Gilbert 13 Matt Kelly		Forwards 42 Todd Baxter 21 Ryan Benesch 77 Jay Card 98 Callum Crawford 94 Joel Henry  7 John McClure 71 Kevin Ross] 84 Corbyn Tao Transition  8 Greg Downing 33 David Earl  9 Tyler Hass 24 Jordan MacIntosh 11 Rich Morgan 20 Andrew Suitor (C) 22 Andrew Watt		Practice Squad 27 Pat Smith 25 Joe Wasson		Head Coach Joe Sullivan Assistant Coaches Aime Caines Bob Keast Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2011-11-29 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2012 NLL season

References

1. "Minnesota Names Joe Sullivan Head Coach". NLL.com. February 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
3. "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
4. "Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
5. "Edmonton & Minnesota Make Big Trade". NLL.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
6. Jenner, Teddy (September 6, 2011). "Colorado moves 3rd overall dispersal pick to Minnesota for three big names". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
7. "Josh Sanderson selected by Minnesota, then traded to Toronto". NLL.com. September 9, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
8. "Bandits acquire Giles in trade with Swarm". Bandits.com. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
9. "Bandits acquire Cosmo from Minnesota". Buffalo Bandits web site. February 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
10. "2012 Transactions". Nll.com. March 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
11. "2011 Entry Draft Results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.