The Buffalo Bandits today announced the team has signed transition player Max Adler to a one-year contract, pending league approval.

Adler (5’10”, 190 lbs., 7/6/1994) returns to Buffalo for his second season after signing as a free agent with the Bandits in February 2022. In nine regular season games with the Bandits, Adler scored one goal and won 94 faceoffs. Adler appeared in six playoff games for Buffalo in 2022, winning 71 of the 151 faceoffs he took for the Bandits.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Adler attended Bentley University, where he played 46 career games and recorded a 69.2 faceoff percentage, winning 525 of the 759 faceoffs he took. In 2015, he was named to the All-New England team by the NEILA and had the sixth-best faceoff winning percentage in Division II at .660 (124-for-188).