1996-97 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: Gary Hindley (16-16)
Coach: Jim May (5-3)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 159,472, Avg. 7,974 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Buffalo Blizzard Roster

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.

Buffalo netted 278 goals and conceded 237. Doug Miller scored 53 goals for the Blizzard, 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		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		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%
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
Mauro Biello	1	0:38	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	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Gino DiFlorio	F	2	1	1	2	2	5	0	9	11.1
Randy Pikuzinski	F	2	1	2	3	0	5	2	2	50.0
Doug Miller	F	2	1	1	2	0	3	0	11	9.1
Andrew Crawford		2	2	0	2	0	2	2	5	40.0
Rudy Pikuzinski	F	2	2	1	3	0	4	2	9	22.2
Mauro Biello	F	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Marco Rizi	D	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0.0
Rene Rivas	D	2	1	1	2	0	6	1	5	20.0
Michael Collins	D,M	2	2	1	3	10	4	2	3	66.7
Andrew McKay	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Banks	D	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	100.0
Grant Needham	F	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Chuck Codd	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Harrington	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lenin Steenkamp	F	2	0	1	1	2	5	1	7	0.0
Mark Simpson	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Totals		28	11	8	19	18	43	16	54	20.4

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gino DiFlorio	1	0:02	0	0		0	0
Pat Harrington	1	57:26	1	9	9.47	14	5	.357
Mark Simpson	1	59:45	1	6	6.10	18	12	.667
Randy Pikuzinski	2	2:47	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	5	120:00	2	15	7.50	32	17	.531