2023 Buffalo Bandits season

2023 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	East
2023 record	0-0
Home record	0-0
Road record	0-0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
General Manager	Steve Dietrich
Coach	John Tavares
Captain	Steve Priolo
Alternate captains	Dhane Smith, Kevin Brownell
Arena	KeyBank Center
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The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2023 season is their 31st season in the NLL.

Regular season

NLL Standings Reference:

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2	Toronto Rock	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
3	Halifax Thunderbirds	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
4	Albany FireWolves	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5	Philadelphia Wings	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
6	Georgia Swarm	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
7	New York Riptide	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
8	Rochester Knighthawks	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2	Calgary Roughnecks	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
3	Colorado Mammoth	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
4	Saskatchewan Rush	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5	Panther City Lacrosse Club	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
6	Vancouver Warriors	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
7	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 3, 2022	Albany FireWolves	KeyBank Center
2	December 17, 2022	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre
3	December 30, 2022	Halifax Thunderbirds	KeyBank Center
4	January 7, 2023	@ Georgia Swarm	Gas South Arena
5	January 14, 2023	Georgia Swarm	KeyBank Center
6	January 20, 2023	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena
7	January 27, 2023	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
8	January 28, 2023	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Coliseum
9	February 4, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	KeyBank Center
10	February 18, 2023	Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	KeyBank Center
11	March 3, 2023	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre
12	March 10, 2023	Halifax Thunderbirds	KeyBank Center
13	March 18, 2023	Colorado Mammoth	KeyBank Center
14	March 25, 2023	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena
15	April 1, 2023	@ Toronto Rock	FirstOntario Centre
16	April 15, 2023	New York Riptide	KeyBank Center
17	April 22, 2023	Toronto Rock	KeyBank Center
18	April 29, 2023	@ Albany FireWolves	Times Union Center

Roster

Buffalo Bandits roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 48 Matt Vinc 57 Doug Buchan Defensemen 21 Justin Martin 23 Steve Priolo (C) 25 Matt Spanger 37 Ethan O’Connor 53 Justin Robinson 94 Bryce Sweeting		Forwards 1 Tehoka Nanticoke 2 Chris Cloutier 5 Connor Fields 10 Brad McCulley 22 Josh Byrne 91 Kyle Buchanan 92 Dhane Smith (A) 95 Chase Fraser Transition 4 Ian MacKay 6 Max Adler 8 Kevin Brownell (A) 15 Brent Noseworthy 17 Jordan Stouros 20 Nick Weiss		Practice Squad 13 Sam LaRoue 27 Dalton Sulver 30 Devlin Shanahan 49 Marcus Minichiello Injured Reserve 44 Nathaniel Kozevnikov Holdout Alec Tulett Unable to play Joel Matthews 83 Frank Brown		Head Coach John Tavares Assistant Coaches Steve Dietrich Anthony Cosmo Eric Vinc Equipment Manager Ted Cordingley Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2022-02-11 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2021 NLL Entry Draft took place on August 28, 2021. The Bandits made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	13	Cam Wyers	Toronto Beaches – Loyola University
1	14	Dylan Robinson	Toronto Beaches
1	19	Zach Belter	Niagara Thunderhawks – St. Bonaventure
4	73	Ryan Sharkey	UCBLL Rapids – Canisius College/UMass
5	82	Christian Watts	UCBLL Rapids – Siena College
5	88	Austin Blumbergs	UCBLL Rapids – St. Bonaventure University