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2013-14 Minnesota Swarm Training Camp Schedule

November 8, 2013

The Swarm will be practicing on three consecutive weekends starting November 29th in Oakville, Ontario at the Toronto Rock Athletic Center in Oakville, Ontario - the home of Swarm favorites Jordan MacIntosh and Alex Crepinsek.

Training Camp Weekends

  • Friday, November 29th through Sunday, December 1st
  • Friday, December 6th through Sunday, December 8th
  • Friday, December 13th through Sunday, December 15th

In addition to practices, the Swarm will have three exhibtion games during training camp:

  • Friday, December 6th vs Colorado at 6:00 pm Central at the TRAC in Oakville, Ontario
  • Saturday, December 7th vs Rochester at 7:00 pm Central at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York
  • Saturday, December 14th vs Calgary at 12:30 pm Central at the TRAC in Oakville, Ontario

Looks like by the time the exhibition games start, the team will be down to around 24 players. Then it is a matter of deciding which 4 will be on the practice roster and the 20 who will start the regular season in Rochester on December 28th.

There is no mention of any tryout camp for rookies and free agents so maybe the team may sign a couple rookie free agents to bring to camp that first weekend but basically they are going with the 18 players on the active roster, Andrew Suitor, Ryan Masters and the 10 draft picks.

The last few seasons they had a long layoff from the end of camp to the first regular season game but this year it is a two week break. There is Christmas in between but the team should be able to better bridge momentum from the end of camp to the season opener. Then again, the other eight teams in the NLL are probably planning the same.

A fast and better start than the last couple of seasons is needed to make the playoffs. No more crossover like last year, so the team can't afford to stumble out of the gate.

The Swarm and the other NLL teams must set their 20-man active rosters by December 16th.

Projected Minnesota Swarm Training Camp Roster as of November 8, 2013 (2013 Stats):

Rookie jersey numbers are projections only
# Pos L/R Name Birthday Ht Wt Hometown College Stats
2 D R Reid Acton 04/05/89 6-3 200 Toronto, ON Loyola N/A
3 T L Brock Sorensen 07/16/89 6-6 210 Peterborough, ON Ohio State 6G 5A 51LB
4 D L Jeff Gilbert - A 05/31/83 6-4 210 Barrie, ON Robert Morris 3G 12A 64LB
5 D R JJ Laforet 01/14/90 6-2 190 Georgetown, ON Stony Brook N/A
7 F L Zach Palmer 01/03/91 5-7 173 Kleinburg, ON Johns Hopkins N/A
8 D L Greg Downing 03/24/85 6-1 193 Auburn, NY Fairfield 1G 6A 72LB
9 T R Tyler Hass 04/20/85 6-6 205 Victoria, BC Victoria 8G 4A 71LB
10 D R Alex Crepinsek 02/18/89 5-11 185 Oakville, ON RIT 3G 5A 51LB
12 T R Cameron Flint 10/10/90 5-11 190 Georgetown, ON Denver N/A
18 F L Logan Schuss 01/23/91 6-0 210 Ladner, BC Ohio State N/A
20 T R Andrew Suitor - C 04/26/89 6-0 190 Orangeville, ON Adrian 4G 1A 34LB
22 F R Scott Jones 02/11/89 6-5 210 Port Coquitlam, BC UMBC N/A
23 D R Dominique Alexander 07/14/91 6-2 215 Baldwin, NY Ohio State N/A
24 T R Jordan MacIntosh 09/19/89 6-2 190 Oakville, ON RIT 27G 28A 197LB
25 D R Jordan Houtby 11/01/91 6-3 181 St. Catharines, ON Detroit N/A
30 G L Tyler Carlson 04/29/88 6-1 215 Brampton, ON Seneca 4-6 11.04 GAA .771 Sv%
31 G L Zach Higgins 12/30/90 6-1 215 Courtice, ON Davenport N/A
32 F L Shayne Jackson 11/16/90 5-10 175 Bowmanville, ON Limestone 24G 39A 54LB
33 T L David Earl 08/02/87 6-1 185 Simsbury, CT Notre Dame 8G 7A 102LB
39 D L Dan Ball 10/08/87 5-11 185 Toronto, ON   0G 4A 27LB
45 D L Jason Noble 09/05/91 5-9 180 Orangeville, ON Cornell N/A
46 T R Kiel Matisz 06/08/89 6-5 215 Stoney Creek, ON Robert Morris 29G 33A 70LB
51 D R Nicholas Jonas 03/22/91 6-3 220 St. Louis Park, MN Minnesota N/A
66 F L Matt Gibson 01/19/90 5-10 175 Point Lookout, NY Yale 6G 6A 7LB
77 F R Jay Card 08/12/89 5-11 185 Caledon, ON Hofstra 11G 5A 24LB
81 F L Josh Gillam 06/04/88 6-0 180 Peteborough, ON Dartmouth 4G 15A 20LB
84 F R Corbyn Tao 04/09/88 5-10 185 Coquitlam, BC Robert Morris 6G 17A 49LB
85 D R Mitch Belisle 11/09/85 5-10 190 Brewster, NY Cornell 1G 10A 60LB
89 G L Ryan Masters 01/11/89 6-0 220 Peterborough, ON Fleming N/A
98 F R Callum Crawford - C 11/07/84 6-2 196 Ottawa, ON Dowling 32G 63A 55LB
Staff
Owner/GM Head Coach Assistant Assistant
John Arlotta Joe Sullivan Aime Caines Bobby Keast


Projected Depth Chart for Training Camp as of November 8th, 2013