2006 Minnesota Swarm season

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 2nd in franchise history.

2006 Minnesota Swarm
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2006 record	9-7
Home record	4-4
Road record	5-3
Goals for	158
Goals against	171
General Manager	Marty O'Neill
Coach	Adam Mueller
Captain	Ryan Cousins
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	9,582
Team leaders
Goals	Kasey Biernes (24)
Assists	Ryan Ward (47)
Points	Ryan Ward (66)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan Cousins (32)
Loose Balls	Mark Miyashita
Wins	Nick Patterson (6)
Goals against average	Nick Patterson (10.40)
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Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	193	167	+26	12.06	10.44
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	196	180	+16	12.25	11.25
3	Toronto Rock – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	182	179	+3	11.38	11.19
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	158	171	−13	9.88	10.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	184	184	−-0	11.50	11.50

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Portland LumberJax – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	188	177	+11	11.75	11.06
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	6–2	4–4	200	172	+28	12.50	10.75
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	4–4	5–3	183	178	+5	11.44	11.12
4	Arizona Sting – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	198	199	−1	12.38	12.44
5	San Jose Stealth	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	174	−23	9.44	10.88
6	Edmonton Rush	16	1	15	.062	10.0	0–8	1–7	150	202	−52	9.38	12.62

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

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 6, 2006	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–15		8,024	0–1
2	January 14, 2006	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 13–10		11,874	1–1
3	January 20, 2006	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 12–8		10,637	2–1
4	January 21, 2006	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 6–12		7,124	2–2
5	January 29, 2006	Rochester Knighthawks	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–10		7,544	2–3
6	February 3, 2006	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	W 7–6		8,745	3–3
7	February 10, 2006	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Xcel Energy Center	W 11–10		7,524	4–3
8	February 18, 2006	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 9–14		12,458	4–4
9	March 3, 2006	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 8–13		15,830	4–5
10	March 4, 2006	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 11–8		10,961	5–5
11	March 17, 2006	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	W 14–12		5,487	6–5
12	March 24, 2006	Buffalo Bandits	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–13		9,533	6–6
13	April 1, 2006	Toronto Rock	Xcel Energy Center	W 10–9		10,084	7–6
14	April 8, 2006	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 9–10		10,352	7–7
15	April 9, 2006	San Jose Stealth	Xcel Energy Center	W 9–8	OT	7,044	8–7
16	April 15, 2006	Portland LumberJax	Xcel Energy Center	L 8–13		10,104	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 23, 2006	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 10–11		8,110	0–1

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
Ryan Ward	16	19	47	66	37	16
Chad Culp	15	20	35	55	69	25
Kasey Beirnes	15	24	28	52	60	12
Sean Pollock	15	16	24	40	62	20
Jamie Taylor	15	8	24	32	26	12
Kelly Hall	8	16	9	25	21	16
Brock Boyle	16	13	11	24	48	23
D'Arcy Berthiaume	8	4	10	14	52	12
Mark Miyashita	10	4	10	14	87	4
Totals		259	417	309	992	45

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	524:58	6	2	91	.790	10.40
Matt Disher	16	428:39	2	6	78	.773	10.92
Totals			8	8	171	.780	10.69

Awards

Player	Award
Nick Patterson	Second Team All-Pro
Nick Patterson	Overall Player of the Month, February
Ryan Cousins	All-Star

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2006	To Minnesota Swarm Scott Stewart	To Portland LumberJax Ryder Bateman
March 14, 2006	To Minnesota Swarm Andrew Biers	To Calgary Roughnecks second round pick, 2006 entry draft third round pick, 2006 entry draft
March 14, 2006	To Minnesota Swarm first round pick, 2008 entry draft second round pick, 2006 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Darryl Gibson second round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player Fwd Bateman, Ryder 22 Fwd Beirnes, Kasey Fwd Berthiaume, DArcy 18 Fwd Biers, Andrew 10 Def Boyle, Brock 50 Def Cousins, Ryan 19 Fwd Culp, Chad 1 Goalie Disher, Matt Def Gibson, Darryl 11 Fwd Hall, Kelly 28 Def Heavenor, Nolan Fwd Henderson, Tony 73 Fwd Hill, Dean 47 Fwd Hill, Travis

No. Position Player 77 Def Kemp, Riley 55 Def Kilby, Mike 15 Fwd Martin, Spencer 8 Fwd McDade, Rory 39 Def Miyashita, Mark 12 Def Pacey, Eric 93 Goalie Patterson, Nick 17 Fwd Pollock, Sean Fwd Stewart, Scott 23 Def Sullivan, Jon 33 Def Summerfield, Shawn 16 Fwd Talbot, Noah 40 Fwd Taylor, Jamie 44 Fwd Ward, Ryan

See also

• 2006 NLL season