Green Bay Blizzard The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional indoor football team , which was founded in 2003 . The Blizzard began play in the Indoor Football League in 2010 , after having played the previous seven seasons in af2 , in the now defunct the minor league of the Arena Football League . The Blizzard play in the Great Lakes Division of the United Conference . They play their home games at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon , Wisconsin . The team ' s logo represents Bruiser , the team mascot . The team ' s drumline is known as the Frostline . The team was formerly owned by a group headed by former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brian Noble ; in October 2009 it was announced that a group of local businessmen formed Titletown Football Group , LLC and had purchased the team . History . 2003 , A Year of Miserable Beginnings . The Blizzard started out as an af2 expansion team in 2003 with Jose Jefferson as the teams head coach . The team finished an abysmal 2 - 14 good for last in the National Conference Midwest Division . They only averaged 2 , 957 fans a game . The Blizzard knew that they needed a new direction if the young franchise were to survive . A New Direction in 2004 . In an attempt to jump start things the Blizzard replaced Jose Jefferson with former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brian Noble . The team did make some improvements during the 2004 season , however the Blizzard finished the season 6 - 10 and once again failed to get out of the Midwest Division cellar . The Blizzard in better shape in terms of staying afloat , especially better than after 2003 , but the team ' s future was far from secure . 2005 , The Landsee Era Begins . 2005 was to be a different story . For the start of the 2005 season the team changed from the National Conference to the American Conference . The Blizzard became a member of the American Conference ' s East division . The team also replaced Noble with AFL veteran coach Bob Landsee . The switch to the American Conference was the change the Blizzard needed . The team continued their trend of improvement in 2005 finishing 9 - 7 , good for 3rd in the East Division , and reaching the postseason for the first time . Even though the Blizzard fell in the first round to Wilkes - Barre / Scranton the Blizzard faithful knew that better things were yet to come . 2006 , Under New Ownership . In 2006 Blizzard head coach Bob Landsee became the first coach in team history to return for their second season . The Blizzard also came under new ownership as former Blizzard Head Coach Brian Noble lead an investment group that purchased the team . Noble became the new President of the four year old franchise and began a complete revitalization of the organization . The team drastically lowered ticket prices which help the Blizzard to really boost their average game attendance . The team set a new single game attendance record of 7 , 184 in the season finale against Louisville . The team experienced an improvement on the field as well . The Blizzard went into the final game of the 2006 regular season tied with the Louisville Fire for first in the East Division at 9 - 6 . This set up a showdown between the two teams at the Resch Center for the East Division title . The Blizzard did not disappoint a record crowd of 7 , 184 knocking off the Fire in a 54 - 53 thriller . The 2006 season got even better as the postseason began . The Blizzard earned a first round bye and enjoyed a week off to await their second round opponent . The Blizzard drew the 2005 Arena Cup Champion Memphis Xplorers for the franchise ' s first ever home playoff game . The Blizzard continued in their winning ways knocking off the defending champs 67 - 50 . The teams first playoff victory sent them on to the American Conference Championship Game vs the Florida Firecats . Once again the Blizzard proved that they were for real winning the conference championship 60 - 47 sending the Blizzard on to Arena Cup 7 . Arena Cup 7 . The Green Bay Blizzard as American Conference Champions would face the National Conference Champion , Spokane Shock , a 2006 expansion team . The neutral site for the game was Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan , Puerto Rico . But the Blizzard ' s luck had finally run out as the Shock handed the Blizzard a 57 - 34 loss . The Blizzard ' s 2006 season was one for the ages , but the Blizzard faithful now knew that their team had come to stay . 2007 : A Year of Unexpected Changes . Coach Bob Landsee had difficulties resulting from surgery and was forced to take the 2007 off from coaching . He was replaced by Defensive Coordinator Doug Lytle . The Blizzard endured a roller coaster season going undefeated at the Resch Center during the regular season while going a miserable 1 - 7 on the road . ( Only road win came at Cincinnati ) The Blizzard did succeed at making the playoffs for the third consecutive year and surprised division rival and ( Midwest ) Division Champion , Quad City Steamwheelers 39 - 34 in the first round game . When another division rival , Louisville Fire knocked off Spokane the Blizzard earned the right to host a second round playoff game against the Fire . The Blizzard carried over their success at home from the regular season by knocking off Louisville 37 - 27 and advancing to take on Wilkes - Barre / Scranton in their second consecutive American Conference Championship Game . However this Cinderella story went no further as the Blizzard lost a close one to the Pioneers 46 - 43 , ending the Blizzard ' s 2007 campaign . 2008 , Landsee Returns . Coach Bob Landsee returned to the helm in 2008 and the Blizzard continued on their winning ways amassing a 11 - 5 record and capturing the Midwest Division crown . The Blizzard set a single game record in attendance vs Lexington with 7 , 258 and had the largest average attendance in team history with an average of 6 , 125 fans per game . In the first round of the playoffs the Blizzard really redeemed themselves by knocking off Lexington 65 - 37 who had beaten the Blizzard twice in the regular season in nail - bitters . ( 49 - 48 in Green Bay with a last second score and two point conversion and 55 - 54 in Overtime in Lexington . ) The Blizzard then hosted Manchester in a second round game after the Wolves knocked off South Georgia . In what must have seemed like Deja Vu for the Blizzard , the Wolves scored in the final seconds and took the lead and the game 55 - 54 with a two point conversion , ending the Blizzard ' s season . 2009 : A Year of Missed Opportunities . The Blizzard started the season off with a bang at the Resch Center knocking off the defending Arena Cup Champion , Tennessee Valley Vipers 53 - 40 . The Blizzard were then solidly beaten the next week by Manchester by the score of 53 - 28 at the Resch Center . The Blizzard then hit the road for the first time of the season and defeated the Quad City Steamwheelers 65 - 52 to improve to 2 - 1 on the season . The Blizzard then returned home to the Resch Center to face the Arkansas Twisters . Arkansas jumped out to an early 21 - 0 lead which the Blizzard could not overcome , eventually falling 62 - 47 . The Blizzard then began a new rivalry the next week when they traveled to Milwaukee to take on the Milwaukee Iron . The Blizzard handled the Iron fairly easily knocking them off 56 - 28 . After this the Blizzard returned home for a two game home stand . In the first game the Blizzard missed an opportunity to take the Midwest Division lead by falling to Iowa 46 - 41 and falling to 3 - 3 a half game behind the 4 - 3 Barnstormers . The Blizzard then continued the roller coaster type season by defeating the Peoria Pirates 55 - 34 to tie Iowa , who was idle , at the top of the Midwest Division at 4 - 3 . That was short lived however as the Blizzard traveled to Wilkes - Barre , Pennsylvania the next week and were hammered by Pioneers 69 - 19 . This pushed the Blizzard a game back in the division standings and dropped their record to 4 - 4 on the year . The Blizzard then returned home to the Resch Center and knocked off Quad City in overtime 52 - 49 . and improved to 5 - 4 . The Blizzard improved to 6 - 4 the following week by escaping Peoria with a 49 - 47 win over the Pirates . The Blizzard then continued on their winning ways by heading into Des Moines and knocking off the Barnstormers 71 - 65 in overtime to pull into a tie for the Midwest Division lead . This tie however was once again short lived as the Barnstormers knocked off Amarillo the next week 55 - 54 and the Blizzard missed many opportunities to beat the Tulsa Talons falling 66 - 54 . The Blizzard rebounded the next week by thumping the Milwaukee Iron 86 - 42 remaining one game back in the division standings at 8 - 5 . The following week the Blizzard ' s division title hopes took a major hit as they fell to the Quad City Steamwheelers 62 - 44 and fell to two games back of the Barnstormers . The Blizzard then finished off the 3 game season series sweep of Milwaukee with a 60 - 20 victory at the Resch Center yet Iowa defeated Quad City to clinch the Midwest Division crown . The Blizzard then finished the regular season on the road knocking off the Mahoning Valley Thunder 63 - 43 to finish the season at 10 - 6 and earning the # 6 seed in the 2009 af2 Playoffs . 2009 af2 Playoffs . The # 6 seeded Blizzard opened the American Conference playoffs with a game at the # 3 seeded South Division Champion Tennessee Valley Vipers . The Blizzard knocked off the Vipers 60 - 56 and advanced to the American Conference Semi - Finals to take on the # 2 seeded Iowa Barnstormers The Blizzard blew into Des Moines and defeated the Barnstormers 51 - 46 to advance to their third American Conference Championship game to take on the # 1 seeded Wilkes - Barre / Scranton Pioneers . The game was much closer than the regular season meeting however the Blizzard fell to the Pioneers 72 - 67 thus ending the Blizzard ' s 2009 campaign . 2010 , " New League , New Rivals , Same Affordable Family Fun " . Financial Troubles and New Ownership . In October 2009 the team announced that unless the team found additional investors that they would be forced to cease operations . The Blizzard found new investors in an ownership group of local businessmen and in late October it was announced that Titletown Football Group , LLC had purchased the Blizzard from the ownership group which was headed by Brian Noble . League and Coaching Change . In November 2009 , the team announced that they would play the 2010 season in the Indoor Football League At a team open house on November 17 , 2009 the Blizzard announced their new head coach would be Rik Richards . Possible Name Change . On December 5 , 2009 the Blizzard announced the " Name the Team " contest . The Blizzard name and intellectual property was held by the defunct Arena Football League , which was the parent of the Blizzard ' s former league , af2 . The assets of the former Arena Football League were purchased by the newly formed Arena Football 1 . The team ownership group is still attempting to purchase the rights to the Blizzard name . The team has decided to continue with the name the team contest in case the Blizzard name is not able to be purchased . 2010 season . On December 15 , 2009 the IFL announced the divisional alignment and schedule for the 2010 season . The Blizzard will compete in the United Conference Central North Division with the La Crosse Spartans , Chicago Slaughter , and Bloomington Extreme . The Blizzard won the Central North Division , but lost their First Round playoff game against the Chicago Slaughter . Season - By - Season . ! Totals | | 67 | | 60 | | 0 < nowiki > * < / nowiki > = Current Standing