2018 Georgia Swarm season

The 2018 Georgia Swarm season is the 3rd 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.

2018 Georgia Swarm
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2018 record11-7
Home record6-3
Road record5-4
Goals for226
Goals against215
General ManagerJohn J. Arlotta
CoachEd Comeau
CaptainJordan MacIntosh
Alternate captainsShayne Jackson
Jason Noble
ArenaInfinite Energy Arena
Average attendance4,437
Team leaders
GoalsLyle Thompson (46)
AssistsShayne Jackson (52)
PointsLyle Thompson (86)
Penalties in minutesBryan Cole (25)
Loose BallsLyle Thompson (123)
WinsMike Poulin (11)
Goals against averageMike Poulin (11.69)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Georgia Swarmxy18117.6110.06–35–4226215+1112.5611.94
2Rochester Knighthawksx18108.5561.05–45–4236210+2613.1111.67
3New England Black Wolvesx1899.5002.04–55–4194242−4810.7813.44
4Toronto Rock18810.4443.03–65–4237216+2113.1712.00
5Buffalo Bandits18810.4443.04–54–5232240−812.8913.33
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rushxyz18144.7780.06–38–1254196+5814.1110.89
2Colorado Mammothx18117.6113.05–46–3214199+1511.8911.06
3Calgary Roughnecksx18810.4446.05–43–6227211+1612.6111.72
4Vancouver Stealth18216.11112.00–92–7186277−9110.3315.39

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 December 8, 2017 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 11–13 5,489 0–1
2 December 23, 2017 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 11–14 13,125 0–2
3 December 30, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena W 14–11 6,254 1–2
4 January 6, 2018 Saskatchewan Rush Infinite Energy Arena L 9–13 3,714 1–3
5 January 13, 2018 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 15–12 11,843 2–3
6 January 27, 2018 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 16–12 3,423 3–3
7 February 10, 2018 @ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center L 9–18 14,058 3–4
8 February 11, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena L 10–17 3,181 3–5
9 February 17, 2018 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena W 14–13 OT 5,052 4–5
10 March 2, 2018 Colorado Mammoth Infinite Energy Arena L 10–11 3,093 4–6
11 March 4, 2018 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 12–7 10,679 5–6
12 March 10, 2018 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–11 OT 7,214 5–7
13 March 18, 2018 Buffalo Bandits Infinite Energy Arena W 14–10 3,863 6–7
14 March 24, 2018 New England Black Wolves Infinite Energy Arena W 17–12 5,039 7–7
15 April 8, 2018 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena W 11–10 4,496 8–7
16 April 14, 2018 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 16–10 14,745 9–7
17 April 28, 2018 Vancouver Stealth Infinite Energy Arena W 11–10 5,248 10–7
18 April 29, 2018 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 16–11 6,158 11–7

Playoffs

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern division final May 12, 2018 Rochester Knighthawks Infinite Energy Arena L 8–9 4,106 0–1

Roster

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Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
  • 89   Frank Brown
  • 55   Bryan Cole
  • 24   Jordan MacIntosh (C)
  • 28   Zed Williams
Practice Squad
  •   Isaiah Davis-Allen
  • Lauchlin Elder
  • Brayden Hill
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2017-12-08
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

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The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017.[2] The Swarm made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 4 Zed Williams
3 24 Frank Brown
3 32 Mason Jones
4 42 Nik Farrus
5 47 Bennett Drake
5 50 Isaiah Davis-Allen
6 59 Adam Osika

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.