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October 2010 Updates


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  • 10/28/10 - Sully and The Toyota Tundra Sign Oath of Allegiance for a Year to the Swarm


    Jon Sullivan
    Richard Morgan

    An original, Jon Sullivan aka Sully, signed an one year contract today. Named an assistant captain last year, Sully has been with the team since the beginning of Swarm time. He is second in regular season games played in Swarm history with 87. He will be entering his seventh NLL seaosn, all with the Swarm, and has 11 goals and 30 asssits. Last year, Sully had three goals and three assists with all those goals being shorthanded. He has played for Toronto Nationals of the MLL the last two years winning the MLL championship in 2009 and was on the Silver Medal Team Canada World Field Lacrosse Team this past summer in Manchester, England.

    The Toyota Tundra, that big guy wearing #11, you all saw terrorizing opponents is back for another year. Richard Morgan will be back for his second year with the Swarm.   The 6' 8" defender scored 4 goals and 5 assists in 14 games last year. The 2007 All-Star will be entering his eighth NLL season after stops in Anaheim and Portland. He has played in 107 regular season games and has 71 goals and 63 assists. He also has 4 goals and 5 assists in 6 playoff games.

  • 10/28/10 - Top Pick Suitor, Local Boy Hurley, McClure and Waldeck Sign for One Year from Swarm 2010 Draft Class


    Andrew Suitor
    Ryan Hurley
    John McClure
    Steven Waldeck

    The Swarm sign top draft pick and fourth overall pick in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft, Andrew Suitor, to an one year contract today. Suitor is a righthanded defenseman from Orangeville, Ontario where he led the Junior A Northmen to Minto Cup Championships in 2008 & 2009. The 2010 NLL Insider Junior Defenseman of the Year is espected to make the 23-man active roster out of camp as a top two way threat, a bit of edge if needed and provide young leadership to the team. Look for Andrew to wear #20.

    Eagan, Minnesota-born Ryan Hurley signed for one year today. The Holy Angels and Cornell graduate comes back to Minnesota after a stellar career in Ithaca, New York with the Big Red. With Cornell, Ryan made the NCAA Final Four three times in four years. Hurley was the 27th pick in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft by the Swarm and will be competing for a lefty forward spot in camp.

    The 45th pick in the draft for the Swarm is John McClure from Brampton, Ontario. The righthanded forward has played the last three years with the Senior A Brampton Excelsiors and has Mann Cup rings in 2008 & 2009. He will be battling for the fourth or fifth righty forward spot. The Dowling College graduate signed up for one year today

    Steven Waldeck signed for one year today with the Swarm. The Swarm selected the Stony Brook defender with the 55th pick in the 2010 Draft. He played this summer in the MLL with the Toronto Nationals along with Jon Sullivan and Scott Rodgers.

  • 10-22-10 - NLL Insider - Insider 20Q: The Baby Face Killer.. Rory Smith
  • 10/21/10 - Newcomer Matt Lyons Signs on the Dotted Line for Two Years


    Matt Lyons

    The Swarm signed forward Matt Lyons for two years today. Lyons was acquired on draft day on September 8 from the Boston Blazers for the 54th pick in the 2010 Draft. Lyons will be entering his fourth NLL season and the Swarm will be his third team after stints in Rochester and the last two in Boston. In 2009, Lyons' first with the Blazers, he scored 21 goals and 31 assists in 16 gmaes but he slumped in 2010 scoring only 4 goals and 7 assists in 7 games. With Marohl's retirement, Lyons moves up the righty forward depth chart where he will be battling for a spot with Mat Giles, Sean Thomson, Tyler Hass and John McClure. No more than two of those players may have a chance to make the team.

