2016 Buffalo Bandits season

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2016 Buffalo Bandits
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division1st East
2016 record13–5
Home record8–1
Road record5–4
Goals for251
Goals against214
General Manager Steve Dietrich
CoachTroy Cordingley
CaptainBilly Dee Smith
Arena First Niagara Center
Team leaders
GoalsDhane Smith (72)
AssistsDhane Smith (65)
PointsDhane Smith (137)
Penalties in minutesSteve Priolo (61)
Loose BallsJay Thorimbert (129)
WinsAnthony Cosmo (8)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (11.73)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was their twenty-fifth season in the NLL.

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The Bandits had their best season in years, finishing with a franchise-record 13 wins. The 13-5 record gave the team first place in the East Division and also clinched first seed for the playoffs. [1] The team only lost two games in a row once and finished the season winning 9 of their last 10 games.

Buffalo beat New England 2 games to 0 in the semifinals, but lost two close games to the Saskatchewan Rush in the Championship.

The team was led by Dhane Smith, who had one of the best offensive years in NLL history. Smith set new records for both goals in a season with 72 and points in a season with 137.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits –xyz18135.7220.08–15–4251214+3713.9411.89
2 New England Black Wolves –x18108.5563.06–34–5229212+1712.7211.78
3 Georgia Swarm –x18810.4445.04–54–5238240−213.2213.33
4 Rochester Knighthawks 18711.3896.03–64–5200215−1511.1111.94
5 Toronto Rock 18513.2788.04–51–8190224−3410.5612.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush –xy18135.7220.07–26–3233190+4312.9410.56
2 Colorado Mammoth –x18126.6671.08–14–5203202+111.2811.22
3 Calgary Roughnecks –x18810.4445.05–43–6216216−-012.0012.00
4 Vancouver Stealth 18513.2788.04–51–8198245−4711.0013.61

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: [3]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 9, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks First Niagara Center W 10–914,2861–0
2January 16, 2016@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 14–15OT14,1251–1
3January 23, 2016 Toronto Rock First Niagara Center W 12–613,3592–1
4January 30, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 11–153,8742–2
5February 6, 2016 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center W 12–1013,5563–2
6February 14, 2016@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena W 21–144,9714–2
7February 19, 2016@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 12–147,8374–3
8February 20, 2016 Georgia Swarm First Niagara Center L 15–1914,5154–4
9February 26, 2016@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre W 19–18OT10,4335–4
10March 5, 2016@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 13–83,3826–4
11March 11, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks First Niagara Center W 13–1018,7517–4
12March 25, 2016 Vancouver Stealth First Niagara Center W 17–1014,3018–4
13April 2, 2016@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena W 18–143,3559–4
14April 9, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks First Niagara Center W 14–1217,39710–4
15April 15, 2016@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–129,23710–5
16April 16, 2016 Toronto Rock First Niagara Center W 14–817,27011–5
17April 23, 2016@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 15–1310,71612–5
18April 30, 2016 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center W 17–1219,07013–5

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
Eastern Final (Game 1)May 16, 2016@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 15–103,6971–0
Eastern Final (Game 2)May 21, 2016 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center W 20–1514,4232–0
Finals
Game 1		May 28, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush First Niagara Center L 9–1112,6922–1
Finals
Game 2		June 4, 2016@ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 10–1115,1822–2

Roster

2016 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Injured Reserve
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2016-01-04
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 28, 2015To Buffalo Bandits
55th overall selection, 2015 entry draft		To Saskatchewan Rush
6th round selection, 2018 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. [4] The Bandits made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
211Anthony Malcom
327Mike Triolo
436Tim Edwards
655Matt Francisco

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hirschbeck, Zak. "Historic Night in Banditland Sees Bandits Clinch First Place in NLL With 12-7 Win Over New England". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2015 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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