Rock Look To Be First Team to Ten Wins

March 13, 2015

After the Toronto Rock came through on “Guaranteed Win Night” Jan. 23 with a 13-11 win over the Buffalo Bandits, it appeared as though the Rock would be a force to be reckoned with in this NLL campaign. Toronto sit firmly atop the NLL with a 9-1 record, two games ahead of defending champion Rochester and four in front of the Bandits. The Rock will travel to Buffalo tonight in…

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Dave DiRuscio Shines in Spotlight for Bandits

March 3, 2015

While Anthony Cosmo was out with a knee injury this past Saturday when the Buffalo Bandits took on the Colorado Mammoth, they saw a rookie shine with an opportunity. “I was definitely feeling some pressure, but I got lots of support from Cosmo and the whole team going into to the game so I felt that I was well prepared” said David DiRuscio to ILWT after making his first career…

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Bandits Look to Get to .500 Against Mammoth

February 28, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits (4-5) and the Colorado Mammoth (4-3) will face off in their only 2015 NLL regular season matchup Saturday February 28th, 2015 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The last time these two teams met was a 2014 week 4 battle at the First Niagara Center where the Bandits emerged victorious with the 12-9 win at home. In the previous two weeks, the Bandits were…

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Anthony Cosmo Out Against Colorado

February 28, 2015

According to Steve Bermel from NLL.com, Buffalo Bandits goaltender Anthony Cosmo sustained a lower body injury in a non-lacrosse situation. He will be out tonight against the Colorado Mammoth and rookie Dave DiRuscio will make his first career NLL start. Cosmo’s injury has been announced to be a knee injury while shoveling snow this week. DiRuscio has only played in one NLL game, saving ten shots and giving up four…

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NLL Rookie Report – Week 8

February 26, 2015

Week 8 of the NLL season saw a number of rookies make their NLL debuts, with Mike Burke in Colorado, Matt Bennett in Buffalo and Josh Johnson in New England all appearing in their first NLL games this season. While Burke has the most noticeable impact on paper, both Bennett and Johnson faired well in their NLL debuts, proving they deserve more playing time moving forward. With the NLL moving…

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Bandits and Knighthawks in Rematch From Last Week

February 21, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits (4-4) will travel to Rochester to take on the Knighthawks (4-3) for the third and final time of the season. These to foes played against each other last week as well (except in Buffalo) where the Knighthawks managed some late game heroics to get the comeback win. Will we see the same result in this matchup? Or will the Bandits overcome their struggles and get the vital win?…

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NLL Game Picks: Week Eight

February 20, 2015

Staff Member Black Wolves @ Rock Bandits @ Knighthawks Stealth @ Roughnecks Mammoth @ Black Wolves Mike Mackley Daniel Pattison   Ryan Conwell Jim Flannery Alex Urquhart Rocco Granato Chris Vale Ryan Zunner Marisa Ingemi Pete Crowley Ian Neadle Kris Handley

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NLL Rookie Report: Week 7

February 20, 2015

Week 7 of the NLL season was the busiest week yet, with seven games taking place. With every NLL team seeing at least one game of action this past week, NLL rookies where on full display. First overall pick in 2014, Ben McIntosh continues to separate himself from the rest of his draft class and fellow rookies, as his back to back four point games this past week allowed the Rush to go 2-0 and leap…

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Knighthawks Storm Past Bandits

February 15, 2015

After coming away with a huge Western Division victory over the Calgary Roughnecks in overtime last week at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Buffalo Bandits were faced with the difficult challenge of making it two wins in a row when they faced off against their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks at the First Niagara Center Saturday night. In their second of three regular season matchups on the schedule, the Bandits would…

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Bandits and Knighthawks Reignite Rivalry

February 14, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits look to reignite the thruway rivalry when they take on the visiting Rochester Knighthawks tonight. The Bandits narrowly escaped with a win in their game last week against Calgary, winning it 15-14 in overtime. The Knighthawks weren’t as lucky last week; they too played into overtime, but thanks to heroics from the Swarm’s Callum Crawford, the Swarm pulled away with the W over the Hawks 7-6, dropping…

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