# 2008 Minnesota Swarm season

The Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 4th 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 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 203 | 174 | +29 | 12.69 | 10.88 |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 12.44 | 12.25 |
| 3 | New York Titans – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–1 | 5–5 | 197 | 186 | +11 | 12.31 | 11.62 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 225 | 220 | +5 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 197 | 171 | +26 | 12.31 | 10.69 |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 172 | 174 | −2 | 10.75 | 10.88 |
| 7 | Chicago Shamrox | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 176 | 212 | −36 | 11.00 | 13.25 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | San Jose Stealth – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 185 | 172 | +13 | 11.56 | 10.75 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 184 | 167 | +17 | 11.50 | 10.44 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 183 | 178 | +5 | 11.44 | 11.12 |
| 4 | Portland LumberJax – x | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 179 | 194 | −15 | 11.19 | 12.12 |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | 16 | 4 | 12 | .250 | 5.0 | 3–5 | 1–7 | 141 | 197 | −56 | 8.81 | 12.31 |
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 11, 2008 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 17–16 | OT | 13,317 | 1–0 |
| 2 | January 12, 2008 | Toronto Rock | Xcel Energy Center | W 11–4 | | 10,104 | 2–0 |
| 3 | January 26, 2008 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 18–17 | OT | 9,686 | 3–0 |
| 4 | February 2, 2008 | @ San Jose Stealth | HP Pavilion at San Jose | W 14–12 | | 3,895 | 4–0 |
| 5 | February 8, 2008 | New York Titans | Xcel Energy Center | W 16–9 | | 10,204 | 5–0 |
| 6 | February 10, 2008 | Portland LumberJax | Xcel Energy Center | W 14–13 | OT | 11,244 | 6–0 |
| 7 | February 16, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 14–16 | | 14,446 | 6–1 |
| 8 | February 22, 2008 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wachovia Center | L 8–17 | | 10,342 | 6–2 |
| 9 | March 8, 2008 | @ Buffalo Bandits | HSBC Arena | L 7–11 | | 12,313 | 6–3 |
| 10 | March 14, 2008 | Chicago Shamrox | Xcel Energy Center | W 13–9 | | 13,004 | 7–3 |
| 11 | March 29, 2008 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | L 10–15 | | 4,036 | 7–4 |
| 12 | April 5, 2008 | New York Titans | Xcel Energy Center | W 12–9 | | 10,854 | 8–4 |
| 13 | April 12, 2008 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Xcel Energy Center | W 15–14 | OT | 12,830 | 9–4 |
| 14 | April 19, 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | Xcel Energy Center | L 8–11 | | 11,568 | 9–5 |
| 15 | April 25, 2008 | Chicago Shamrox | Xcel Energy Center | L 10–12 | | 11,439 | 9–6 |
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | @ Chicago Shamrox | Sears Centre | W 12–11 | | 6,014 | 10–6 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

Reference:
| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | May 3, 2008 | New York Titans | Xcel Energy Center | L 8–11 | | 11,088 | 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 |
| Andy Secore | 14 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 59 | 4 |
| Ryan Ward | 16 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 56 | 10 |
| Craig Point | 16 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 74 | 8 |
| Sean Pollock | 16 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 64 | 26 |
| Chad Culp | 16 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 89 | 14 |
| Mike Hominuck | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 2 |
| Ryan Sharp | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 78 | 72 |
| Dean Hill | 7 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| Rory McDade | 8 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 |
| Totals | | 313 | 512 | 408 | 1132 | 46 |

### 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 | 905:34 | 10 | 4 | 181 | .768 | 11.99 |
| Kevin Croswell | 16 | 63:56 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .789 | 11.26 |
| Totals | | | 10 | 6 | 196 | .766 | 12.25 |

## Awards

| Player | Award |
| Craig Point | Rookie of the Year |
| Ryan Cousins | Defensive Player of the Year |
| Marty O'Neill | NLL GM of the Year |
| Craig Point | Rookie of the Month, February |
| Ryan Cousins | First-Team All-Pro |
| Ryan Cousins | All-Stars |
| Nick Patterson | All-Stars |
| Andy Secore | All-Stars |
| Ryan Ward | All-Stars |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 5, 2008 | To Minnesota Swarm Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia) Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia) second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton) | To Edmonton Rush Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota) first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) | To Philadelphia Wings AJ Shannon (from Edmonton) fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota) |
| March 11, 2008 | To Minnesota Swarm Ian Rubel | To Toronto Rock second round pick, 2009 entry draft |

## Roster

Reference:
| No. | Position | Player |
| 27 | Fwd | Achenbach, Colin |
| 18 | Def | Biers, Andrew |
| 3 | Def | Courtney, Chris |
| 50 | Def | Cousins, Ryan |
| 11 | Fwd | Cromwell, Keith |
| 31 | Goalie | Croswell, Kevin |
| 19 | Fwd | Culp, Chad |
| | ? | Favero, Brad |
| | Goalie | Goodleaf, Angus |
| | Def | Halls, Darren |
| | Fwd | Hill, Dean |
| 47 | Fwd | Hill, Travis |
| | Fwd | Hominuck, Mike |
| 34 | Def | Inch, Nick |
| | ? | Jackson, Marc |
| | Def | Kemp, Riley |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 7 | Fwd | Marohl, Dan |
| 8 | Fwd | McDade, Rory |
| | Def | McLean, Ashton |
| | ? | Milkowski, Kevin |
| | Def | Miyashita, Mark |
| 24 | Fwd | Norbraten, Justin |
| 12 | Def | Pacey, Eric |
| 93 | Goalie | Patterson, Nick |
| 9 | Fwd | Point, Craig |
| 17 | Fwd | Pollock, Sean |
| 20 | Def | Ross, Kyle |
| 40 | Def | Rubel, Ian |
| 21 | Fwd | Secore, Andy |
| 26 | Trans | Sharp, Ryan |
| 23 | Def | Sullivan, Jon |
| 16 | Fwd | Talbot, Noah |
| 44 | Fwd | Ward, Ryan |