The Buffalo Bandits announced that the team has signed goaltender Matt Vinc to a one-year contract, pending league approval.
Vinc (6’1”, 212 lbs., 6/9/1982) returns for his seventh season in Buffalo after posting a 13-5 record in 2024–25 with a 10.71 goals-against average, a .791 save percentage and a career-high 1,080:51 minutes played – the second-most in a single season in NLL history. He has been a key contributor to the Bandits’ three consecutive championship titles in 2023, 2024 and 2025 — marking his sixth career championship and second three-peat, having previously done so with the Rochester Knighthawks from 2012 to 2014.
Vinc holds several NLL regular season records, including most games played by a goaltender (303), most wins (171), most minutes played (16,782:50) and most saves (11,169). He is also an eight-time Goaltender of the Year — an NLL record — and an eight-time All-NLL First Team selection. In the postseason, Vinc owns league records for most games played (56), minutes played (3,176:29), wins (40) and saves (2,088).
The Buffalo Bandits also announced that the team has signed forwards Clay Scanlan and Mike Triolo, transition player Ron John, and defenseman Matt Spanger to one-year contracts.
An eight-year NLL veteran, Spanger (6’4”, 207 lbs., 11/27/1992) joined the Bandits prior to the 2018-19 season and has compiled 46 points (14+32) and 363 loose-ball recoveries in 93 career games. Triolo (6’8”, 225 lbs., 6/27/1991) was drafted by the Bandits in the third round (27th overall) of the 2015 NLL Entry Draft and has compiled 97 points (43+54) and 146 loose-ball recoveries in 46 career games.
Scanlan (5’10”, 175 lbs., 9/22/2001) returns for his second season in Buffalo after recording 16 points (9+7) and 25 loose-ball recoveries in 11 games during his 2024–25 rookie campaign. John (6’0”, 200 lbs., 4/17/1998) will return for his second season in Buffalo after recording two assists and 16 loose-ball recoveries in five games in his 2024-25 debut season for the Bandits. John (Angola) and Scanlan (Irving) are both from Western New York.
