2015 Minnesota Swarm season
# 2015 Minnesota Swarm season

The 2015 Minnesota Swarm season is the eleventh and final season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League. Beginning in 2016 the Swarm will relocate to Duluth, Georgia and become the Georgia Swarm.

## Regular season

### Current standings

Reference:

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Toronto Rock – xyz | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 0.0 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 230 | 185 | +45 | 12.78 | 10.28 |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks – x | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.0 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 205 | 173 | +32 | 11.39 | 9.61 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits – x | 18 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.0 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 236 | 208 | +28 | 13.11 | 11.56 |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 8.0 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 185 | 226 | −41 | 10.28 | 12.56 |
| 5 | New England Black Wolves | 18 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10.0 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 186 | 249 | −63 | 10.33 | 13.83 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edmonton Rush – xy | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 0.0 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 241 | 177 | +64 | 13.39 | 9.83 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth – x | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.0 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 11.78 | 12.11 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks – x | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.0 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 212 | 217 | −5 | 11.78 | 12.06 |
| 4 | Vancouver Stealth | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8.0 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 211 | 265 | −54 | 11.72 | 14.72 |

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; GB: Games 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

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | January 3, 2015 | Colorado Mammoth | Xcel Energy Center | L 13–20 | | 8,974 | 0–1 |
| 2 | January 10, 2015 | @ Edmonton Rush | Rexall Place | W 14–10 | | 7,415 | 1–1 |
| 3 | January 24, 2015 | @ New England Black Wolves | Mohegan Sun | W 19–13 | | 3,563 | 2–1 |
| 4 | January 30, 2015 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 12–15 | | 12,756 | 2–2 |
| 5 | February 6, 2015 | Rochester Knighthawks | Xcel Energy Center | W 7–6 | OT | 9,645 | 3–2 |
| 6 | February 13, 2015 | Toronto Rock | Xcel Energy Center | L 4–16 | | 8,945 | 3–3 |
| 7 | February 14, 2015 | @ Toronto Rock | Air Canada Centre | L 9–14 | | 8,668 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 28, 2015 | @ Vancouver Stealth | Langley Events Centre | L 15–21 | | 3,259 | 3–5 |
| 9 | March 14, 2015 | New England Black Wolves | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–10 | | 8,912 | 3–6 |
| 10 | March 15, 2015 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 8–12 | | 13,045 | 3–7 |
| 11 | March 21, 2015 | @ Buffalo Bandits | First Niagara Center | L 8–12 | | 14,601 | 3–8 |
| 12 | March 29, 2015 | @ New England Black Wolves | Mohegan Sun | W 13–9 | | 5,014 | 4–8 |
| 13 | April 3, 2015 | New England Black Wolves | Xcel Energy Center | W 12–8 | | 7,599 | 5–8 |
| 14 | April 4, 2015 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | L 2–10 | | 6,294 | 5–9 |
| 15 | April 11, 2015 | Buffalo Bandits | Xcel Energy Center | L 9–12 | | 8,986 | 5–10 |
| 16 | April 18, 2015 | Calgary Roughnecks | Xcel Energy Center | L 6–10 | | 8,131 | 5–11 |
| 17 | April 25, 2015 | Edmonton Rush | Xcel Energy Center | L 12–16 | | 8,013 | 5–12 |
| 18 | May 2, 2015 | Rochester Knighthawks | Xcel Energy Center | W 13–12 | OT | 9,086 | 6–12 |

## Transactions

### Trades

| July 1, 2014 | To Minnesota SwarmBrodie MacDonald 3rd overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Miles Thompson) | To Edmonton RushTyler Carlson 1st overall selection, 2014 entry draft (Ben McIntosh) 2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft |
| - | - | - |
| July 29, 2014 | To Minnesota SwarmAlex Turner | To Edmonton Rush3rd round selection, 2015 entry draft |
| August 13, 2014 | To Minnesota SwarmMike Grimes 3rd round selection, 2016 entry draft | To Vancouver StealthTyler Hass Dane Stevens |
| August 20, 2014 | To Minnesota SwarmEthan O'Connor 1st round selection, 2017 entry draft | To Toronto RockBrock Sorensen |
| September 22, 2014 | To Minnesota Swarm40th selection, 2014 entry draft | To New England Black WolvesJay Card |

### Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Swarm made the following selections:

| Round | Overall | Player |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Miles Thompson |
| 1 | 5 | Shane McDonald |
| 2 | 10 | Joe Maracle |
| 4 | 29 | Eric Guiltinan |
| 5 | 38 | Patrick Miles |
| 5 | 40 | Paxton Leroux |
