2007 Minnesota Swarm season

2007 Minnesota Swarm
2007 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2007 record	6-10
Home record	3-5
Road record	3-5
Goals for	200
Goals against	207
General Manager	Marty O'Neill
Coach	Duane Jacobs
Captain	Ryan Cousins
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	9,733
Team leaders
Goals	Chris Panos (30)
Assists	Ryan Ward (52)
Points	Ryan Ward (75)
Penalties in minutes	Mike Kilby (56)
Loose Balls	Ryan Cousins (108)
Wins	Nick Patterson (8)
Goals against average	Nick Patterson (11.43)
	← 2006 season 2008 season →

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 3rd season in the league.

Regular season[edit]

Conference standings[edit]

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	−7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	−15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	−8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	−38	12.19	14.56

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

1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	−29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	−46	9.56	12.44

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[edit]

Reference:^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Attendance	Record
1	January 13, 2007	Chicago Shamrox	Xcel Energy Center	L 10–11	10,544	0–1
2	January 19, 2007	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–10	8,174	1–1
3	January 20, 2007	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 13–22	12,883	1–2
4	January 27, 2007	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 14–15	11,462	1–3
5	February 2, 2007	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 11–8	6,281	2–3
6	February 17, 2007	@ New York Titans	Madison Square Garden	W 15–14	7,026	3–3
7	February 18, 2007	New York Titans	Xcel Energy Center	W 17–14	9,056	4–3
8	February 24, 2007	@ Chicago Shamrox	Sears Centre	W 19–11	6,101	5–3
9	March 4, 2007	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	L 15–16	7,504	5–4
10	March 18, 2007	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–9	7,524	6–4
11	March 23, 2007	Toronto Rock	Xcel Energy Center	L 6–13	8,184	6–5
12	March 31, 2007	Colorado Mammoth	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–11	10,114	6–6
13	April 6, 2007	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–11	15,469	7–6
14	April 7, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–19	9,536	7–7
15	April 13, 2007	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 11–8	11,738	8–7
16	April 14, 2007	Arizona Sting	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–15	14,144	9–7

Playoffs[edit]

Game log[edit]

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 22, 2007	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 8–14		9,003	0–1

Player stats[edit]

Reference:^[4]

Runners (Top 10)[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
Ryan Ward	15	23	52	75	44	6
Sean Pollock	15	26	41	67	60	28
Dean Hill	14	32	21	53	29	4
Kasey Beirnes	15	23	20	43	49	8
Spencer Martin	14	14	27	41	56	15
Scott Stewart	15	17	23	40	57	4
Chad Culp	11	13	24	37	29	12
Mike Hominuck	6	12	16	28	25	2
Ryan Cousins	16	9	14	23	108	16
Totals		323	523	336	1053	52

Goaltenders[edit]

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	656:19	7	5	125	.775	11.43
Matt Disher	16	300:58	2	2	81	.676	16.15
Totals			9	7	207	.743	12.94

Awards[edit]

Player	Award
Marty O'Neill	NLL GM of the Year
Ryan Cousins	NLL Defensive Player of the Year
Ryan Cousins	First Team All-Pro
Nick Patterson	Second Team All-Pro
Ryan Cousins	All-Stars
Ryan Ward	All-Stars

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

February 7, 2007^[5]	To Minnesota Swarm Mike Hominuck	To Portland LumberJax Kelly Hall
February 9, 2007^[6]	To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Sharp	To Portland LumberJax 1st round pick, 2007 entry draft 2nd round pick, 2007 entry draft 3rd round pick, 2008 entry draft

Roster[edit]

Reference:^[7]

No.	Position	Player
22	Fwd	Beirnes, Kasey
18	Def	Biers, Andrew
10	Def	Boyle, Brock
50	Def	Cousins, Ryan
19	Fwd	Culp, Chad
1	Goalie	Disher, Matt
	Fwd	Hall, Kelly
73	Fwd	Hill, Dean
47	Fwd	Hill, Travis
90	Fwd	Hominuck, Mike
77	Def	Kemp, Riley
55	Def	Kilby, Mike
15	Fwd	Martin, Spencer

No.	Position	Player
8	Fwd	McDade, Rory
6	Def	McLean, Ashton
	Def	Miyashita, Mark
12	Def	Pacey, Eric
93	Goalie	Patterson, Nick
	Fwd	Perkins, Eric
17	Fwd	Pollock, Sean
20	Def	Ross, Kyle
26	Def	Sharp, Ryan
48	Fwd	Stewart, Scott
23	Def	Sullivan, Jon
16	Fwd	Talbot, Noah
44	Fwd	Ward, Ryan

References[edit]

^ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ "Minnesota Swarm - 2007 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
^ "Minnesota Swarm - 2007 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
^ "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
^ "Hominuck Traded to Minnesota For Hall". NLL.com. February 7, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
^ "Portland Deals Sharp to Minnesota". NLL.com. February 9, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
^ "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

[1] "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

[2] "Minnesota Swarm - 2007 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

[3] "Minnesota Swarm - 2007 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

[4] "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

[5] "Hominuck Traded to Minnesota For Hall". NLL.com. February 7, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

[6] "Portland Deals Sharp to Minnesota". NLL.com. February 9, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

[7] "Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

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2007 Minnesota Swarm season

Regular season[edit]

Conference standings[edit]

Game log[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Game log[edit]

Player stats[edit]

Runners (Top 10)[edit]

Goaltenders[edit]

Awards[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

Roster[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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