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Taro T

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Bandits opened at home against the Albany Firewolves tonight.

Bad guys won 11-10.  The story of the game was goaltending.  Jamieson made at least 42 saves for the Wolves.  Not sure how many saves Vinc made, but Albany's 4th goal came on just their 7th shot.

Nanticoke started the scoring, but then Albany found the area under the post & above Vinc's left shoulder.  Can't recall if it was 4-1 or 5-1 before the Bandits started solving Jamieson.

Bandits were down 9-5 before getting it tied back up at 9 on a play that got Nanticoke his 4th goal & ejected for a goalie interference major & a subsequent fight.  During that comeback, McKay had one called back for a legit crease violation.  The Bandits had another called back on what should've been a clean goal that got followed by a rookie celebrating & following into the crease before the ball fully crossed the line. That ended up being the difference as Albany scored 1 on the major & an insurance goal after that and the Bandits could only get 1 back before the clock expired.

If Vinc can find his game, the Bandits will be tough to beat again.  But Matt is 40 (what is it w/ Buffalo & 40+ year old goalies?) and didn't play well in the playoffs, especially in the finals vs the Mamouth.  If he can't find his game, the Bandits will waste a very good roster.

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13 hours ago, Taro T said:

If Vinc can find his game, the Bandits will be tough to beat again.  But Matt is 40 (what is it w/ Buffalo & 40+ year old goalies?) and didn't play well in the playoffs, especially in the finals vs the Mamouth.  If he can't find his game, the Bandits will waste a very good roster.

Who is behind Vinc?  What is plan B?

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Just now, Marvin said:

Who is behind Vinc?  What is plan B?

Haven't seen the full roster & they only showed the backup once after Vinc was run, so not sure if it's still the same guy as last year.  No idea if they'll rely on the backup in Vinc falter or go the trade route.  They did trade in season for Adler (at the X) last year, so they are willing to make moves.

It also didn't help last night that the captain was out sick & Albany did a great job shutting down the Great Dhane.

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For those of you complaining that there aren't enough Buffalo sports viewing options this evening, well, fret no more.  There IS another option available for your viewing pleasure.

YOUR Buffalo Bandits take on the Toronto Rock tonight at 7PM.

Let's Go Baaan-dittts!  Let's Go Baaan-ditttts!

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22 minutes ago, Marvin said:

And Halifax has a team in the NLL.

Have for ~3 years.  Styres moved the Kin-ig-hit Hawks there.

So, the Pegulas brought an expansion team to Ra-cha-cha & gave them a very creative, original team name.  😉 

Though the name didn't change, the colors did.  The new version has army green & black as it's main colors rather than the technicolor vomit the other version used to run with.

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