2007 Buffalo Bandits season

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 an 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.

2007 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2007 record	10-6
Home record	6-2
Road record	4-4
Goals for	207
Goals against	188
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)
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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	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	-7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	-15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	-8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	-38	12.19	14.56

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	-29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	-46	9.56	12.44

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	December 30, 2007	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 10–11	OT	8,437	0–1
2	January 12, 2007	New York Titans	HSBC Arena	W 16–14		18,690	1–1
3	January 13, 2007	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 10–11	OT	16,523	1–2
4	January 20, 2007	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 22–13		12,883	2–2
5	February 2, 2007	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 10–14		13,659	2–3
6	February 3, 2007	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 8–13		15,471	2–4
7	February 11, 2007	@ Chicago Shamrox	Sears Centre	W 12–11		5,010	3–4
8	February 17, 2007	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 12–8		12,688	4–4
9	February 24, 2007	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	HSBC Arena	W 13–12		14,882	5–4
10	March 4, 2007	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–15		7,504	6–4
11	March 17, 2007	@ New York Titans	Madison Square Garden	W 11–8		7,012	7–4
12	March 24, 2007	Colorado Mammoth	HSBC Arena	W 19–15		15,156	8–4
13	March 31, 2007	Chicago Shamrox	HSBC Arena	W 15–10		16,228	9–4
14	April 7, 2007	Arizona Sting	HSBC Arena	W 15–5		13,492	10–4
15	April 13, 2007	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	L 10–14		15,334	10–5
16	April 14, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 8–14		11,200	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 22, 2007	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 14–8		9,003	1–0
Division Final	April 27, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 13–14	OT	8,558	1–1

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	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

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

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

Transactions

Trades

March 16, 2007[5]

To Buffalo Bandits Phil Sanderson

To Toronto Rock first round pick, 2007 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[6]

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

See also

• 2007 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Buffalo Bandits - 2007 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
3. "Buffalo Bandits - 2007 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
4. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1322
5. "Toronto Deals Phil Sanderson to Buffalo". NLL.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
6. http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=25955&seasonid=1322

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