2009 Buffalo Bandits season explained

Season:	2009
Seasonlink:	2009 NLL season
Team:	Buffalo Bandits
Teamlink:	Buffalo Bandits
League:	NLL
Division:	East
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	10-6
Homerecord:	5-3
Roadrecord:	5-3
Goalsfor:	223
Goalsagainst:	170
Generalmanager:	Darris Kilgour
Coach:	Darris Kilgour
Captain:	Rich Kilgour
Altcaptain:	Mike Accursi John Tavares
Arena:	HSBC Arena
Attendance:	17,947
Goalsleader:	Mark Steenhuis (51) John Tavares (51)
Assistsleader:	Mark Steenhuis (50)
Pointsleader:	Mark Steenhuis (101)
Pimleader:	Chris White (47)
Looseballsleader:	Phil Sanderson (137)
Winsleader:	Ken Montour (8)
Gaaleader:	Ken Montour (9.57)
Prevseason Year:	2008 season
Prevseason Link:	2008 Buffalo Bandits season
Nextseason Year:	2010 season
Nextseason Link:	2010 Buffalo Bandits season

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.

Regular season

Game log

Reference:^[1]

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[2]

Player stats

Reference:^[3]

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
	16	51	50	101	117	24
	16	51	43	94	98	6
	16	30	30	60	66	4
Cory Bomberry	15	15	36	51	46	11
Roger Vyse	15	27	19	46	57	0
	15	15	22	37	51	0
	14	8	18	26	28	4
Thomas Montour	12	5	15	20	90	4
	9	4	12	16	55	24
Totals		324	547	327	1073	40

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

Transactions

New players

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

Players not returning

• Kyle Laverty - selected in expansion draft

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

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[4] 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

See also

• 2009 NLL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League. May 6, 2012. NLL.com. https://archive.today/20120905190635/http://www.nll.com/page/show/432346-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57523. September 5, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Buffalo Bandits – National Lacrosse League. https://archive.today/20120911153615/http://www.nll.com/page/show/433234-buffalo-bandits?subseason=57601. dead. September 11, 2012. May 6, 2012. NLL.com.
3. Web site: Buffalo Bandits - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies.
4. Web site: Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston. September 7, 2008. NLL.com. 2008-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907191025/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. 7 September 2008 . dead.