Swarm Holds Four 1st-Round Picks Tonight

October 1, 2012 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Minnesota Swarm News Release


The 2012 National Lacrosse League Draft is tonight, Monday, Oct. 1, in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle. The Draft begins at 6 p.m. CT and will be broadcast live online at NLL.com.

The current order of selection is listed below and is subject to change pending trades between the clubs.

The Minnesota Swarm holds a league-high four first-round picks (Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 10) in this year's draft and will become the first team in NLL history to make three selections in the Top 4 of the draft. Outside the first round, the Swarm will make an additional five selections between rounds 3-6, which gives the team nine total picks, tying a team-mark set during the 2011 NLL Entry Draft.

The Swarm is hosting their official draft party at Joseph's Grill in St. Paul starting at 6 p.m. CT.

FIRST ROUND

1. Edmonton (from Washington)

2. Minnesota (from Buffalo)

3. Minnesota (from Philadelphia via Edmonton via Buffalo)

4. Minnesota

5. Buffalo (from Toronto via Minnesota)

6. Calgary (from Colorado via Rochester)

7. Calgary

8. Edmonton

9. Colorado (from Rochester)

10. Minnesota

SECOND ROUND

11. Washington

12. Washington (from Buffalo)

13. Buffalo (from Philadelphia via Rochester)

14. Toronto (from Minnesota via Buffalo)

15. Edmonton (from Toronto)

16. Buffalo (from Colorado via Toronto via Edmonton)

17. Calgary

18. Buffalo (from Edmonton via Minnesota)

19. Washington (from Rochester via Edmonton)

20. Toronto

THIRD ROUND

21. Washington

22. Buffalo

23. Washington (from Philadelphia)

24. Minnesota

25. Toronto

26. Rochester (from Colorado)

27. Toronto (from Calgary)

28. Edmonton

29. Rochester

FOURTH ROUND

30. Washington

31. Buffalo

32. Philadelphia

33. Minnesota

34. Toronto

35. Minnesota (from Colorado)

36. Calgary

37. Edmonton

38. Rochester

FIFTH ROUND

39. Philadelphia (from Washington)

40. Buffalo

41. Philadelphia

42. Minnesota

43. Toronto

44. Colorado

45. Calgary

46. Edmonton

47. Rochester

SIXTH ROUND

48. Washington

49. Calgary (from Buffalo)

50. Calgary (from Philadelphia)

51. Minnesota

52. Toronto

53. Colorado

54. Calgary

55. Edmonton

56. Rochester



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