2013 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was their twenty-second season in the NLL.

2013 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	4th East
2013 record	6 – 10
Home record	2 – 6
Road record	4 – 4
Goals for	171
Goals against	211
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Scott Self Shawn Williams
Arena	First Niagara Center
Team leaders
Goals	Dhane Smith (24)
Assists	Shawn Williams (46)
Points	Shawn Williams (65)
Penalties in minutes	David Brock (46) Steve Priolo (46)
Loose Balls	Jay Thorimbert (180)
Wins	Anthony Cosmo (4)
Goals against average	Kurtis Wagar (12.22)
← 2012 season 2014 season →

The Bandits started the season with a fairly strong 5-3 record, with wins over their division rivals the Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings and two wins over the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks. But for the second straight season, the Bandits lost six in a row to put their playoff hopes in jeopardy. They finished the season 6-10 and out of the playoffs for the first time since 2002.

After the season, long-time coach Darris Kilgour was fired by the Bandits.[1]

Standings

Reference: [2]

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	194	176	+18	12.12	11.00
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	3–5	5–3	179	165	+14	11.19	10.31
3	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	170	207	-37	10.62	12.94
4	Buffalo Bandits	16	6	10	.375	4.0	2–6	4–4	171	211	-40	10.69	13.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	3–5	6–2	222	211	+11	13.88	13.19
2	Washington Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	5–3	4–4	193	192	+1	12.06	12.00
3	Edmonton Rush – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	2–6	7–1	203	170	+33	12.69	10.62
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	3–5	4–4	185	202	-17	11.56	12.62
5	Minnesota Swarm – c	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62

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:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 11, 2013	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	L 8–13		9,096	0–1
2	January 12, 2013	Minnesota Swarm	First Niagara Center	W 13–12		15,238	1–1
3	January 19, 2013	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 14–13		7,834	2–1
4	January 26, 2013	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Niagara Center	W 14–13		13,808	3–1
5	February 2, 2013	Toronto Rock	First Niagara Center	L 12–14		14,918	3–2
6	February 9, 2013	Rochester Knighthawks	First Niagara Center	L 7–15		14,833	3–3
7	February 16, 2013	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 10–6		9,156	4–3
8	February 28, 2013	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 15–13		8,213	5–3
9	March 1, 2013	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	First Niagara Center	L 10–11	OT	14,036	5–4
10	March 9, 2013	Colorado Mammoth	First Niagara Center	L 6–12		16,428	5–5
11	March 16, 2013	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 13–16		15,511	5–6
12	March 23, 2013	Edmonton Rush	First Niagara Center	L 7–14		16,629	5–7
13	March 29, 2013	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–18		11,546	5–8
14	April 6, 2013	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 7–21		10,167	5–9
15	April 13, 2013	@ Washington Stealth	Comcast Arena	W 15–10		3,442	6–9
16	April 20, 2013	Rochester Knighthawks	First Niagara Center	L 9–10		19,070	6–10

Roster

2013 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 44 Anthony Cosmo 38 Kurtis Wagar Defensemen 18 Glen Bryan 14 Mike McNamara 23 Steve Priolo  3 Billy Dee Smith  6 Derek Suddons		Forwards 89 Carter Bender 37 Nick Cotter 19 Chad Culp 28 Mike Hominuck 20 Derek Hopcroft 66 Alex Kedoh Hill 90 Jamie Rooney 92 Dhane Smith 11 John Tavares (C) 51 Shawn Williams (A) 15 Luke Wiles 10 Aaron Wilson Transition 13 David Brock  7 Jon Harasym  9 Mark Steenhuis 75 Jay Thorimbert		Practice Squad  8 Kevin Brownell 77 Craig England 97 Hayden Smith Injured Reserve 91 Jordan Critch 17 Tracey Kelusky Holdout 14 Joe Smith 93 Scott Stewart Unable to play 40 Joel Matthews		Head Coach Darris Kilgour Assistant Coaches Rich Kilgour Dan Teat Rusty Kruger Randy Chrysler Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2013-3-16 NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

July 27, 2012[4]	To Buffalo Bandits Shawn Williams Brendan Doran 5th, 14th, and 18th overall selections, 2012 entry draft	To Minnesota Swarm 3rd overall selection, 2012 entry draft
August 4, 2012[5]	To Buffalo Bandits Glen Bryan Jamie Rooney	To Toronto Rock 14th overall selection, 2012 Entry Draft Fourth round selection, 2014 Entry Draft
August 13, 2012[6]	To Buffalo Bandits David Brock Mike Hominuck	To Philadelphia Wings Kevin Buchanan Third round selection, 2013 Entry Draft
November 14, 2012[7]	To Buffalo Bandits Aaron Wilson 2nd round pick in 2013 Entry Draft	To Edmonton Rush Jeremy Thompson
December 5, 2012[8]	To Buffalo Bandits Derek Hopcroft	To Colorado Mammoth Conditional 5th round pick, 2014 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[9] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	5	Dhane Smith	Kitchener, Ontario
2	13	Hayden Smith	Orangeville, Ontario
2	16	Jordan Critch	Orangeville, Ontario
2	18	Carter Bender	University of Hartford
3	22	Kevin Brownell	Robert Morris University
4	31	Joel Matthews	University of Detroit Mercy
5	50	Wenster Green	Six Nations, Ontario

See also

• 2013 NLL season

References

1. Bailey, Budd (June 10, 2013). "Kilgour's firing ends an era". The Buffalo News. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
2. "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
3. "Buffalo Bandits schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
4. "Pair of trades brings Shawn Williams to Bandits". NLL.com. July 27, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
5. Stamp, Stephen (August 4, 2012). "NLL activity: Rock trade Bryan & Rooney to Bandits; signings and franchise player tags". IL Indoor. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
6. "Bandits acquire pair from Philadelphia, Sign Williams". Bandits.com. August 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
7. Chavez, Bob (November 14, 2012). "Breaking: Bandits trade Jeremy Thompson to Rush for Aaron Wilson, draft pick". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
8. Bermel, Steve (December 4, 2012). "Breaking, Bandits acquire Hopcroft from Mammoth". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
9. "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.