2022 Buffalo Bandits season

2022 Buffalo Bandits
East Division Champions
LeagueNLL
Division1st East
2022 record14–4
Home record7–2
Road record7–2
Goals for247
Goals against185
General ManagerSteve Dietrich
CoachJohn Tavares
CaptainSteve Priolo
Alternate captainsDhane Smith, Kevin Brownell
ArenaKeyBank Center
Team leaders
GoalsDhane Smith (41)
AssistsDhane Smith (94)
PointsDhane Smith (135)
Penalties in minutesTehoka Nanticoke (47)
Loose BallsSteve Priolo (116)
WinsMatt Vinc (14)
Goals against averageMatt Vinc (10.10)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2022 season was their 30th season in the NLL. The Bandits returned to play after the entire 2021 season was cancelled due to Covid 19. They started the season on December 4 at home, defeating the Calgary Roughnecks, 16–9.

Buffalo got out to a hot start, starting with a 6–0 record, before falling to the Toronto Rock on February 12, by a score of 12–10. The Bandits then won seven straight following the loss, bringing their record to a league-best 13–1 record, after defeating the Philadelphia Wings on March 31. Despite losing three of their final four games of the regular season, Buffalo finished the regular season with a 14–4 record, the best record in the NLL for the season.

In the playoffs, Buffalo took down the Albany FireWolves in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which was then followed up with a 2 games to none sweep of the Toronto Rock in the Eastern Conference Finals, allowing the Bandits to advance to the NLL Finals for the first time since 2019, where they would face the Colorado Mammoth.

Unfortunately, the Bandits could not win the championship, as they lost two straight games after winning Game 1 of the Finals at home. The loss in the NLL Finals extended their championship drought to 14 years.

Regular season

NLL Standings Reference: [1]

East Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz18144.7780.07–27–2247185+6213.7210.28
2Toronto Rock – x18135.7221.07–26–3207166+4111.509.22
3Halifax Thunderbirds – x18117.6113.07–24–5198195+311.0010.83
4Albany FireWolves – x1899.5005.05–44–5198195+311.0010.83
5Philadelphia Wings – x1899.5005.04–55–4185199−1410.2811.06
6Georgia Swarm1899.5005.04–55–4205212−711.3911.78
7New York Riptide18612.3338.03–63–6214226−1211.8912.56
8Rochester Knighthawks18414.22210.02–72–7184221−3710.2212.28
West Conference
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1San Diego Seals – xy18108.5560.05–45–4202183+1911.2210.17
2Calgary Roughnecks – x18108.5560.06–34–5194201−710.7811.17
3Colorado Mammoth – x18108.5560.07–23–6196198−210.8911.00
4Saskatchewan Rush18810.4442.06–32–7196194+210.8910.78
5Panther City Lacrosse Club18711.3893.03–64–5190223−3310.5612.39
6Vancouver Warriors18612.3334.03–63–6199209−1011.0611.61

Game log

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 4, 2021 Calgary Roughnecks KeyBank Center W 16–9 7,395 1–0
2 December 11, 2021 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–8 4,311 2–0
3 January 8, 2022 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center W 12–6 8,005 3–0
4 January 14, 2022 Georgia Swarm KeyBank Center W 12–10 7,744 4–0
5 January 30, 2022 @ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum W 18–17 OT 4,051 5–0
6 February 5, 2022 Rochester Knighthawks KeyBank Center W 11–8 9,371 6–0
7 February 12, 2022 @ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre L 10–12 6–1
8 February 18, 2022 Albany FireWolves KeyBank Center W 13–8 8,241 7–1
9 February 26, 2022 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–8 4,830 8–1
10 March 5, 2022 @ Albany FireWolves Times Union Center W 12–11 OT 6,011 9–1
11 March 12, 2022 Philadelphia Wings KeyBank Center W 17–5 11,451 10–1
12 March 26, 2022 Halifax Thunderbirds KeyBank Center W 16–11 11,169 11–1
13 March 27, 2022 @ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 16–11 5,715 12–1
14 March 31, 2022 @ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 17–12 10,699 13–1
15 April 2, 2022 @ Colorado Mammoth Ball Arena L 14–15 9,601 13–2
16 April 9, 2022 New York Riptide KeyBank Center L 12–15 12,436 13–3
17 April 16, 2022 @ Georgia Swarm Gas South Arena W 18–9 9,374 14–3
18 April 30, 2022 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center L 7–10 13,481 14–4

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals May 7, 2022 Albany FireWolves KeyBank Center W 10–5 12,535 1–0
Eastern Conference Finals
(Game 1)		 May 15, 2022 Toronto Rock KeyBank Center W 18–17 10,258 2–0
Eastern Conference Finals
(Game 2)		 May 21, 2022 @ Toronto Rock FirstOntario Centre W 10–9 7,992 3–0
NLL Finals
(Game 1)		 June 3, 2022 Colorado Mammoth KeyBank Center W 15–14 14,274 4–0
NLL Finals
(Game 2)		 June 11, 2022 @ Colorado Mammoth Ball Arena L 8–11 10,082 4–1
NLL Finals
(Game 3)		 June 18, 2022 Colorado Mammoth KeyBank Center L 8–10 19,060 4–2

Roster


Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
Forwards
Transition
Practice squad
  • 13 Sam LaRoue
  • 27 Dalton Sulver
  • 30 Devlin Shanahan
  • 49 Marcus Minichiello
Injured reserve
  • 44 Nathaniel Kozevnikov
Holdout
  • Alec Tulett
Unable to play
  • Joel Matthews
  • 83 Frank Brown
Head coach
Assistant coaches

Equipment Manager

  • Ted Cordingley
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2022-02-11
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2021 NLL Entry Draft took place on August 28, 2021.[2] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 3 Tehoka Nanticoke Six Nations MSL/University of Albany
1 14 Thomas Vaesen Nanaimo Jr. A/Montevello University
2 26 Colin Munro Coquitlam Jr. A/Georgetown
4 57 Carson Rees Maple Ridge WLA/Chestnut Hill
4 62 Nicholas Miller Hawkeyes UCBLL/St. John Fisher College
5 73 Kyle Hebert New Westminster WLA/Stony Brook
6 86 Hunter Aggus Six Nations Jr. A/Paris ALL

References

  1. ^ "2022 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
  2. ^ "2021 NLL ENTRY DRAFT LIVE RESULTS". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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