2015 Buffalo Bandits season

2015 Buffalo Bandits
LeagueNLL
Division3rd East
2015 record11 - 7
Home record7 - 2
Road record4 - 5
Goals for236
Goals against208
General ManagerSteve Dietrich
CoachTroy Cordingley
CaptainJohn Tavares
Alternate captainsScott Self
ArenaFirst Niagara Center
Team leaders
GoalsRyan Benesch (55)
AssistsDhane Smith (68)
PointsRyan Benesch (113)
Penalties in minutesBilly Dee Smith (53)
Loose BallsJay Thorimbert (246)
WinsAnthony Cosmo (10)
Goals against averageAnthony Cosmo (11.31)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is their twenty-fourth season in the NLL.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xyz18144.7780.07–27–2230185+4512.7810.28
2Rochester Knighthawks – x18126.6672.07–25–4205173+3211.399.61
3Buffalo Bandits – x18117.6113.07–24–5236208+2813.1111.56
4Minnesota Swarm18612.3338.03–63–6185226−4110.2812.56
5New England Black Wolves18414.22210.02–72–7186249−6310.3313.83
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Edmonton Rush – xy18135.7220.06–37–2241177+6413.399.83
2Colorado Mammoth – x1899.5004.06–33–6212218−611.7812.11
3Calgary Roughnecks – x18711.3896.04–53–6212217−511.7812.06
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.03–62–7211265−5411.7214.72

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 January 2, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 8–12 5,768 0–1
2 January 3, 2015 Edmonton Rush First Niagara Center W 9–8 14,236 1–1
3 January 17, 2015 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 14–13 3,478 2–1
4 January 23, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 11–13 11,413 2–2
5 January 30, 2015 Minnesota Swarm First Niagara Center W 15–12 12,756 3–2
6 January 31, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–17 6,994 3–3
7 February 7, 2015 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 15–14 OT 10,312 4–3
8 February 14, 2015 Rochester Knighthawks First Niagara Center L 10–15 14,737 4–4
9 February 21, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 12–13 OT 6,669 4–5
10 February 28, 2015 Colorado Mammoth First Niagara Center W 14–11 14,669 5–5
11 March 13, 2015 Toronto Rock First Niagara Center W 15–12 12,903 6–5
12 March 14, 2015 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 10–11 OT 11,460 6–6
13 March 21, 2015 Minnesota Swarm First Niagara Center W 12–8 14,601 7–6
14 April 4, 2015 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center L 11–12 13,674 7–7
15 April 11, 2015 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 12–9 8,986 8–7
16 April 25, 2015 Vancouver Stealth First Niagara Center W 17–9 15,897 9–7
17 April 26, 2015 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena W 20–9 3,036 10–7
18 May 2, 2015 New England Black Wolves First Niagara Center W 20–10 15,374 11–7

Playoffs

The post season for the Bandits began as the third best record in the east, qualifying them for the division semifinal. The tone was set early on by the host Rochester Knighthawks, who led 5-2 after one period. The game would be relatively even the rest of the game but the three goal margin from the first was the difference in the game and sent Buffalo back west along the Interstate 90. In what would be his last game for the Bandits and in professional lacrosse, John Tavares registered five assists.

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 8, 2015 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–14 6,527 0–1

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Roster

2015 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 15 Canada Matthew Bennett (T)
  • 93 Canada Jordan Dance (F)
  • 21 Canada Tyler Ferreira (F)
  • 91 Canada Corey Fowler (F)
Injured Reserve
Holdout
Head Coach

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

Roster updated 2013-3-16
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 22, 2014 To Buffalo Bandits
Nick Weiss
9th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2015 entry draft
1st round selection, 2018 entry draft 		To Vancouver Stealth
Rory Smith
Eric Penney
12th overall selection, 2014 entry draft
September 22, 2014 To Buffalo Bandits
49th selection, 2014 entry draft 		To New England Black Wolves
6th round selection, 2016 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014.[4] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 9 Brandon Goodwin
2 14 Matthew Bennett
2 18 Tyler Ferreira
3 24 Jordan Dance
6 49 Mike Melnychenko

See also

References

  1. ^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Gamesheet: Buffalo at Rochester - Fri, May 08, 2015".
  4. ^ "2014 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.