  • 10/21/10 - Dan Marohl Announces His Retirement


    Dan Marohl

    The Swarm announced the retirement of ambidextrous forward Dan Marohl today. Marohl enjoyed a nine year career that started in Ottawa, then six years in Philadelphia before he was acquired in a trade on March 5, 2008 by the Swarm. Marohl played 21 games for the Swarm from 2008 through 2010 and scored 26 goals and 33 assists. He scored a goal and assist in the Swarm's 2008 playoff game against the New York Titans. He scored three game winners for the Swarm in 2009 including one with a second left against the Wings on March 14, 2009. In his nine years, Marohl played 110 games and scored 133 goals and 273 assists for a total of 406 points and played in the 2006 All-Star Game.

  • 10/20/10 - The Minnesota Swarm will take on the Toronto Rock in Pre-Season Action on December 19th in Six Nations

    The Toronto Rock announced today that one of their three pre-season games will be against the Minnesota Swarm. The game will be at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations, Ontario. The game will be open and free to the public and will start at 12:00 pm Central on Sunday, December 19th.

    Training camp dates should be announced within the next month, with camp beginning at the end of November. The Third Annual Swarm Holiday Bowl has alreadhy been confirmed on Sunday, December 5th at Brunswick Bowl XL in Lakeville.

  • 10-19-10 - NLL Insider - 2011 Insider Top 50 - #50 - Rory Smith
  • 10/19/10 - The Vanilla Gorilla Will Terrorize Swarm Opponents for Two More Years


    Nick Inch

    The Minnesota Swarm re-signed another defenseman for two years, that player being Nick Inch, aka the Vanilla Gorilla. Inch entered the season as a restricted free agent. Inch will enter his fourth season with the Swarm and in thirty games has seven assists. He was selected to the West All-Star Team in 2009 and assisted on two goals in that game.

  • 10/19/10 - Eric Pacey Will Be Back for a Seventh and Eighth Season in Blue and Gold


    Eric Pacey

    The Minnesota Swarm have re-signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Eric Pacey to a two-year contract today. Pacey will be entering his tenth NLL season and his seventh with the Swarm. Pacey is an original member of the Swarm and has been assistant captain since the 2006 season. In 75 Swarm regular season games, Pacey has ten goals and 26 assists. He even led the Swarm in scoring in a game on April 6, 2007 in Toronto against the Rock with a goal and four assists. The goal being memorable for Pacey took it coast to coast, leveling the Rock's Blaine Manning in the process. Pacey also has a playoff goal for the Swarm in 2006 against Buffalo.

  • 10/18/10 - Ten Make the Cut for the 2011 Swarm Performace Team


    Jessica
    Beth
    Betsey
    Ginger
    Kelly

    See the 2011 Swarm Performance Team page here on this website.

    The Minnesota Swarm Performance Team had their auditions for the 2011 season this past Saturday night at CorePower Yoga in Highland Park. Ten ladies will represent the team once again.

    Four ladies from last year will return led by Jessica, who will be on the team for a fourth straight year. Beth, Betsey and Ginger were rookies last year and will all be coming back for a second year.

    Kelly returns to the team after a two year break after being on the team in 2008. That leaves five new members of the SPT which are Annalisa, Jenna, Kara, Kayla and Kristin.

    The 2011 Swarm Performance Team will be unveiled to the public on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Swarm Holiday Bowl at the Brunswick Bowl XL in Lakeville.

  • 10/14/10 - Game Time Change on April 2, 2011

    The Minnesota Swarm game on April 2, 2011 against the Calgary Roughnecks at The Hive on Treasure Island Field has been moved to 6:00 pm CST. Eariler in the day, the Wild play Tampa Bay at the X at 1:00 pm CST prior to the Main Event featuring the Swarm. See the updated 2011 Swarm Schedule.

  • 10/13/10 - Ryan "The Bowling Ball" Benesch Strikes for Three More Years


    Ryan Benesch

    Ryan Benesch has re-signed for three more years on Wednesday with the Swarm. The lefty forward had his best season last year, his first with the Swarm, when he scored 28 goals and 55 assosts. His eleven points, nine of them assists, against Calgary on March 26, 2010 set Swarm single game records. Ryan led the Swarm in scoring in their 2010 playoff game against Washington with a goal and three assists. Only 25, Benesch, first overall pick in the 2006 NLL Entry Draft with San Jose, has played four years and has 97 goals and 138 assists in 58 NLL games, which averages over four points per game.

