2007 Buffalo Bandits season

2007 Buffalo Bandits
League NLL
Division 2nd East
2007 record 10-6
Home record 6-2
Road record 4-4
Goals for 207
Goals against 188
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Richie Kilgour
Alternate captains John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 12,760
Team leaders
Goals John Tavares (42)
Assists John Tavares (61)
Points John Tavares (103)
Penalties in minutes Kyle Laverty (66)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (126)
Wins Steve Dietrich (5)
Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (11.54)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 16th season, and was almost a repeat of their 2006 season. After winning the East with an 11-5 record in 2006, the Bandits finished 2nd with a 10-6 record in 2007. Once again they dispatched Minnesota in the division semi-finals, and once again met Rochester in the division finals. This time however, Rochester would take the division on their way to the Championship, beating the Bandits 14-13 in overtime.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Rochester Knighthawks – xyz16142.8750.08–06–2249194+5515.5612.12
2Buffalo Bandits – x16106.6254.06–24–4207188+1912.9411.75
3Minnesota Swarm – x1697.5625.04–45–3200207-712.5012.94
4Toronto Rock – x16610.3758.03–53–5187183+411.6911.44
5Chicago Shamrox16610.3758.04–42–6176191-1511.0011.94
6Philadelphia Wings16610.3758.04–42–6178186-811.1211.62
7New York Titans16412.25010.03–51–7195233-3812.1914.56
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Colorado Mammoth – xy16124.7500.07–15–3209179+3013.0611.19
2Calgary Roughnecks – x1697.5623.04–45–3219202+1713.6912.62
3Arizona Sting – x1697.5623.06–23–5188181+711.7511.31
4San Jose Stealth – x1697.5623.04–45–3181170+1111.3110.62
5Edmonton Rush16610.3756.04–42–6160189-2910.0011.81
6Portland LumberJax16412.2508.03–51–7153199-469.5612.44

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, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 10–11 OT 8,437 0–1
2 January 12, 2007 New York Titans HSBC Arena W 16–14 18,690 1–1
3 January 13, 2007 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 10–11 OT 16,523 1–2
4 January 20, 2007 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 22–13 12,883 2–2
5 February 2, 2007 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 10–14 13,659 2–3
6 February 3, 2007 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 8–13 15,471 2–4
7 February 11, 2007 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre W 12–11 5,010 3–4
8 February 17, 2007 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center W 12–8 12,688 4–4
9 February 24, 2007 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena W 13–12 14,882 5–4
10 March 4, 2007 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 16–15 7,504 6–4
11 March 17, 2007 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden W 11–8 7,012 7–4
12 March 24, 2007 Colorado Mammoth HSBC Arena W 19–15 15,156 8–4
13 March 31, 2007 Chicago Shamrox HSBC Arena W 15–10 16,228 9–4
14 April 7, 2007 Arizona Sting HSBC Arena W 15–5 13,492 10–4
15 April 13, 2007 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena L 10–14 15,334 10–5
16 April 14, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 8–14 11,200 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 22, 2007 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 14–8 9,003 1–0
Division Final April 27, 2007 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 13–14 OT 8,558 1–1

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 15 42 61 103 77 6
Kevin Dostie 16 29 33 62 96 15
Dan Teat 16 20 30 50 64 14
Mark Steenhuis 15 25 24 49 108 4
Cory Bomberry 15 16 33 49 46 13
Delby Powless 15 21 22 43 50 4
Brett Bucktooth 11 12 14 26 57 14
Jason Crosbie 12 11 14 25 53 8
Roger Vyse 12 12 12 24 46 0
Totals 310 517 381 1034 52

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
Mike Thompson 16 511:39 5 4 103 .759 12.08
Steve Dietrich 14 431:22 5 2 83 .777 11.54
Daniel Sams 2 15:00 0 0 2 .778 8.00
Totals 10 6 188 .768 11.75

Awards

Player Award
Dave Zygaj NLL Executive of the Year
John Tavares First Team All-Pro
John Tavares Overall player of the Month, March
John Tavares All-Stars
Mark Steenhuis
Pat McCready

Transactions

Trades

March 16, 2007[5]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Phil Sanderson		 To Toronto Rock
first round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
72 Iroquois Fwd Bomberry, Cory
2 Canada Def Bonterre, Troy
26 Iroquois Fwd Bucktooth, Brett
27 Canada Def Couling, Kyle
54 Canada Fwd Crosbie, Jason
30 Canada Goalie Dietrich, Steve
51 Canada Fwd Dostie, Kevin
United States Fwd Henderson, Tony
5 Iroquois Def Hill, Clay
16 Iroquois Trans Kilgour, Rich
17 Canada Def Laverty, Kyle
10 Canada Trans McCready, Pat
No. Position Player
99 Iroquois Fwd Powless, Delby
86 Canada Goalie Sams, Daniel
18 Canada Def Sanderson, Phil
21 Iroquois Def Seymour, Daryl
3 Canada Def Smith, Billy Dee
United States Def Sorci, Tony
9 Canada Trans Steenhuis, Mark
11 Canada Fwd Tavares, John
15 Canada Fwd Teat, Dan
19 Iroquois Fwd Thenhaus, Brenden
66 Iroquois Goalie Thompson, Mike
81 Iroquois Fwd Vyse, Roger
6 Canada Def White, Chris

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2007 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2007 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1322
  5. ↑ "Toronto Deals Phil Sanderson to Buffalo". NLL.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  6. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1322

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