2016 Buffalo Bandits Statistics
Team Record: 13-5
Finishing 1st in the NLL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-2
Lost Championship
Coach: Troy Cordingley (13-5)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 142,505, Avg. 15,834 in 9 home dates
The Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League ended the 2016 season with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NLL's Eastern Division, and compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.
Buffalo led the league with 251 goals. The team surrendered 214 goals. Dhane Smith scored 72 goals for the Bandits, while Mark Steenhuis and Ryan Benesch netted twenty-five or more, too. Dhane Smith contributed 65 assists. Anthony Cosmo earned 8 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Davide Diruscio added 5 or more victories also. Anthony Cosmo recorded a 11.73 goals against average, leading keepers with significant playing time.
Troy Cordingley coached the team. The 2016 Buffalo Bandits lost in the Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | Shts | SOG | S% | SG% | GB | TOC | CTO | FO | FW | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhane Smith | F | 18 | 72 | 65 | 137 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 337 | 247 | 21.4 | 29.1 | 111 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Benesch | F | 17 | 39 | 53 | 92 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 196 | 138 | 19.9 | 28.3 | 101 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Steenhuis | F | 18 | 34 | 38 | 72 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 190 | 132 | 17.9 | 25.8 | 68 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Hill | T | 15 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 16.0 | 21.9 | 120 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Anthony Malcom | F | 17 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 68 | 18.5 | 25.0 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Daryl Veltman | F | 17 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 72 | 13.5 | 19.4 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Jones | T | 17 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 49 | 16.4 | 22.4 | 119 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Culp | F | 14 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 56 | 11.0 | 16.1 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brownell | T | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 38.1 | 50.0 | 101 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Priolo | D | 18 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 28.0 | 31.8 | 112 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Wilde | T | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brock | T | 18 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 29.2 | 36.8 | 79 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nick Weiss | T | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 35.3 | 50.0 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 33.3 |
| Anthony Cosmo | G | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch De Snoo | D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7.1 | 10.0 | 98 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Thorimbert | T | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11.1 | 20.0 | 129 | 15 | 9 | 500 | 289 | 57.8 |
| Tyler Ferreira | F | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Thompson | F | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matthew Bennett | T | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craig England | T | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davide Diruscio | G | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adam Will | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Batson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Watt | T | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy-Dee Smith | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 310 | 251 | 360 | 611 | 312 | 41 | 57 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1345 | 973 | 18.7 | 25.8 | 1436 | 332 | 221 | 538 | 301 | 55.9 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cosmo | 18 | 711:00 | 8 | 2 | 139 | 11.73 | 640 | 501 | .783 |
| Davide Diruscio | 18 | 376:08 | 5 | 3 | 74 | 11.80 | 339 | 265 | .782 |
| Totals | 36 | 1087:08 | 13 | 5 | 213 | 11.76 | 979 | 766 | .782 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | Shts | SOG | S% | SG% | GB | TOC | CTO | FO | FW | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhane Smith | F | 4 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 63 | 15.5 | 20.6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Benesch | F | 4 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 43 | 18.5 | 23.3 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Steenhuis | F | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 29 | 15.4 | 20.7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Hill | T | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Malcom | F | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 20.0 | 29.4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Veltman | F | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Jones | T | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 15.4 | 22.2 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Culp | F | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 16.0 | 26.7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brownell | T | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Priolo | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brock | T | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Weiss | T | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14.3 | 20.0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Anthony Cosmo | G | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mitch De Snoo | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Thorimbert | T | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 73 | 63.5 |
| Andrew Watt | T | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy-Dee Smith | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 54 | 70 | 124 | 72 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 222 | 17.7 | 24.3 | 327 | 69 | 40 | 118 | 74 | 62.7 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cosmo | 4 | 240:00 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 11.75 | 211 | 164 | .777 |
| Totals | 4 | 240:00 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 11.75 | 211 | 164 | .777 |
