2007 Minnesota Swarm season

2007 Minnesota Swarm
Division	3rd East
2007 record	6-10
Home record	3-5
Road record	3-5
Goals for	187
Goals against	183
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)
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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

Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-Rochester Knighthawks	14	2	-	.875	8-0	6-2	249	194
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	4	.625	6-2	4-4	207	188
x-Minnesota Swarm	9	7	5	.563	4-4	5-3	200	207
x-Toronto Rock	6	10	8	.375	3-5	3-5	187	183
e-Chicago Shamrox	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	176	191
e-Philadelphia Wings	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	178	186
e-New York Titans	4	12	10	.250	3-5	1-7	195	233
West Division
y-Colorado Mammoth	12	4	-	.750	7-1	5-3	209	179
x-Calgary Roughnecks	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	219	202
x-Arizona Sting	9	7	3	.563	6-2	3-5	188	181
x-San Jose Stealth	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	170
e-Edmonton Rush	6	10	6	.375	4-4	2-6	160	189
e-Portland LumberJax	4	12	8	.250	3-5	1-7	153	199

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 13	Chicago	L 11 - 10		10,544	0-1
2	January 19	Rochester	W 11 - 10		8,174	1-1
3	January 20	@ Buffalo	L 22 - 13		12,883	1-2
4	January 27	@ Calgary	L 15 - 14		11,462	1-3
5	February 2	@ Portland	W 11 - 8		6,281	2-3
6	February 17	@ New York	W 15 - 14		7,026	3-3
7	February 18	New York	W 17 - 14		9,056	4-3
8	February 24	@ Chicago	W 19 - 11		6,101	5-3
9	March 4	Buffalo	L 16 - 15		7,504	5-4
10	March 18	Philadelphia	W 11 - 9		7,524	6-4
11	March 23	Toronto	L 13 - 6		8,184	6-5
12	March 31	Colorado	L 11 - 9		10,114	6-6
13	April 6	@ Toronto	W 13 - 11		15,469	7-6
14	April 7	@ Rochester	L 19 - 9		9,536	7-7
15	April 13	@ Philadelphia	W 11 - 8		11,738	8-7
16	April 14	Arizona	W 16 - 15		14,144	9-7

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	April 22	@ Buffalo	L 14 - 8		9,003

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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
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

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

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

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 2007	To Minnesota Swarm Mike Hominuck	To Portland LumberJax Kelly Hall
February 9, 2007	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

Reference: [4]

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

See also

• 2007 NLL season