2020 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is their 29th season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2][3]

2020 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	North
2020 record	7-4
Home record	4-2
Road record	3-2
Goals for	130
Goals against	118
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	John Tavares
Captain	Steve Priolo
Arena	KeyBank Center
← 2019 season 2021 season →

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

North Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Halifax Thunderbirds	12	8	4	.667	0.0	6–1	2–3	139	126	+13	11.58	10.50
2	Toronto Rock	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	122	106	+16	11.09	9.64
3	Buffalo Bandits	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	130	118	+12	11.82	10.73
4	Rochester Knighthawks	12	2	10	.167	6.0	2–3	0–7	115	165	-50	9.58	13.75

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	New England Black Wolves	11	8	3	.727	0.0	4–3	4–0	135	101	+34	12.27	9.18
2	Georgia Swarm	12	7	5	.583	1.5	2–4	5–1	149	126	+23	12.42	10.50
3	Philadelphia Wings	14	8	6	.571	1.5	3–3	5–3	151	134	+17	10.79	9.57
4	New York Riptide	13	1	12	.077	8.0	1–5	0–7	116	177	-61	8.92	13.62

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush	10	7	3	.700	0.0	2–3	5–0	111	93	+18	11.10	9.30
2	Colorado Mammoth	13	7	6	.538	1.5	4–2	3–4	128	125	+3	9.85	9.62
3	San Diego Seals	12	6	6	.500	2.0	3–3	3–3	138	131	+7	11.50	10.92
4	Calgary Roughnecks	10	5	5	.500	2.0	1–4	4–1	122	111	+11	12.20	11.10
5	Vancouver Warriors	13	4	9	.308	4.5	2–4	2–5	117	160	-43	9.00	12.31

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; 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

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 7, 2019	San Diego Seals	KeyBank Center	W 13–10		10,685	1–0
2	December 28, 2019	Halifax Thunderbirds	KeyBank Center	L 10–15		13,576	1–1
3	January 11, 2020	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	W 16–10		8,585	2–1
4	January 18, 2020	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center	W 10–8		12,026	3–1
5	January 25, 2020	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 13–12	OT	10,994	4–1
6	January 31, 2020	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center	W 16–15	OT	10,978	5–1
7	February 7, 2020	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	W 15–8		7,215	6–1
8	February 9, 2020	@ Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Arena	L 9–13		7,021	6–2
9	February 15, 2020	Philadelphia Wings (2018-)	KeyBank Center	L 6–7		12,459	6–3
10	February 29, 2020	Halifax Thunderbirds	KeyBank Center	W 13–9		12,813	7–3
11	March 8, 2020	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 9–11		8,359	7–4

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
12	March 13, 2020	@ Toronto Rock	Scotiabank Arena
13	March 14, 2020	New England Black Wolves	KeyBank Center
14	March 28, 2020	Saskatchewan Rush	KeyBank Center
15	April 3, 2020	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome
16	April 11, 2020	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena
17	April 18, 2020	New York Riptide	KeyBank Center
18	April 25, 2020	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena

Roster

Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 33 Zach Higgins 48 Matt Vinc Defensemen  7 Bryce Sweeting 12 Mitch de Snoo 19 Matthew Bennett 20 Nick Weiss 21 Justin Martin 23 Steve Priolo (C) 25 Matt Spanger 94 Ryan Wagner		Forwards 15 Shawn Evans 22 Josh Byrne 45 Corey Small 78 Jordan Durston 91 Thomas Hoggarth 92 Dhane Smith 95 Chase Fraser Transition  4 Ian MacKay  8 Kevin Brownell 37 Ethan O’Connor 81 Matt Gilray		Practice Squad    Dallas Bridle 71 Zach Herreweyers    Devlin Shanahan Injured Reserve  9 Mark Steenhuis    Jon Harnett		Head Coach John Tavares Rich Kilgour Assistant Coaches Anthony Cosmo Dave Pym Rusty Kruger Equipment Manager Ted Cordingley Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2019-01-06 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2019 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 17, 2019.[5] The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	12	Brent Noseworthy	Michigan University
2	29	Nathaniel Kozevnikov	Robert Morris University
3	45	Ryder Garnsey	Notre Dame University
4	52	Taylor Kauffeldt	Brampton Jr. A
4	56	Tyler Halls	Orangeville
6	84	Joel Watson	Whitby

References

1. "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
3. "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
4. "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
5. "2019 NLL Draft Results". NLL.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.