2009 Minnesota Swarm season

March 2026 2009 2009 NLL season Minnesota Swarm Minnesota Swarm NLL West 5th 6-10 2-6 4-4 174 198 Marty O'Neill Duane Jacobs Ryan Cousins Ryan Ward Xcel Energy Center 11,851 Sean Pollock (26) Sean Pollock (39) Sean Pollock (65) Ryan Sharp (34) Ryan Sharp (89) Kevin Croswell (3)Nick Patterson (3) Kevin Croswell (11.21) 2008 season 2008 Minnesota Swarm season 2010 season 2010 Minnesota Swarm season The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 5th in franchise history. The Swarm played their first four seasons in the East division, but because of the addition of the Boston Blazers and the demise of the Arizona Sting, they were moved to the West division for the 2009 season. Regular season Conference standings MIN Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/432354-minnesota-swarm?subseason=57523 https://archive.today/20120905224342/http://www.nll.com/page/show/432354-minnesota-swarm?subseason=57523 dead September 5, 2012 Minnesota Swarm – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.comXcel Energy Center 1/3/2009 Portland LumberJax Rose Garden Rose Garden (arena) 1 11 7 7121 1/10/2009 San Jose Stealth 10 7 13094 1/24/2009 Buffalo Bandits 9 10 11458 2/6/2009 Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome Scotiabank Saddledome 1 8 13 10090 2/7/2009 Colorado Mammoth 8 13 11174 2/20/2009 Boston Blazers 12 16 12106 2/21/2009 Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1 12 13 10559 2/27/2009 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 13 10 13324 2/28/2009 Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena First Niagara Center 1 16 15 18690 3/14/2009 Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1 13 12 10160 3/22/2009 Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center 1 11 13 15594 3/28/2009 Calgary Roughnecks 10 13 12364 4/3/2009 San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose 1 8 18 5618 4/4/2009 Edmonton Rush 9 7 12476 4/11/2009 Portland LumberJax 14 19 12574 4/18/2009 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 10 12 13219 Player stats Reference:http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25956&seasonid=3260 Minnesota Swarm - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies 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 Sean Pollock 15 26 39 65 74 14 Ryan Ward 15 20 36 56 58 4 Kevin Buchanan 11 22 23 45 58 2 Dan Marohl 13 20 25 45 35 2 Aaron Wilson 10 22 21 43 46 6 Kevin Ross 16 20 23 43 47 8 Chad Culp 15 12 23 35 87 7 Andrew Watt 13 6 11 17 68 10 Kevin Fines 12 6 5 11 65 8 Totals 281 455 262 1180 32 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 Kevin Croswell 16 519:13 3 4 97 .773 11.21 Nick Patterson 16 440:36 3 6 100 .713 13.62 Totals 6 10 198 .746 12.38 Transactions Players not returning Andrew Biers - traded Chris Courtney - traded Chris McKay - traded Trades November 19, 2008 To Minnesota Swarm fourth round pick, 2010 entry draft To Rochester KnighthawksChris Courtney September 7, 2008 To Minnesota Swarm8th overall pick, 2008 entry draft To Edmonton Rush Andrew Biers10th overall pick, 2008 entry draft July 1, 2008 To Minnesota Swarmsecond round pick, 2008 entry draft To Edmonton Rush Chris McKay Entry draft The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551 Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston September 7, 2008 NLL.com 2008-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080907191025/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551 7 September 2008 dead The Swarm selected the following players: RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club18 Andrew Watt Robert Morris College111 Kevin Buchanan Ohio State University113 Joe Cinosky University of Maryland224 Tom Michaelsen St John's University438 Ricky Pages Ohio State University440 Justin Haworth Limestone College673 Bruce Bickford Drexel University Roster 2009 Minnesota Swarm #00427A #EEBB22 Silver #FFFFFF 31 CAN Kevin Croswell 93 CAN Nick Patterson  4 USA Joe Cinosky 50 CAN Ryan Cousins 1 21 CAN Kevin Fines  5 USA Josh Funk 28 CAN Darren Halls 34 CAN Nick Inch 12 CAN Eric Pacey 23 CAN Jon Sullivan 27 USA Colin Achenbach 33 USA Kevin Buchanan 19 CAN Chad Culp 47 Iroquois Travis Hill  7 USA Dan Marohl  8 CAN Rory McDade 17 CAN Sean Pollock 71 CAN Kevin Ross 16 CAN Noah Talbot 44 CAN Ryan Ward 1 22 CAN Andrew Watt 10 CAN Aaron Wilson 26 CAN Ryan Sharp -- USA Bruce Bickford 15 CAN Brad Favero 55 CAN Angus Goodleaf 14 CAN Marc Jackson 11 USA Tom Michaelson 13 USA Ricky Pages -- USA Ross Zimmerman Duane Jacobs Mike Lines Derek Moffat See also 2009 NLL season References Minnesota Category:2009 in sports in Minnesota