2017 Buffalo Bandits season

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2017 Buffalo Bandits
League NLL
Division5th East
2017 record6–12
Home record3–6
Road record3–6
Goals for226
Goals against251
General Manager Steve Dietrich
CoachTroy Cordingley
CaptainBilly Dee Smith
Arena KeyBank Center
Average attendance15,148
Team leaders
GoalsRyan Benesch (33)
AssistsDhane Smith (51)
PointsDhane Smith (81)
Penalties in minutes Mitch de Snoo (42)
Loose BallsSteve Priolo (131)
WinsAnthony Cosmo (5)
Goals against average Anthony Cosmo (13.58)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was their 26th season in the NLL.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Georgia Swarm –xyz18135.7220.07–26–3266213+5314.7811.83
2 Toronto Rock –x1899.5004.04–55–4219200+1912.1711.11
3 New England Black Wolves –x18810.4445.05–43–6220244−2412.2213.56
4 Rochester Knighthawks 18711.3896.04–53–6175209−349.7211.61
5 Buffalo Bandits 18612.3337.03–63–6226251−2512.5613.94
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush –xy18126.6670.08–14–5231212+1912.8311.78
2 Vancouver Stealth –x1899.5003.04–55–4218221−312.1112.28
3 Colorado Mammoth –x1899.5003.05–44–5202199+311.2211.06
4 Calgary Roughnecks 18810.4444.05–43–6212220−811.7812.22

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
1December 30, 2016 Colorado Mammoth KeyBank Center L 8–1214,2680–1
2January 14, 2017 Georgia Swarm KeyBank Center L 14–1814,2680–2
3January 21, 2017 Vancouver Stealth KeyBank Center W 21–1512,9031–2
4January 28, 2017@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 12–137,0741–3
5February 3, 2017@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–188,3141–4
6February 17, 2017 New England Black Wolves KeyBank Center L 11–1413,8131–5
7February 19, 2017@ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 16–15OT5,3812–5
8February 25, 2017 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center W 15–1214,8033–5
9March 3, 2017 Rochester Knighthawks KeyBank Center W 13–914,4754–5
10March 4, 2017@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–9OT6,1024–6
11March 17, 2017@ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 15–112,8535–6
12March 25, 2017@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–118,7655–7
13April 1, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush KeyBank Center L 14–1716,4195–8
14April 8, 2017@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 8–1310,8555–9
15April 14, 2017@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 13–812,1136–9
16April 15, 2017@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 16–173,5286–10
17April 22, 2017 Georgia Swarm KeyBank Center L 7–2016,8336–11
18April 29, 2017 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center L 15–1918,4176–12

Roster

2017 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

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. [3] The Bandits made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
213 Justin Martin
218Kevin Orleman
331TJ Sanders
439Bryce Brochu
547Drake Smith
652Logan Holmes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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