# 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.

## 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 |