2009 Buffalo Bandits
Division	2nd East
2009 record	10-6
Home record	5-3
Road record	5-3
Goals for	223
Goals against	170
General Manager	Darris Kilgour
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	Rich Kilgour
Alternate captains	Mike Accursi John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	17,947
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Steenhuis (51) John Tavares (51)
Assists	Mark Steenhuis (50)
Points	Mark Steenhuis (101)
Penalties in minutes	Chris White (47)
Loose Balls	Phil Sanderson (137)
Wins	Ken Montour (8)
Goals against average	Ken Montour (9.57)
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the franchise's 18th season. It was also their first season in title defense since 1997.

Contents 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 Transactions 4.1 New players 4.2 Players not returning 4.3 Trades 4.4 Entry draft 5 Roster 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-New York Titans	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	190	180
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	223	170
x-Boston Blazers	10	6	-	.625	4-4	6-2	181	168
x-Rochester Knighthawks	7	9	3	.438	6-2	1-7	169	197
e-Philadelphia Wings	7	9	3	.438	4-4	3-5	188	193
e-Toronto Rock	6	10	4	.375	3-5	3-5	194	218
West Division
y-Calgary Roughnecks	12	4	-	.750	5-3	7-1	206	167
x-Portland LumberJax	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	177
x-San Jose Stealth	7	9	5	.438	5-3	2-6	200	185
x-Colorado Mammoth	7	9	5	.438	4-4	3-5	172	184
e-Minnesota Swarm	6	10	6	.375	2-6	4-4	174	198
e-Edmonton Rush	5	11	7	.313	4-4	1-7	159	200

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

[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3	Philadelphia	W 15 - 11		18,690	1-0
2	January 10	@ Toronto	W 8 - 6		15,923	2-0
3	January 16	Rochester	W 23 - 6		15,494	3-0
4	January 24	@ Minnesota	W 10 - 9		11,458	4-0
5	January 29	@ Edmonton	W 13 - 8		6,298	5-0
6	February 6	@ Philadelphia	L 13 - 11		10,506	5-1
7	February 14	Toronto	W 25 - 10		18,690	6-1
8	February 20	@ Toronto	W 17 - 16	OT	12,844	7-1
9	February 28	Minnesota	L 16 - 15		18,690	7-2
10	March 14	@ Rochester	L 15 - 14	OT	9,134	7-3
11	March 21	Portland	W 14 - 4		17,822	8-3
12	March 28	New York	L 11 - 9		18,550	8-4
13	April 4	@ Boston	W 15 - 11		7,073	9-4
14	April 10	Rochester	W 13 - 9		17,118	10-4
15	April 11	@ New York	L 12 - 9		6,222	10-5
16	April 18	Boston	L 13 - 12	OT	18,527	10-6

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	May 2	Boston	W 11 - 8		13,343
Division Final	May 9	@ New York	L 9 - 3		5,644

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [2]

[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
Mark Steenhuis	16	51	50	101	117	24
John Tavares	16	51	43	94	98	6
Mike Accursi	16	30	30	60	66	4
Cory Bomberry	15	15	36	51	46	11
Roger Vyse	15	27	19	46	57	0
Sean Greenhalgh	15	15	22	37	51	0
Kevin Dostie	14	8	18	26	28	4
Thomas Montour	12	5	15	20	90	4
Pat McCready	9	4	12	16	55	24
Totals		324	547	327	1073	40

[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
Ken Montour	15	651:46	8	3	104	.813	9.57
Mike Thompson	16	313:49	2	3	66	.759	12.62
Totals			10	6	170	.795	10.63

[edit] Transactions

[edit] New players

• Sean Greenhalgh - acquired prior to last season, but did not play due to injury

[edit] Players not returning

• Kyle Laverty - selected in expansion draft

[edit] Trades

July 2, 2008	To Buffalo Bandits third round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Edmonton Rush Greg Hinman*
December 13, 2008	To Buffalo Bandits Thomas Montour	To Calgary Roughnecks first round pick, 2009 entry draft

^* - Hinman was acquired from the Arizona Sting in the dispersal draft

[edit] Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[1] The Bandits selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
3	35	Eryn Jones	Six Nations, ON
4	49	Tory Gardner	Six Nations, ON
5	62	Shane Pollock	Wallaceburg, ON
6	65	Dustin Dunn	Potsdam State University

[edit] Roster

2009 Buffalo Bandits roster view • talk • edit
Active (23-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 29 Ken Montour 66 Michael Thompson Defensemen 28 Clay Hill 16 Rich Kilgour (C)  2 Ian Llord 10 Pat McCready 18 Phil Sanderson 24 Kyle Schmelzle  3 Billy Dee Smith 14 Joe Smith  6 Chris White		Forwards 44 Mike Accursi (A) 72 Cory Bomberry 26 Brett Bucktooth 12 Brian Croswell 51 Kevin Dostie 84 Brandon Francis 19 Sean Greenhalgh  8 Delby Powless 11 John Tavares (A) 81 Roger Vyse Transition 63 Thomas Montour  9 Mark Steenhuis		Practice Squad 27 Dustin Dunn 17 Brandon Swamp 39 Findley Wilson Holdout 88 Cody Jacobs Unable to play -- Tory Gardner -- Eryn Jones		Head Coach Darris Kilgour Assistant Coaches Chuck Brown Jay Drury Derek Graham Ron Henry Emmet Printup Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain NLL Transactions

[edit] See also

• 2009 NLL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 2009 NLL season by team East Boston • Buffalo • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto West Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Portland • San Jose