2019 Buffalo Bandits season

2019 Buffalo Bandits
2019 Buffalo Bandits
	East Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st East
2019 record	14–4
Home record	7–2
Road record	7–2
Goals for	244
Goals against	186
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	John Tavares ; Rich Kilgour
Captain	Steve Priolo
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	13,046
Team leaders
Goals	Corey Small (36)
Assists	Dhane Smith (70)
Points	Dhane Smith (102)
Penalties in minutes	Nick Weiss (41)
Loose Balls	Steve Priolo (135)
Wins	Matt Vinc (14)
Goals against average	Matt Vinc (10.02)
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Last updated June 10, 2025

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season was their 28th season in the NLL.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division
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	244	186	+58	13.56	10.33
2	Georgia Swarm –x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	7–2	5–4	230	210	+20	12.78	11.67
3	Toronto Rock –x	18	12	6	.667	2.0	8–1	4–5	213	207	+6	11.83	11.50
4	New England Black Wolves –x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	213	223	−10	11.83	12.39
5	Rochester Knighthawks	18	6	12	.333	8.0	4–5	2–7	212	226	−14	11.78	12.56
6	Philadelphia Wings	18	4	14	.222	10.0	3–6	1–8	218	246	−28	12.11	13.67

West Division
P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP

1	Saskatchewan Rush –xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	7–2	4–5	222	202	+20	12.33	11.22
2	San Diego Seals –x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	6–3	4–5	208	217	−9	11.56	12.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks –x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	212	201	+11	11.78	11.17
4	Colorado Mammoth –x	18	6	12	.333	5.0	3–6	3–6	181	193	−12	10.06	10.72
5	Vancouver Warriors	18	5	13	.278	6.0	3–6	2–7	179	221	−42	9.94	12.28

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]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 15, 2018	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 17–15		11,023	1–0
2	December 21, 2018	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	L 12–17		10,370	1–1
3	December 28, 2018	Vancouver Warriors	KeyBank Center	W 16–10		12,005	2–1
4	January 5, 2019	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	W 13–4		12,480	3–1
5	January 19, 2019	Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	KeyBank Center	W 14–10		10,509	4–1
6	January 26, 2019	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–18		8,337	4–2
7	January 27, 2019	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 15–5		5,098	5–2
8	February 2, 2019	Colorado Mammoth	KeyBank Center	W 15–12		10,766	6–2
9	February 9, 2019	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 19–9		7,767	7–2
10	February 16, 2019	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center	W 12–10		13,085	8–2
11	February 22, 2019	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–9		6,672	9–2
12	March 8, 2019	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 12–11	OT	10,805	10–2
13	March 9, 2019	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	L 9–14		15,061	10–3
14	March 16, 2019	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 12–11	OT	13,291	11–3
15	March 23, 2019	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 8–6		16,580	12–3
16	April 5, 2019	@ Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Arena	L 11–12	OT	9,565	12–4
17	April 20, 2019	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	W 12–6		16,559	13–4
18	April 27, 2019	@ San Diego Seals	Valley View Casino Center	W 18–7		8,357	14–4

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Attendance	Record
Eastern division semi-Final	May 4, 2019	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	W 13–6	11,776	1–0
Eastern division Final	May 11, 2019	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 12–8	11,635	2–0
NLL Final (game 1)	May 18, 2019	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center	L 7–10	15,747	2–1
NLL Final (game 2)	May 25, 2019	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 13–14	17,038	2–2

Roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

33 Zach Higgins
48 Matt Vinc

Defensemen

7 Bryce Sweeting
12 Mitch de Snoo
19 Matthew Bennett
20 Nick Weiss
21 Justin Martin
23 Steve Priolo (C)
25 Matt Spanger
94 Ryan Wagner

Forwards

22 Josh Byrne
45 Corey Small
78 Jordan Durston
91 Thomas Hoggarth
92 Dhane Smith
95 Chase Fraser

Transition

4 Ian MacKay
8 Kevin Brownell
37 Ethan O’Connor
81 Matt Gilray

Practice Squad

Dallas Bridle
71 Zach Herreweyers
Devlin Shanahan

Injured Reserve

Head Coach

John Tavares

Assistant Coaches

Equipment Manager

Ted Cordingley

Legend

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

Roster updated 2019-01-06
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2018 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 25, 2018.^[3] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
1	3	Matt Gilray
1	4	Ian MacKay
4	43	Devlin Shanahan

References

↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
↑ "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
↑ "2018 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

External links

2023 Buffalo Bandits at nllstats.com

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[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] "2018 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

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v t e 2019 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Philadelphia Wings Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Warriors