2000-01 Buffalo Blizzard Statistics
Team Record: 22-18
in the NPSL's American Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Paul Kitson (22-18)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Attendance: 89,948, Avg. 4,497 in 20 home dates
The Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 22 wins and 18 losses in the NPSL's American Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
The Blizzard scored 260 goals and surrendered 243. Doug Miller netted 47 goals for Buffalo, while Danny Barber, Andrew Crawford, Chris Handsor, Jim Hesch and Carlos Zavala each contributed fifteen or more, too. Danny Barber accounted for 41 assists. Bryan Finnerty topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 5.8 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Paul Kitson coached the team. The 2000-01 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 | 35 | 47 | 27 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 18 | 187 | 25.1 |
Danny Barber | M | 36 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 120 | 18.3 |
Andrew Crawford | 38 | 46 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 32 | 125 | 36.8 | |
Carlos Zavala | M | 39 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 67 | 103 | 18.4 |
Jim Hesch | 38 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 40 | 144 | 14.6 | |
Chris Handsor | F | 19 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 92 | 19.6 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 37 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 19 | 60 | 15.0 |
Matt Little | 37 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 19 | 66 | 21.2 | |
Steve Butcher | F | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 77 | 15.6 |
Travis Roy | M | 20 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6 | 34 | 29.4 |
Tim Leonard | 25 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25 | 49 | 12.2 | |
Eduardo Sebrango | F | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 23.3 |
Dewan Bader | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 10.0 | |
Matt Caution | D | 29 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 42 | 33 | 21.2 |
Bryan Finnerty | GK | 39 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 |
Chris Clarke | F/M | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 38.5 |
Matt Tanzini | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 14.8 | |
Rick Titus | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 14.3 |
Edgar Bartolomeu | D | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 11.1 |
Mali Walton | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 28 | 3.6 |
Brad Smith | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 50.0 |
Kevin Kalish | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 9.1 | |
Darryl Gomez | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7.7 | |
Darko Kolic | F | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hemant Sharma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stuart Dobson | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Carmine Isacco | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Totals | 569 | 260 | 192 | 452 | 124 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 908 | 422 | 1297 | 20.0 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Leonard | 1 | 0:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Carmine Isacco | 3 | 25:56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.63 | 11 | 9 | .818 |
Bryan Finnerty | 39 | 2318:50 | 22 | 17 | 224 | 5.80 | 763 | 539 | .706 |
Stuart Dobson | 3 | 71:33 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7.55 | 20 | 11 | .550 |
Jim Hesch | 8 | 21:16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.46 | 6 | 3 | .500 |
Hemant Sharma | 3 | 6:12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.35 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Doug Miller | 2 | 2:30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.00 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
Totals | 59 | 2446:19 | 22 | 18 | 243 | 5.96 | 806 | 563 | .699 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Miller | F | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
Danny Barber | M | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20.0 |
Andrew Crawford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | |
Carlos Zavala | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 |
Jim Hesch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
Chris Handsor | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
Randy Pikuzinski | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 |
Matt Little | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |
Steve Butcher | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Tim Leonard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Dewan Bader | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |
Matt Caution | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
Bryan Finnerty | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Titus | D | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
Edgar Bartolomeu | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Darko Kolic | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 29 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 64 | 15.6 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Leonard | 1 | 5:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Bryan Finnerty | 2 | 113:06 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.37 | 39 | 27 | .692 |
Jim Hesch | 1 | 1:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 4 | 120:00 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 40 | 27 | .675 |