2012 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was their twenty-first season in the NLL.

2012 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2012 record	7-9
Home record	4-4
Road record	3-5
Goals for	198
Goals against	204
General Manager	David Zygaj
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	Chris White
Alternate captains	John Tavares
Arena	First Niagara Center
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (41)
Assists	John Tavares (39)
Points	John Tavares (80)
Penalties in minutes	Brandon Francis (69)
Loose Balls	Scott Self (78)
Wins	Michael Thompson (4)
Goals against average	Anthony Cosmo (12.41)
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Standings

Reference: [1]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	198	196	+2	12.38	12.25
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	191	197	-6	11.94	12.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	176	207	-31	11.00	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	4–4	3–5	198	204	-6	12.38	12.75

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	216	170	+46	13.50	10.62
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	201	+16	13.56	12.56
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	202	190	+12	12.62	11.88
4	Edmonton Rush – x	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	167	175	-8	10.44	10.94
5	Washington Stealth	16	4	12	.250	8.0	2–6	2–6	179	204	-25	11.19	12.75

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: Losses; GB: 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 14, 2012	Toronto Rock	First Niagara Center	W 14–10		16,356	1–0
2	January 21, 2012	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–9		9,776	2–0
3	January 27, 2012	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Niagara Center	L 10–13		14,492	2–1
4	January 28, 2012	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 11–19		8,232	2–2
5	February 4, 2012	Washington Stealth	First Niagara Center	L 10–11	OT	14,577	2–3
6	February 12, 2012	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	L 13–14		8,119	2–4
7	March 3, 2012	Colorado Mammoth	First Niagara Center	L 13–16		15,845	2–5
8	March 10, 2012	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–13		7,254	2–6
9	March 16, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 21–14		12,153	3–6
10	March 17, 2012	Minnesota Swarm	First Niagara Center	W 13–10		15,003	4–6
11	March 24, 2012	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 6–17		7,687	4–7
12	March 31, 2012	Toronto Rock	First Niagara Center	L 9–15		15,322	4–8
13	April 7, 2012	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Niagara Center	W 17–7		15,060	5–8
14	April 14, 2012	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 8–11		6,897	5–9
15	April 21, 2012	Rochester Knighthawks	First Niagara Center	W 14–9		18,690	6–9
16	April 28, 2012	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena at Everett	W 17–16	OT	3,770	7–9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	May 5, 2012	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 6–7		9,472	0–1

Transactions

Trades

July 15, 2011[4]	To Buffalo Bandits Luke Wiles	To Washington Stealth 3rd round pick, 2011 entry draft 2nd round pick, 2012 entry draft
September 9, 2011[5]	To Buffalo Bandits 2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Jeremy Thompson Conditional 1st round pick in 2012 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Chris Corbeil
October 25, 2011[6]	To Buffalo Bandits Mat Giles	To Minnesota Swarm 4th round pick, 2013 entry draft
February 10, 2012[7]	To Buffalo Bandits 2nd round pick in 2012 Entry Draft 2nd round pick in 2014 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Jeff Cornwall
February 16, 2012[8]	To Buffalo Bandits Anthony Cosmo	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick, 2013 entry draft 1st round pick, 2014 entry draft

Dispersal draft

The Bandits chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:

Round	Overall	Player
1	6	Kevin Buchanan
2	15	Damon Edwards

Entry draft

The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011.[9] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	9	Jeremy Thompson	Syracuse University
2	15	Jeff Cornwall	Port Coquitlam, BC
3	24	Connor Daly	Burlington, ON
3	25	Jerome Thompson	Onondaga C.C.
4	33	Billy Bitter	University of North Carolina
5	41	Dwight Bero	Dartmouth College
6	51	Lloyd Chrysler	Tuscarora University

Roster

2012 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 44 Anthony Cosmo 66 Michael Thompson Defensemen 19 Darryl Gibson 88 Travis Irving  2 Ian Llord 23 Steve Priolo  4 Scott Self  3 Billy Dee Smith  6 Chris White (C)		Forwards 33 Kevin Buchanan 20 Chad Culp 84 Brandon Francis 27 Mat Giles 17 Tracey Kelusky 11 John Tavares (A) 81 Roger Vyse 15 Luke Wiles Transition  7 Jon Harasym 63 Thomas Montour  9 Mark Steenhuis 74 Jeremy Thompson 75 Jay Thorimbert		Practice Squad 10 Mike McNamara Injured Reserve -- Matt Friedman -- Ken Montour Unable to play -- Kyle Clancy		Head Coach Darris Kilgour Assistant Coaches Chuck Brown Jay Drury Derek Graham Ron Henry Duane Jacobs Rich Kilgour Emmet Printup Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2011-2-27 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2012 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2012 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
3. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
4. "Washington trades Wiles to Buffalo". NLL.com. July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
5. "Edmonton Rush upgrade defense, acquire Corbeil from Buffalo". ilindoor.com. September 9, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
6. "Bandits acquire Giles in trade with Swarm". Bandits.com. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
7. "Bandits deal defenseman Jeff Cornwall to Rush". NLL.com. February 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
8. "Bandits acquire Cosmo from Minnesota". Buffalo Bandits web site. February 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
9. "2011 Entry Draft Results". NLL.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.