2010 Buffalo Bandits season

2010 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	3rd East
2010 record	8-8
Home record	4-4
Road record	4-4
Goals for	169
Goals against	170
General Manager	Scott Loffler (Director of Lacrosse Operations)
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Alternate captains	Mike Accursi John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Steenhuis (36)
Assists	Mark Steenhuis (54)
Points	Mark Steenhuis (90)
Penalties in minutes	Brandon Francis (53) Ian Llord (53)
Loose Balls	Tom Montour (112)
Wins	Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average	Mike Thompson (9.92)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season will be the franchise's 19th season.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Orlando Titans – xy	16	11	5	.688	0.0	5–3	6–2	172	154	+18	10.75	9.62
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	9	7	.562	2.0	6–2	3–5	197	156	+41	12.31	9.75
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	4–4	4–4	169	170	-1	10.56	10.62
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	161	162	-1	10.06	10.12
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	7	9	.438	4.0	4–4	3–5	155	181	-26	9.69	11.31
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	168	194	-26	10.50	12.12

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Washington Stealth – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	211	179	+32	13.19	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	193	169	+24	12.06	10.56
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	10	6	.625	1.0	5–3	5–3	186	201	-15	11.62	12.56
4	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	189	201	-12	11.81	12.56
5	Colorado Mammoth	16	4	12	.250	7.0	0–8	4–4	167	201	-34	10.44	12.56

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	January 8, 2010	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 5–10		8,192	0–1
2	January 16, 2010	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	L 11–13		17,207	0–2
3	January 22, 2010	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	L 11–13		2,879	0–3
4	January 23, 2010	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 7–11		7,102	0–4
5	January 30, 2010	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 11–7		15,636	1–4
6	February 6, 2010	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 10–14		14,467	1–5
7	February 13, 2010	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wachovia Center	W 13–11		7,723	2–5
8	February 27, 2010	Philadelphia Wings	HSBC Arena	L 11–15		15,336	2–6
9	March 6, 2010	Orlando Titans	HSBC Arena	W 12–10		16,184	3–6
10	March 12, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–10	OT	8,567	4–6
11	March 13, 2010	@ Boston Blazers	TD Banknorth Garden	W 9–8	OT	9,062	5–6
12	March 27, 2010	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–7		10,652	6–6
13	April 3, 2010	Colorado Mammoth	HSBC Arena	L 11–12	OT	16,951	6–7
14	April 10, 2010	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	W 13–10		18,575	7–7
15	April 16, 2010	@ Orlando Titans	Amway Arena	L 7–9		7,399	7–8
16	April 24, 2010	Boston Blazers	HSBC Arena	W 13–10		18,480	8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 1, 2010	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–13		9,367	0–1

Transactions

New players

• Chris Driscoll - acquired in trade
• Jon Harasym - acquired in trade
• Frank Resetarits - acquired in trade

Players not returning

• Rich Kilgour - retired^[4]
• Pat McCready - traded
• Phil Sanderson - traded

Trades

September 3, 2009[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Jon Harasym	To Philadelphia Wings Fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft
September 3, 2009[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Frank Resetarits	To Washington Stealth Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
August 11, 2009	To Buffalo Bandits Second round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Washington Stealth Jamison Koesterer Fifth round pick, 2009 entry draft
August 4, 2009[6]	To Buffalo Bandits Second round pick, 2009 entry draft First round pick, 2010 entry draft Second round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Toronto Rock Pat McCready Third round pick, 2009 entry draft
July 31, 2009[7]	To Buffalo Bandits Chris Driscoll	To Toronto Rock Phil Sanderson

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.^[8] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	10	Kyle Clancy	Peterborough, ON
2	15	Chris Corbeil	Brampton, ON
2	21	Steve Priolo	St. Catharines, ON
4	39	Zac McIlmoyle	Peterborough, ON
6	60	Matt Freedman	Canisius College

Roster

2010 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (20-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 66 Michael Thompson 55 Angus Goodleaf Defensemen 28 Clay Hill  2 Ian Llord 24 Kyle Schmelzle 14 Joe Smith  6 Chris White (C) 23 Steve Priolo 91 Darryl Gibson 15 Chris Corbeil 6 Scott Self -- Holden Vyse -- James Purves -- Travis Irving -- Elijah Printup -- Jordan Costa -- Wayne Van Every 34 Ryan Maciaszek		Forwards 12 Brian Croswell 51 Kevin Dostie 84 Brandon Francis 19 Sean Greenhalgh 17 Brandon Swamp 11 John Tavares (A) 81 Roger Vyse  5 Frank Resetarits 26 Brett Bucktooth  7 Jon Harasym 10 Brendan Thenhaus 17 Tracey Kelusky 54 Jason Crosbie -- Bill McCullough 19 Jordan Coffey -- Scott Komer 88 Cody Jacobs Transition 63 Thomas Montour  9 Mark Steenhuis 75 Jay Thorimbert		Practice Squad 1 Jamie Stoddard -- Zac MacImoyle Injured Reserve  3 Billy Dee Smith 29 Ken Montour -- Matt Friedman Unable to play -- Tory Gardner -- Eryn Jones		Head Coach Darris Kilgour Assistant Coaches Chuck Brown Jay Drury Derek Graham Ron Henry Emmet Printup Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2010-10-27 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2010 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. "Rich Kilgour Retires After 18 Seasons". NLL.com. September 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
5. "Draft Day Trade Recap". NLL.com. September 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
6. "McCready Heading To Rock For Draft Picks". NLL.com. August 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
7. "Rock And Bandits Swap Driscoll, Sanderson". NLL.com. July 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
8. "2009 Entry Draft - Live Results". NLL.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-07.