2018 Georgia Swarm season

2018 Georgia Swarm
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2018 record	11-7
Home record	6-3
Road record	5-4
Goals for	226
Goals against	215
General Manager	John J. Arlotta
Coach	Ed Comeau
Captain	Jordan MacIntosh
Alternate captains	Shayne Jackson Jason Noble
Arena	Infinite Energy Arena
Average attendance	4,437
Team leaders
Goals	Lyle Thompson (46)
Assists	Shayne Jackson (52)
Points	Lyle Thompson (86)
Penalties in minutes	Bryan Cole (25)
Loose Balls	Lyle Thompson (123)
Wins	Mike Poulin (11)
Goals against average	Mike Poulin (11.69)
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The 2018 Georgia Swarm season is the 3rd 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.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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	December 8, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 11–13		5,489	0–1
2	December 23, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–14		13,125	0–2
3	December 30, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	Infinite Energy Arena	W 14–11		6,254	1–2
4	January 6, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Infinite Energy Arena	L 9–13		3,714	1–3
5	January 13, 2018	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–12		11,843	2–3
6	January 27, 2018	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 16–12		3,423	3–3
7	February 10, 2018	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 9–18		14,058	3–4
8	February 11, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	Infinite Energy Arena	L 10–17		3,181	3–5
9	February 17, 2018	Toronto Rock	Infinite Energy Arena	W 14–13	OT	5,052	4–5
10	March 2, 2018	Colorado Mammoth	Infinite Energy Arena	L 10–11		3,093	4–6
11	March 4, 2018	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 12–7		10,679	5–6
12	March 10, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–11	OT	7,214	5–7
13	March 18, 2018	Buffalo Bandits	Infinite Energy Arena	W 14–10		3,863	6–7
14	March 24, 2018	New England Black Wolves	Infinite Energy Arena	W 17–12		5,039	7–7
15	April 8, 2018	Toronto Rock	Infinite Energy Arena	W 11–10		4,496	8–7
16	April 14, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 16–10		14,745	9–7
17	April 28, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	Infinite Energy Arena	W 11–10		5,248	10–7
18	April 29, 2018	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 16–11		6,158	11–7

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Eastern division final	May 12, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	Infinite Energy Arena	L 8–9		4,106	0–1

Roster

Georgia Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 76 Warren Hill 29 Kevin Orleman 30 Mike Poulin Defensemen 10 Alex Crepinsek 45 Jason Noble (A) 31 John Ranagan 13 Connor Sellars 25 Leo Stouros		Forwards 32 Shayne Jackson (A) 19 Jesse King 46 Kiel Matisz 93 Johnny Powless 83 Randy Staats 22 Jerome Thompson  4 Lyle Thompson  2 Miles Thompson Transition 89 Frank Brown 55 Bryan Cole 24 Jordan MacIntosh (C) 28 Zed Williams		Practice Squad Isaiah Davis-Allen Lauchlin Elder Brayden Hill		Head Coach {{{Head Coach}}} Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2017-12-08 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Swarm made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Zed Williams
3	24	Frank Brown
3	32	Mason Jones
4	42	Nik Farrus
5	47	Bennett Drake
5	50	Isaiah Davis-Allen
6	59	Adam Osika

See also

• 2018 NLL season