Saturday night’s game at the KeyBank Center was going to be a clash of the titans so far this season in the NLL. The one-loss Philadelphia Wings were set to take on the undefeated Buffalo Bandits. To make it even more juicy, both teams led the league in average goals per game. The scoring statistic remained true because there were a million goals scored in this game. Buffalo exploded for…
There is no gentle way to say this. The Buffalo Bandits have dominated the Toronto Rock over the past few seasons, no matter if it’s the regular season or the playoffs. The Bandits have won seven straight times and 10 of their last 11 meetings. The last time Toronto beat Buffalo was April 1st 2023, which was over 600 days ago. Their rivalry is arguably the fiercest in the NLL…
For the second consecutive year, and the sixth time in franchise history, the Buffalo Bandits saw a championship banner go to the rafters before their home opener. Saturday night’s clash with the Rochester Knighthawks had a whole mess of meaning to it. First, as alluded to, the sixth banner in franchise history was set to go up. Next, the crosstown rivals were looking to spoil the fun. Finally, it was…
INAUGURAL TUCKER OUT LYMPHOMA CUP UNITES TEAMS TO HONOR TUCKER WILLIAMS Albany FireWolves, Buffalo Bandits, & Las Vegas Desert Dogs To Play For Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup ALBANY, NY – The Albany FireWolves, Buffalo Bandits, and Las Vegas Desert Dogs today announced the first-ever Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup, a multi-game series honoring the life of Tucker Williams. Tucker, the son of Desert Dogs head coach and general manager Shawn Williams and…
The opener of the week three slate was set to be something special. The hometown Ottawa Black Bears welcomed in the champs, the Buffalo Bandits. Ottawa and Buffalo were coming off of wins in their season openers, and they’d be clashing for the first time ever. (Considering Ottawa is in its first year of existence.) Buffalo used multiple four-plus goal runs throughout to absolutely cruise to an 18-7 victory. Talk…
Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, featured the first installment of the I-90 rivalry between the Rochester Knighthawks and the reigning NLL Champions, the Buffalo Bandits. Historically, these games are always high intensity on the floor and in the stands. The crowd was almost split down the middle, as Buffalo fans traveled very well for this contest. It looked like a continuation from the playoffs last…
Hello all, remember me? I am going into my fourth season as the beat writer for the Buffalo Bandits. I have thought long and hard over the course of the last three seasons on how to keep a fresh, exciting style when writing about Buffalo, their games, etc. I am here to be a million percent honest with you all, I think I have run out of those ideas. The…
For the second year in a row, the Buffalo Bandits are the NLL Champions. The phrase “back to back” applies in multiple ways here as the Bandits are the back-to-back champions, of course, winning the NLL Cup last year as well. It also applies because they had to win back-to-back games in order to get to raise the new and improved NLL Cup this year. “I always think the most…
Food for thought: Is it really that uncharacteristic if a team loses to the same opponent eight straight times and suffers three straight eliminations from the playoffs? Regardless of that, game two of the semifinal round was set from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo won game one Friday night in Hamilton, so they set their sights on punching their ticket to their third straight Finals appearance. Banditland was…
Uncharacteristic. It’s perhaps the only word to describe the Toronto Rock’s 12-4 loss to the Buffalo Bandits on Friday night. Prior to game one of the semifinal series, Toronto (who sported the best goal differential in the regular season) had never been shutout in a half in the playoffs (it was 5-0 at halftime). The Rock matched a franchise low in goals scored (4: Jan 12 in Minnesota, and Feb…