2016 Buffalo Bandits season

2016 2016 NLL season Buffalo Bandits Buffalo Bandits NLL yes East 1st 13–5 8–1 5–4 251 214 Steve Dietrich Troy Cordingley Billy Dee Smith First Niagara Center Dhane Smith (72) Dhane Smith (65) Dhane Smith (137) Steve Priolo (61) Jay Thorimbert (129) Anthony Cosmo (8) Anthony Cosmo (11.73) 2015 season 2015 Buffalo Bandits season 2017 season 2017 Buffalo Bandits season The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was their 25th season in the NLL. The Bandits had their best season in years, finishing with a franchise-record 13 wins. Their 13–5 record gave the team first place in the East Division and also clinched the first seed for the playoffs.http://www.bandits.com/recap/20160430 Historic Night in Banditland Sees Bandits Clinch First Place in NLL With 12-7 Win Over New England Bandits.com Hirschbeck, Zak May 1, 2016 May 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160504195616/http://www.bandits.com/recap/20160430 dead The team only lost two games in a row once and finished the season winning 9 of their last 10 games. Buffalo beat New England 2 games to none in the semifinals, but lost two close games to the Saskatchewan Rush in the Championship. The team was led by Dhane Smith, who had one of the best offensive years in NLL history. Smith set new records for both goals in a season with 72 and points in a season with 137. Regular season Final standings BUF Game log Reference:http://bandits.com/schedule.asp?season=2015 Bandits.com 2015 schedule January 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103005540/http://bandits.com/schedule.asp?season=2015 January 3, 2015 dead mdy-allFirst Niagara Center 1/9/2016 Calgary Roughnecks 0 10 9 14286 1/16/2016 Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center 1 14 15 1 14125 1/23/2016 Toronto Rock 12 6 13359 1/30/2016 New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena 1 11 15 3874 2/06/2016 New England Black Wolves 12 10 0 13556 2/14/2016 Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena 1 21 14 4971 2/19/2016 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 12 14 0 7837 2/20/2016 Georgia Swarm 15 19 14515 2/26/2016 Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre 1 19 18 1 10433 3/5/2016 Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre 1 13 8 3382 3/11/2016 Rochester Knighthawks 13 10 18751 3/25/2016 Vancouver Stealth 17 10 14,301 4/2/2016 Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena 1 18 14 3,355 4/9/2016 Rochester Knighthawks 14 12 17,397 4/15/2016 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 9 12 9,237 4/16/2016 Toronto Rock 14 8 17,270 4/23/2016 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 15 13 10,716 4/30/2016 New England Black Wolves 17 12 19,070 Playoffs First Niagara Center 5/16/2016 Eastern Final (Game 1) New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena 1 15 10 3,697 5/21/2016 Eastern Final (Game 2) New England Black Wolves 20 15 14,423 FinalsGame 1 5/28/2016 Saskatchewan Rush 9 11 12,692 FinalsGame 2 6/04/2016 Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre 1 10 11 15,182 Roster 2016 Buffalo Bandits black orange Silver #FFFFFF http://www.bandits.com/team.asp Roster 2016-01-04 44 Canada Anthony Cosmo 65 Canada Davide DiRuscio 12 CAN Mitch de Snoo 23 CAN Steve Priolo 1  3 CAN Billy Dee Smith 1  5 CAN Adam Will 17 CAN Ryan Benesch 19 CAN Chad Culp 21 CAN Tyler Ferreira 93 CAN Anthony Malcom 92 CAN Dhane Smith  9 CAN Mark Steenhuis 36 CAN Daryl Veltman 13 CAN David Brock 1  8 CAN Kevin Brownell 66 Iroquois Alex Kedoh Hill 24 CAN Mitch Jones 75 CAN Jay Thorimbert 22 CAN Andrew Watt 20 CAN Nick Weiss 15 CAN Matthew Bennett 55 CAN Mitch Wilde Troy Cordingley John Tavares Rich Kilgour Shawn Williams Dave Pym Rob Buchan Rusty Kruger Equipment Manager Ted Cordingley Player stats Reference:2016 Buffalo Bandits https://nllstats.com/team?id=1029263 NLLstats.com Runners (Top 10) Player GP G A Pts LB PIMDhane Smith 18 72 65 137 111 9Ryan Benesch 17 39 53 92 101 17Mark Steenhuis 18 34 38 72 68 36Alexander-Kedoh-Hill 15 16 23 39 120 29Tony Malcom 17 17 21 38 59 2Daryl Veltman 17 14 24 38 41 2 Mitch Jones 17 11 22 33 119 4Chad Culp 14 9 23 32 46 14Kevin Brownell 18 8 14 22 101 14Steve Priolo 18 7 12 19 112 61 Totals 251 360 611 1,436 312 Goaltenders Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAAAnthony Cosmo 18 711:00 8 2 139 .783 11.73Davide DiRuscio 18 376:08 5 3 74 .782 11.80 Totals 1,087:08 13 5 213 .782 11.76 Transactions Trades September 28, 2015 To Buffalo Bandits55th overall selection, 2015 entry draft To Saskatchewan Rush6th round selection, 2018 entry draft Entry Draft The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015.http://www.swarmitup.com/2015EDOrder.htm 2015 NLL Entry Draft Results September 28, 2015 November 14, 2015 SwarmItUp.com The Bandits made the following selections: RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club 211 Anthony Malcom 327 Mike Triolo 436 Tim Edwards 655 Matt Francisco See also 2016 NLL season References External links 2016 Buffalo Bandits at nllstats.com Buffalo Category:Buffalo Bandits seasons Buffalo Bandits Category:2010s in Buffalo, New York