Six Nations players among those celebrating Bandits’ championship season

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! Buffalo Bandits are the National Lacrosse League Champs and so are Six Nations own Tehoka Nanticoke and Adam Bomberry who were in the Bandits’ lineup Saturday as the team downed the visiting Colorado Mammoth 13-4. Congrats to both players! (Supplied Photo )

By Sam Laskaris Writer A pair of Six Nations players were among those who helped the Buffalo Bandits capture a National Lacrosse League (NLL) championship. Tehoka Nanticoke and Adam Bomberry were in the Bandits’ lineup on Saturday as the host Buffalo squad downed the visiting Colorado Mammoth 13-4 in a game played at the KeyBank Center. With that victory, the Bandits won the best-of-three NLL championship final series 2-1. Buffalo had won the opening game in the series, edging the visiting Mammoth 13-12 back on May 27. Colorado then downed the visiting Bandits 16-10 two days later to set up a third and decisive contest in the series. The Buffalo squad this season also had another Six Nations connection. The Bandits’ head coach is John Tavares, who is also the…

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