2016 Georgia Swarm season

The 2016 Georgia Swarm season is the first season of the Georgia Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Duluth, Georgia playing in the National Lacrosse League. The team was formerly based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was known as the Minnesota Swarm.

2016 Georgia Swarm
LeagueNLL
Division3rd East
2016 record8-10
Home record4-5
Road record4-5
Goals for238
Goals against240
General ManagerJoe Sullivan
CoachJoe Sullivan
CaptainJordan MacIntosh
Alternate captainsShayne Jackson
Jason Noble
ArenaInfinite Energy Arena
Team leaders
GoalsShayne Jackson (40)
AssistsRandy Staats (58)
PointsRandy Staats (94)
Penalties in minutesJason Noble (39)
Loose BallsJordan MacIntosh (182)
WinsBrodie MacDonald (6)
Goals against averageBrodie MacDonald (12.82)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Banditsxyz18135.7220.08–15–4251214+3713.9411.89
2New England Black Wolvesx18108.5563.06–34–5229212+1712.7211.78
3Georgia Swarmx18810.4445.04–54–5238240−213.2213.33
4Rochester Knighthawks18711.3896.03–64–5200215−1511.1111.94
5Toronto Rock18513.2788.04–51–8190224−3410.5612.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxy18135.7220.07–26–3233190+4312.9410.56
2Colorado Mammothx18126.6671.08–14–5203202+111.2811.22
3Calgary Roughnecksx18810.4445.05–43–6216216−-012.0012.00
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.04–51–8198245−4711.0013.61

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GBGames back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 1, 2016 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 15–16 15,090 0–1
2 January 9, 2016 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena W 12–7 9,087 1–1
3 January 17, 2016 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena L 6–11 4,845 1–2
4 January 29, 2016 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 20–17 10,345 2–2
5 January 30, 2016 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 13–9 8,770 3–2
6 February 6, 2016 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 11–12 9,531 3–3
7 February 14, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena L 14–21 4,971 3–4
8 February 20, 2016 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 19–15 14,515 4–4
9 February 28, 2016 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 15–16 3,744 4–5
10 March 12, 2016 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 8–14 13,720 4–6
11 March 18, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena L 4–11 4,523 4–7
12 March 25, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks Infinite Energy Arena L 12–16 3,348 4–8
13 April 2, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena L 14–18 3,355 4–9
14 April 10, 2016 Colorado Mammoth Infinite Energy Arena W 17–10 3,577 5–9
15 April 15, 2016 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena W 16–9 2,957 6–9
16 April 16, 2016 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 17–11 8,570 7–9
17 April 23, 2016 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 11–21 4,097 7–10
18 April 30, 2016 Vancouver Stealth Infinite Energy Arena W 14–6 5,347 8–10

Playoffs

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern division semi-final May 6, 2016 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 13–14 OT 3,266 0–1

Roster

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Georgia Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 33   David Earl
  • 24   Jordan MacIntosh (C)
  • 45   Jason Noble (A)
  • 37   Ethan O'Connor
  • 44   Chad Tutton
  • 11   Joel White
Practice Squad
  • 61   Wenster Green (D)
  • 47   Michael Seidel (D)
  • 35   Adam Shute (G)
  • 98   Sean Young (T)
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

[1] updated 2016-05-01
NLL Transactions

Transactions

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Trades

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September 28, 2015 To Georgia Swarm
29th overall selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2018 entry draft
To Toronto Rock
Mike Grimes
34th overall selection, 2015 entry draft

Entry Draft

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The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015.[2] The Swarm made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 1 Lyle Thompson
1 3 Jesse King
1 5 Chad Tutton
1 6 Randy Staats
2 20 Thomas Hoggarth
3 29 Michael Seidel
5 43 Nick Ossello
6 50 Rick Lewis

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.