Minnesota Swarm Announces 23-Man Roster

December 18, 2006 - 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 2007 NLL season. The Swarm's 23-man roster consists of 10 forwards, 11 defensemen and two goaltenders.

All 23 players on this season's roster saw action with the Swarm in 2006 including leading scorer Ryan Ward, who tallied 66 points (19-47=66) in 16 games and goaltender Nick Patterson, who was named to the 2006 NLL Second All-Pro Team after posting a 6-2 record and ranked third in the NLL with a .790 save percentage and fourth with a 10.40 goals against average (GAA) in 2006. Minnesota's roster also includes all 20 players that participated in the team's first-ever playoff game last season, an 11-10 loss at Buffalo on April 23, 2006 in the West Division Semifinal.

2007 MINNESOTA SWARM 23-MAN ROSTER

# FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2006 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM LB ACQ

22 Kasey Beirnes 5-11 195 Right 6/17/80 Fergus, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 24 28 52 12 60 TRD/05

19 Chad Culp 5-9 175 Left 2/5/82 Fergus, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 20 35 55 25 69 TRD/04

11 Kelly Hall 5-9 185 Left 1/14/80 Victoria, B.C. Minnesota NLL 8 16 9 25 16 21 TRD/05

73 Dean Hill 6-3 225 Left 10/26/84 Scarborough, Ontario Minnesota NLL 2 6 1 7 0 5 EN/05

15 Spencer Martin 6-0 185 Left 9/8/80 Coquitlam, B.C. San Jose/Minnesota NLL 13 8 7 15 13 22 FA/06

8 Rory McDade 5-11 180 Left 8/27/81 New Westminster, B.C. Minnesota NLL 5 1 4 5 0 5 FA/05

17 Sean Pollock 5-10 175 Right 7/7/82 Wallaceburg, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 16 24 40 20 62 EXP/04

48 Scott Stewart 6-1 225 Right 4/23/79 Hamilton, Ontario Portland/Minnesota NLL 5 3 2 5 0 13 TRD/06

40 Jamie Taylor 5-9 180 Left 3/17/80 Hamilton, Ontario Minnesota NLL 15 8 24 32 12 26 TRD/04

44 Ryan Ward 5-9 190 Right 9/26/80 Victoria, B.C. Minnesota NLL 16 19 47 66 16 37 TRD/05

# DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2006 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM LB ACQ

18 Andrew Biers 6-0 190 Right 4/16/81 Calgary, Alberta Calgary/Minnesota NLL 12 4 8 12 6 50 TRD/06

24 Brock Boyle 5-8 175 Left 6/14/82 Toronto, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 13 11 24 23 48 TRD/05

50 Ryan Cousins 6-1 200 Right 4/1/81 Toronto, Ontario Minnesota NLL 14 2 6 8 32 65 TRD/04

47 Travis Hill 5-10 170 Right 6/30/82 Lewiston, New York Minnesota NLL 3 0 0 0 7 6 FA/04

77 Riley Kemp 5-11 185 Left 4/19/82 High River, Alberta Minnesota NLL 16 3 7 10 17 70 FA/04

55 Mike Kilby 6-1 200 Right 3/12/81 Burnaby, B.C. Minnesota NLL 15 2 2 4 18 45 FA/04

39 Mark Miyashita 6-1 210 Right 2/17/81 Vancouver, B.C. Minnesota NLL 10 4 10 14 4 87 FA/06

12 Eric Pacey 6-2 212 Right 5/3/78 Toronto, Ontario Minnesota NLL 13 2 3 5 20 45 TRD/06

33 Shawn Summerfield 6-2 215 Right 3/16/81 Scarborough, Ontario Minnesota NLL 5 0 1 1 10 3 FA/05

23 Jon Sullivan 6-2 195 Right 6/30/82 St. Catherines, Ontario Minnesota NLL 16 2 5 7 16 61 TRD/06

16 Noah Talbot 6-0 180 Left 12/24/79 Vancouver, B.C. Minnesota NLL 15 0 8 8 0 78 TRD/05

# GOALTENDERS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2006 TEAM LGE GP MIN GA W-L GAA SV% ACQ

1 Matt Disher 6-3 240 Left 7/10/76 Hagersville, Ontario Minnesota NLL 8 428 78 2-6 10.92 .773 TRD/04

93 Nick Patterson 5-11 185 Right 12/8/82 Vancouver, B.C. Minnesota NLL 11 524 91 6-2 10.40 .790 DISP/04

Minnesota opens its third NLL season at Xcel Energy Center against the Chicago Shamrox on Saturday, January 13 at 7:00 PM. Swarm home regular season single game tickets are on sale now at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) outlets and range from $12.00 to $32.00 per game. For more information on becoming a Minnesota Swarm season ticket holder please call (888) MN-SWARM.



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