"I'm sure if the marketing people get the people into the game, we'll get them back for the second game," then-@NLLBandits head coach Bob McCready said at the team's introductory press conference.
On this day in 1994, the original Rochester Knighthawks were born.
"We had four others, bigger markets, bigger cities, but my heart was with Rochester from the beginning," shared Chris Fritz, MILL chief executive officer.
On this day in 1991, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League announced it was expanding to Buffalo with the @NLLBandits. Sabres President Seymour Knox shared excitement about the addition to the Buffalo sports and entertainment scene.
From May 2007 to May 2008, Athan Iannucci went on one of the greatest goal-scoring runs in pro lacrosse history.
In the summer of 2007, Iannucci scored a Western Lacrosse Association-best 51 goals. That same summer, he scored 16 goals in only 4 games with the Chicago Machine in Major League Lacrosse.
In the winter/spring of 2008, Iannucci scored a then-National Lacrosse League record of 71 goals (beating Gary Gait's record of 61 goals set 5 years prior).