Minnesota Swarm Announces 23-Man Roster for 2009 Season

December 18, 2008 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Minnesota Swarm News Release


SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Minnesota Swarm General Manager Marty O'Neill today announced the National Lacrosse League (NLL) team's 23-man roster for the 2009 NLL season. The club's 2009 roster features six new players including D Riley Kemp who missed the entire 2008 season due to injury, 2008 draft picks F Kevin Buchanan, D Joe Cinosky and F Andre Watt, along with D Kevin Fines (Chicago Dispersal Draft) and D Kevin Ross (free agent).

The Swarm will play in the NLL's West Division in 2009 with the Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, Edmonton Rush, Portland LumberJax and San Jose Stealth. Minnesota opens its fifth season on Saturday, Jan. 3 at Portland and hosts the Stealth on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7:00 p.m. at Xcel Energy Center in the home opener. Returning players include Ryan Cousins, the 2008 NLL Defensive Player of the Year and Craig Point, the 2008 Rookie of the Year. Cousins will serve as captain for the fifth straight season, while Eric Pacey and Ryan Ward will serve as alternate captains again this season.

Minnesota advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive season in 2008 with a 10-6 record and hosted its first-ever playoff game, dropping an 11-8 decision to the New York Titans in the East Division Semifinals. The Swarm has increased its win total in each of its first four NLL campaigns. The Swarm's 23-man roster includes nine players acquired via trades, six free agents, five Entry Draft selections and three players selected in Dispersal/Expansion drafts.

2009 MINNESOTA SWARM ROSTER

# FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM LB ACQ

27 Colin Achenbach 6-2 175 Left 10/11/83 Burnsville, Minnesota Minnesota NLL 8 2 4 6 8 35 FA/07

33 Kevin Buchanan 5-10 185 Left 5/9/86 Cockeysville, Maryland Ohio State GWLL 17 44 32 76 8 23 EN/08

19 Chad Culp 5-9 175 Left 2/5/82 Fergus, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 23 32 55 14 89 TRD/04

73 Dean Hill 6-3 225 Left 10/26/84 Scarborough, Ontario Minnesota NLL 7 9 10 19 0 9 EN/05

7 Dan Marohl 6-2 205 Right 3/30/78 Annapolis, Maryland Minnesota/Phil NLL 7 6 12 18 0 18 TRD/08

9 Craig Point 5-11 215 Right 1/19/86 Ohsweken, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 27 34 61 8 74 TRD/07

17 Sean Pollock 5-10 175 Right 7/7/82 Wallaceburg, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 24 36 60 26 64 EXP/04

44 Ryan Ward 'A' 5-9 190 Right 9/26/80 Victoria, B.C. Minnesota NLL 16 33 36 69 10 56 TRD/05

22 Andrew Watt 6-1 207 Left 1/9/84 Kitchener, Ontario Robert Morris CAA 15 36 19 55 4 29 EN/08

# DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM LB ACQ

4 Joe Cinosky 6-3 225 Right 12/12/85 Boonton Township, NJ Univ. Maryland ACC 16 1 1 2 8 46 EN/08

50 Ryan Cousins 'C' 6-1 200 Right 4/1/81 Toronto, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 9 5 14 36 87 TRD/04

21 Kevin Fines 6-2 215 Right 1/26/81 Holland Landing, Ontario Chicago NLL 16 6 8 14 18 70 DISP/08

28 Darren Halls 6-0 220 Left 9/19/84 Orangeville, Ontario Minnesota NLL 7 2 1 3 11 27 FA/07

47 Travis Hill 5-10 170 Right 6/30/82 Lewiston, New York Minnesota NLL 14 3 11 14 86 108 FA/04

34 Nick Inch 6-2 210 Right 12/20/84 Kitchener, Ontario Minnesota NLL 8 0 1 1 10 20 FA/07

77 Riley Kemp 5-11 185 Left 4/19/82 High River, Alberta DID NOT PLAY - INJURED RESERVE FA/04

12 Eric Pacey 'A' 6-2 212 Right 5/3/78 Toronto, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 2 8 10 12 45 TRD/06

26 Ryan Sharp 6-1 205 Left 1/21/83 Peterborough, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 9 10 20 72 78 TRD/07

23 Jon Sullivan 6-2 195 Right 6/30/82 St. Catherines, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 3 6 9 25 65 TRD/06

16 Noah Talbot 6-0 180 Left 12/24/79 Vancouver, B.C. Minnesota NLL 16 0 6 6 18 49 TRD/05

71 Kevin Ross 6-1 205 Left 5/30/85 Toronto, Ontario Chicago NLL 9 5 6 11 8 21 FA/08

# GOALTENDERS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008 TEAM LGE GP MIN GA W-L GAA SV% ACQ

31 Kevin Croswell 6-4 205 Right 10/21/85 Peterborough, Ontario Minnesota NLL 5 64 12 0-2 11.26 .789 EN/06

93 Nick Patterson 5-11 185 Right 12/8/82 Vancouver, B.C. Minnesota NLL 16 905 181 10-4 11.99 .768 DISP/04

Swarm home regular season single game tickets are on sale now at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) locations or charge by calling Ticketmaster at (651) 989-5151. Swarm single game tickets are available in all price categories and range from $13.00 to $35.00 per game.



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