 minnesota swarm is a box lacrosse team in the national lacrosse league. the team plays on treasure island field at xcel energy center in saint paul, minnesota. the team's previous owners (minnesota sports & entertainment) who also own the nhl's minnesota wild purchased the rights to the inactive montreal express team on august 10, 2004. the name swarm was selected over thrill, rush and bullheads on october 25, 2004. on july 16, 2008, john j. arlotta and his son andy arlotta were officially announced as the team's new owners. ==history==  the minnesota swarm played their first exhibition game on december 10, 2004 against the colorado mammoth. the team drew over 14,000 fans &mdash; a record for an nll preseason game, though most of the tickets were free. the swarm's first regular season game was in rochester against the knighthawks on january 1, 2005, in which the swarm won 12-11. craig conn scored the first goal in franchise history. their first home regular season game was january 21, 2005 against the buffalo bandits. the coach of the team for the first season was mike simpson and the general manager was marty o'neill. forward craig conn and defenseman ryan cousins were named reserves for the east division all-star team at the 2005 nll all star game. ryder bateman ranked tied for second among nll rookies in goals and third in scoring. the team finished the season with a 5-11 record. in august 2005, adam mueller was named as the head coach of the team. the swarm made the nll playoffs after the 2006 season with an 8-8 record. in july 2006 adam mueller resigned as coach and was replaced on august 1 by duane jacobs. in 2007 the swarm improved to a 9-7 record, again making the playoffs. general manager marty o'neill was named nll gm of the year. nate lowery has been a high valued prospect attackmen that the swarm have really been after. however, he has declined their offer to go pro and 
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