1998-99 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics
Team Record: 22-18
in the NPSL's North Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: George Fernandez (22-18)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 141,363, Avg. 7,068 in 20 home dates
The Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 22 wins and 18 losses in the NPSL's North Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
Buffalo chalked up 304 goals and surrendered 284. Doug Miller scored 92 goals for the Blizzard, while Danny Barber, Andrew Crawford, Bernie Lilavois and Rudy Pikuzinski each netted fifteen or more also. Rudy Pikuzinski recorded 37 assists. Bill Andracki topped the squad with 13 wins. Stuart Dobson recorded a 6.56 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goalkeepers.
George Fernandez coached the team. The 1998-99 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% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Miller | F | 40 | 92 | 23 | 115 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 33 | 314 | 29.3 |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 37 | 35 | 37 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 24 | 106 | 33.0 |
Andrew Crawford | 39 | 40 | 17 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 107 | 37.4 | |
Danny Barber | M | 37 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 21 | 122 | 24.6 |
Bernie Lilavois | F | 32 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 100 | 31.0 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 39 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 39 | 93 | 10.8 |
Bobby Dinunzio | 40 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 28 | 54 | 14.8 | |
Armando Valdivia | M | 28 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 21 | 49 | 24.5 |
Jeff Alcala | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 36.0 | |
Tim Hardy | D | 36 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 39 | 45 | 17.8 |
David Banks | D | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 13.5 |
Michael Dinunzio | 23 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 34 | 23.5 | |
Scott Blokker | 40 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 24 | 37 | 13.5 | |
Carlos Zavala | M | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27.3 |
Ricky Rodriguez | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 25 | 47 | 8.5 | |
Stuart Dobson | GK | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
Rob Irvine | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 | |
Bill Andracki | GK | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Jim Hesch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | |
Mike Kirmse | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 33.3 | |
Byron Mitchell | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 575 | 304 | 244 | 548 | 180 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 787 | 369 | 1202 | 25.3 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Miller | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
Stuart Dobson | 26 | 1226:16 | 9 | 11 | 134 | 6.56 | 442 | 308 | .697 |
Bill Andracki | 23 | 1178:06 | 13 | 7 | 142 | 7.23 | 389 | 247 | .635 |
Randy Pikuzinski | 11 | 22:44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18.48 | 8 | 1 | .125 |
Totals | 61 | 2427:06 | 22 | 18 | 284 | 7.02 | 840 | 556 | .662 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Miller | F | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 29.2 |
Rudy Pikuzinski | F | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 6.7 |
Andrew Crawford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | |
Danny Barber | M | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8.3 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10.0 |
Bobby Dinunzio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 | |
Armando Valdivia | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 |
David Banks | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 |
Scott Blokker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
Carlos Zavala | M | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 6.3 |
Ricky Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stuart Dobson | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Bill Andracki | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Hesch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Byron Mitchell | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 |
Totals | 39 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 24 | 112 | 17.9 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart Dobson | 3 | 174:07 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5.86 | 49 | 32 | .653 |
Bill Andracki | 1 | 2:50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90.00 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
Randy Pikuzinski | 2 | 3:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6 | 180:00 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6.67 | 53 | 33 | .623 |