2009 Buffalo Bandits season

2009 2009 NLL season Buffalo Bandits Buffalo Bandits NLL East 2nd 10–6 5–3 5–3 223 170 Darris Kilgour Darris Kilgour Rich Kilgour Mike AccursiJohn Tavares HSBC Arena 17,947 Mark Steenhuis (51)John Tavares (51) Mark Steenhuis (50) Mark Steenhuis (101) Chris White (47) Phil Sanderson (137) Ken Montour (8) Ken Montour (9.57) 2008 season 2008 Buffalo Bandits season 2010 season 2010 Buffalo Bandits season The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the franchise's 18th season. It was also their first season in title defense since 1997. The Bandits finished the season with a 10–6 record, good for 2nd in the East, finishing in a three-way tie with New York and Boston.New York finished ahead of Buffalo due to winning the head-to-head tiebreaker. Buffalo finished ahead of Boston based on goal differential. The Bandits defeated the Boston Blazers in the Division Semifinal, 11–8. However, the Bandits failed to defend their title, as they wound up losing to the New York Titans, 9–3, in the Division Final. Regular season Conference standings BUF Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/432346-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57523 Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.com https://archive.today/20120905190635/http://www.nll.com/page/show/432346-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57523 September 5, 2012 dead mdy-allHSBC Arena First Niagara Center 1/3/2009 Philadelphia Wings 15 11 18690 1/10/2009 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 8 6 15923 1/16/2009 Rochester Knighthawks 23 6 15494 1/24/2009 Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center 1 10 9 11458 1/29/2009 Edmonton Rush Rexall Place 1 13 8 6298 2/6/2009 Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) 1 11 13 10506 2/14/2009 Toronto Rock 25 10 18690 2/20/2009 Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre 1 17 16 1 12844 2/28/2009 Minnesota Swarm 15 16 18690 3/14/2009 Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena 1 14 15 1 9134 3/21/2009 Portland LumberJax 14 4 17822 3/28/2009 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) 9 11 18550 4/4/2009 Boston Blazers TD Banknorth Garden TD Garden 1 15 11 7073 4/10/2009 Rochester Knighthawks 13 9 17118 4/11/2009 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) Prudential Center 1 9 12 6222 4/18/2009 Boston Blazers 12 13 1 18527 Playoffs Game log Reference:http://www.nll.com/page/show/433234-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57601 https://archive.today/20120911153615/http://www.nll.com/page/show/433234-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57601 dead September 11, 2012 Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League May 6, 2012 NLL.comHSBC Arena First Niagara Center Division Semifinal 5/2/2009 Boston Blazers 11 8 13343 Division Final 5/9/2009 New York Titans New York Titans (lacrosse) Prudential Center 1 3 9 5644 Player stats Reference:http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=3260 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 Mark Steenhuis 16 51 50 101 117 24 John Tavares 16 51 43 94 98 6 Mike Accursi 16 30 30 60 66 4 Cory Bomberry 15 15 36 51 46 11 Roger Vyse 15 27 19 46 57 0 Sean Greenhalgh 15 15 22 37 51 0 Kevin Dostie 14 8 18 26 28 4 Thomas Montour 12 5 15 20 90 4 Pat McCready 9 4 12 16 55 24 Totals 324 547 327 1073 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 Ken Montour 15 651:46 8 3 104 .813 9.57 Mike Thompson 16 313:49 2 3 66 .759 12.62 Totals 10 6 170 .795 10.63 Transactions New players Sean Greenhalgh - acquired prior to last season, but did not play due to injury Players not returning Kyle Laverty - selected in expansion draft Trades July 2, 2008 To Buffalo Bandits third round pick, 2009 entry draft To Edmonton RushGreg Hinman* December 13, 2008 To Buffalo Bandits Thomas Montour To Calgary Roughnecksfirst round pick, 2009 entry draft * - Hinman was acquired from the Arizona Sting in the dispersal draft Entry draft The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551 Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston September 7, 2008 NLL.com 2008-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080907191025/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551 7 September 2008 dead The Bandits selected the following players: RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club335 Eryn Jones Six Nations, ON449 Tory Gardner Six Nations, ON562 Shane Pollock Wallaceburg, ON665 Dustin Dunn Potsdam State University Roster 2009 Buffalo Bandits black orange Silver #FFFFFF 29 Iroquois Ken Montour 66 Iroquois Michael Thompson 28 Iroquois Clay Hill 16 Iroquois Rich Kilgour 1  2 CAN Ian Llord 10 CAN Pat McCready 18 CAN Phil Sanderson 24 USA Kyle Schmelzle  3 CAN Billy Dee Smith 14 USA Joe Smith  6 CAN Chris White 44 CAN Mike Accursi 1 72 Iroquois Cory Bomberry 26 Iroquois Brett Bucktooth 12 CAN Brian Croswell 51 CAN Kevin Dostie 84 Iroquois Brandon Francis 19 CAN Sean Greenhalgh  8 Iroquois Delby Powless 11 CAN John Tavares 1 81 Iroquois Roger Vyse 63 Iroquois Thomas Montour  9 CAN Mark Steenhuis 27 Dustin Dunn 17 Iroquois Brandon Swamp 39 Findley Wilson 88 Iroquois Cody Jacobs -- Tory Gardner -- Eryn Jones Darris Kilgour Chuck Brown Jay Drury Derek Graham Ron Henry Emmet Printup See also 2009 NLL season References Buffalo Category:2009 in sports in New York (state) Category:2000s in Buffalo, New York