Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess The Buffalo Bandits (2-1) came off the bye week and headed down to Georgia and took down the Swarm (2-2) by the score of 16-10. One big take away from this game was the return of Bandit’s forward Chase Fraser (3G, 3A) who had himself a six point night and earned himself the Player of the…
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Courtesy of National League Lacrosse The Buffalo Bandits (1-0) are looking to make it back to the NLL Championship and bring it back to Buffalo in 2020. The first test for this new Buffalo team was Saturday night December 7 when the San Diego Seals (0-1) headed east to start off their season as well in the NLL Week…
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© At the beginning of the season, the Buffalo Bandits roster included the second, third and fourth picks from the 2018 NLL Entry Draft; two of which were drafted, Ian Mackay and Matt Gilray both solid back end players. The other, a late season trade which gave them Chris Cloutier from the Wings a very talented lefty forward with a lot of upside….
Chris Vale, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Long Island is one of two locations starting a new NLL franchise next season. Box Lacrosse may not be the first thing that comes to your mind when thinking about the home of Billy Joel, beaches and excellent food but there is quite a bit of history from the New York island connected to the game. Long Island is well known for its…
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Buffalo Bandits On Saturday February 9, the Buffalo Bandits (7-2) headed down south to take on their Eastern Division Rivals the Georgia Swarm (7-3) during Native American night and they dominated the Swarm on their home floor. The attendance was actually very high for this game
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© It was alumni night in Buffalo Saturday January 19 and the crowd and players were ready to put on a show. The Bandits were looking for their fourth win on the season and second versus a hungry Philadelphia Wings squad but the Bandits just seemed too much for the Wings to handle. Final Score: Bandits 14—Wings 10.
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits (2-1) got things back on track with a big 16-10 victory over the Vancouver Warriors (1-2) on Saturday December 28, 2018 at the Key Bank Center. Final Score: Bandits 16—Warriors 10. Both teams may sit on different sides of North America but they have made many trades through the years and things weren’t that different this offseason when the…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo BanditsLacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits are looking to make it back into the playoffs and it can be said that it looks like they have the team to do it. They had a strong offense last season and made moves towards the end to add a player like Shawn Evans. In the off season they traded a young lefty forward, Mitch Jones to the…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday, February 24 was Alumni Night at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo. Over two dozen past players and staff were honored prior to the game and the current Bandits payed homage by sporting the flashy throwback jerseys. The coaching staff probably wished they could’ve dressed some of those former players, as the Rochester Knighthawks (5-6) handily beat the Buffalo Bandits…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse Is Awesome On Saturday, February 10 the Buffalo Bandits (6-3) were back in Bandit Land hosting the defending champion Georgia Swarm (3-4). This would be Buffalo’s second game in as many nights, as Friday they beat New England on the road to take first place in the East Division. The Swarm have had a difficult start to the season, often having trouble scoring. …
Chris Vale, Correspondent The Kaitlyn Cup Lacrosse is Awesome The second annual Kaitlyn Cup took place on January 27th and it was nothing short of a fantastic time. The day was spent with some great master’s lacrosse; a tournament get together at Jack Astor restaurant; and a free trip to watch a NLL Eastern Conference match up with the hometown Toronto Rock hosting the New England Black Wolves. The Kaitlyn…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Bill Wippert On Saturday January 13, 2018 the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) would host the Vancouver Stealth (0-4) at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY also known as Bandit Land. As always the Bandits bring in a crowd and Saturday night was no different as 12,16o fans would brave the cold to see their