- 01/29/06 - Review: Swarm 9 Knighthawks 10
The Minnesota Swarm (2-3) were up 7-4 at halftime but the Rochester Knighthawks' John Grant scored five
second half goals to lead Rochester's (4-1) comeback victory at 10-9. The two teams have twice at The Hive over the last two weekends
with the Swarm losing both games, falling 0-3 at home. Brock Boyle had three goals and
Matt Disher saved 43 of 53 shots.
- 01/28/06 - Preview: Swarm vs Knighthawks
The Swarm take on the Knighthawks for the second straight game. Last Saturday, the Knighthawks beat the Swarm 12-6 at the
Xcel Energy Center behind Knighthawks goalie Pat O'Toole's 45 saves.
- 01/25/06 - Patterson Named NLL Player of the Week
Nick Patterson was named NLL Player of the Week ending January 22, 2006. Patterson had a stellar
game last Friday in Calgary in which he saved 47 of 58 Roughneck shots to lead the Swarm to a 12-8 victory. Patterson is 2-0 in his
two starts this season both on the road.
- 01/21/06 - Review: Swarm 6 Knighthawks 12
The Minnesota Swarm ended up with a split on the weekend as they lost at The Hive to the Rochester Knighthawks by a 12-6 score. They
remain winless at home at 0-2 while undefeated on the road at 2-0. Both Chad Culp and
Sean Pollock had two goals each for the Swarm.
- 01/20/06 - Review: Swarm 12 Roughnecks 8
My god, Patterson is simply fantastic. He is in the zone. Stopped 47 of 55. He stopped them from the left to the right, in front and to the sides. Toth will have nightmares of Nick the Quick for quite a while. Disher has a tough act to follow tomorrow night, lets go Disher.
- 01/20/06 - Preview: Swarm vs Knighthawks
This game concludes two games in two days for the Minnesota Swarm. Friday night they are in Calgary and Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center hosting Rochester.
- 01/19/06 - Preview: Swarm at Roughnecks
This weekend, the Swarm are looking carry the momentum from last Saturday. They have two games this upcoming weekend. The first is Friday January 20, 2006 at Calgary against the Roughnecks. The Roughnecks are 1-0 with an 11-9 victory at home against the Edmonton Rush to get their first win of the year.
- 01/14/06 - Review: Swarm 13 Wings 10
Nick Patterson made his first start of the season and was spectacular saving 45 of 55 shots as the
Minnesota Swarm (1-1) got their first win of the season in Philadelphia (2-1) by a score of 13-10 against the Wings. The Swarm leaped out to
a 9-3 lead at half with a strong defense led by Michael Kilby and Jon Sullivan and
kept the Wings at bay the rest of the way. Kelly Hall had the game winning goal to go along with his 3 goals and an assist
to lead the Swarm in scoring.
- 01/13/06 - Swarm Make Roster Moves Before Rematch with the Wings
The Swarm re-signed Shawn Summerfield to the active roster and released Kyle Ross. Ross, a
2004 draft pick by the Swarm, was on the active roster for the home opener but did not dress.
The Minnesota Swarm began to build their practice roster by adding Dean Hill and
Travis Hill. D. Hill was released at the end of training camp after being drafted by the Swarm in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft. T. Hill was released on the day of
the home opener.
- 01/13/06 - Preview: Swarm at Wings
This weekend, the Swarm are looking to get their first win of the year and to keep up with the undefeated Wings (2-0) in the East Division. This is the Wings home opener. The Swarm are hoping that #11 Kelly Hall will be ready to go after a rib injury suffered before last Friday's game. The lefthander's scoring and aggressiveness will be needed near the net to help with the offense.
- 01/06/06 - Review: Swarm 11 Wings 15
The Minnesota Swarm opened the second season of operation at The Hive against the Philadelphia Wings, who they beat at home to finish
the 2005 season. This time, the Wings with a win under their belt already this season, came in and throttled the Swarm with five
straight goals in the fourth quarter to beat the Wings, 15-10. Ryan Ward led the team with 4 goals and 2 assists
while newcomer Kasey Beirnes kicked in three goals and three assists.
- 01/06/06 - Swarm Make Roster Moves Before Opener
The Minnesota Swarm made a few moves just before the regular season opener at The Hive against the Philadelphia Wings on Friday.
First off, D'Arcy Berthiaume was activated to the active roster off the physically unable to perform list. Berthiaume
had 14 goals and 18 assists and the Swarm now think he is ready to go for the season after recovering from a torn Achilles tendon suffered playing summer ball.
The Swarm brought in a new player, signing defenseman Mark Miyashita who was recently released by the Colorado Mammoth.
Miyashita was the first overall pick in the 2003 NLL Entry Draft by Vancouver Ravens and in his rookie season, he had 7 goals and 16 assists. After the Ravens
disbanded, Miyashita played for the Mammoth in 2005 and scored 2 goals and 7 assists. Miyashita is also able to faceoffs and with Berthiaume's health problems, he
may indeed become the main face off man.
To make room for Berthiaume and Miyashita, the Swarm released Travis Hill and Shawn Summerfield
