2010 Buffalo Bandits season

2010 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2010 record	8-8
Home record	4-4
Road record	4-4
Goals for	169
Goals against	170
General Manager	Scott Loffler (Director of Lacrosse Operations)
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Alternate captains	Mike Accursi John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Steenhuis (36)
Assists	Mark Steenhuis (54)
Points	Mark Steenhuis (90)
Penalties in minutes	Brandon Francis (53) Ian Llord (53)
Loose Balls	Tom Montour (112)
Wins	Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average	Mike Thompson (9.92)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season will be the franchise's 19th season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Orlando Titans – xy	16	11	5	0.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	172	154	+18	10.75	9.63
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	9	7	0.563	2.0	6–2	3–5	197	156	+41	12.31	9.75
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	8	8	0.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	169	170	-1	10.56	10.63
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	0.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	161	162	-1	10.06	10.13
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	7	9	0.438	4.0	4–4	3–5	155	181	-26	9.69	11.31
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	0.313	6.0	3–5	2–6	168	194	-26	10.50	12.13

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

1	Washington Stealth – xyz	16	11	5	0.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	211	179	+32	13.19	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	10	6	0.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	193	169	+24	12.06	10.56
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	10	6	0.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	186	201	-15	11.63	12.56
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	5	11	0.313	6.0	3–5	2–6	189	201	-12	11.81	12.56
5	Colorado Mammoth	16	4	12	0.250	7.0	0–8	4–4	167	201	-34	10.44	12.56

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–LossesGB–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 8, 2010	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 5–10		8,192	0–1
2	January 16, 2010	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	L 11–13		17,207	0–2
3	January 22, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 11–13		2,879	0–3
4	January 23, 2010	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 7–11		7,102	0–4
5	January 30, 2010	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 11–7		15,636	1–4
6	February 6, 2010	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 10–14		14,467	1–5
7	February 13, 2010	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 13–11		7,723	2–5
8	February 27, 2010	Philadelphia Wings	HSBC Arena	L 11–15		15,336	2–6
9	March 6, 2010	Orlando Titans	HSBC Arena	W 12–10		16,184	3–6
10	March 12, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–10	OT	8,567	4–6
11	March 13, 2010	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	W 9–8	OT	9,062	5–6
12	March 27, 2010	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–7		10,652	6–6
13	April 3, 2010	Colorado Mammoth	HSBC Arena	L 11–12	OT	16,951	6–7
14	April 10, 2010	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	W 13–10		18,575	7–7
15	April 16, 2010	@ Orlando Titans	Amway Arena	L 7–9		7,399	7–8
16	April 24, 2010	Boston Blazers	HSBC Arena	W 13–10		18,480	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–13		9,367	0–1

Transactions

New players

Chris Driscoll - acquired in trade
Jon Harasym - acquired in trade
Frank Resetarits - acquired in trade

Players not returning

Rich Kilgour - retired^[4]
Pat McCready - traded
Phil Sanderson - traded

Trades

September 3, 2009^[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Jon Harasym	To Philadelphia Wings Fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft
September 3, 2009^[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Frank Resetarits	To Washington Stealth Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
August 11, 2009	To Buffalo Bandits Second round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Washington Stealth Jamison Koesterer Fifth round pick, 2009 entry draft
August 4, 2009^[6]	To Buffalo Bandits Second round pick, 2009 entry draft First round pick, 2010 entry draft Second round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Pat McCready Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 31, 2009^[7]	To Buffalo Bandits Chris Driscoll	To Toronto Rock Phil Sanderson

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.^[8] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	10	Kyle Clancy	Peterborough, ON
2	15	Chris Corbeil	Brampton, ON
2	21	Steve Priolo	St. Catharines, ON
4	39	Zac McIlmoyle	Peterborough, ON
6	60	Matt Freedman	Canisius College