Minnesota Lacrosse Announces 2005 Schedule

Published on October 8, 2004 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Minnesota Swarm News Release


SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Minnesota Lacrosse's 2005 National Lacrosse League (NLL) schedule was released today. Minnesota will make its NLL debut on Saturday, January 1 at Rochester. The club will play its first game at Xcel Energy Center on Friday, January 21 against Buffalo at 7:30 PM.

The 2005 schedule consists of 16 games - eight at Xcel Energy Center and eight road contests. The Minnesota Lacrosse home schedule features seven games played on Friday night and one Sunday afternoon contest (February 20 against Philadelphia at 2:00 PM). Friday night games will start at 7:30 PM.

Minnesota will play each member of the Eastern Division (Buffalo, Philadelphia, Rochester and Toronto) three times (at least once at home and once on the road) to account for twelve of their sixteen regular season games. The remaining four contests will be played against teams in the Western Division (Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary, Colorado, San Jose and Vancouver). The 2005 NLL All-Star Game will take place February 27 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

The Minnesota Lacrosse team will build its roster via an Expansion Draft, the 2004 NLL Entry Draft and the signing of free agents. The Expansion Draft will be held on Tuesday, October 19 at 1:00 PM. The 2004 NLL Entry Draft will be held on Tuesday, October 26 at 7:00 PM. Both drafts will be conducted via telephone conference call.

Minnesota Lacrosse season ticket deposits are being accepted now at WWW.LACROSSEMN.COM, the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone at (651) 989-5151. A $25.00 per seat deposit guarantees your priority for Minnesota Lacrosse season tickets. Lower level eight-game season ticket packages start at $80.00. For more information on becoming a Minnesota Lacrosse season ticket holder please call (651) 222-9453.

Minnesota Lacrosse single game tickets are scheduled to go on sale in late November.

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MINNESOTA LACROSSE 2005 SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (CDT)
Sat. January 1 at Rochester Knighthawks 6:35 p.m.
Sat. January 15 at Toronto Rock 6:30 p.m.
FRI. JANUARY 21 BUFFALO BANDITS 7:30 P.M.
FRI. JANUARY 28 ANAHEIM STORM 7:30 P.M.
FRI. FEBRUARY 11 TORONTO ROCK 7:30 P.M.
Sun. February 13 at Anaheim Storm 8:00 p.m.
Fri. February 18 at Arizona Sting 8:30 p.m.
SUN. FEBRUARY 20 PHILADELPHIA WINGS 2:00 P.M.
Sun. February 27 NLL All-Star Game (Calgary) 3:00 p.m.
Sat. March 5 at Philadelphia Wings 7:00 p.m.
FRI. MARCH 11 BUFFALO BANDITS 7:30 P.M.
Fri. March 18 at Buffalo Bandits 6:30 p.m.
FRI. MARCH 25 ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS 7:30 P.M.
Sat. March 26 at Rochester Knighthawks 6:35 p.m.
FRI. APRIL 1 VANCOUVER RAVENS 7:30 P.M.
Sun. April 10 at Toronto Rock 3:00 p.m.
FRI. APRIL 15 PHILADELPHIA WINGS 7:30 P.M.

DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

MINNESOTA LACROSSE SCHEDULE NOTES

Home Games By Day: Fri. - 7, Sun. - 1
Road Games By Day: Fri. - 2, Sat. - 4, Sun. - 2

Home Games By Month: Jan. - 2, Feb. - 2, Mar. - 2, Apr. - 2
Road Games By Month: Jan. - 2, Feb. - 2, Mar. - 3, Apr. - 1

Opponents Visits To Minnesota (8): Anaheim-1, Arizona-0, Buffalo-2, Calgary-0, Colorado-0, Philadelphia-2, Rochester-1, San Jose-0, Toronto-1, Vancouver-1.

Visits To Road Cities (8): Anaheim-1, Arizona-1, Buffalo-1, Calgary-0, Colorado-0, Philadelphia-1, Rochester-2, San Jose-0, Toronto-2, Vancouver-0.

Back-To-Back Games: 1 - Home game followed by road game next day (March 25-26)

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