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2017 Georgia Swarm season

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2017 Georgia Swarm
NLL Champions
East Division Champions
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2017 record13-5
Home record7-2
Road record6-3
Goals for266
Goals against213
General ManagerJohn J. Arlotta
CoachEd Comeau
CaptainJordan MacIntosh
Alternate captainsShayne Jackson
Jason Noble
ArenaInfinite Energy Arena
Average attendance3,950
Team leaders
GoalsLyle Thompson (45)
AssistsLyle Thompson (71)
PointsLyle Thompson (116)
Penalties in minutesJason Noble (35)
Loose BallsJordan MacIntosh (153)
WinsMike Poulin (12)
Goals against averageBrodie MacDonald (11.70)

The 2017 Georgia Swarm season is the 2nd season of the Georgia Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Duluth, Georgia playing in the National Lacrosse League. The team was formerly based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was known as the Minnesota Swarm.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarmxyz18135.7220.07–26–3266213+5314.7811.83
2Toronto Rockx1899.5004.04–55–4219200+1912.1711.11
3New England Black Wolvesx18810.4445.05–43–6220244−2412.2213.56
4Rochester Knighthawks18711.3896.04–53–6175209−349.7211.61
5Buffalo Bandits18612.3337.03–63–6226251−2512.5613.94
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxy18126.6670.08–14–5231212+1912.8311.78
2Vancouver Stealthx1899.5003.04–55–4218221−312.1112.28
3Colorado Mammothx1899.5003.05–44–5202199+311.2211.06
4Calgary Roughnecks18810.4444.05–43–6212220−811.7812.22

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; GBGames 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

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 7, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Infinite Energy Arena W 18–10 4,809 1–0
2 January 14, 2017 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 18–14 13,915 2–0
3 January 20, 2017 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena W 14–9 2,386 3–0
4 January 28, 2017 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 14–12 3,456 4–0
5 February 4, 2017 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 10–14 15,254 4–1
6 February 11, 2017 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena W 17–15 4,189 5–1
7 February 17, 2017 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 13–12 OT 8,385 6–1
8 February 19, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena W 15–9 4,170 7–1
9 March 4, 2017 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 11–18 9,780 7–2
10 March 12, 2017 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 8–13 5,324 7–3
11 March 17, 2017 Calgary Roughnecks Infinite Energy Arena W 17–8 3,793 8–3
12 March 24, 2017 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena L 11–12 OT 3,654 8–4
13 April 1, 2017 Colorado Mammoth Infinite Energy Arena W 21–13 3,903 9–4
14 April 7, 2017 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 21–12 5,205 10–4
15 April 15, 2017 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena W 17–16 3,528 11–4
16 April 22, 2017 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center W 20–7 16,833 12–4
17 April 28, 2017 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13–10 6,221 13–4
18 April 29, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena L 8–9 5,126 13–5

Playoffs

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern Final (Game 1) May 13, 2017 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 11–8 7,329 1–0
Eastern Final (Game 2) May 20, 2017 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena W 13–9 6,382 2–0
Finals (Game 1) June 4, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush Infinite Energy Arena W 18–14 7,642 3–0
Finals (Game 2) June 10, 2017 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 15–14 OT 14,264 4–0

Roster

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Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 24 Canada Jordan MacIntosh (C)
  • 45 Canada Jason Noble (A)
  • 37 Canada Ethan O'Connor
  • 44 Canada Chad Tutton
  • 55 Canada Bryan Cole
  • 98 Canada Sean Young
Practice Squad
  • 35 United States Adam Shute (G)
  • 21 United States Liam Byrnes (T)
  • 56 Canada Drew Petkoff (D)
  • 76 Iroquois Warren Hill (G)
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

[1] updated 2017-01-30
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Swarm made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 4 Bryan Cole
1 10 Connor Sellars
2 17 Leo Stouros
2 20 Warren Hill
3 22 Lachlan Elder
3 25 Brayden Hill
3 28 Matt Kavanagh
5 44 Liam Byrnes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.