2023 Georgia Swarm season

2023 Georgia Swarm
League	NLL
Division	East
2023 record	8–10
Home record	3–6
Road record	5–4
Goals for	219
Goals against	207
General Manager	John J. Arlotta
Coach	Ed Comeau
Arena	Gas South Arena
Average attendance	8,624
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The 2023 Georgia Swarm season is the 7th 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

Current standings

Reference:

East Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	215	191	+24	11.94	10.61
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	8–1	5–4	234	164	+70	13.00	9.11
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	5–4	5–4	238	210	+28	13.22	11.67
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	218	214	+4	12.11	11.89
5	Philadelphia Wings	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	200	211	−11	11.11	11.72
6	Georgia Swarm	18	8	10	.444	6.0	3–6	5–4	219	207	+12	12.17	11.50
7	New York Riptide	18	5	13	.278	9.0	3–6	2–7	201	243	−42	11.17	13.50
8	Albany FireWolves	18	3	15	.167	11.0	0–9	3–6	167	233	−66	9.28	12.94

West Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	240	193	+47	13.33	10.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	218	167	+51	12.11	9.28
3	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	204	193	+11	11.33	10.72
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	190	208	−18	10.56	11.56
5	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	204	212	−8	11.33	11.78
6	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	9.0	4–5	1–8	179	222	−43	9.94	12.33
7	Vancouver Warriors	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	188	247	−59	10.44	13.72

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 3, 2022	Rochester Knighthawks	Gas South Arena	L 11–16		6,821	0–1
2	December 17, 2022	Philadelphia Wings	Gas South Arena	L 12–13		8,085	0–2
3	January 7, 2023	Buffalo Bandits	Gas South Arena	L 9–18		8,304	0–3
4	January 14, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 9–11		14,189	0–4
5	February 3, 2023	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	L 10–13		9,271	0–5
6	February 10, 2023	Toronto Rock	Gas South Arena	L 10–11		8,544	0–6
7	February 18, 2023	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre	L 7–16		8,912	0–7
8	February 25, 2023	Albany FireWolves	Gas South Arena	W 20–4		8,715	1–7
9	March 4, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	W 9–8	OT	3,492	2–7
10	March 12, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	Gas South Arena	L 18–19		9,064	2–8
11	March 18, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 13–12		7,840	3–8
12	March 25, 2023	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Coliseum	W 13–8		5,907	4–8
13	March 31, 2023	New York Riptide	Gas South Arena	W 12–7		9,276	5–8
14	April 2, 2023	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	W 17–7		7,661	6–8
15	April 8, 2023	Saskatchewan Rush	Gas South Arena	W 13–9		9,332	7–8
16	April 16, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	W 15–6		3,661	8–8
17	April 22, 2023	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–12		5,577	8–9
18	April 29, 2023	Halifax Thunderbirds	Gas South Arena	L 11–17		9,475	8–10

Roster

Georgia Swarm roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 39 Brett Dobson 1 Craig Wende Defensemen 91 TJ Comizio 45 Jeff Henrick 5 Mike Manley 10 Ethan Riggs 27 Adam Wiedemann		Forwards 21 Brendan Bomberry 8 Tanner Buck 32 Shayne Jackson (A) 42 Andrew Kew 7 Ryan Lanchbury 19 Teioshontathe McComber 33 Zach Miller 4 Lyle Thompson Transition 55 Bryan Cole 37 Robert Hudson 24 Jordan MacIntosh (C) 77 Ryan MacSpadyen 15 Kason Tarbell 74 Jeremy Thompson		Practice Squad 40 Brett Beetow (D) 11 Will Cecile (T) 78 Dustin Hill (G) Jerry Staats (D) Injured Reserve 2 Miles Thompson (F) Unable to play Jordan Gillis (D) Justin Lemcke (D) 30 Mike Poulin (G)		Head Coach Ed Comeau Assistant Coaches Sean Ferris Dan Ladouceur Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2019-07-01 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2022 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 10, 2022. The Swarm made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	11	Brett Dobson	Whitby Warriors – St. Bonaventure University
1	20	Brady Kearnan	Brooklin Lacrosse Club – Mercy College
3	48	Teioshontateh McComber	Nanaimo Timbermen – University of Albany
3	58	Brett Beetow	St. Bonaventure University
4	62	Elijah Gash	University of Albany**
5	81	Cross Ferrara	Salisbury University*
6	96	Jeff Connor	University of Virginia