- 11/18/04 - Swarm Roster For Training Camp
The Minnesota Swarm will begin their first ever training camp in Richmond, BC today through Sunday, November 21st
at the Sportstown BC complex. 33 players will be participating this weekend.
- 11/18/04 - 3:00 pm
- 11/19/04 - 3:00 pm
- 11/20/04 - 10:00 pm
- 11/21/04 - 7:00 am
- 11/15/04 - The Swarm Finally Get Taylor
The Swarm tried to sign Jamie Taylor as a restricted free agent last month but
were blocked by the Rochester Knighthawks. The Swarm dangled a third round pick in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft in
front of Rochester and they bit. They sent Taylor to Minnesota and exchanged each other's third round picks.
Taylor will now join Chad Culp and Derek Malawsky as left handed scorers for the
Swarm.
- 11/10/04 - The Swarm to Host Exhibition Game
The Minnesota Swarm announced they will hold an exhibition game on Friday, December 10th at 7:30 pm at the
Xcel Energy Center against the Colorado Mammoth. It is free to public. The following night, the two teams
play each other again in Loveland, Colorado.
- 11/09/04 - The Swarm Sign Kemp and Boyle The Last Two Days
The Minnesota Swarm signed up two young free agents the last two days:
Riley Kemp is a defenseman who grew up playing junior lacrosse
with the Victoria Shamrocks and played with the senior Shamrocks this past season.
He has not yet played a NLL game but was drafted by Calgary in 2002.
Brock Boyle is a defenseman from Mississauga, ON who has played one game with the
2003 Albany Attack. He played with the Six Nations Chiefs this past summer in the Ontario Senior League.
- 11/05/04 - The Swarm Acquire Cousins and Culp from Arizona
The Minnesota Swarm acquired defenseman Ryan Cousins and forward Chad Culp
from the Arizona Sting for defenseman Brock Robertson and the Swarm's first round pick in the 2006 NLL Entry Draft.
Cousins is a three year NLL veteran spending two years with the Columbus Landsharks and moving with the team to Arizona
in 2004. In 37 NLL games, Cousins has two goals and six assists. He just finished this past summer winning the 2004 Mann Cup
with the Peterborough Lakers.
Culp has played two NLL seasons starting with the New York Saints in 2003 before ending up in Arizona last season. The lefthander
has played in 20 games with 15 goals and 17 assists.
- 11/04/04 - The Swarm Name Assistant Coaches
The Minnesota Swarm named Adam Mueller and Derek Moffat assistant head coaches
for the inauguaral 2005 season.
Mueller was head coach under Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill the last three seasons going 23-26 including
a 2002 playoff appearance with the Philadelphia Wings. Mueller spent eleven seasons in the NLL playing 75 games with 50 goals and 69 assists.
Moffat, who lives in Eagan, MN, was an assistant coach for the Burnaby Lakers junior team in their 2001 Minto Cup run. He played one year
in the NLL and has played in the summer lacrosse in British Columbia.
- 11/01/04 - Rochester Matches Swarm's Offer to Jamie Taylor
The Rochester Knighthawks matched the Swarm's offer to restricted free agent forward Jamie Taylor that was
given to him on October 29th. That means that Taylor will stay with Rochester and the Swarm will have to continue to look elsewhere for players.
