
1996-97 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's North Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Gary Hindley (16-16)
Coach: Jim May (5-3)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 159,472, Avg. 7,974 in 20 home dates
The Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses in the NPSL's North Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
The Blizzard netted 278 goals and conceded 237. Doug Miller scored 53 goals for Buffalo, while Andrew Crawford, Gino DiFlorio, Randy Pikuzinski, Rudy Pikuzinski and Marco Rizi each tallied fifteen or more, too. Randy Pikuzinski recorded 49 assists. Pat Harrington topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.79 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Gary Hindley and Jim May coached the team. The 1996-97 Buffalo Blizzard lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gino DiFlorio | F | 29 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 203 | 18.2 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 38 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 37 | 130 | 16.2 |
Doug Miller | F | 32 | 53 | 15 | 68 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 212 | 25.0 |
Andrew Crawford | 40 | 46 | 22 | 68 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 35 | 159 | 28.9 | |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 39 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 40 | 134 | 28.4 |
Mauro Biello | F | 22 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 55 | 25.5 |
Marco Rizi | D | 38 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 51 | 75 | 22.7 |
Rene Rivas | D | 33 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 24 | 56 | 23.2 |
Michael Collins | D,M | 22 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 43 | 16.3 |
Steve Kinsey | F | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 6.1 |
Andrew McKay | M | 27 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 34 | 20.6 |
David Banks | D | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 36 | 26 | 19.2 |
Fuseini Dauda | D | 27 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 27 | 41 | 9.8 |
Grant Needham | F | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 30.8 |
Chuck Codd | D | 40 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 53 | 23 | 21.7 |
Pat Harrington | G | 25 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
Lenin Steenkamp | F | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 5.3 |
Ted Lesh | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 18.2 | |
Chris Fox | D | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50.0 |
Dino Perri | GK | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Ashton | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mark Simpson | GK | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ryan Levesque | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin O'Neil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Howard | GK | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 558 | 278 | 219 | 497 | 243 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 756 | 405 | 1295 | 21.5 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mauro Biello | 1 | 0:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Miller | 2 | 0:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Rudy Pikuzinski | 1 | 0:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Marco Rizi | 1 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Andrew Crawford | 1 | 0:51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Michael Collins | 1 | 1:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Harrington | 25 | 1416:14 | 14 | 9 | 113 | 4.79 | 415 | 302 | .728 |
Mark Simpson | 13 | 625:53 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 6.61 | 198 | 129 | .652 |
Dino Perri | 4 | 145:50 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8.23 | 53 | 33 | .623 |
John Howard | 12 | 215:33 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 8.63 | 75 | 44 | .587 |
Randy Pikuzinski | 11 | 23:25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.25 | 9 | 5 | .556 |
Totals | 72 | 2429:57 | 21 | 19 | 237 | 5.85 | 750 | 513 | .684 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gino DiFlorio | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
Doug Miller | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
Andrew Crawford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 |
Mauro Biello | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Marco Rizi | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 |
Rene Rivas | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 |
Michael Collins | D,M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 |
Andrew McKay | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Banks | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 |
Grant Needham | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Codd | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Harrington | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lenin Steenkamp | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 |
Mark Simpson | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 28 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 54 | 20.4 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gino DiFlorio | 1 | 0:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Harrington | 1 | 57:26 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.47 | 14 | 5 | .357 |
Mark Simpson | 1 | 59:45 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.10 | 18 | 12 | .667 |
Randy Pikuzinski | 2 | 2:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 5 | 120:00 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 32 | 17 | .531 |