2007 Buffalo Bandits season

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2007 Buffalo Bandits
Division	2nd East
2007 record	10-6
Home record	6-2
Road record	4-4
Goals for	249
Goals against	194
General Manager	Darris Kilgour
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	Richie Kilgour
Alternate captains	John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	12,760
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (42)
Assists	John Tavares (61)
Points	John Tavares (103)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Laverty (66)
Loose Balls	Pat McCready (126)
Wins	Steve Dietrich (5) Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average	Steve Dietrich (11.54)

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 16th season, and was almost a repeat of their 2006 season. After winning the East with a 11-5 record in 2006, the Bandits finished 2nd with a 10-6 record in 2007. Once again they dispatched Minnesota in the division semi-finals, and once again met Rochester in the division finals. This time however, Rochester would take the division on their way to the Championship, beating the Bandits 14-13 in overtime.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Conference standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Runners (Top 10)
- 3.2 Goaltenders
4 Awards
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
6 Roster
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-Rochester Knighthawks	14	2	-	.875	8-0	6-2	249	194
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	4	.625	6-2	4-4	207	188
x-Minnesota Swarm	9	7	5	.563	4-4	5-3	200	207
x-Toronto Rock	6	10	8	.375	3-5	3-5	187	183
e-Chicago Shamrox	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	176	191
e-Philadelphia Wings	6	10	8	.375	4-4	2-6	178	186
e-New York Titans	4	12	10	.250	3-5	1-7	195	233
West Division
y-Colorado Mammoth	12	4	-	.750	7-1	5-3	209	179
x-Calgary Roughnecks	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	219	202
x-Arizona Sting	9	7	3	.563	6-2	3-5	188	181
x-San Jose Stealth	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	170
e-Edmonton Rush	6	10	6	.375	4-4	2-6	160	189
e-Portland LumberJax	4	12	8	.250	3-5	1-7	153	199

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	December 30	Buffalo	10 - 11	Portland	OT	Eliuk	8,437	0-1
2	January 12	New York	14 - 16	Buffalo		Thompson	18,690	1-1
3	January 13	Buffalo	10 - 11	Colorado	OT	Nash	16,523	1-2
4	January 20	Minnesota	13 - 22	Buffalo		Thompson	12,883	2-2
5	February 2	Toronto	14 - 10	Buffalo		Watson	13,659	2-3
6	February 3	Buffalo	8 - 13	Toronto		Watson	15,471	2-4
7	February 11	Buffalo	12 - 11	Chicago		Dietrich	5,010	3-4
8	February 17	Buffalo	12 - 8	Philadelphia		Dietrich	12,688	4-4
9	February 24	Philadelphia	12 - 13	Buffalo		Dietrich	14,882	5-4
10	March 4	Buffalo	16 - 15	Minnesota		Thompson	7,504	6-4
11	March 17	Buffalo	11 - 8	New York		Thompson	7,012	7-4
12	March 24	Colorado	15 - 19	Buffalo		Dietrich	15,156	8-4
13	March 31	Chicago	10 - 15	Buffalo		Thompson	16,228	9-4
14	April 7	Arizona	5 - 15	Buffalo		Dietrich	13,492	10-4
15	April 13	Rochester	14 - 10	Buffalo		O'Toole	15,334	10-5
16	April 14	Buffalo	8 - 14	Rochester		Wetherup	11,200	10-6

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Reference: [2]

#	Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance
1	Division Semifinal	April 22	Minnesota	8 - 14	Buffalo		Thompson	9,003
2	Division Final	April 27	Buffalo	13 - 14	Rochester	OT	O'Toole	8,558

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [3]

[edit] 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	15	42	61	103	77	6
Kevin Dostie	16	29	33	62	96	15
Dan Teat	16	20	30	50	64	14
Mark Steenhuis	15	25	24	49	108	4
Cory Bomberry	15	16	33	49	46	13
Delby Powless	15	21	22	43	50	4
Brett Bucktooth	11	12	14	26	57	14
Jason Crosbie	12	11	14	25	53	8
Roger Vyse	12	12	12	24	46	0
Totals		310	517	381	1034	52

[edit] 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
Mike Thompson	16	511:39	5	4	103	.759	12.08
Steve Dietrich	14	431:22	5	2	83	.777	11.54
Daniel Sams	2	15:00	0	0	2	.778	8.00
Totals			10	6	188	.768	11.75

[edit] Awards

Player	Award
Dave Zygaj	NLL Executive of the Year
John Tavares	First Team All-Pro
John Tavares	Overall player of the Month, March
John Tavares	All-Stars
Mark Steenhuis
Pat McCready

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

March 16, 2007^[1]

To Buffalo Bandits

Phil Sanderson

To Toronto Rock

first round pick, 2007 entry draft

[edit] Roster

Reference: [4]

No.	Position	Player
72	Fwd	Bomberry, Cory
2	Def	Bonterre, Troy
26	Fwd	Bucktooth, Brett
27	Def	Couling, Kyle
54	Fwd	Crosbie, Jason
30	Goalie	Dietrich, Steve
51	Fwd	Dostie, Kevin
	Fwd	Henderson, Tony
5	Def	Hill, Clay
16	Trans	Kilgour, Rich
17	Def	Laverty, Kyle
10	Trans	McCready, Pat

No.	Position	Player
99	Fwd	Powless, Delby
86	Goalie	Sams, Daniel
18	Def	Sanderson, Phil
21	Def	Seymour, Daryl
3	Def	Smith, Billy Dee
	Def	Sorci, Tony
9	Trans	Steenhuis, Mark
11	Fwd	Tavares, John
15	Fwd	Teat, Dan
19	Fwd	Thenhaus, Brenden
66	Goalie	Thompson, Mike
81	Fwd	Vyse, Roger
6	Def	White, Chris