2020 Buffalo Bandits season

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2020 Buffalo Bandits
League NLL
DivisionNorth
2020 record7–4
Home record4–2
Road record3–2
Goals for130
Goals against118
General Manager Steve Dietrich
Coach John Tavares
Captain Steve Priolo
Arena KeyBank Center

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is their 29th season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. [1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play. [2] [3]

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06–12–3139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54–23–2122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54–23–2130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02–30–7115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04–34–0135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52–45–1149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53–35–3151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01–50–7116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.02–35–011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54–23–4128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03–33–3138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01–44–1122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52–42–5117160−439.0012.31

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

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1December 7, 2019 San Diego Seals KeyBank Center W 13–1010,6851–0
2December 28, 2019 Halifax Thunderbirds KeyBank Center L 10–1513,5761–1
3January 11, 2020@ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena W 16–108,5852–1
4January 18, 2020 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center W 10–812,0263–1
5January 25, 2020@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 13–12OT10,9944–1
6January 31, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks KeyBank Center W 16–15OT10,9785–1
7February 7, 2020@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena W 15–87,2156–1
8February 9, 2020@ Toronto Rock Scotiabank Arena L 9–137,0216–2
9February 15, 2020 Philadelphia Wings (2018-) KeyBank Center L 6–712,4596–3
10February 29, 2020 Halifax Thunderbirds KeyBank Center W 13–912,8137–3
11March 8, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre L 9–118,3597–4

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
12March 13, 2020@ Toronto Rock Scotiabank Arena
13March 14, 2020 New England Black Wolves KeyBank Center
14March 28, 2020 Saskatchewan Rush KeyBank Center
15April 3, 2020@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome
16April 11, 2020@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena
17April 18, 2020 New York Riptide KeyBank Center
18April 25, 2020@ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena

Roster

Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
Injured Reserve
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches

Equipment Manager

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

Roster updated 2019-01-06
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019. [5] The Bandits made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
112Brent NoseworthyMichigan University
229Nathaniel KozevnikovRobert Morris University
345Ryder GarnseyNotre Dame University
452Taylor KauffeldtBrampton Jr. A
456Tyler HallsOrangeville
684Joel WatsonWhitby

References

  1. ↑ "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
  3. ↑ "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  5. ↑ "2019 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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