The Minnesota Georgia Swarm showed a strong offensive mindset in their first game in their new home of Gwinnett, Georgia. The Swarm beat the Toronto Rock 12-7 in the game last night. Johnny Powless and Randy Staats led the way for the Swarm. The Swarm also showed a much better defense than they had a season ago. The Swarm started off slowly in the first quarter spotting the Rock a…
The Georgia Swarm announced on Friday that they had signed goalie Grant Crawley to a one year contract. Crawley last played in NLL in 2008 for the Rochester Knighthawks. His career stats are 16.36 goals against and a .471 save percentage in 18 games. Although his NLL stats are relatively lacklustre the Brampton, ON native has spent the last number of years playing Senior A in the summers and in…
The Georgia Swarm have continued with the same team management style that they have used since the Arlotta’s took over the team. The Swarm have accrued a great number of draft picks in the early rounds of this and a number of future drafts. This is something that the Swarm have become known for over the last number of years. The stock of picks are what I, personally, have come…
The Georgia Swarm seem to be losing players left and right to the open market, but the biggest and most notable will have to be wily veteran forward Callum Crawford. He has big the most consist offensive force for the Swarm over the last few seasons. In six seasons with the Swarm Crawford garnered 503 pts in both the regular season and in six playoff games. Crawford will be the…
The Swarm have left Minnesota and are now in Atlanta, GA. The Swarm will be trying to start over in the ATL, and they should be trying to make a splash for their new fans. The biggest concerns for the Swarm this offseason will need to be bolstering their defense, goaltending and adding consistent depth to their offense. Starting with the offensive side of the floor, the Swarm need to…
Well it is official the Swarm are now not the Minnesota Swarm, they are now the Georgia Swarm and are now calling the Gwinnett Center home. Although fans in Minnesota knew the move was coming it was a little startling for the team to end up in the greater Atlanta area. The accepted theories prior to this morning’s announcement of the move had the Swarm either going to Nashville or…
Timing in the NLL seems to not matter to anyone, with the Division Finals this weekend and the Championship round coming up fast the Edmonton Rush claimed earlier this week that they may not return to the city of Edmonton and then last evening the Minnesota Swarm announced their intentions to move the franchise to an undisclosed market. This comes after the Swarm fired their coaching staff following the end…
The Minnesota Swarm are continuing their tendency of blowing up somewhat settled, and fan favored, items of the organization. Over the last few years things have gone downhill for the Swarm, they have not made it to the playoffs since the 2013 season where they lost in the Division Finals to the eventual Champion Rochester Knighthawks. Due to this lack of making the playoffs and the overall dismal record over…
The Minnesota Swarm can finally say this rough season is over. Unfortunately for them it is over. The Swarm have finished the season with a 6-12 record and five games back of the Buffalo Bandits. The Swarm did finish the season on a high note toppling the three- time NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks, in overtime, and taking two out of the three games they played. The Swarm started the…
The New York Lizards are coming into the 2015 season with a lot of hope and potential. The Lizards made a number of moves in the off season to make them better and give them a great chance to dethrone the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards made moves to get Paul Rabil in a trade that sent Max Seibald and Brian Karalunas to the Boston Cannons. The Lizards also traded away…