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2005 Buffalo Bandits season

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2005 Buffalo Bandits
LeagueNLL
Division2nd East
2005 record11-5
Home record5-3
Road record6-2
Goals for217
Goals against183
General ManagerDarris Kilgour
CoachDarris Kilgour
CaptainRich Kilgour
Alternate captainsJohn Tavares
ArenaHSBC Arena
Average attendance10,288
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Tavares (43)
AssistsJohn Tavares (59)
PointsJohn Tavares (102)
Penalties in minutesBilly Dee Smith (60)
Loose BallsMark Steenhuis (141)
WinsSteve Dietrich (9)
Goals against averageSteve Dietrich (10.96)
← 2004 season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 14th in franchise history.

The Bandits finished second in the east after stellar seasons from veterans John Tavares and Steve Dietrich, who was named Goaltender of the Year. They hosted the Rochester Knighthawks in the division semi-final game, but the Knighthawks defeated the Bandits 19-14, winning the right to face the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the division finals.

Regular season

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Conference standings

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Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Toronto Rockxyz16124.7500.06–26–2227190+3714.1911.88
2Buffalo Banditsx16115.6881.05–36–2217183+3413.5611.44
3Rochester Knighthawksx16106.6252.05–35–3193179+1412.0611.19
4Philadelphia Wings16610.3756.03–53–5213218−513.3113.62
5Minnesota Swarm16511.3127.02–63–5188231−4311.7514.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecksxy16106.6250.06–24–4216208+813.5013.00
2Arizona Stingx1697.5621.05–34–4209209−-013.0613.06
3Colorado Mammothx1688.5002.05–33–5201182+1912.5611.38
4Anaheim Storm16511.3125.02–63–5175212−3710.9413.25
5San Jose Stealth16412.2506.02–62–6170197−2710.6212.31

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; GBGames 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

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Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 7, 2005 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 13–15 11,067 0–1
2 January 21, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 15–10 13,198 1–1
3 January 22, 2005 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 8–11 18,137 1–2
4 January 28, 2005 @ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Wachovia Center W 15–10 8,849 2–2
5 January 29, 2005 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) HSBC Arena W 20–16 10,945 3–2
6 February 11, 2005 Anaheim Storm HSBC Arena W 20–9 8,805 4–2
7 February 19, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 11–7 9,961 5–2
8 February 25, 2005 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) HSBC Arena L 8–14 8,912 5–3
9 March 4, 2005 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 14–12 17,756 6–3
10 March 11, 2005 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 23–16 8,254 7–3
11 March 18, 2005 Minnesota Swarm HSBC Arena W 13–11 9,116 8–3
12 March 19, 2005 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 11–12 OT 10,102 8–4
13 March 26, 2005 Toronto Rock HSBC Arena L 8–12 11,309 8–5
14 April 1, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena W 11–9 10,014 9–5
15 April 9, 2005 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 14–9 10,183 10–5
16 April 16, 2005 San Jose Stealth HSBC Arena W 13–10 12,138 11–5

Playoffs

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Game log

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Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 23, 2005 Rochester Knighthawks HSBC Arena L 14–19 10,014 0–1

Player stats

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Runners (Top 10)

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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 16 43 59 102 126 9
Dan Teat 16 26 39 65 84 24
Mark Steenhuis 16 34 28 62 141 23
Jason Crosbie 14 20 30 50 69 10
Delby Powless 13 20 24 44 57 4
A.J. Shannon 16 25 15 40 78 8
Aime Caines 13 13 15 28 33 10
Pat McCready 13 7 16 23 77 44
Bryan Kazarian 13 1 17 18 53 20
Totals 304 521 414 1137 40

Goaltenders

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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
Steve Dietrich 15 749:43 9 4 137 .789 10.96
Derek General 8 209:19 2 1 46 .718 13.19
Totals 11 5 183 .774 11.44

Awards

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Player Award
Steve Dietrich Goaltender of the Year
John Tavares First Team All-Pro
Steve Dietrich
Delby Powless All-Rookie Team
John Tavares Overall Player of the Month, January
John Tavares Overall Player of the Month, March
(tie with Bob Watson)
John Tavares All-Stars
Kyle Couling
Mark Steenhuis
Dan Teat

Transactions

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Trades

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February 2, 2005[5]
To Buffalo Bandits
second round pick, 2005 entry draft
second round pick, 2007 entry draft
To Arizona Sting
Jonas Derks

Roster

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Reference:[6]

No. Position Player
49 Canada Fwd Caines, Aime
25 Canada Def Candy, Drew
27 Canada Def Couling, Kyle
54 Canada Fwd Crosbie, Jason
13 Canada Fwd Derks, Jonas
30 Canada Goalie Dietrich, Steve
26 Canada Def Floris, Greg
19 United States Def Francey, Tyler
85 Canada Goalie General, Derek
7 Canada Fwd Harasym, Jon
5 Iroquois Def Hill, Clay
90 Canada Fwd Hominuck, Mike
No. Position Player
14 Iroquois Fwd Jamieson, Kyle
97 Canada Fwd Kazarian, Bryan
16 United States Def Kilgour, Rich
17 Canada Def Laverty, Kyle
23 Canada Def McCready, Pat
63 United States Fwd Montour, Thomas
99 United States Fwd Powless, Delby
8 Canada Fwd Shannon, A.J.
3 Canada Def Smith, Billy Dee
9 Canada Fwd Steenhuis, Mark
11 Canada Fwd Tavares, John
15 Canada Fwd Teat, Dan
6 Canada Def White, Chris

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2005 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Buffalo Bandits - 2005 Regular Season - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Buffalo Bandits - 2005 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  5. ^ "Mammoth Goaltender Retires". NLL.com. February 2, 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  6. ^ "Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".