Buffalo Bandits Draft 8 Players, Release Schedule

The Buffalo Bandits selected eight new players in the 2024 NLL Draft. They had three first-round picks as well as one selection in each of the following five rounds. 

The Bandits traded away a fifth-round pick to Saskatchewan for a fifth-round pick in 2025, and Buffalo sent a 2024 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia for a 2025 sixth-round pick. 

The 2023-24 NLL Champions selected four forwards and four defensemen. 

Forward Lukas Nielson was selected seventh overall and defenseman Luca Antongiovammo was taken eighth overall, along with defenseman Taylor Dooley 15th overall to wrap up the first round.

Trent Robertson, a defenseman, was taken in the second round at 19th overall. Forward Marquez White was drafted in the third round and fellow forward Angus MacDonnell was taken in the fourth. Bryce Cordingly and Vance Adams were selected in the fifth and sixth rounds, respectively. 

Additionally, the Bandits released their 2024-25 schedule — they’ll open the season with back-to-back road games, but then play four games at home. The team will hang their championship banner before their home opener against the Knighthawks on Dec. 28 at 7:30 p.m. 

Buffalo will end their season on the road in a match at Georgia on April 19.. 

Every home game at the KeyBank Center will start at 7:30 p.m. except for the match against Calgary on March 8, which will start at 6:30 p.m.