2015 Buffalo Bandits season

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2015 Buffalo Bandits
League NLL
Division3rd East
2015 record11–7
Home record7–2
Road record4–5
Goals for236
Goals against208
General Manager Steve Dietrich
CoachTroy Cordingley
Captain John Tavares
Alternate captainsScott Self
Arena First Niagara Center
Team leaders
Goals Ryan Benesch (55)
Assists Dhane Smith (68)
PointsRyan Benesch (113)
Penalties in minutes Billy Dee Smith (53)
Loose Balls Jay Thorimbert (246)
Wins Anthony Cosmo (10)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (11.31)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is their twenty-fourth season in the NLL.

Contents

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Toronto Rock xyz18144.7780.07272230185+4512.7810.28
2 Rochester Knighthawks x18126.6672.07254205173+3211.399.61
3 Buffalo Bandits x18117.6113.07245236208+2813.1111.56
4 Minnesota Swarm 18612.3338.03636185226−4110.2812.56
5 New England Black Wolves 18414.22210.02727186249−6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Edmonton Rush xy18135.7220.06372241177+6413.399.83
2 Colorado Mammoth x1899.5004.06336212218−611.7812.11
3 Calgary Roughnecks x18711.3896.04536212217−511.7812.06
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.03627211265−5411.7214.72

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

Reference: [2]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 2, 2015@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 8125,76801
2January 3, 2015 Edmonton Rush First Niagara Center W 9814,23611
3January 17, 2015@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 14133,47821
4January 23, 2015@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 111311,41322
5January 30, 2015 Minnesota Swarm First Niagara Center W 151212,75632
6January 31, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11176,99433
7February 7, 2015@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 1514OT10,31243
8February 14, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks First Niagara Center L 101514,73744
9February 21, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 1213OT6,66945
10February 28, 2015 Colorado Mammoth First Niagara Center W 141114,66955
11March 13, 2015 Toronto Rock First Niagara Center W 151212,90365
12March 14, 2015@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 1011OT11,46066
13March 21, 2015 Minnesota Swarm First Niagara Center W 12814,60176
14April 4, 2015 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center L 111213,67477
15April 11, 2015@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 1298,98687
16April 25, 2015 Vancouver Stealth First Niagara Center W 17915,89797
17April 26, 2015@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 2093,036107
18May 2, 2015 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center W 201015,374117

Playoffs

The post season for the Bandits began as the third best record in the east, qualifying them for the division semifinal. The tone was set early on by the host Rochester Knighthawks, who led 5-2 after one period. The game would be relatively even the rest of the game but the three goal margin from the first was the difference in the game and sent Buffalo back west along the Interstate 90. In what would be his last game for the Bandits and in professional lacrosse, John Tavares registered five assists.

Game log

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Division SemifinalMay 8, 2015@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11146,52701

[3]

Roster

2015 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Bennett (T)
  • 93 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Dance (F)
  • 21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Ferreira (F)
  • 91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Corey Fowler (F)
Injured Reserve
Holdout
Head Coach

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Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2013-3-16
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 22, 2014To Buffalo Bandits
Nick Weiss
9th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
1st round selection, 2018 entry draft
To Vancouver Stealth
Rory Smith
Eric Penney
12th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014To Buffalo Bandits
49th selection, 2014 entry draft
To New England Black Wolves
6th round selection, 2016 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. [4] The Bandits made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
19Brandon Goodwin
214 Matthew Bennett
218Tyler Ferreira
324Jordan Dance
649Mike Melnychenko

See also

References

  1. "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. "2015 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. "Gamesheet: Buffalo at Rochester - Fri, May 08, 2015".
  4. "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.