Buffalo Blizzard

The Buffalo Blizzard was a soccer club that existed from 1992 to 2001 in Buffalo, New York.

History
The team was originally owned by the Knox brothers who owned the Buffalo Sabres at the time, and additionally by the Riches who owned the minor league baseball Buffalo Bisons. During their last five years of existence, the team was owned by John Bellanti who had previously owned the Buffalo Stallions of the original Major Indoor Soccer League.

The team's attendance was always in the top five of the league until its last season, and they had their record high attendance year in 1993–1994 season with an average attendance of 8,435 fans. The major stars of the team were the Pikuzinski brothers, Rudy and Randy, who rank sixth and ninth on the all-time points list. The team colors were blue, purple, black, and white, and the team mascot was a dog Spyke who rode a four-wheeler. The team never won a playoff series.

The NPSL ceased operation in 2001 and several of its remaining teams formed the Major Indoor Soccer League, but the Blizzard declined to participate and folded at that time.

Coaches
1992–1994: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trevor Dawkins 1994–1996: 🇺🇸 Jim May 1996–1997: 🇺🇸 George Fernandez 1997–1998: 🇦🇷 Carlos Salguero 1998–1999: 🇺🇸 Jim May 1999–2001: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Kitson

Players

 * 🇺🇸 Rudy Pikuzinski 1992-2000
 * 🇺🇸 Randy Pikuzinski 1992-2001

Year by year average game attendance

 * 1992/93: 7,068
 * 1993/94: 8,435
 * 1994/95: 7,283
 * 1995/96: 6,364
 * 1996/97: 7,974
 * 1997/98: 7,834
 * 1998/99: 7,068
 * 1999/00: 6,587
 * 2000/01: 4,635