2018 Buffalo Bandits season

2018 Buffalo Bandits
2018 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2018 record	8-10
Home record	4-5
Road record	4-5
Goals for	232
Goals against	240
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	Troy Cordingley
Captain	Steve Priolo
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	14,181
Team leaders
Goals	Mitch Jones (38)
Assists	Dhane Smith (68)
Points	Dhane Smith (105)
Penalties in minutes	Steve Priolo (45)
Loose Balls	Steve Priolo (138)
Wins	Alex Buque (6)
Goals against average	Alex Buque (12.94)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season was their 27th 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	Georgia Swarm – xy	18	11	7	.611	0.0	6–3	5–4	226	215	+11	12.56	11.94
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	1.0	5–4	5–4	236	210	+26	13.11	11.67
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	9	9	.500	2.0	4–5	5–4	194	242	−48	10.78	13.44
4	Toronto Rock	18	8	10	.444	3.0	3–6	5–4	237	216	+21	13.17	12.00
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	8	10	.444	3.0	4–5	4–5	232	240	−8	12.89	13.33

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	6–3	8–1	254	196	+58	14.11	10.89
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	5–4	6–3	214	199	+15	11.89	11.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	227	211	+16	12.61	11.72
4	Vancouver Stealth	18	2	16	.111	12.0	0–9	2–7	186	277	−91	10.33	15.39

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 8, 2017	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 13–9		11,516	1–0
2	December 23, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–21		7,272	1–1
3	December 30, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 13–20		9,398	1–2
4	January 6, 2018	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center	W 13–8		11,803	2–2
5	January 13, 2018	Vancouver Stealth	KeyBank Center	L 10–11	OT	12,610	2–3
6	January 19, 2018	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	W 16–15	OT	14,693	3–3
7	February 3, 2018	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–14		9,425	4–3
8	February 9, 2018	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 18–13		5,357	5–3
9	February 10, 2018	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	W 18–9		14,058	6–3
10	February 24, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	L 10–17		15,302	6–4
11	March 3, 2018	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 7–8		16,062	6–5
12	March 16, 2018	Saskatchewan Rush	KeyBank Center	L 10–16		12,936	6–6
13	March 18, 2018	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 10–14		3,863	6–7
14	March 23, 2018	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 20–7		5,378	7–7
15	March 31, 2018	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	W 14–11		13,709	8–7
16	April 14, 2018	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–16		17,113	8–8
17	April 21, 2018	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	L 11–16		16,630	8–9
18	April 28, 2018	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	L 13–15		19,070	8–10

Roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

27 Alex Buque
65 Davide DiRuscio

Defensemen

0 Ryan Wagner
4 Ethan Schott
12 Mitch de Snoo
15 Matthew Bennett
21 Justin Martin
23 Steve Priolo (A)
Reid Acton

Forwards

95 Chase Fraser
9 Mark Steenhuis
22 Josh Byrne
24 Mitch Jones
88 Craig England
98 Callum Crawford
92 Dhane Smith
78 Jordan Durston

Transition

8 Kevin Brownell
20 Nick Weiss
23 Thomas Hoggarth

Injured Reserve

Vaughn Harris

Head Coach

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Legend

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

Roster updated 2017-12-08
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017.^[3] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
1	1	Josh Byrne
2	13	Chase Fraser
2	20	Ethan Schott
3	33	Dallas Bridle
4	34	Mackenzie Mitchell
4	36	Connor Laird
5	43	Dylan Molloy
6	51	Braden Wallace

References

^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^ "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
^ "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

External links

2018 Buffalo Bandits at nllstats.com

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.

[2] "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

[3] "2017 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

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v t e 2018 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth