2006 Buffalo Bandits season

2006 Buffalo Bandits
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
2006 record 11-5
Home record 6-2
Road record 5-3
Goals for 193
Goals against 167
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Richie Kilgour
Alternate captains John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 11,176
Team leaders
Goals Mark Steenhuis (34)
Assists John Tavares (53)
Points John Tavares (85)
Penalties in minutes Chris White (51)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (154)
Wins Steve Dietrich (10)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (9.97)

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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 15th in franchise history.

The Bandits captured the Eastern division title by repeating their 11-5 record from 2005. They then spoiled the Minnesota Swarm's first ever playoff game by defeating them 11-10, and advanced to the championship game by beating Rochester 15-10. The Bandits hosted the Championship game for the first time since 1997, but lost to Gary Gait's Colorado Mammoth 16-9.

Goaltender Steve Dietrich made history twice, by being the first person to be named Goaltender of the Year in consecutive years (in fact, the first person to win the award twice), and also by being the first goaltender to be named NLL Most Valuable Player.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 - .688 6-2 5-3 193 167
x-Rochester Knighthawks 9 7 2 .563 6-2 3-5 196 180
x-Toronto Rock 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 182 179
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3 .500 3-5 5-3 158 171
e-Philadelphia Wings 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 184 184
West Division                
y-Portland LumberJax 11 5 - .688 5-3 6-2 188 177
x-Colorado Mammoth 10 6 1 .625 6-2 4-4 200 172
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 2 .563 4-4 5-3 183 178
x-Arizona Sting 8 8 3 .500 4-4 4-4 198 199
e-San Jose Stealth 5 11 6 .313 3-5 2-6 151 174
e-Edmonton Rush 1 15 10 .063 0-8 1-7 150 202

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 13 @ Toronto W 13 - 11 15,104 1-0
2 January 21 Toronto W 13 - 10 13,072 2-0
3 January 28 @ Rochester L 11 - 10 OT 11,121 2-1
4 February 10 Portland W 16 - 6 10,395 3-1
5 February 11 @ Philadelphia L 10 - 9 11,207 3-2
6 February 18 Minnesota W 14 - 9 12,458 4-2
7 March 4 Minnesota L 11 - 8 10,961 4-3
8 March 11 Toronto L 10 - 8 14,064 4-4
9 March 18 @ Rochester W 14 - 13 10,209 5-4
10 March 24 @ Minnesota W 13 - 11 9,533 6-4
11 March 25 Rochester W 18 - 13 13,722 7-4
12 March 31 @ San Jose W 11 - 9 5,143 8-4
13 April 1 @ Arizona W 13 - 10 6,759 9-4
14 April 8 Colorado W 14 - 12 11,895 10-4
15 April 14 Philadelphia W 8 - 7 10,379 11-4
16 April 15 @ Philadelphia L 14 - 11 12,796 11-5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal April 23 Minnesota W 11 - 10 8,110
Division Final April 29 Rochester W 15 - 10 10,897
Championship Game May 13 Colorado L 16 - 9 16,104

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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 32 53 85 95 12
Mark Steenhuis 15 34 23 57 144 22
Dan Teat 15 27 29 56 50 10
Cory Bomberry 15 21 27 48 89 22
Delby Powless 15 12 33 45 64 10
Pat McCready 15 11 15 26 154 36
Kim Squire 12 13 10 23 43 12
A.J. Shannon 9 7 16 23 44 2
Lindsay Plunkett 7 9 9 18 21 4
Totals 287 480 402 1039 50

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
Steve Dietrich 16 812:34 10 4 135 .808 9.97
Ken Montour 7 116:48 1 1 25 .775 12.84
Ryan Avery 6 30:00 0 0 6 .800 12.00
Totals 11 5 167 .802 10.44

Awards

Player Award
Steve Dietrich NLL Most Valuable Player
Steve Dietrich Goaltender of the Year
Steve Dietrich First Team All-Pro
John Tavares Second Team All-Pro
John Tavares All-Stars
Steve Dietrich
Mark Steenhuis

Transactions

Trades

February 21, 2006[1]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Ken Montour
third round pick, 2007 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
first round pick, 2006 entry draft
February 21, 2006[1]
 To Buffalo Bandits
first round pick, 2006 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Ryan Avery
March 23, 2006[2]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Jason Crosbie		 To Arizona Sting
Lindsay Plunkett
fourth round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
Goalie Avery, Ryan
72 Fwd Bomberry, Cory
2 Def Bonterre, Troy
27 Def Couling, Kyle
54 Fwd Crosbie, Jason
30 Goalie Dietrich, Steve
Def Francey, Tyler
7 Fwd Harasym, Jon
5 Def Hill, Clay
97 Fwd Kazarian, Bryan
16 Def Kilgour, Rich
32 Def Langdale, Chris
17 Def Laverty, Kyle
No. Position Player
23 Def McCready, Pat
29 Goalie Montour, Ken
Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
99 Fwd Powless, Delby
12 Fwd Schmelzie, Kyle
8 Fwd Shannon, A.J.
77 Def Shattler, Jeff
3 Def Smith, Billy Dee
93 Fwd Squire, Kim
9 Fwd Steenhuis, Mark
11 Fwd Tavares, John
15 Fwd Teat, Dan
81 Fwd Vyse, Roger
6 Def White, Chris

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Player Moves". NLL.com. February 22, 2006. http://nll.com/article.php?id=579. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
  2. ^ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 14, 2006. http://nll.com/article.php?id=540. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
East
Buffalo • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West