2017 Georgia Swarm season

The 2017 Georgia Swarm season is the 2nd 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.

2017 Georgia Swarm
NLL Champions
East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2017 record	13-5
Home record	7-2
Road record	6-3
Goals for	266
Goals against	213
General Manager	John J. Arlotta
Coach	Ed Comeau
Captain	Jordan MacIntosh
Alternate captains	Shayne Jackson Jason Noble
Arena	Infinite Energy Arena
Average attendance	3,950
Team leaders
Goals	Lyle Thompson (45)
Assists	Lyle Thompson (71)
Points	Lyle Thompson (116)
Penalties in minutes	Jason Noble (35)
Loose Balls	Jordan MacIntosh (153)
Wins	Mike Poulin (12)
Goals against average	Brodie MacDonald (11.70)
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Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	-24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	-34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	-25	12.56	13.94

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	-3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	-8	11.78	12.22

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 7, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	Infinite Energy Arena	W 18–10		4,809	1–0
2	January 14, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 18–14		13,915	2–0
3	January 20, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Infinite Energy Arena	W 14–9		2,386	3–0
4	January 28, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 14–12		3,456	4–0
5	February 4, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 10–14		15,254	4–1
6	February 11, 2017	New England Black Wolves	Infinite Energy Arena	W 17–15		4,189	5–1
7	February 17, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–12	OT	8,385	6–1
8	February 19, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Infinite Energy Arena	W 15–9		4,170	7–1
9	March 4, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 11–18		9,780	7–2
10	March 12, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 8–13		5,324	7–3
11	March 17, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	Infinite Energy Arena	W 17–8		3,793	8–3
12	March 24, 2017	Toronto Rock	Infinite Energy Arena	L 11–12	OT	3,654	8–4
13	April 1, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	Infinite Energy Arena	W 21–13		3,903	9–4
14	April 7, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 21–12		5,205	10–4
15	April 15, 2017	Buffalo Bandits	Infinite Energy Arena	W 17–16		3,528	11–4
16	April 22, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 20–7		16,833	12–4
17	April 28, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 13–10		6,221	13–4
18	April 29, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Infinite Energy Arena	L 8–9		5,126	13–5

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern Final (Game 1)	May 13, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–8		7,329	1–0
Eastern Final (Game 2)	May 20, 2017	Toronto Rock	Infinite Energy Arena	W 13–9		6,382	2–0
Finals (Game 1)	June 4, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	Infinite Energy Arena	W 18–14		7,642	3–0
Finals (Game 2)	June 10, 2017	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 15–14	OT	14,264	4–0

Roster

Georgia Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 50 Brodie MacDonald 30 Mike Poulin Defensemen 13 Connor Sellars 85 Mitch Belisle 10 Alex Crepinsek 25 Leo Stouros 31 John Ranagan		Forwards 32 Shayne Jackson (A) 46 Kiel Matisz 83 Randy Staats 22 Jerome Thompson  4 Lyle Thompson  2 Miles Thompson 20 Jordan Hall Transition 24 Jordan MacIntosh (C) 45 Jason Noble (A) 37 Ethan O'Connor 44 Chad Tutton 55 Bryan Cole 98 Sean Young		Practice Squad 35 Adam Shute (G) 21 Liam Byrnes (T) 56 Drew Petkoff (D) 76 Warren Hill (G)		Head Coach Ed Comeau Assistant Coaches Sean Ferris Dan Ladouceur Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain updated 2017-01-30 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.[2] The Swarm made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Bryan Cole
1	10	Connor Sellars
2	17	Leo Stouros
2	20	Warren Hill
3	22	Lachlan Elder
3	25	Brayden Hill
3	28	Matt Kavanagh
5	44	Liam Byrnes

See also

• 2017 nll season

References

1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
2. "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.