2024 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2024 season is their 32nd season in the NLL.

2024 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
2024 record	9-7
Home record	5-3
Road record	4-4
Goals for	209
Goals against	200
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	John Tavares
Captain	Steve Priolo
Alternate captains	Dhane Smith, Nick Weiss
Arena	KeyBank Center
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Regular season

NLL Standings Reference:^[1]

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – x	15	12	3	.800	0.0	6–2	6–1	183	145	+38	12.20	9.67
2	San Diego Seals – x	15	11	4	.733	1.0	6–1	5–3	172	146	+26	11.47	9.73
3	Albany FireWolves	15	10	5	.667	2.0	5–3	5–2	176	160	+16	11.73	10.67
4	Georgia Swarm	16	9	7	.562	3.5	5–2	4–5	175	177	−2	10.94	11.06
5	Halifax Thunderbirds	15	8	7	.533	4.0	5–3	3–4	189	166	+23	12.60	11.07
6	Panther City Lacrosse Club	14	7	7	.500	4.5	3–4	4–3	163	160	+3	11.64	11.43
7	Buffalo Bandits	14	7	7	.500	4.5	5–3	2–4	178	177	+1	12.71	12.64
8	New York Riptide	15	7	8	.467	5.0	4–4	3–4	172	193	−21	11.47	12.87
9	Rochester Knighthawks	13	6	7	.462	5.0	3–3	3–4	167	174	−7	12.85	13.38
10	Calgary Roughnecks	14	6	8	.429	5.5	4–3	2–5	159	149	+10	11.36	10.64
11	Philadelphia Wings	13	5	8	.385	6.0	1–6	4–2	145	163	−18	11.15	12.54
12	Saskatchewan Rush	13	5	8	.385	6.0	2–4	3–4	155	157	−2	11.92	12.08
13	Colorado Mammoth	14	5	9	.357	6.5	4–3	1–6	149	171	−22	10.64	12.21
14	Vancouver Warriors	14	5	9	.357	6.5	3–4	2–5	150	163	−13	10.71	11.64
15	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	14	4	10	.286	7.5	1–5	3–5	141	173	−32	10.07	12.36

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 9, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	L 13–17		3,406	0–1
2	December 16, 2023	San Diego Seals	KeyBank Center	W 12–9		17,200	1–1
3	December 29, 2023	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center	L 8–9		16,763	1–2
4	January 6, 2024	Colorado Mammoth	KeyBank Center	W 12–8		15,147	2–2
5	January 13, 2024	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 15–13		8,167	3–2
6	January 19, 2024	New York Riptide	KeyBank Center	L 13–15		14,440	3–3
7	January 27, 2024	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre	W 16–14		8,586	4–3
8	February 3, 2024	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	W 15–14		17,135	5–3
9	February 16, 2024	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 12–14		7,824	5–4
10	February 24, 2024	Albany FireWolves	KeyBank Center	L 10–13		17,953	5–5
11	March 1, 2024	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	L 12–13		10,355	5–6
12	March 8, 2024	Saskatchewan Rush	KeyBank Center	W 15–14	OT	16,596	6–6
13	March 16, 2024	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 14–12		18,463	7–6
14	March 22, 2024	@ Panther City Lacrosse Club	Dickies Arena	L 11–12	OT	3,045	7–7
15	March 30, 2024	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)	W 18–12		8,182	8–7
16	April 5, 2024	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	W 13–11		11,252	9–7
17	April 13, 2024	Calgary Roughnecks	KeyBank Center
18	April 20, 2024	@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Michelob Ultra Arena

Roster

Buffalo Bandits roster view talk edit
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 30   Devlin Shanahan 48   Matt Vinc Defensemen 8   Dylan Robinson 15   Adam Bomberry 21   Justin Martin 23   Steve Priolo (C) 25   Matt Spanger 37   Ethan O'Connor 53   Justin Robinson 94   Bryce Sweeting		Forwards 1   Tehoka Nanticoke 2   Chris Cloutier 10   Brad McCulley 12   Sam La Roue 22   Josh Byrne 73   Brandon Robinson 91   Kyle Buchanan 92   Dhane Smith (A) 95   Chase Fraser Transition 4   Ian MacKay 6   Max Adler 20   Nick Weiss (A) 27   Dalton Sulver		Practice Squad 29   Carter McKenzie 44   Nathaniel Kozevnikov 70   Joel Tayler Holdout   Alec Tulett 5   Devyn Mayea 57   Doug Buchan 64   Greg Harnett Protected list   Justin Guterding Unable to play 83   Frank Brown		Head Coach John Tavares Assistant Coaches Steve Dietrich Anthony Cosmo Eric Vinc Equipment Manager Ted Cordingley Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2022-02-11 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2023 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 11, 2023.^[2] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
2	38	Evan Constantopoulos	Oakville Buzz Jr. A
3	53	Jake Rosa	St. Bonaventure
4	68	Kellen Pulera	St. Bonaventure
5	82	Duncan Carte	Brampton Express(ALL)

References

1. "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
2. "DRAFT CENTRAL – 2023 NLL ENTRY DRAFT". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

External links

• 2023 Buffalo Bandits at nllstats.com