2013 Buffalo Bandits season

2013 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2013 record	6 – 10
Home record	2 – 6
Road record	4 – 4
Goals for	171
Goals against	211
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Scott Self Shawn Williams
Arena	First Niagara Center
Team leaders
Goals	Dhane Smith (24)
Assists	Shawn Williams (46)
Points	Shawn Williams (65)
Penalties in minutes	David Brock (46) Steve Priolo (46)
Loose Balls	Jay Thorimbert (180)
Wins	Anthony Cosmo (4)
Goals against average	Kurtis Wagar (12.22)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was their twenty-second season in the NLL.

The Bandits started the season with a fairly strong 5-3 record, with wins over their division rivals the Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings and two wins over the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks. But for the second straight season, the Bandits lost six in a row to put their playoff hopes in jeopardy. They finished the season 6-10 and out of the playoffs for the first time since 2002.

After the season, long-time coach Darris Kilgour was fired by the Bandits.^[1]

Standings

Reference: ^[2]

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

1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	10	6	0.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	194	176	+18	12.13	11.00
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	8	8	0.500	2.0	3–5	5–3	179	165	+14	11.19	10.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	0.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	170	207	-37	10.63	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	6	10	0.375	4.0	2–6	4–4	171	211	-40	10.69	13.19

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

1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	9	7	0.563	0.0	3–5	6–2	222	211	+11	13.88	13.19
2	Washington Stealth – x	16	9	7	0.563	0.0	5–3	4–4	193	192	+1	12.06	12.00
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	9	7	0.563	0.0	2–6	7–1	203	170	+33	12.69	10.63
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	0.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	185	202	-17	11.56	12.63
5	Minnesota Swarm – c	16	7	9	0.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	219	202	+17	13.69	12.63

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:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 11, 2013	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	L 8–13		9,096	0–1
2	January 12, 2013	Minnesota Swarm	First Niagara Center	W 13–12		15,238	1–1
3	January 19, 2013	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–13		7,834	2–1
4	January 26, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	First Niagara Center	W 14–13		13,808	3–1
5	February 2, 2013	Toronto Rock	First Niagara Center	L 12–14		14,918	3–2
6	February 9, 2013	Rochester Knighthawks	First Niagara Center	L 7–15		14,833	3–3
7	February 16, 2013	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–6		9,156	4–3
8	February 28, 2013	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 15–13		8,213	5–3
9	March 1, 2013	Philadelphia Wings	First Niagara Center	L 10–11	OT	14,036	5–4
10	March 9, 2013	Colorado Mammoth	First Niagara Center	L 6–12		16,428	5–5
11	March 16, 2013	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 13–16		15,511	5–6
12	March 23, 2013	Edmonton Rush	First Niagara Center	L 7–14		16,629	5–7
13	March 29, 2013	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–18		11,546	5–8
14	April 6, 2013	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 7–21		10,167	5–9
15	April 13, 2013	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena	W 15–10		3,442	6–9
16	April 20, 2013	Rochester Knighthawks	First Niagara Center	L 9–10		19,070	6–10

Roster

2013 Buffalo Bandits roster

Active (20-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

44 Anthony Cosmo
38 Kurtis Wagar

Defensemen

18 Glen Bryan
14 Mike McNamara
23 Steve Priolo
3 Billy Dee Smith
6 Derek Suddons

Forwards

89 Carter Bender
37 Nick Cotter
19 Chad Culp
28 Mike Hominuck
20 Derek Hopcroft
66 Alex Kedoh Hill
90 Jamie Rooney
92 Dhane Smith
11 John Tavares (C)
51 Shawn Williams (A)
15 Luke Wiles
10 Aaron Wilson

Transition

13 David Brock
7 Jon Harasym
9 Mark Steenhuis
75 Jay Thorimbert

Practice Squad

8 Kevin Brownell
77 Craig England
97 Hayden Smith

Injured Reserve

91 Jordan Critch
17 Tracey Kelusky

Holdout

14 Joe Smith
93 Scott Stewart

Unable to play

40 Joel Matthews

Head Coach

Darris Kilgour

Assistant Coaches

Rich Kilgour
Dan Teat
Rusty Kruger
Randy Chrysler

Legend

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

Roster updated 2013-3-16
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 27, 2012^[4]	To Buffalo Bandits Shawn Williams Brendan Doran 5th, 14th, and 18th overall selections, 2012 entry draft	To Minnesota Swarm 3rd overall selection, 2012 entry draft
August 4, 2012^[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Glen Bryan Jamie Rooney	To Toronto Rock 14th overall selection, 2012 Entry Draft Fourth round selection, 2014 Entry Draft
August 13, 2012^[6]	To Buffalo Bandits David Brock Mike Hominuck	To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Buchanan Third round selection, 2013 Entry Draft
November 14, 2012^[7]	To Buffalo Bandits Aaron Wilson 2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Jeremy Thompson
December 5, 2012^[8]	To Buffalo Bandits Derek Hopcroft	To Colorado Mammoth Conditional 5th round pick, 2014 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.^[9] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	5	Dhane Smith	Kitchener, Ontario
2	13	Hayden Smith	Orangeville, Ontario
2	16	Jordan Critch	Orangeville, Ontario
2	18	Carter Bender	University of Hartford
3	22	Kevin Brownell	Robert Morris University
4	31	Joel Matthews	University of Detroit Mercy
5	50	Wenster Green	Six Nations, Ontario

References

↑ Bailey, Budd (June 10, 2013). "Kilgour's firing ends an era". The Buffalo News. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
↑ "Buffalo Bandits schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
↑ "Pair of trades brings Shawn Williams to Bandits". NLL.com. July 27, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
↑ Stamp, Stephen (August 4, 2012). "NLL activity: Rock trade Bryan & Rooney to Bandits; signings and franchise player tags". IL Indoor. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
↑ "Bandits acquire pair from Philadelphia, Sign Williams". Bandits.com. August 13, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
↑ Chavez, Bob (November 14, 2012). "Breaking: Bandits trade Jeremy Thompson to Rush for Aaron Wilson, draft pick". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
↑ Bermel, Steve (December 4, 2012). "Breaking, Bandits acquire Hopcroft from Mammoth". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
↑ "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

2013 NLL season by team

East	Buffalo Philadelphia Rochester Toronto

West	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Washington