By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits, NLL and Eastern Division leaders headed to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday May 16 to face their rivals, the New England Black Wolves in the final round of the NLL play-offs. During the regular season, the Bandits would lead the Black Wolves in the series 2-3, but now it’s all on the line and the teams needed to…
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-10) took on division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (12-5) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 10,716 hopeful fans. This was a must win for the Knighthawks to keep any playoff hopes alive, unfortunately luck wasn’t on their side as the Bandits edged Rochester 15-13.
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On a double-header weekend for the Buffalo Bandits (11-5) and the Toronto Rock (5-11) the Bandits would eliminate the Rock from the play-offs and avenging their loss on Friday April 15 in Toronto. The Bandits would be back at home at the First Niagara Center in front of huge crowd
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-8) took on their rivals the Buffalo Bandits (10-4) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 17,397. Final Score: Buffalo 14—Rochester 12. The first period would be dominated by the Bandits as they would quickly score the first two goals of the period in less than one minute of play. …
LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NLL PLAYER AWARDS FOR MARCH Buffalo Bandits’ Dhane Smith wins third-straight Player of the Month award, Calgary Roughnecks’ Wesley Berg earns Rookie honor The National Lacrosse League has announced Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith as Player of the Month for the third-straight month and Calgary Roughnecks forward Wesley Berg as Rookie of the Month for March of the 2016 NLL season. Smith continued his league-leading scoring pace with…
MEDIA RELEASE BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 29, 2016) — The Buffalo Bandits today announced the team has acquired a sixth-round pick in the 2016 NLL Draft from the Georgia Swarm in exchange for forward Jerome Thompson. Thompson had 29 points (10+19) in 15 career games for the Bandits.
By Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent The Buffalo Bandits (8-4) took on the Vancouver Stealth (3-9) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 14,301. The Bandits who are in first place in the Eastern Division would show why they are in first place by rolling over the Stealth 17-10. Vancouver’s Rhys Duch would get the Stealth on the board first only 53 seconds into the first period….
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Last night in Buffalo, Rochester would end there 4 game road trip. In front of a crowd of 18,751 at the First Niagara Center the Buffalo Bandits (7-4) would hand the Knighthawks (4-5) an unfortunate loss in a very close defensive game. Final Score: Buffalo 13—Rochester 10. Scoring would get started in the first by Dhane Smith (Jones, Brock) at 5:39. Ryan Benesch…
NLL PLAYER AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR FEBRUARY March 4, 2016 Buffalo Bandits’ Dhane Smith repeats as Player of the Month, Georgia Swarm’s Jesse King named Rookie of the Month The National Lacrosse League has announced Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith as Player of the Month for the second-straight month and Georgia Swarm forward Jesse King as Rookie of the Month for February of the 2016 NLL season. Smith recorded a…
SWARM DEFEATS BANDITS IN SECOND CONTEST OF THE SEASON 2/20/16 By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday February 20, 2016 the Georgia Swarm (4-4) would head to the First Niagara Center to face their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-4). The last time these two teams met was in Georgia on their home turf the Infinite Energy Center and the Bandits would walk away with the victory. In Saturday…
TORONTO GETS THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON 2/19/16 By: Michael King, Beat Writer Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (1-6) hosted their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-4) on Friday February 19 at Air Canada Centre. The 7,837 die hard Rock fans were hoping to see their team come out with the first victory of the season and they got to see it firsthand. Final Score: Toronto 14—Buffalo 12….
FURIOUS BLACK WOLVES RALLY COMES UP SHORT IN BUFFALO 2/6/16 By Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Blackwolves Buffalo is always a tough place to play, with one of the best home crowds in the NLL. New England knows that and proved they would not be shaken when Sheldon Burns (1G) scored the first goal unassisted, shorthanded 2:05 into the game after a too many men bench minor.