    Benesch came over in the Ryan Ward trade with Edmonton in July 2009 and exceeded Ward in points last year or in any year that Ward played with the Swarm, even though post-season success was on Ward's side in 2010. With the new three year commitment, Benesch should be the solid number one lefty forward for years to come.

  • 10/08/10 - Noah Talbot and Tim Campeau Re-Sign with Swarm. Tyler Hass and Scott Rodgers also sign dotted line with Swarm


    Noah Talbot
    Tim Campeau
    Tyler Hass
    Scott Rodgers

    Today, the Minnesota Swarm have re-signed D Noah Talbot to an one-year contract and F Tim Campeau to a two-year contract. Also, the Swarm signed F Tyler Hass and G Scott Rodgers to one-year contracts.

    Noah Talbot will be entering his seventh NLL season, sixth with the Swarm as he joined the team in year two. Talbot has one goal and 26 assists in 78 gamwes with the Swarm and has a current streak of 58 consecutive games played with the Swarm since March 18, 2007, which is a team record he set last year. Overall, he has 3 goasls and 29 assists in his career. A stay at home defender who takes on opponents' top righies game in and game out, Talbot has established himself as the top lefty defenseman on the Swarm for many years. He is one of only five Swarm playrs to play in all four of the Swarm's playoff games.

    One reason for the one year contact is that Talbot will be eligible for unrestricted free agency nexc year when players born in 1979 are eligible for ufa status under the NLL's CBA. The Swarm will have to amke a tough decision next offseason on whether to make Talbot a franchise player who would get a salary 25% over the NLL max player salary or let him test free agency with the possiblity of getting nothing in return. A solid season by Talbot could get him franchise player status from the Swarm but the Swarm have never given a player that status in their history as we have seen with a still unsigned Eric Pacey this year.

    Tim Campeau will be entering his third NLL season and his second with the Swarm. Last year, Campeau scored 11 goals and 37 assists in 15 games. He scored game winners last year against Calgary in last year's Swarm home opener on January 15th and in Colorado on February 27th. He arrived via the Porltand LumberJax dispersal draft in the summer of 2009 and in 26 gmaes in his NLL career has 24 goals and 52 assists. Campeua will be battling for either the third or fourth lefty forward spot this year for the Swarm.

    Tyler Hass looks like he will finally make his way to Minnesota this season, at least to training camp. The righthanded forward was selected by the Swarm in the third round of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft but has not yet tried to make the team as he was playing college basketball with his hometown Victoria Vikings in Victoria, Briish Columbia. He graduated in 2009 and tried minor league basketball that summer but an injury kept him out of action. This summer, Hass tired summmer box lacrosse for the first time since 2006 when he suited up for the Victoria Shamorcks. He scored five goals and three assists in the regular season in 15 games but did even better in the playoffs with seven goals and two assists in ten games. Since he was drafted, the Swarm have succeeded in keeping the rights to Hass. even signing him to a contract in the fall of 2008 even though he was not going to play in 2009. Finally, we will be able to see what gets Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill so excited when he mentions the 6' 6" transition type player, Tyler Hass.

    Scott Rodgers is the first Swarm draft pick from the 2010 NLL Entry Draft to sign with the team. He was drafted with the fifteen pick of the draft. The 6' 4" 254lbs goaltender graduated from Notre Dame this past year where he was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 NCAA Division I Lacrosse Tournament as he led the Irish to the NCAA Final. What we don't know yet is if Rodgers will try to transition to indoor goaltender or do what his MLL Toronto National teammate Brett Queener has done by playing transition indoors with the Boston Blazers while playing goaltender outdoors with the Nationals.