By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 8: October, 1991 – The Bandits trade Brian Nikula to Detroit for John Tavares. The Major Indoor Lacrosse League (forerunner of the…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 8
Bandits lose pair in expansion draft
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Bandits paid the expected price for having the deepest roster in the National Lacrosse League during Tuesday’s expansion draft. In fact,…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 34
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 34: February 28, 2018 – The Bandits trade Callum Crawford and a second-round draft choice in 2019 to New England for Shawn…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 42
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columist No. 42: December 19, 2002 – The Bandits trade Ken Montour and a third-round draft choice in 2004 to Columbus for Mark Steenhuis….
Bandits reveal protected list
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We all knew that the Buffalo Bandits had some difficult choices to make when it came to this year’s expansion draft, where they…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 53
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 53: August 1, 2017 – The Bandits trade Ryan Benesch and a third-round draft choice in 2018 to Colorado (Dennon Armstrong) for…
Calgary ends Bandits’ season in overtime
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Bandits went on their first losing streak of the season when it mattered the most. The Bandits dropped a 14-13 overtime…
Bandits can’t hold serve in Finals opener
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Bandits have had a relatively drama-free season in 2019. They had the best record in the National Lacrosse League at 14-4,…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 88
No. 88: July 15, 2013 – The Bandits trade first-round draft choices in 2015 (Randy Staats) and 2016 and a third-round draft choice in 2017 (Frank Brown) to Minnesota for…
Bandits earn top seed in playoffs
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Way back in the summer of 2018, goalie Matt Vinc was coming off a season in which he helped the Rochester Knighthawks reach…
Bandits win a duel of goaltenders
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The KeyBank Center was the place to be on Saturday night if you wanted to see outstanding goaltending in an indoor lacrosse game….
Bandits’ win streak snapped at six
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It is said that all good things must come to an end. Apparently this principle is particularly true when you are sleepy and…
A weight-and-see story about hockey
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Here’s a story about how I made a tiny, tiny bit of NHL history, at least according to some interested observers. First, I…
Bandits battle back to win again
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist You can’t keep a good team down forever. And the Buffalo Bandits certainly qualify as a good team right now. The Bandits faced…
