BUFFALO BANDITS

The 'Buffalo Bandits' are a team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits had played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, prior to that league's transformation into the NLL.
The Bandits' cheerleaders are known as the Buffalo Bandettes.
The Bandits became the first franchise in MILL/NLL history^[1][2] to win a championship in its first season. The Bandits repeated as champions in their second season. It was not until 1999, their 8th season, that the Bandits did not make the playoffs.
The Bandits enjoyed great success in the 2006 season, finishing first in the East Division. After beating the Rochester Knighthawks in the East Division final, they hosted the Champion's Cup game, only to lose to the Colorado Mammoth by a score of 16-9.
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Contents

Roster

Players lost in 2008 off-season

All time Record

Playoff Results

Footnotes

Roster

Three Team Blockbuster Trade Announced
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Players lost in 2008 off-season

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All time Record

Season	Division	W-L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
1992	National	5-3	2nd	2-2	3-1	161	125	Bob "Buff" McCready ★ /Les Bartley	'Won Championship'
1993	National	8-0	'1st'	4-0	4-0	143	108	Les Bartley	'Won Championship'
1994	National	6-2	'1st'	3-1	3-1	121	99	Les Bartley	Lost Championship
1995		3-5	4th	2-2	1-3	109	108	Les Bartley	Lost in semifinals
1996		8-2	'T-1st'	3-2	5-0	172	127	Les Bartley	'Won Championship'
1997		6-4	3rd	3-2	3-2	158	153	Les Bartley	Lost Championship
1998		6-6	4th	4-2	2-4	166	171	Les Wakeling	Lost in semifinals
1999		4-8	6th	1-5	3-3	158	177	Les Wakeling	Missed playoffs
2000		8-4	2nd	5-1	3-3	202	194	Ted Sawicki	Lost in semifinals
2001		8-6	5th	4-3	4-3	248	218	Ted Sawicki	Missed playoffs
2002	Central	8-8	4th	4-4	4-4	210	215	Ted Sawicki	Missed playoffs
2003	Central	12-4	2nd	8-0	4-4	231	188	Darris Kilgour	Lost in semifinals
2004	Eastern	8-8	3rd	4-4	4-4	205	198	Darris Kilgour	Lost championship
2005	Eastern	11-5	2nd	5-3	6-2	217	183	Darris Kilgour	Lost in division semifinals
2006	Eastern	11-5	'1st'	6-2	5-3	193	167	Darris Kilgour	Lost championship
2007	Eastern	10-6	2nd	6-2	4-4	249	194	Darris Kilgour	Lost in division finals
Total	16 seasons	122-76		64-35	58-41	2,943	2,625
'Playoff Totals'		15-10		9-6	6-4	361	329

★ Buff McCready only coached the Bandits for the first three games.

Playoff Results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
1992	'Division Semifinal'	Boston 16	'Buffalo 22'
	'Division Final'	'Buffalo 19'	Detroit 16
	'Championship'	'Buffalo 11'	Philadelphia 10 (OT)
1993	'Division Final'	Boston 10	'Buffalo 12'
	'Championship'	Philadelphia 12	'Buffalo 13'
1994	'Division Final'	Detroit 10	'Buffalo 16'
	Championship	'Philadelphia 26'	Buffalo 15
1995	Semifinals	'Philadelphia 19'	Buffalo 16
1996	'Semifinals'	Rochester 10	'Buffalo 18'
	'Championship'	Philadelphia 10	'Buffalo 15'
1997	'Semifinals'	New York 10	'Buffalo 19'
	Championship	'Rochester 15'	Buffalo 12
1998	Semifinals	Buffalo 12	'Philadelphia 17'
2000	Semifinals	'Rochester 15'	Buffalo 11
2003	'Quarterfinals'	Calgary 9	'Buffalo 16'
	Semifinals	Buffalo 13	'Rochester 16'
2004	'Division Semifinal'	'Buffalo 13'	Rochester 9
	'Division Final'	'Buffalo 19'	Toronto 10
	Championship	Buffalo 11	'Calgary 14'
2005	Division Semifinal	'Rochester 17'	Buffalo 16
2006	'Division Semifinal'	'Buffalo 11'	Minnesota 10
	'Division Final'	'Buffalo 15'	Rochester 10
	Championship	'Colorado 16'	Buffalo 9
2007	'Division Semifinal'	Minnesota 8	'Buffalo 14'
	Division Final	Buffalo 13	'Rochester 14' (OT)

Footnotes

1. The Baltimore Thunder won the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League championship in the first year of their existence as well (1987), but that was the first year the league existed.
2. The Toronto Rock won a championship in its first season in Toronto (1999), but the franchise had already played one year in Hamilton as the Ontario Raiders.
3. Pat Merrill Selected First Overall By Boston