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10-23-09 - GoGriffs.com - Four Griffs Named to Team Canada Roster (Kevin Ross)
10-21-09 - Lacrosse Magazine - Your Game: Ding Dong, the Dodger's Dead (Video) (Joe Cinosky)
10-21-09 - NLL Insider - Team Canada releases 30-man roster
10/21/09 - Three Swarm Players Make the 30-Man Team Canada Roster

Jon Sullivan
Kevin Ross
Zack Greer

Minnesota Swarm players Jon Sullivan, Kevin Ross and Zack Greer were named to the 30-man Team Canada roster for the 2010 World Field Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England in July, 2010. The team will narrow the roster down to 23 players at a later date before it travels to England.
Sullivan is a defender who plays for the Toronto Nationals of the MLL during the summer where he used his long pole to help lead the Nationals to victory in the 2009 MLL Championship. He played field lacrosse in college at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Ross, a midfielder, does not play pro field lacrosse but was a standout scorer at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Greer, an attackman, plays in the MLL for the Long Island Lizards in the summer. He is well-known for his field exploits at Duke University from 2005 - 2008 and then Bryant University in 2009 where he became the all-time leading goal and point scorer in NCAA Division I lacrosse history.
Swarm captain Ryan Cousins did not make the final thirty along with former Swarm players Ryan Ward and Scott Stewart.

10-20-09 - Inside Lacrosse - John Arlotta Interview

10-19-09 - Inside Lacrosse - Notre Dame Lacrosse and USC Game Weekend Recap

10-19-09 - Inside Lacrosse - Swarm Owner Andy Arlotta

10-19-09 - Inside Lacrosse - Notre Dame - Swezey & Hoff

10/16/09 - Two 2009 Mann Cup Winners and Thomson Sign Up for 2010

Kevin Ross
Aaron Wilson
Sean Thomson

The Minnesota Swarm have re-signed forwards Kevin Ross and Aaron Wilson and signed forward Sean Thomson to one-year contracts for the 2010 season.
Kevin Ross returns for his second season in Minnesota, third overall. The lefty scored 20 goals and 23 assists in 16 games laat year for the Swarm. He was only one of two Swarm players, the other Noah Talbot, to play in every game for the Swarm in 2009. He scored three goals four times last year including the first and last games of the year. He won the 2009 Mann Cup this summer with the Brampton Excelsiors and is presently trying out for Team Canada for the 2010 World Field Lacrosse Championships.
Aaron Wilson returns for his second season in Minnesota, eighth overall. The righty arrived in Minnesota along with a draft pick on February 19th from Rochester for Craig Point amd Dean Hill. In ten games with Swarm, he scored 22 goals and 21 assists and combined for the season, he scored 31 goals and 27 assists in sixteen games. He tied a team record with five goals in one game on February 28 against Buffalo and had four straight games with six or more points. Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill has named Wilson as one of the team's assistant captains for the 2010 season. He only needs eight more points for 400 in his regular season career. This summer he won his second straight Mann Cup with the Brampton Excelsiors. He also has won a Champions Cup in Toronto in 2005.
Sean Thomson is a right handed forward entering his second year of NLL play. The 24 year old, 6' 2" 220 lbs from Burlington, Ontario was drafted by the Wings with the ninth pick in the first round of the 2008 Entry Draft. He played in seven games in 2009 scoring five goals and assist; however, his season ended prematurely due to concussion and he was placed on injured reserve. He did not play this summer but is playing with Guelph University in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association this fall.

10-15-09 - Inside Lacrosse - Inside Lacrosse Heads to Notre Dame

10-15-09 - NLL Insider - Lacrosse Links: Noted blogger Ryan Hoff traded to Minnesota Swarm

10/14/09 - Former Irish Laxer Arrives in Minnesota in a Trade

Ryan Hoff

The Minnesota Swarm made a deal with the Rochester Knighthawks as they acquired forward Ryan Hoff and a second round pick in the 2011 Entry Draft for goaltender Aaron Bold, forward Cody Johnson and defenseman Ian Rubel.
Ryan Hoff comes to Minnesota as a NLL rookie. The 5-11 203 lbs. righthanded forward was drafted by the Rochester Knighthawks with the 34th pick in the third round of the 2009 Entry Draft out of Notre Dame. In his four years of Irish lacrosse, Hoff scored 134 goals in 63 games. In this article on NLL Insider, Hoff sees himself as a finisher near the net.
The Swarm traded three players including Ian Rubel who had played five games for the Swarm in the last two seasons notching two assists. Aaron Bold is a goaltender the Swarm acquired during the 2009 Entry Draft. With Bold gone, that leaves only Nick Patterson and Kevin Croswell as goaltedners on the roster heading into camp next month. Cody Johnson was drafted in the fifth round with the 44th pick in the 2009 Entry Draft.

10-12-09 - Inside Lacrosse - Fallball Update: Justin Redd?s ?Shoot the Scout? on Notre Dame-Canada

10-10-09 - NLL Insider - International: Update from Team Canada?s training camp this weekend

10-09-09 - NLL Insider - Who will be the NLL?s Sophomore Sensation?

10/08/09 - Four 2009 Swarm Rookies and a Former Rock are Signed

Kevin Buchanan
Josh Funk
Ricky Pages
Andrew Watt
Jay Winder

The Minnesota Swarm signed five players to one-year contracts today including 2009 rookies, Kevin Buchanan, Josh Funk and Andrew Watt. 2009 practice roster player Ricky Pages was brought back and the Swarm will bring in Jay Winder, who played with the Toronto Rock in 2008.
Kevin Buchanan returns to the Swarm after a very successful 2009 rookie season after being selected 11th in the 2008 Entry Draft out of The Ohio State. Buchanan made the 2009 All-NLL Rookie Team as he scored 22 goals and 23 assists in eleven games. He scored five goals against Toronto on February 27, which tied a Swarm single-game record. That weekend performance won him NLL rookie of the week that week. He is presently trying out for the United States team that will partake in the 2010 World Field Lacrosse Championships.
Josh Funk returns for this second season with the Swarm. Funk joined the team in January and made his NLL debut with the Swarm against Calgary on March 28. Funk scored three goals last year and presently has scored a goal in three straight games.
Ricky Pages was drafted in the fourth round by the Swarm in 2008 and spent the 2009 season on the practice roster. Pages played for the Long Island Lizards of the MLL this past summer and played in the MLL All-Star game.
Andrew Watt was the Swarm's first pick in the 2008 Draft taken eighth overall. Watt scored six goals and eleven assists in thirteen games in his debut season. Four of his goals were shorthanded which was tied for the NLL lead in 2009 with Calgary's Tracey Kelusky and set a Swarm single season record for shorthanded goals. Watt was named NLL rookie of the week for his performance against Portland on January 3, 2009.
Jay Winder comes to the Swarm from the Toronto Rock where in his rookie season of 2008, the lefthanded defenseman scored one goal, one assists and scooped up 38 loose balls in eleven games. Both his goal and assist in 2008 were scored against the Swarm on January 11, 2008. Winder started the 2009 with the Rock on injured reserve but was later released. Look for Winder to wear #20.

10-05-09 - Star Tribune - Purple Pep (Krisan SPT 2007)