2005 Buffalo Bandits season

The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2005 season was the 14th in franchise history.

2005 Buffalo Bandits
League	NLL
Division	2nd East
2005 record	11-5
Home record	5-3
Road record	6-2
Goals for	217
Goals against	183
General Manager	Darris Kilgour
Coach	Darris Kilgour
Captain	Rich Kilgour
Alternate captains	John Tavares
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	10,288
Team leaders
Goals	John Tavares (43)
Assists	John Tavares (59)
Points	John Tavares (102)
Penalties in minutes	Billy Dee Smith (60)
Loose Balls	Mark Steenhuis (141)
Wins	Steve Dietrich (9)
Goals against average	Steve Dietrich (10.96)
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The Bandits finished second in the east after stellar seasons from veterans John Tavares and Steve Dietrich, who was named Goaltender of the Year. They hosted the Rochester Knighthawks in the division semi-final game, but the Knighthawks defeated the Bandits 19-14, winning the right to face the eventual champion Toronto Rock in the division finals.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	6–2	6–2	227	190	+37	14.19	11.88
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	11	5	.688	1.0	5–3	6–2	217	183	+34	13.56	11.44
3	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	10	6	.625	2.0	5–3	5–3	193	179	+14	12.06	11.19
4	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	6.0	3–5	3–5	213	218	−5	13.31	13.62
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	5	11	.312	7.0	2–6	3–5	188	231	−43	11.75	14.44

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Calgary Roughnecks – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	216	208	+8	13.50	13.00
2	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	1.0	5–3	4–4	209	209	−-0	13.06	13.06
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	8	8	.500	2.0	5–3	3–5	201	182	+19	12.56	11.38
4	Anaheim Storm	16	5	11	.312	5.0	2–6	3–5	175	212	−37	10.94	13.25
5	San Jose Stealth	16	4	12	.250	6.0	2–6	2–6	170	197	−27	10.62	12.31

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 7, 2005	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 13–15		11,067	0–1
2	January 21, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 15–10		13,198	1–1
3	January 22, 2005	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 8–11		18,137	1–2
4	January 28, 2005	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 15–10		8,849	2–2
5	January 29, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	HSBC Arena	W 20–16		10,945	3–2
6	February 11, 2005	Anaheim Storm	HSBC Arena	W 20–9		8,805	4–2
7	February 19, 2005	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 11–7		9,961	5–2
8	February 25, 2005	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	HSBC Arena	L 8–14		8,912	5–3
9	March 4, 2005	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 14–12		17,756	6–3
10	March 11, 2005	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 23–16		8,254	7–3
11	March 18, 2005	Minnesota Swarm	HSBC Arena	W 13–11		9,116	8–3
12	March 19, 2005	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 11–12	OT	10,102	8–4
13	March 26, 2005	Toronto Rock	HSBC Arena	L 8–12		11,309	8–5
14	April 1, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	W 11–9		10,014	9–5
15	April 9, 2005	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	W 14–9		10,183	10–5
16	April 16, 2005	San Jose Stealth	HSBC Arena	W 13–10		12,138	11–5

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Division Semifinal	April 23, 2005	Rochester Knighthawks	HSBC Arena	L 14–19		10,014	0–1

Player stats

Reference:

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
John Tavares	16	43	59	102	126	9
Dan Teat	16	26	39	65	84	24
Mark Steenhuis	16	34	28	62	141	23
Jason Crosbie	14	20	30	50	69	10
Delby Powless	13	20	24	44	57	4
A.J. Shannon	16	25	15	40	78	8
Aime Caines	13	13	15	28	33	10
Pat McCready	13	7	16	23	77	44
Bryan Kazarian	13	1	17	18	53	20
Totals		304	521	414	1137	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
Steve Dietrich	15	749:43	9	4	137	.789	10.96
Derek General	8	209:19	2	1	46	.718	13.19
Totals			11	5	183	.774	11.44

Awards

Player	Award
Steve Dietrich	Goaltender of the Year
John Tavares	First Team All-Pro
Steve Dietrich
Delby Powless	All-Rookie Team
John Tavares	Overall Player of the Month, January
John Tavares	Overall Player of the Month, March (tie with Bob Watson)
John Tavares	All-Stars
Kyle Couling
Mark Steenhuis
Dan Teat

Transactions

Trades

February 2, 2005

To Buffalo Bandits second round pick, 2005 entry draft second round pick, 2007 entry draft

To Arizona Sting Jonas Derks

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 49 Fwd Caines, Aime 25 Def Candy, Drew 27 Def Couling, Kyle 54 Fwd Crosbie, Jason 13 Fwd Derks, Jonas 30 Goalie Dietrich, Steve 26 Def Floris, Greg 19 Def Francey, Tyler 85 Goalie General, Derek 7 Fwd Harasym, Jon 5 Def Hill, Clay 90 Fwd Hominuck, Mike

No. Position Player 14 Fwd Jamieson, Kyle 97 Fwd Kazarian, Bryan 16 Def Kilgour, Rich 17 Def Laverty, Kyle 23 Def McCready, Pat 63 Fwd Montour, Thomas 99 Fwd Powless, Delby 8 Fwd Shannon, A.J. 3 Def Smith, Billy Dee 9 Fwd Steenhuis, Mark 11 Fwd Tavares, John 15 Fwd Teat, Dan 6 Def White, Chris

See also

• 2005 NLL season