1997-98 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's North Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Carlos Salguero (21-19)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 156,674, Avg. 7,834 in 20 home dates

1997-98 Buffalo Blizzard Roster

The Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1997-98 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 scored 263 goals and conceded 257. Rudy Pikuzinski netted 53 goals for Buffalo, while Andrew Crawford, Jimmy Glenn, Doug Miller, Randy Pikuzinski and Armando Valdivia each tallied fifteen or more, too. Randy Pikuzinski recorded 44 assists. Bill Andracki topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 6 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Carlos Salguero coached the team. The 1997-98 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%
Rudy Pikuzinski	F	38	53	38	91	19	7	0	8	1	61	27	160	33.1
Randy Pikuzinski	M	40	19	44	63	37	4	1	2	0	83	56	136	14.0
Armando Valdivia	M	37	26	28	54	18	1	0	2	0	78	24	101	25.7
Andrew Crawford	M	30	36	14	50	20	5	2	3	0	19	27	95	37.9
Doug Miller	F	25	30	12	42	4	1	0	1	0	28	12	127	23.6
Bobby Dinunzio	D	40	11	16	27	10	3	0	2	1	51	51	76	14.5
Jimmy Glenn	F	25	16	10	26	2	0	0	0	0	22	11	44	36.4
David Banks	D	35	12	11	23	33	1	0	0	0	59	32	71	16.9
Nassim Olabi	D	30	11	6	17	0	0	0	1	0	18	15	44	25.0
Alex Villalobos	M/D	32	6	8	14	8	0	0	0	0	41	30	32	18.8
Michael Gailey	F	21	10	2	12	6	0	0	0	0	17	6	40	25.0
Rick Titus	D	15	7	3	10	2	0	0	1	0	29	6	25	28.0
Michael Dinunzio		10	5	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	15	33.3
Marco Rizi	D	18	5	3	8	12	0	0	0	0	23	28	26	19.2
Andrew McKay	D	33	3	5	8	11	0	0	0	0	37	9	39	7.7
Evan Whitson	F	28	5	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	27	6	28	17.9
Chris Fox	D	24	3	2	5	23	0	0	0	0	32	21	24	12.5
Thor Lee	D	14	3	1	4	11	0	0	0	0	13	9	19	15.8
Mike Kirmse	M	30	1	3	4	6	0	0	1	0	19	9	14	7.1
Bill Andracki	GK	39	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Lalo Maradona	M	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	12.5
Bench		0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfredo Chirillo	F	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0.0
Ryan Levesque	F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0.0
Jeff Popp	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	1	0.0
Steve Quinones	GK	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		589	263	214	477	246	22	3	21	2	691	401	1132	23.2

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
David Banks	1	0:44	0	0	2	163.64	2	0	.000
Doug Miller	2	1:17	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Bill Andracki	39	2231:54	19	16	223	5.99	703	480	.683
Steve Quinones	6	146:13	0	3	21	8.62	44	23	.523
Randy Pikuzinski	17	34:36	2	0	7	12.14	8	1	.125
Evan Whitson	1	1:36	0	0	2	75.00	3	1	.333
Rudy Pikuzinski	1	1:31	0	0	2	79.12	2	0	.000
Totals	67	2417:51	21	19	257	6.38	762	505	.663

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Rudy Pikuzinski	F	2	3	2	5	0	0	1	0	9	33.3
Randy Pikuzinski	M	2	3	1	4	0	1	1	2	8	37.5
Armando Valdivia	M	2	3	6	9	0	0	4	2	8	37.5
Andrew Crawford	M	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Bobby Dinunzio	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0.0
Jimmy Glenn	F	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	33.3
David Banks	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.0
Michael Gailey	F	2	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	3	33.3
Rick Titus	D	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	6	16.7
Michael Dinunzio		2	0	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	0.0
Marco Rizi	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew McKay	D	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	25.0
Evan Whitson	F	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Thor Lee	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Mike Kirmse	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Andracki	GK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		30	15	12	27	4	1	29	14	56	26.8

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Andrew McKay	1	0:02	0	0		0	0
Bill Andracki	2	116:25	2	17	8.79	46	29	.630
Randy Pikuzinski	2	3:33	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	5	120:00	2	17	8.50	46	29	.630