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The 2013 Bandits season is likely one fans hope to forget soon. Marked with great turn-over in Steve Deitrich’s first year as GM, the team had much promise coming into the season. Names like Shawn Williams, Dhane Smith, Aaron Wilson, Mike Hominuck, Jamie Rooney, and Nick Cotter all joined an offensive unit that seriously lacked secondary scoring. The defense was a little more questionable, full of young players who would…

The Bandits once again saw a game escape their grip, despite their early lead. Rochester rode a six to nothing streak in the first half on route to a 10-9 lead, giving the Knighthawks the second seed in the east and eliminating the Buffalo Bandits. This marks the first time the Bandits have missed the playoffs since 2002, two years before Darris Kilgour became the head coach in Buffalo. The…

This one is for all the marbles. Tonight the Bandits face-off against the Rochester Knighthawks in both team’s final game of the regular season. With the Edmonton Rush winning last week, all Buffalo needs to do to make it into the playoffs is win, but Rochester should be a worthy foe as they themselves do not want to go from champions one year to missing the playoffs the next. After…

It seems that every week the Bandits are in a situation where they need a win or else their playoff hopes become more and more unlikely. This week their challenge is Minnesota, a team that is also fighting to not be the odd team out but also a team that has beaten the Bandits already this season. Buffalo’s shown us that every game, no matter who its against, can be…

Once again the Bandits played poorly at home, and once again they left the floor on the losing end of things. After seeming to be down in every aspect of the game, the Bandits fell to 5-7 with their 14-7 loss to the Rush. The Bandits were out shot 63 to 42 and out loose-balled 96 to 76. It seemed that the Rush just hustled a tad more than Buffalo…