
1995-96 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's American Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Jim May (21-19)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 127,278, Avg. 6,364 in 20 home dates
The Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses in the NPSL's American Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
Buffalo scored 291 goals and conceded 298. Andrew Crawford netted 53 goals for the Blizzard, while Randy Pikuzinski, Rudy Pikuzinski, Paul Dougherty, Gino DiFlorio and Mauro Biello each tallied fifteen or more, too. Randy Pikuzinski recorded 40 assists. Pat Harrington topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 6.95 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim May coached the team. The 1995-96 Buffalo Blizzard lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Dougherty | F | 37 | 50 | 32 | 82 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 20 | 218 | 22.9 |
Gino DiFlorio | F | 31 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 205 | 20.0 |
Andrew Crawford | 40 | 53 | 22 | 75 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 62 | 206 | 25.7 | |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 40 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 48 | 133 | 20.3 |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 33 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 48 | 110 | 26.4 |
Mauro Biello | F | 37 | 34 | 13 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 21 | 101 | 33.7 |
Bobby Dinunzio | 40 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 65 | 77 | 18.2 | |
Michael Dinunzio | 40 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 16.7 | |
Rudy Doliscat | D | 30 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 36 | 51 | 21.6 |
Ted Lesh | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 14.8 | |
Marcelo Carrera | F | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 8.1 |
Mike Gosselin | D | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 | 41 | 9.8 |
Pat Harrington | G | 33 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
Andrew McKay | M | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 16.7 |
Oscar Pisano | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 18 | 5.6 |
Denzil Antonio | D,G | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 29 | 6.9 |
Dino Lopez | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 16.7 |
Todd Pettigrew | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 11.1 | |
Mike Morais | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 5.3 | |
Mike Britton | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8.3 |
John Howard | GK | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rodney Pytlak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Marco Rizi | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Scott Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |
Kevin O'Neil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | |
Rob Marinaro | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 532 | 291 | 242 | 533 | 209 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 644 | 496 | 1393 | 20.9 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Pikuzinski | 14 | 29:25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.12 | 5 | 2 | .400 |
Pat Harrington | 32 | 1829:36 | 18 | 11 | 212 | 6.95 | 676 | 464 | .686 |
Rob Marinaro | 5 | 70:21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7.68 | 29 | 20 | .690 |
John Howard | 13 | 492:15 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 9.02 | 234 | 160 | .684 |
Totals | 64 | 2421:37 | 21 | 19 | 298 | 7.38 | 944 | 646 | .684 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Dougherty | F | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14.3 |
Gino DiFlorio | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
Andrew Crawford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 50.0 | |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10.0 |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 25.0 |
Mauro Biello | F | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 44.4 |
Bobby Dinunzio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | |
Michael Dinunzio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10.0 | |
Rudy Doliscat | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16.7 |
Marcelo Carrera | F | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9.5 |
Mike Gosselin | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
Pat Harrington | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Andrew McKay | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Denzil Antonio | D,G | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28.6 |
Mike Britton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Howard | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 39 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 54 | 116 | 19.0 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Pikuzinski | 1 | 1:58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Pat Harrington | 3 | 175:54 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9.26 | 75 | 48 | .640 |
John Howard | 1 | 2:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.00 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
Totals | 5 | 180:00 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9.67 | 78 | 49 | .628 |