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

Game log Reference:

Player stats Reference:

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. 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

See also 2009 NLL season

References