2008 Buffalo Bandits season

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2008 Buffalo Bandits
Champion's Cup Champions
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st East
2008 record 10-6
Home record 7-2
Road record 3-4
Goals for 203
Goals against 174
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Rich Kilgour
Alternate captains Pat McCready
John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 12,665
Team leaders
Goals Mark Steenhuis (34)
Assists John Tavares (58)
Points John Tavares (87)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (70)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (121)
Wins Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average Ken Montour (10.23)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the franchise's 17th season.

The Bandits tied with Minnesota, New York, and Philadelphia with a 10-6 record but thanks to tiebreakers, clinched first place overall and home floor advantage throughout the playoffs. They beat the Philadelphia Wings 14-12 in the opening round of the playoffs, then made quick work of the New York Titans 19-12, before they beat the Portland LumberJax 14-13 to win their first championship since 1996.[1][2]

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [3]

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

1 Buffalo Bandits – xyz 16 10 6 .625 0.0 7–2 3–4 203 174 +29 12.69 10.88
2 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 10 6 .625 0.0 6–2 4–4 199 196 +3 12.44 12.25
3 New York Titans – x 16 10 6 .625 0.0 5–1 5–5 197 186 +11 12.31 11.62
4 Philadelphia Wings – x 16 10 6 .625 0.0 7–1 3–5 225 220 +5 14.06 13.75
5 Rochester Knighthawks 16 8 8 .500 2.0 4–4 4–4 197 171 +26 12.31 10.69
6 Toronto Rock 16 7 9 .438 3.0 4–5 3–4 172 174 -2 10.75 10.88
7 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 .375 4.0 3–5 3–5 176 212 -36 11.00 13.25
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 San Jose Stealth – xy 16 9 7 .562 0.0 4–4 5–3 185 172 +13 11.56 10.75
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 9 7 .562 0.0 6–2 3–5 184 167 +17 11.50 10.44
3 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 7 9 .438 2.0 5–3 2–6 183 178 +5 11.44 11.12
4 Portland LumberJax – x 16 6 10 .375 3.0 3–5 3–5 179 194 -15 11.19 12.12
5 Edmonton Rush 16 4 12 .250 5.0 3–5 1–7 141 197 -56 8.81 12.31

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

Reference:[4]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 11, 2008 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena L 9–12 18,670 0–1
2 January 12, 2008 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–9 10,939 1–1
3 January 19, 2008 New York Titans HSBC Arena W 17–13 11,878 2–1
4 January 26, 2008 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 14–15 OT 10,542 2–2
5 February 8, 2008 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 17–9 10,922 3–2
6 February 10, 2008 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden L 9–10 OT 6,742 3–3
7 February 15, 2008 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 8–11 14,611 3–4
8 February 16, 2008 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 16–14 14,446 4–4
9 February 24, 2008 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre W 13–8 3,250 5–4
10 March 1, 2008 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena W 21–12 13,720 6–4
11 March 8, 2008 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 11–7 12,313 7–4
12 March 22, 2008 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 9–13 15,230 7–5
13 April 5, 2008 Colorado Mammoth HSBC Arena W 12–11 16,905 8–5
14 April 12, 2008 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 6–11 10,517 8–6
15 April 19, 2008 Chicago Shamrox HSBC Arena W 13–9 13,633 9–6
16 April 26, 2008 Portland LumberJax HSBC Arena W 14–10 18,325 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[5]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 2, 2008 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena W 14–12 9,344 1–0
Division Final May 10, 2008 New York Titans HSBC Arena W 19–12 11,012 2–0
Championship Game May 17, 2008 Portland LumberJax HSBC Arena W 14–13 18,690 3–0

Player stats

Reference:[6]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
John Tavares 16 29 58 87 91 23
Mark Steenhuis 15 34 41 75 121 27
Delby Powless 16 18 37 55 29 10
Cory Bomberry 16 17 38 55 59 29
Roger Vyse 14 21 27 48 48 4
Kevin Dostie 10 22 14 36 34 11
Dan Teat 12 11 23 34 38 2
Pat McCready 15 8 15 23 121 44
Ian Llord 15 5 12 17 71 26
Totals 316 519 478 1047 48

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Mike Thompson 14 421:36 5 1 83 .762 11.81
Ken Montour 14 480:45 4 5 82 .808 10.23
Daniel Sams 3 60:00 1 0 8 .882 8.00
Totals 10 6 174 .794 10.88

Awards

Player Award
Mark Steenhuis Transition Player of the Year
John Tavares First Team All-Pro
Mark Steenhuis
Mark Steenhuis Championship Game MVP
John Tavares All-Stars
Mark Steenhuis
Chris White

Transactions

Trades

February 5, 2008[7]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Andrew Lazore
Rusty Kruger		 To Chicago Shamrox
two second round picks, 2008 entry draft
March 25, 2008[8]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Mike Accursi		 To Edmonton Rush
Dan Teat
second round pick, 2008 entry draft
first round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[9]

No. Position Player
44 Canada Fwd Accursi, Mike
72 Iroquois Fwd Bomberry, Cory
26 United States Fwd Bucktooth, Brett
Canada Fwd Conn, Craig
Canada  ? Croswell, Brian
51 Canada Fwd Dostie, Kevin
Iroquois Fwd Francis, Brandon
United States Fwd Greenhalgh, Sean
5 Iroquois Def Hill, Clay
16 United States Trans Kilgour, Rich
20 Canada Fwd Kruger, Rusty
 ? Lalonde, Chris
17 Canada Def Laverty, Kyle
4 Iroquois Fwd Lazore, Andrew
2 Canada Fwd Llord, Ian
10 Canada Trans McCready, Pat
29 Iroquois Goalie Montour, Ken
No. Position Player
99 United States Fwd Powless, Delby
 ? Ragnar, Pete
Canada Goalie Sams, Daniel
18 Canada Def Sanderson, Phil
24 United States Def Schmelzle, Kyle
3 Canada Def Smith, Billy Dee
14 United States Def Smith, Joe
United States Def Sorci, Tony
 ? Squire, Chad
9 Canada Trans Steenhuis, Mark
12 United States Fwd Swamp, Brandon
11 Canada Fwd Tavares, John
Canada Fwd Teat, Dan
66 United States Goalie Thompson, Mike
 ? Thorimbert, Jay
81 Iroquois Fwd Vyse, Roger
6 Canada Def White, Chris

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The Bandits had won three MILL championships, but none since the MILL was reformed into the NLL in 1998.
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  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1995
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  9. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1995
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