NLL Buffalo Bandits

Kilgour Enters NLL Hall of Fame

February 14, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Buffalo Bandits News Release


BUFFALO, N.Y. (February 14, 2007) --Buffalo Bandits head coach and general manager Darris Kilgour is among four new members of the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 who will be inducted this weekend in Philadelphia. Joining Kilgour are Buffalo News writer Tom Borrelli, former Philadelphia Wings player Tom Marechek, and Mike French, Executive Vice President and Co-owner of the Wings.

"We are very happy for Darris," said Dave Zygaj, Director of Lacrosse Operations for the Buffalo Bandits. "He is a worthwhile inductee based on his contributions to the Bandits as a player, coach and general manager. It's only fitting that he was the first Bandits player drafted, and now he is the first Bandit to be inducted in the NLL Hall of Fame."

Kilgour was the first player ever drafted by the Buffalo Bandits, selected in 1991. He played nine seasons (1992-2000) in the league, eight of which he played for the Bandits. Kilgour scored 312 points on 144 goals and 168 assists. He added 61 post season points on 26 goals and 35 assists, and played on all three of Buffalo's championship teams (1992, 1993, 1996), including the only team to go undefeated in league history (1993 Bandits, 10-0). Kilgour was named First Team All-Pro in 1998 and Second Team All-Pro twice during his career (1992, 1997). Following retirement from his playing career after the 2000 season, Kilgour has made the transition from winning player to winning head coach. From 2001 to the present, Kilgour has coached his teams into the playoffs in all six of his seasons behind the bench. After a pair of seasons in Washington, Kilgour returned home to coach the Bandits in 2003. In those four seasons, the Bandits have a 42-22 regular season record and two appearances in the championship game. Kilgour has quickly risen to fourth on the league's all-time coaching wins list with 66.

Borrelli is the first member of the media to be recognized by the NLL Hall of Fame. He is the most experienced member of the league's media, having covered the league since the debut of the Buffalo Bandits in 1992. No journalist has covered as many league games as Borrelli, who has covered the Bandits and the league for the Buffalo News for the past fifteen seasons. He also writes about the NLL for Lacrosse magazine, the official publication for US Lacrosse. In 2005, the league first recognized Borrelli's contributions to the league by naming its new annual award for Writer of the Year as "The Tom Borrelli Award". He is a 1975 graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo and a 1979 graduate of Buffalo St. College.

The induction ceremony will take place on Friday, Feb. 16 at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, while the Hall of Fame Game will be played Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. as the Wings host the Bandits at the Wachovia Center.

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