Byrne Leads Bandits over Thunderbirds 18-13 12/30/2022

December 31, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Buffalo Bandits hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds on Friday night in what turned out to be a back-and-forth high scoring game.  In front of the 13,070 fans, Buffalo eventually took over in the second half outscoring the Thunderbirds 10 – 5.  The final score of Buffalo-18, Halifax-13 ended the Thunderbirds two game winning streak.

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Vinc Shuts the Door on the Rock Offense 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Buffalo Bandits (1-1) visited the Toronto Rock (1-2) at First Ontario Centre on Saturday night December 17, 2022 in a game where both teams were coming in after suffering their first losses of the season.  On a night where the Rock were inviting the 7,730 fans to bring Teddy Bears to toss on the floor…

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And Then There Was One…The Colorado Mammoth Defeat Buffalo For their Second NLL Championship Title 6/18/22

June 18, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert On Saturday June 18, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (1-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) in front of a sellout crowd at KeyBank Center.  The 19,060 fans were certain their team would walk away easily with the Champions Cup.  But the Colorado Mammoth fans knew what their team had done throughout the…

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Mammoth Even Championship Series with Bandits – 6/11/2022

June 12, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth knew what had to be done Saturday night at the sold-out Loud House.  Buffalo took Game 1 last week, and a loss meant the season was over.  Before the game began it was announced that Eli McLaughlin would be scratched with an injury, a huge blow to Colorado.  The team pushed through and persevered though and captured the…

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Mammoth Hard-Fought Battle Comes Up Short in Game One in Buffalo 6/4/22

June 4, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Michael Hetzel The Colorado Mammoth (0-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-0) for Game One of the NLL Championship Series.  The 14,274 Bandits fans would be treated to a non-stop back and forth high scoring game where their team came out on top in the end.  Heading into the contest, Eli McLaughlin was sitting…

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Bandits Advance to NLL Finals with Win in Toronto – 5/21/2022

May 22, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits are headed to the NLL Finals for the first time since 2019.  Game 1 highlighted the offense, and as many expected, Game 2 was a defensive battle.  Matt Vinc (42 SV) set a new Bandits record with his fifth post season victory for the franchise while Josh Byrne (2G, 6A) and Dhane Smith (2G, 4A) mustered up just…

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ECF Starts with a Thriller as Bandits Edge Rock – 5/16/2022

May 17, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image courtesy of Buffalo Bandits Media Team. The Toronto Rock drove down Highway 401 to meet the Buffalo Bandits in Game One of the Eastern Conference Final which placed two of the top regular season teams in the NLL against each other.  It was a game of runs that went back and forth throughout and ended with the Buffalo Bandits coming…

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Buffalo Defense Carries Bandits to Conference Finals – 5/7/2022

May 8, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Michael Hetzel/NLL The Buffalo Bandits ended the regular season with the best record in the NLL and the home floor advantage for their championship run.  On Saturday night, they hosted the Albany Firewolves whom they had already beaten twice this season.  Albany came in having been in playoff mode for their last month of the regular season,…

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KNIGHTHAWKS COME UP SHORT TO BANDITS 2/26/22

February 27, 2022

[MEDIA RELEASE] Final Score:  Buffalo 14–Rochester 8 Knighthawks rookie forward Ryan Smith (3+1) recorded his second home hat trick of the season while leading the offense with four points. Forwards Turner Evans (1+2) and Holden Cattoni (1+2) both recorded three-point efforts with a goal and an assist apiece, while Charlie Bertrand (1+0), Thomas Hoggarth (1+1) and Matt Gilray (1+0) provided Rochester’s other tallies on the night. Veteran forward Shawn Evans…

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Buffalo Survives Albany Visit in Strange Game – 2/18/22

February 19, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The NLL needs to check some of the video from Friday’s game at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Specifically, they need to investigate the net on the right of the benches from the perspective of the announcing crew.  Exactly zero of the 21 goals scored during the Buffalo Bandits (7-1) win over the Albany Firewolves (4-5) on Friday passed that plane.  Personally,…

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The Rock Defeats the Undefeated Bandits 2/12/22

February 12, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The undefeated Buffalo Bandits (6-1) visited the Toronto Rock (5-3) in Hamilton for an early evening game on Saturday February 12, 2022.  This should be the last game in Toronto without fans as the restrictions should be completely lifted when their next home game happens in March.  Buffalo was trying to extend their winning streak to…

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Rochester’s Late Surge Comes Up Short – 2/5/2022

February 6, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert In this weekend’s NLL action, we got to see I-90 rivals in action.  The Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) travelled to the KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Bandits (6-0) in front of a crowd of 9,371.  It seemed as if the Bandits were going to control the tempo of the game as they would hold the Knighthawks to…

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