2011 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was their twentieth season in the NLL. The Bandits finished tied with the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks with the best record in the East, but were awarded first place due to tiebreakers. After defeating the Boston Blazers in the Division Semifinals, the Bandits lost to the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the Division Finals. The Bandits were led by Mark Steenhuis, who scored 36 goals and had 54 assists on the year.

2011 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2011 record	10-6
Home record	4-4
Road record	6-2
Goals for	169
Goals against	159
General Manager	David Zygaj
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	Chris White
Alternate captains	John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Steenhuis (36)
Assists	Mark Steenhuis (54)
Points	Mark Steenhuis (90)
Penalties in minutes	Ian Llord (53)
Loose Balls	Tom Montour (112)
Wins	Mike Thompson (5)
Goals against average	Mike Thompson (9.92)
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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	Buffalo Bandits – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	169	159	+10	10.56	9.94
2	Toronto Rock – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	187	168	+19	11.69	10.50
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	176	159	+17	11.00	9.94
4	Boston Blazers – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	166	155	+11	10.38	9.69
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	143	179	-36	8.94	11.19

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	11	5	.688	0.0	6–2	5–3	198	181	+17	12.38	11.31
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	5–3	3–5	187	180	+7	11.69	11.25
3	Washington Stealth – x	16	8	8	.500	3.0	3–5	5–3	203	198	+5	12.69	12.38
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	5	11	.312	6.0	3–5	2–6	151	172	-21	9.44	10.75
5	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	6.0	4–4	1–7	175	204	-29	10.94	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 8, 2011	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 9–10		9,590	0–1
2	January 15, 2011	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	W 9–6		7,764	1–1
3	January 22, 2011	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	W 15–14	OT	16,685	2–1
4	January 29, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 5–8		10,812	2–2
5	February 4, 2011	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 15–12		15,001	3–2
6	February 12, 2011	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wells Fargo Center	W 16–7		9,649	4–2
7	February 19, 2011	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	HSBC Arena	L 9–10		15,344	4–3
8	March 5, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	W 11–8		18,690	5–3
9	March 6, 2011	@ Boston Blazers	TD Garden	W 9–8		8,524	6–3
10	March 12, 2011	Boston Blazers	HSBC Arena	W 12–10		16,347	7–3
11	March 27, 2011	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–9		9,294	8–3
12	April 2, 2011	Washington Stealth	HSBC Arena	L 9–10	OT	18,690	8–4
13	April 8, 2011	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–8		15,084	9–4
14	April 9, 2011	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 9–8		9,216	10–4
15	April 16, 2011	Boston Blazers	HSBC Arena	L 9–16		17,318	10–5
16	April 23, 2011	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	L 9–15		18,690	10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 30, 2011	Boston Blazers	HSBC Arena	W 11–10		11,273	1–0
Division Final	May 7, 2011	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 11–12		12,349	1–1

Transactions

Trades

October 6, 2010[4]	To Calgary Roughnecks First round pick, 2011 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Tracey Kelusky Third round pick, 2011 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010.[5] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	9	Travis Irving	New Westminster, British Columbia
2	13	Ben McCullough	SUNY Potsdam
2	21	Wayne Van Every	Six Nations, Ontario
4	37	Holden Vyse	Six Nations, Ontario
5	47	Jimmy Purves	Six Nations, Ontario
6	57	Elijah Printup	Six Nations, Ontario
6	60	Jordan Costa	Mississauga, Ontario

• Minnesota traded their 13th overall pick and their third round pick in 2011 to for both Buffalo's 15th and 27th overall picks.
• Toronto traded their 60th overall pick for Buffalo's sixth round pick in 2011.

Roster

2011 Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 55 Angus Goodleaf 66 Michael Thompson Defensemen -- Damon Edwards 19 Darryl Gibson 65 Clay Hill 88 Travis Irving  2 Ian Llord 23 Steve Priolo  6 Scott Self  6 Chris White (C)		Forwards 26 Brett Bucktooth -- Kevin Buchanan 22 Kyle Clancy 20 Chad Culp 84 Brandon Francis 17 Tracey Kelusky  5 Frank Resetarits 11 John Tavares (A) 10 Brendan Thenhaus 81 Roger Vyse -- Luke Wiles Transition  7 Jon Harasym 63 Thomas Montour  9 Mark Steenhuis 75 Jay Thorimbert		Practice Squad  0 Ben McCullough 98 Jimmy Purves Injured Reserve 29 Ken Montour  3 Billy Dee Smith Unable to play 51 Kevin Dostie -- Sean Greenhalgh		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

• 2011 NLL season

References

1. "National Lacrosse League - 2011 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
2. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
3. "Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
4. "BANDITS ACQUIRE KELUSKY FROM CALGARY". 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
5. "2010 Entry Draft, Presented By Marc Mesh". NLL.com. September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.