1995-96 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's American Conference
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

1995-96 Buffalo Blizzard Roster

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 Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Blizzard scored 291 goals and conceded 298. Andrew Crawford netted 53 goals for Buffalo, while Mauro Biello, Gino DiFlorio, Paul Dougherty, Randy Pikuzinski and Rudy Pikuzinski 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		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	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Paul Dougherty	F	3	3	2	5	4	0	0	8	2	21	14.3
Gino DiFlorio	F	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Andrew Crawford		3	3	1	4	0	0	0	5	7	6	50.0
Randy Pikuzinski	F	3	1	4	5	2	1	0	4	4	10	10.0
Rudy Pikuzinski	F	3	4	2	6	0	0	0	5	11	16	25.0
Mauro Biello	F	3	4	1	5	2	0	0	10	3	9	44.4
Bobby Dinunzio		3	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	6	0.0
Michael Dinunzio		3	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	8	10	10.0
Rudy Doliscat	D	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	6	6	16.7
Marcelo Carrera	F	3	2	3	5	0	0	0	4	2	21	9.5
Mike Gosselin		2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Pat Harrington	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0
Andrew McKay	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.0
Denzil Antonio	D,G	3	2	1	3	2	0	1	5	7	7	28.6
Mike Britton	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Howard	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		39	22	18	40	12	1	1	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