2009 Buffalo Bandits season

2009 Buffalo Bandits
Division 2nd East
2009 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 223
Goals against 170
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Rich Kilgour
Alternate captains Mike Accursi
John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 17,947
Team leaders
Goals Mark Steenhuis (51)
John Tavares (51)
Assists Mark Steenhuis (50)
Points Mark Steenhuis (101)
Penalties in minutes Chris White (47)
Loose Balls Phil Sanderson (137)
Wins Ken Montour (8)
Goals against average Ken Montour (9.57)

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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the franchise's 18th season. It was also their first season in title defense since 1997.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-New York Titans 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 190 180
x-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 - .625 5-3 5-3 223 170
x-Boston Blazers 10 6 - .625 4-4 6-2 181 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 3 .438 6-2 1-7 169 197
e-Philadelphia Wings 7 9 3 .438 4-4 3-5 188 193
e-Toronto Rock 6 10 4 .375 3-5 3-5 194 218
West Division                
y-Calgary Roughnecks 12 4 - .750 5-3 7-1 206 167
x-Portland LumberJax 9 7 3 .563 4-4 5-3 181 177
x-San Jose Stealth 7 9 5 .438 5-3 2-6 200 185
x-Colorado Mammoth 7 9 5 .438 4-4 3-5 172 184
e-Minnesota Swarm 6 10 6 .375 2-6 4-4 174 198
e-Edmonton Rush 5 11 7 .313 4-4 1-7 159 200

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 3 Philadelphia W 15 - 11 18,690 1-0
2 January 10 @ Toronto W 8 - 6 15,923 2-0
3 January 16 Rochester W 23 - 6 15,494 3-0
4 January 24 @ Minnesota W 10 - 9 11,458 4-0
5 January 29 @ Edmonton W 13 - 8 6,298 5-0
6 February 6 @ Philadelphia L 13 - 11 10,506 5-1
7 February 14 Toronto W 25 - 10 18,690 6-1
8 February 20 @ Toronto W 17 - 16 OT 12,844 7-1
9 February 28 Minnesota L 16 - 15 18,690 7-2
10 March 14 @ Rochester L 15 - 14 OT 9,134 7-3
11 March 21 Portland W 14 - 4 17,822 8-3
12 March 28 New York L 11 - 9 18,550 8-4
13 April 4 @ Boston W 15 - 11 7,073 9-4
14 April 10 Rochester W 13 - 9 17,118 10-4
15 April 11 @ New York L 12 - 9 6,222 10-5
16 April 18 Boston L 13 - 12 OT 18,527 10-6

Playoffs

Game log

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 2 Boston W 11 - 8 13,343
Division Final May 9 @ New York L 9 - 3 5,644

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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
Mark Steenhuis 16 51 50 101 117 24
John Tavares 16 51 43 94 98 6
Mike Accursi 16 30 30 60 66 4
Cory Bomberry 15 15 36 51 46 11
Roger Vyse 15 27 19 46 57 0
Sean Greenhalgh 15 15 22 37 51 0
Kevin Dostie 14 8 18 26 28 4
Thomas Montour 12 5 15 20 90 4
Pat McCready 9 4 12 16 55 24
Totals 324 547 327 1073 40

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
Ken Montour 15 651:46 8 3 104 .813 9.57
Mike Thompson 16 313:49 2 3 66 .759 12.62
Totals 10 6 170 .795 10.63

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

July 2, 2008
 To Buffalo Bandits
third round pick, 2009 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Greg Hinman*
December 13, 2008
 To Buffalo Bandits
Thomas Montour		 To Calgary Roughnecks
first round pick, 2009 entry draft

* - Hinman was acquired from the Arizona Sting in the dispersal draft

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[1] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
3 35 Eryn Jones Six Nations, ON
4 49 Tory Gardner Six Nations, ON
5 62 Shane Pollock Wallaceburg, ON
6 65 Dustin Dunn Potsdam State University

Roster

2009 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

 Forwards

Transition

 Practice Squad
  • 27 Dustin Dunn
  • 17 Brandon Swamp
  • 39 Findley Wilson

Holdout

  • 88 Cody Jacobs

Unable to play

  • -- Tory Gardner
  • -- Eryn Jones
 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Chuck Brown
  • Jay Drury
  • Derek Graham
  • Ron Henry
  • Emmet Printup
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
East
Boston • Buffalo • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto
West