2008 Buffalo Bandits season

Lacrosse team season; NLL champions, fourth in team history 2008 2008 NLL season Buffalo Bandits Buffalo Bandits NLL East 1st 10–6 7–2 3–4 203 174 Darris Kilgour Darris Kilgour Rich Kilgour Pat McCreadyJohn Tavares HSBC Arena 12,665 Mark Steenhuis (34) John Tavares (58) John Tavares (87) Kyle Laverty (70) Pat McCready (121) Mike Thompson (5) Ken Montour (10.23) Yes Champion's Cup Yes 2007 season 2007 Buffalo Bandits season 2009 season 2009 Buffalo Bandits season The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the franchise's 17th season. The Bandits tied with Minnesota, New York, and Philadelphia with a 10–6 record, but thanks to tiebreakers, clinched first place overall and home floor advantage throughout the playoffs. They beat the Philadelphia Wings, 14–12, in the opening round of the playoffs, then made quick work of the New York Titans 19–12, before they beat the Portland LumberJax, 14–13, to win their first championship since 1996.http://nll.com/article.php?id=3486 Bandits Win Edge 2008 NLL Championship Game NLL.com May 17, 2008 2008-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517220841/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3486 17 May 2008 deadThe Bandits had won three MILL championships, but none since the MILL was reformed into the NLL in 1998. The Bandits would not win another NLL title until 2023. Regular season Conference standings BUF Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/432357-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57540 Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.com https://archive.today/20120909020915/http://www.nll.com/page/show/432357-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57540 September 9, 2012 dead mdy-allHSBC Arena First Niagara Center 1/11/2008 Rochester Knighthawks 9 12 18670 1/12/2008 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 14 9 10939 1/19/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 17 13 11878 1/26/2008 Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1 14 15 1 10542 2/8/2008 Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome Scotiabank Saddledome 1 17 9 10922 2/10/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) Madison Square Garden 1 9 10 1 6742 2/15/2008 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 8 11 14611 2/16/2008 Minnesota Swarm 16 14 14446 2/24/2008 Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre 1 13 8 3250 3/1/2008 Philadelphia Wings 21 12 13720 3/8/2008 Minnesota Swarm 11 7 12313 3/22/2008 Toronto Rock 9 13 15230 4/5/2008 Colorado Mammoth 12 11 16905 4/12/2008 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 6 11 10517 4/19/2008 Chicago Shamrox 13 9 13633 4/26/2008 Portland LumberJax 14 10 18325 Playoffs Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/433290-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57600 Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.com https://archive.today/20120909093459/http://www.nll.com/page/show/433290-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57600 September 9, 2012 dead mdy-allHSBC Arena First Niagara Center Division Semifinal 5/2/2008 Philadelphia Wings 14 12 9344 Division Final 5/10/2008 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 19 12 11012 Championship Game 5/17/2008 Portland LumberJax 14 13 18690 Player stats Reference:http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1995 Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies 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 29 58 87 91 23 Mark Steenhuis 15 34 41 75 121 27 Delby Powless 16 18 37 55 29 10 Cory Bomberry 16 17 38 55 59 29 Roger Vyse 14 21 27 48 48 4 Kevin Dostie 10 22 14 36 34 11 Dan Teat 12 11 23 34 38 2 Pat McCready 15 8 15 23 121 44 Ian Llord 15 5 12 17 71 26 Totals 316 519 478 1047 48 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 14 421:36 5 1 83 .762 11.81 Ken Montour 14 480:45 4 5 82 .808 10.23 Daniel Sams 3 60:00 1 0 8 .882 8.00 Totals 10 6 174 .794 10.88 Awards Player Award Mark Steenhuis Transition Player of the Year John Tavares First Team All-Pro Mark Steenhuis Mark Steenhuis Championship Game MVP John Tavares All-Stars Mark Steenhuis Chris White Transactions Trades February 5, 2008http://nll.com/article.php?id=3275 Chicago Deals Lazore To Buffalo NLL.com February 5, 2008 2008-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080408114105/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3275 8 April 2008 dead To Buffalo Bandits Andrew LazoreRusty Kruger To Chicago Shamrox two second round picks, 2008 entry draft March 25, 2008http://nll.com/article.php?id=3393 Buffalo Deals Teat & Picks for Accursi NLL.com March 25, 2008 2008-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080328230211/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3393 28 March 2008 dead To Buffalo Bandits Mike Accursi To Edmonton Rush Dan Teatsecond round pick, 2008 entry draftfirst round pick, 2009 entry draft Roster Reference:http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1995 Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies 44 Fwd Canada Accursi, Mike 72 Fwd Iroquois Bomberry, Cory 26 Fwd USA Bucktooth, Brett Fwd Canada Conn, Craig ? Canada Croswell, Brian 51 Fwd Canada Dostie, Kevin Fwd Iroquois Francis, Brandon Fwd USA Greenhalgh, Sean 5 Def Iroquois Hill, Clay 16 Trans USA Kilgour, Rich 20 Fwd Canada Kruger, Rusty ? Lalonde, Chris 17 Def Canada Laverty, Kyle 4 Fwd Iroquois Lazore, Andrew 2 Fwd Canada Llord, Ian 10 Trans Canada McCready, Pat 29 Goalie Iroquois Montour, Ken 99 Fwd USA Powless, Delby Def USA Ragnar, Pete Goalie Canada Sams, Daniel 18 Def Canada Sanderson, Phil 24 Def USA Schmelzle, Kyle 3 Def Canada Smith, Billy Dee 14 Def USA Smith, Joe Def USA Sorci, Tony Trans Iroquois Squire, Chad 9 Trans Canada Steenhuis, Mark 12 Fwd USA Swamp, Brandon 11 Fwd Canada Tavares, John Fwd Canada Teat, Dan 66 Goalie USA Thompson, Mike Fwd Canada Thorimbert, Jay 81 Fwd Iroquois Vyse, Roger 6 Def Canada White, Chris See also 2008 NLL season References Buffalo Category:National Lacrosse League Champion's Cup–winning seasons Category:2008 in sports in New York (state) Category:2000s in Buffalo, New York