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12-28-09 - Hudson Star Observer - Hudson native joins Minnesota Swarm dance team 12-23-09 - NLL Insider - Looking back with ? Marty O?Neill 12/23/09 - Minnesota Swarm 23-Man Roster for 2010 The Minnesota Swarm announced their 23-man active roster for the upcoming 2010 season. Nine players are new from the 2009 Swarm active roster at the end of last year. 12-22-09 - NLL Insider - Q & A With Brothers Zack and Bill Greer 12-19-09 - NLL Insider - 2010 NLL Insider Top 50 - Scott Self #25 12/18/09 - Pre-season: Mammoth Take Over Last Three Quarters to best the Swarm
The Minnesota Swarm finished up the pre-season with a 10-7 loss to the Colorado Mammoth on Friday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The two teams split their two game pre-season series as the Swarm won last weekend 17-8.. Read More... 12-18-09 - TheRecord.com (Kitchener, ON) - Kitchener?s lacrosse heroes are together at last 12/18/09 - Pre-season: Swarm at Mammoth Preview
The Minnesota Swarm, like every team in the National Lacrosse League, is in the middle of player evaluations. Who will stay and who will go? Who are the surprises in camp and who are not quite what we thought they were? These questions are being thought through right now, but teams in the league have only until December 23 to come up with some semblance of answers, as that is the date the league mandates all teams should be down to 23 active rostered players. Read More... 12-17-09 - Lacrosse Magazine - NLL: K-Hawks Get Danowski, Fines for Picks 12/17/09 - The 2010 Swarm Performance Team is Unveiled at Alary's in St. Paul
The Minnesota Swarm Swarm Performance Team was unveiled for the 2010 Season on Thursday night at Alary's (2010 Swarm's pre-game party meeting place) in St. Paul. Four of the ten ladies return from the 2009 which include Jessica for her third year, Acacia and KC for their second year and team captain Carrie who has been a member of the team for all six years. The performance team also unveiled their first ever team calendar which can soon be bought at The Minnesota Swarm Shop and the Hockey Lodge starting Monday, December 21 for $10. 12/16/09 - Kevin Fines traded to Rochester
The Minnesota Swarm traded Kevin Fines to the Rochester Knighthawks today for a conditional sixth round draft pick in the 2010 Entry Draft. In his one year with the Swarm last year, the five year veteran scored six goals and five assists in twelve games. 12/12/09 - Swarm Rout Mammoth 17-8 in Scrimmage Tonight
The Minnesota Swarm practiced with the Colorado Mammoth this weekend in Broomfield, Colorado and tonight, the two teams scrimmaged each other with the Swarm routing the Mammoth 17-8. The action tonight was tweeted on the Mammoth's Twitter Page. The two teams were tied at two after the first quarter. The Swarm shut out the Mammoth in the second 4-0 to lead at half by a score of 6-2. The Mammoth got within 9-6 in the third but the Swarm pulled away 8-2 to finish off the Mammoth. Hopefully, more details from the Swarm side of things will be released. These two teams meet next Friday, December 18 at 9:00 pm at the Pepsi Center in Denver in a pre-season game with fans in attendance. Minneosta Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill emailed on the morning of the next day mentioning that the game
consisted of six 12-minute periods.
Nick Patterson played the first three periods in net along with vets leaving with a 8-5 lead. Kevin Croswell played the last three periods with the newer players on the team, giving up only 3 goals while the Swarm outscored the Mammoth 9-2. There were multiple goal scorers but Marty did not mention who they were but he did mention that Jay Thormibert owned the face off circle. 12-11-09 - The Chatham Daily News - Swarm Keep Pollock 12-09-09 - Our Sports Central - Joe Cinosky Traded To Washington BayHawks 12-08-09 - Inside Lacrosse - MLL, NLL and Team USA star Joe Cinosky signs on with Maverik Lacrosse 12/08/09 - Sean Pollock Re-Signs Through The 2012 Season
Sean Pollock re-signed for three years today with the Minnesota Swarm. The Swarm's leading
scorer in 2009 with 26 goals and 39 assists for a total of 65 points. Pollock is the first Swarm player to lead the team in all
three categories for a season. Right now, Pollock is second all time in scoring in Swarm history and only needs 53 points to
pass Ryan Ward as the Swarm's all time leading scorer. Already in
training camp, Pollock has mentioned that he is being called upon to distribute the ball more to other players, filling the Ward
role of the last five years.
12/01/09 - Sully Re-Signs for One Year, Sharp Placed on Hold Out List
The Minnesota Swarm re-sign original Swarm Jon Sullivan to an one-year deal and place Ryan Sharp on the Hold Out List: Jon Sullivan is back for his sixth NLL season all of which have been the Swarm. In 72 games, the right handed defenseman has scored 8 goals and 27 assists. Last year, he scored a goal, assisted on six and scooped 52 loose balls. He holds the team record with 51 consecutive games played which occurred through the complete 2006, 2007 & 2008 seasons including playoff games. Recently, Sullivan was named one of thirty players to be considered for Team Canada for the 2010 World Field Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England. This summer, he was a member of the the MLL champion Toronto Nationals team. Ryan Sharp has been placed on the hold out list by the Swarm. It may be related to his training he has been undergoing to be a police officer in Toronto. Last year, the left handed defenseman scored five goals and six assists in fourteen games with the Swarm. |
