Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (1-4) went north to Air Canada Centre to face their Eastern Division Rivals the Toronto Rock (3-1). Unfortunately for Buffalo their problems are still ongoing with poor showings from their starting net-minder Anthony Cosmo and little productivity from some of their scoring leaders. The entire game was controlled by Toronto
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The New England Black Wolves (1-3) notched their first win of the season in their home opener against the Buffalo Bandits (1-3). It was the first meeting of the two teams since Buffalo swept New England in the division finals last year. Fans came out to see this tilt and it was announced in the third quarter that this…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (1-2) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (2-2) at the Key Bank Center where the hungry 12,903 Bandits fans were hoping for a victory upon their return from the short road trip. Boy did they get a treat. Buffalo played like a completely different team in this contest and it paid off. Final Score: Bandits 21—Stealth 15.
Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (0-2) played host to the Georgia Swarm (2-0) at the Key Bank Center in front of a crowd of 13,915. As Buffalo looked to gain their first win of the season the high powered Georgia Swarm had different plans as they would defeat the Bandits 18-14.
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth opened the 2016-17 season with a bang. They headed to Buffalo to face the Bandits at KeyBank Center in front of a crowd of 14,268 fans. Bandits fans wanted that home opener victory, but it wasn’t in the cards. Tonight’s loss was only second to the worst opening night in Bandits history when they were defeated by the…
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….