2007 Buffalo Bandits season

2007 Buffalo Bandits
Division 2nd East
2007 record 10-6
Home record 6-2
Road record 4-4
Goals for 249
Goals against 194
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Richie Kilgour
Alternate captains John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 12,760
Team leaders
Goals John Tavares (42)
Assists John Tavares (61)
Points John Tavares (103)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (66)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (126)
Wins Steve Dietrich (5)
Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (11.54)

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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 16th season, and was almost a repeat of their 2006 season. After winning the East with a 11-5 record in 2006, the Bandits finished 2nd with a 10-6 record in 2007. Once again they dispatched Minnesota in the division semi-finals, and once again met Rochester in the division finals. This time however, Rochester would take the division on their way to the Championship, beating the Bandits 14-13 in overtime.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Rochester Knighthawks 14 2 - .875 8-0 6-2 249 194
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 4 .625 6-2 4-4 207 188
x-Minnesota Swarm 9 7 5 .563 4-4 5-3 200 207
x-Toronto Rock 6 10 8 .375 3-5 3-5 187 183
e-Chicago Shamrox 6 10 8 .375 4-4 2-6 176 191
e-Philadelphia Wings 6 10 8 .375 4-4 2-6 178 186
e-New York Titans 4 12 10 .250 3-5 1-7 195 233
West Division                
y-Colorado Mammoth 12 4 - .750 7-1 5-3 209 179
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 219 202
x-Arizona Sting 9 7 3 .563 6-2 3-5 188 181
x-San Jose Stealth 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 170
e-Edmonton Rush 6 10 6 .375 4-4 2-6 160 189
e-Portland LumberJax 4 12 8 .250 3-5 1-7 153 199

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 30 @ Portland L 11 - 10 OT 8,437 0-1
2 January 12 New York W 16 - 14 18,690 1-1
3 January 13 @ Colorado L 11 - 10 OT 16,523 1-2
4 January 20 Minnesota W 22 - 13 12,883 2-2
5 February 2 Toronto L 14 - 10 13,659 2-3
6 February 3 @ Toronto L 13 - 8 15,471 2-4
7 February 11 @ Chicago W 12 - 11 5,010 3-4
8 February 17 @ Philadelphia W 12 - 8 12,688 4-4
9 February 24 Philadelphia W 13 - 12 14,882 5-4
10 March 4 @ Minnesota W 16 - 15 7,504 6-4
11 March 17 @ New York W 11 - 8 7,012 7-4
12 March 24 Colorado W 19 - 15 15,156 8-4
13 March 31 Chicago W 15 - 10 16,228 9-4
14 April 7 Arizona W 15 - 5 13,492 10-4
15 April 13 Rochester L 14 - 10 15,334 10-5
16 April 14 @ Rochester L 14 - 8 11,200 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal April 22 Minnesota W 14 - 8 9,003
Division Final April 27 @ Rochester L 14 - 13 OT 8,558

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 15 42 61 103 77 6
Kevin Dostie 16 29 33 62 96 15
Dan Teat 16 20 30 50 64 14
Mark Steenhuis 15 25 24 49 108 4
Cory Bomberry 15 16 33 49 46 13
Delby Powless 15 21 22 43 50 4
Brett Bucktooth 11 12 14 26 57 14
Jason Crosbie 12 11 14 25 53 8
Roger Vyse 12 12 12 24 46 0
Totals 310 517 381 1034 52

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 16 511:39 5 4 103 .759 12.08
Steve Dietrich 14 431:22 5 2 83 .777 11.54
Daniel Sams 2 15:00 0 0 2 .778 8.00
Totals 10 6 188 .768 11.75

Awards

Player Award
Dave Zygaj NLL Executive of the Year
John Tavares First Team All-Pro
John Tavares Overall player of the Month, March
John Tavares All-Stars
Mark Steenhuis
Pat McCready

Transactions

Trades

March 16, 2007[1]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Phil Sanderson		 To Toronto Rock
first round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
72 Fwd Bomberry, Cory
2 Def Bonterre, Troy
26 Fwd Bucktooth, Brett
27 Def Couling, Kyle
54 Fwd Crosbie, Jason
30 Goalie Dietrich, Steve
51 Fwd Dostie, Kevin
Fwd Henderson, Tony
5 Def Hill, Clay
16 Trans Kilgour, Rich
17 Def Laverty, Kyle
10 Trans McCready, Pat
No. Position Player
99 Fwd Powless, Delby
86 Goalie Sams, Daniel
18 Def Sanderson, Phil
21 Def Seymour, Daryl
3 Def Smith, Billy Dee
Def Sorci, Tony
9 Trans Steenhuis, Mark
11 Fwd Tavares, John
15 Fwd Teat, Dan
19 Fwd Thenhaus, Brenden
66 Goalie Thompson, Mike
81 Fwd Vyse, Roger
6 Def White, Chris

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toronto Deals Phil Sanderson to Buffalo". NLL.com. March 16, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2822. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
East
Buffalo • Chicago • Minnesota • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West