2005 Buffalo Bandits season

2005 Buffalo Bandits
League NLL
Division 2nd East
2005 record 11-5
Home record 5-3
Road record 6-2
Goals for 217
Goals against 183
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Rich Kilgour
Alternate captains John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 11,171
Team leaders
Goals John Tavares (43)
Assists John Tavares (59)
Points John Tavares (102)
Penalties in minutes Billy Dee Smith (60)
Loose Balls Mark Steenhuis (141)
Wins Steve Dietrich (9)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (10.96)
← 2004 season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 14th in franchise history.

The Bandits finished second in the east after stellar seasons from veterans John Tavares and Steve Dietrich, who was named Goaltender of the Year. They hosted the Rochester Knighthawks in the division semi-final game, but the Knighthawks defeated the Bandits 19-14, winning the right to face the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the division finals.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rock – xyz16124.7500.06–26–2227190+3714.1911.88
2Buffalo Bandits – x16115.6881.05–36–2217183+3413.5611.44
3Rochester Knighthawks – x16106.6252.05–35–3193179+1412.0611.19
4Philadelphia Wings16610.3756.03–53–5213218-513.3113.62
5Minnesota Swarm16511.3127.02–63–5188231-4311.7514.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xy16106.6250.06–24–4216208+813.5013.00
2Arizona Sting – x1697.5621.05–34–4209209013.0613.06
3Colorado Mammoth – x1688.5002.05–33–5201182+1912.5611.38
4Anaheim Storm16511.3125.02–63–5175212-3710.9413.25
5San Jose Stealth16412.2506.02–62–6170197-2710.6212.31

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 January 7, 2005 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 13–15 11,067 0–1
2 January 21, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 15–10 13,198 1–1
3 January 22, 2005 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 8–11 18,137 1–2
4 January 28, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 15–10 8,849 2–2
5 January 29, 2005 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena W 20–16 10,945 3–2
6 February 11, 2005 Anaheim Storm HSBC Arena W 20–9 8,805 4–2
7 February 19, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 11–7 9,961 5–2
8 February 25, 2005 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena L 8–14 8,912 5–3
9 March 4, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 14–12 17,756 6–3
10 March 11, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 23–16 8,254 7–3
11 March 18, 2005 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 13–11 9,116 8–3
12 March 19, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–12 OT 10,102 8–4
13 March 26, 2005 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 8–12 11,309 8–5
14 April 1, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena W 11–9 10,014 9–5
15 April 9, 2005 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 14–9 10,183 10–5
16 April 16, 2005 San Jose Stealth HSBC Arena W 13–10 12,138 11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Final April 23, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena L 14–19 10,014 0–1

Player stats

Reference:[4]

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 16 43 59 102 126 9
Dan Teat 16 26 39 65 84 24
Mark Steenhuis 16 34 28 62 141 23
Jason Crosbie 14 20 30 50 69 10
Delby Powless 13 20 24 44 57 4
A.J. Shannon 16 25 15 40 78 8
Aime Caines 13 13 15 28 33 10
Pat McCready 13 7 16 23 77 44
Bryan Kazarian 13 1 17 18 53 20
Totals 304 521 414 1137 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
Steve Dietrich 15 749:43 9 4 137 .789 10.96
Derek General 8 209:19 2 1 46 .718 13.19
Totals 11 5 183 .774 11.44

Awards

Player Award
Steve Dietrich Goaltender of the Year
John Tavares First Team All-Pro
Steve Dietrich
Delby Powless All-Rookie Team
John Tavares Overall Player of the Month, January
John Tavares Overall Player of the Month, March
(tie with Bob Watson)
John Tavares All-Stars
Kyle Couling
Mark Steenhuis
Dan Teat

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2005[5]
 To Buffalo Bandits
second round pick, 2005 entry draft
second round pick, 2007 entry draft		 To Arizona Sting
Jonas Derks

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
49 Canada Fwd Caines, Aime
25 Canada Def Candy, Drew
27 Canada Def Couling, Kyle
54 Canada Fwd Crosbie, Jason
Canada Fwd Derks, Jonas
30 Canada Goalie Dietrich, Steve
26 Canada Def Floris, Greg
United States Def Francey, Tyler
85 Canada Goalie General, Derek
7 Canada Fwd Harasym, Jon
5 Iroquois Def Hill, Clay
90 Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
No. Position Player
14 Iroquois Fwd Jamieson, Kyle
97 Canada Fwd Kazarian, Bryan
16 United States Def Kilgour, Rich
17 Canada Def Laverty, Kyle
23 Canada Def McCready, Pat
63 United States Fwd Montour, Thomas
99 United States Fwd Powless, Delby
8 Canada Fwd Shannon, A.J.
3 Canada Def Smith, Billy Dee
9 Canada Fwd Steenhuis, Mark
11 Canada Fwd Tavares, John
15 Canada Fwd Teat, Dan
6 Canada Def White, Chris

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=686
  5. ↑ "Mammoth Goaltender Retires". NLL.com. February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=686
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