2017 Buffalo Bandits season

2017 Buffalo Bandits
2017 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	5th East
2017 record	6-12
Home record	3-6
Road record	3-6
Goals for	226
Goals against	251
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	Troy Cordingley
Captain	Billy Dee Smith
Arena	KeyBank Center
Average attendance	15,148
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Benesch (33)
Assists	Dhane Smith (51)
Points	Dhane Smith (81)
Penalties in minutes	Mitch de Snoo (42)
Loose Balls	Steve Priolo (131)
Wins	Anthony Cosmo (5)
Goals against average	Anthony Cosmo (13.58)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season was their 26th season in the NLL.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Georgia Swarm – xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves – x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	−24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	−34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	−25	12.56	13.94

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush – xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	−3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	−8	11.78	12.22

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: Losses; GB: 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	December 30, 2016	Colorado Mammoth	KeyBank Center	L 8–12		14,268	0–1
2	January 14, 2017	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	L 14–18		14,268	0–2
3	January 21, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	KeyBank Center	W 21–15		12,903	1–2
4	January 28, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	L 12–13		7,074	1–3
5	February 3, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 10–18		8,314	1–4
6	February 17, 2017	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center	L 11–14		13,813	1–5
7	February 19, 2017	@ New England Black Wolves	Mohegan Sun Arena	W 16–15	OT	5,381	2–5
8	February 25, 2017	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 15–12		14,803	3–5
9	March 3, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	W 13–9		14,475	4–5
10	March 4, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–9	OT	6,102	4–6
11	March 17, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	W 15–11		2,853	5–6
12	March 25, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–11		8,765	5–7
13	April 1, 2017	Saskatchewan Rush	KeyBank Center	L 14–17		16,419	5–8
14	April 8, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 8–13		10,855	5–9
15	April 14, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–8		12,113	6–9
16	April 15, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 16–17		3,528	6–10
17	April 22, 2017	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	L 7–20		16,833	6–11
18	April 29, 2017	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	L 15–19		18,417	6–12

Roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

44 Anthony Cosmo
65 Davide DiRuscio

Defensemen

12 Mitch de Snoo
23 Steve Priolo (A)
3 Billy Dee Smith (C)
5 Adam Will

Forwards

17 Ryan Benesch
19 Chad Culp
21 Tyler Ferreira
93 Anthony Malcom
92 Dhane Smith
9 Mark Steenhuis
36 Daryl Veltman

Transition

13 David Brock (A)
8 Kevin Brownell
66 Alex Kedoh Hill
24 Mitch Jones
75 Jay Thorimbert
22 Andrew Watt
20 Nick Weiss

Injured Reserve

15 Matthew Bennett
55 Mitch Wilde

Head Coach

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Legend

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

Roster updated 2016-01-04
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016.^[3] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player
2	13	Justin Martin
2	18	Kevin Orleman
3	31	TJ Sanders
4	39	Bryce Brochu
5	47	Drake Smith
6	52	Logan Holmes

References

^ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
^ "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
^ "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

External links

2017 Buffalo Bandits at nllstats.com

[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[2] "2017 schedule". Bandits.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

[3] "2016 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

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v t e 2017 NLL season by team
East	Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth