Pikuzinski played in the
National Soccer League in 1977 with the
Buffalo Blazers. In 1983, the
Buffalo Stallions of
Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) drafted Pikuzinski. He played one season with them, but when the Stallions folded at the end of the 1983–1984 season, Pikuzinski moved to the
Buffalo Storm of the outdoor
United Soccer League. The Storm folded in 1984 and Pikuzinski signed with the expansion
Canton Invaders of the newly established
American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). Pikuzinski took a back seat to team leading scorer
Kia Zolgharnain his first two seasons with the Invaders as the team took two consecutive AISA championships. In his third season with the Invaders, Pikuzinski became the league's leading scorer. He was named a first team All Star and league MVP. That season, the Invaders lost in the finals, but won the next three championships as Pikuzinski earned his second and third MVP awards. During the 1987 outdoor season he returned to the National Soccer League to play with
St. Catharines Wolves. In 1991, Pikuzinski moved to the
Cleveland Crunch of MISL. The Crunch went to the semifinals before falling to the
Dallas Sidekicks. In 1992 after the MISL folded, Pikuzinski returned to Buffalo when he signed with the expansion
Buffalo Blizzard of the
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Pikuzinski remained with the Blizzard through the 1999–2000 season before he retired from playing professionally. During his last season of play, he also served as an assistant coach with the Blizzard. Pikuzinski was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. ==Honors==