# 2013 Minnesota Swarm season

The 2013 Minnesota Swarm season was the ninth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.
The season did not start the way the Swarm might have hoped. Five of their first six games were decided by a single goal, but the Swarm only won two of them. They fell to 3-7 before dominating three straight home games, winning by 7, 9, and 14 goals. They finished at 7-9, good for fifth in the West but thanks to the Buffalo Bandits' 6-10 record, the Swarm crossed over to the Eastern division and made the playoffs.
In the first round, they had another dominating game, defeating the regular season champion Toronto Rock 20-11 in Toronto. But their visit to the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester was less successful, and the eventual champion Knighthawks ended the Swarm's season with a 12-10 win.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Reference:
East Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 194 | 176 | +18 | 12.12 | 11.00 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 179 | 165 | +14 | 11.19 | 10.31 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.0 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 170 | 207 | −37 | 10.62 | 12.94 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.0 | 2–6 | 4–4 | 171 | 211 | −40 | 10.69 | 13.19 |
West Division :
| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| 1 | Calgary Roughnecks – xy | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 222 | 211 | +11 | 13.88 | 13.19 |
| 2 | Washington Stealth – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 193 | 192 | +1 | 12.06 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Edmonton Rush – x | 16 | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.0 | 2–6 | 7–1 | 203 | 170 | +33 | 12.69 | 10.62 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 185 | 202 | −17 | 11.56 | 12.62 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm – c | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.0 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 219 | 202 | +17 | 13.69 | 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 12, 2013 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 12–13 | | 15,238 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 25, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 12–13 | | 10,504 | 0–2 |
| 3 | January 26, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Xcel Energy Center | W 15–14 | | 8,782 | 1–2 |
| 4 | February 2, 2013 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9–15 | | 16,231 | 1–3 |
| 5 | February 8, 2013 | Toronto Rock | Xcel Energy Center | W 13–12 | OT | 7,722 | 2–3 |
| 6 | February 16, 2013 | Calgary Roughnecks | Xcel Energy Center | L 16–17 | | 8,254 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 22, 2013 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 13–8 | | 6,292 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 24, 2013 | Edmonton Rush | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–14 | | 6,882 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 3, 2013 | @ Washington Stealth | Comcast Arena | L 8–11 | | 2,663 | 3–6 |
| 10 | March 8, 2013 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome | L 15–19 | | 8,622 | 3–7 |
| 11 | March 16, 2013 | Washington Stealth | Xcel Energy Center | W 12–5 | | 7,830 | 4–7 |
| 12 | March 29, 2013 | Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Xcel Energy Center | W 20–11 | | 8,079 | 5–7 |
| 13 | April 6, 2013 | Buffalo Bandits | Xcel Energy Center | W 21–7 | | 10,167 | 6–7 |
| 14 | April 7, 2013 | @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) | Wells Fargo Center | L 13–15 | | 6,861 | 6–8 |
| 15 | April 13, 2013 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | W 17–12 | | 17,622 | 7–8 |
| 16 | April 20, 2013 | Colorado Mammoth | Xcel Energy Center | L 14–16 | | 12,214 | 7–9 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| Division Semifinal | April 28, 2013 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | W 20–11 | | 9,066 | 1–0 |
| Division Final | May 4, 2013 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 10–12 | | 5,096 | 1–1 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| July 26, 2012 | To Minnesota Swarm1st round selection, 2015 entry draft | To Philadelphia WingsKevin Ross |
| July 27, 2012 | To Minnesota SwarmShawn Williams | To Edmonton RushTwo 2nd round selections, 2013 entry draft |
| July 27, 2012 | To Minnesota Swarm3rd overall selection, 2012 entry draft | To Buffalo BanditsShawn Williams Brendan Doran 5th, 14th, and 18th overall selections, 2012 entry draft |

### Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Swarm made the following selections:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/Club |
| 1 | 2 | Brock Sorenson | Ohio State University |
| 1 | 3 | Kiel Matisz | Robert Morris University |
| 1 | 4 | Shayne Jackson | Limestone College |
| 1 | 10 | Alex Crepinsek | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 3 | 24 | Sam Bradman | Salisbury College |
| 4 | 37 | Tyler Tanguay | Adrian College |
| 5 | 42 | Bryan Campbell | Brock University |
| 5 | 46 | Matt Gibson | Yale University |
| 6 | 49 | Michael Teeter | Victoria, BC |
| 6 | 51 | Chris Cudmore | Mars Hill College |