2006 Buffalo Bandits season

2006 Buffalo Bandits
East Division Champions
League NLL
Division 1st East
2006 record 11-5
Home record 6-2
Road record 5-3
Goals for 193
Goals against 167
General Manager Darris Kilgour
Coach Darris Kilgour
Captain Richie Kilgour
Alternate captains John Tavares
Arena HSBC Arena
Average attendance 11,176
Team leaders
Goals Mark Steenhuis (34)
Assists John Tavares (53)
Points John Tavares (85)
Penalties in minutes Chris White (51)
Loose Balls Pat McCready (154)
Wins Steve Dietrich (10)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (9.97)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 15th in franchise history.

The Bandits captured the Eastern division title by repeating their 11-5 record from 2005. They then spoiled the Minnesota Swarm's first ever playoff game by defeating them 11-10, and advanced to the championship game by beating Rochester 15-10. The Bandits hosted the Championship game for the first time since 1997, but lost to Gary Gait's Colorado Mammoth 16-9.

Goaltender Steve Dietrich made history twice, by being the first person to be named Goaltender of the Year in consecutive years (in fact, the first person to win the award twice), and also by being the first goaltender to be named NLL Most Valuable Player.

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 Buffalo Bandits – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 193 167 +26 12.06 10.44
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 6–2 3–5 196 180 +16 12.25 11.25
3 Toronto Rock – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 182 179 +3 11.38 11.19
4 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 3–5 5–3 158 171 -13 9.88 10.69
5 Philadelphia Wings 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 184 184 0 11.50 11.50
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Portland LumberJax – xy 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 5–3 6–2 188 177 +11 11.75 11.06
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 6–2 4–4 200 172 +28 12.50 10.75
3 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 4–4 5–3 183 178 +5 11.44 11.13
4 Arizona Sting – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 4–4 4–4 198 199 -1 12.38 12.44
5 San Jose Stealth 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 151 174 -23 9.44 10.88
6 Edmonton Rush 16 1 15 0.063 10.0 0–8 1–7 150 202 -52 9.38 12.63

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–LossesGB–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 13, 2006 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 13–11 15,104 1–0
2 January 21, 2006 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena W 13–10 13,072 2–0
3 January 28, 2006 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 10–11 OT 11,121 2–1
4 February 10, 2006 Portland LumberJax HSBC Arena W 16–6 10,395 3–1
5 February 11, 2006 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 9–10 11,207 3–2
6 February 18, 2006 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 14–9 12,458 4–2
7 March 4, 2006 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena L 8–11 10,961 4–3
8 March 11, 2006 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 8–10 14,064 4–4
9 March 18, 2006 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 14–13 10,209 5–4
10 March 24, 2006 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 13–11 9,533 6–4
11 March 25, 2006 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena W 18–13 13,722 7–4
12 March 31, 2006 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose W 11–9 5,143 8–4
13 April 1, 2006 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena W 13–10 6,759 9–4
14 April 8, 2006 Colorado Mammoth HSBC Arena W 14–12 11,895 10–4
15 April 14, 2006 Philadelphia Wings HSBC Arena W 8–7 10,379 11–4
16 April 15, 2006 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 11–14 12,796 11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 23, 2006 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 11–10 8,110 1–0
Division Final April 29, 2006 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena W 15–10 10,897 2–0
Championship Game May 13, 2006 Colorado Mammoth HSBC Arena L 9–16 16,104 2–1

Player stats

Reference:[4]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts LB PIM
John Tavares 16 32 53 85 95 12
Mark Steenhuis 15 34 23 57 144 22
Dan Teat 15 27 29 56 50 10
Cory Bomberry 15 21 27 48 89 22
Delby Powless 15 12 33 45 64 10
Pat McCready 15 11 15 26 154 36
Kim Squire 12 13 10 23 43 12
A.J. Shannon 9 7 16 23 44 2
Lindsay Plunkett 7 9 9 18 21 4
Totals 287 480 402 1039 50

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP MIN W L GA Sv% GAA
Steve Dietrich 16 812:34 10 4 135 .808 9.97
Ken Montour 7 116:48 1 1 25 .775 12.84
Ryan Avery 6 30:00 0 0 6 .800 12.00
Totals 11 5 167 .802 10.44

Awards

Player Award
Steve Dietrich NLL Most Valuable Player
Steve Dietrich Goaltender of the Year
Steve Dietrich First Team All-Pro
John Tavares Second Team All-Pro
John Tavares All-Stars
Steve Dietrich
Mark Steenhuis

Transactions

Trades

February 21, 2006[5]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Ken Montour
third round pick, 2007 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
first round pick, 2006 entry draft
February 21, 2006[5]
 To Buffalo Bandits
first round pick, 2006 entry draft		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Ryan Avery
March 23, 2006[6]
 To Buffalo Bandits
Jason Crosbie		 To Arizona Sting
Lindsay Plunkett
fourth round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[7]

No. Position Player
Canada Goalie Avery, Ryan
72 Iroquois Fwd Bomberry, Cory
2 Canada Def Bonterre, Troy
27 Canada Def Couling, Kyle
54 Canada Fwd Crosbie, Jason
30 Canada Goalie Dietrich, Steve
United States Def Francey, Tyler
7 Canada Fwd Harasym, Jon
5 Iroquois Def Hill, Clay
97 Canada Fwd Kazarian, Bryan
16 Iroquois Def Kilgour, Rich
32 Canada Def Langdale, Chris
17 Canada Def Laverty, Kyle
No. Position Player
23 Canada Def McCready, Pat
29 Iroquois Goalie Montour, Ken
Canada Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
99 Iroquois Fwd Powless, Delby
12 Fwd Schmelzie, Kyle
8 Canada Fwd Shannon, A.J.
77 Canada Def Shattler, Jeff
3 Canada Def Smith, Billy Dee
93 Iroquois Fwd Squire, Kim
9 Canada Fwd Steenhuis, Mark
11 Canada Fwd Tavares, John
15 Canada Fwd Teat, Dan
81 Iroquois Fwd Vyse, Roger
6 Canada Def White, Chris

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2006 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2006 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Buffalo Bandits - 2006 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=977
  5. 1 2 "Player Moves". NLL.com. February 22, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  6. ↑ "Trade Deadline Passes". NLL.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  7. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=977
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