The Buffalo Bandits today announced 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).