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God of Thunder Strikes Again!

Romeoville, IL 09/11/09                         Hacksaw Starts the scoring Attendance 21                  Hacksaw scored the first goal of the 2009-10 season, when he pounced on a rebound of a blast by Thor.  Thor scored his own goal a short time later on a pass from TZ to give the Whites a 2-0 meaningful lead.  Mini Wheezer scored for the Reds to cut the lead in half, then    Bobby "Las Vegas" Fetting (Frank's Grandson) scored to tie the game, then a few minutes later He gave them a 3-2 lead.  Bobby has been living in Las Vegas for a few years, but decided there is no place like home.  Bobby holds the Duffer record for being the youngest kid to score a goal.

He scored a goal when he was 9 and broke the record held by Tweedy, who beat Stump on the glove side on Mothers day when he was 10.  That lead didn't last too long, because Thor "The Scoring Machine" tipped his second goal

The God of Thunder Strikes again

past the Anvil, who just foiled Brinks several times.  Tweedy gave the Reds a 2 goal lead with a pair of goals.  Tommy Z decided to join the fun, so he beat the Anvil to get the Whites close again.  V-Man scored his first official Duffer goal (He scored several last year as a guest)  Bobby scored again to give the Reds a 6-5 lead at the end of the second period.  The Whites got hot early in the 3rd period when Brinks added a pair to give the Whites a 7-6 lead, then Thor added another to pick up his Hat trick.  Tweedy made it 8-7, but Tom "T&A" scored to give the Whites a 9-7 lead.  Bobby scored his 4th goal to get the Reds to within one again, but TZ put the game out of reach with another goal to give the Polar Bears and the Brain a 10-8 win.  There were 18 goals, but both goalies made some great saves.  We could have easily had a 26-25 game.  TZ had 5 meaningful assists and Rich Storm had fun pounding on his "Little Nephew".

Our newest member shows off his new number 39.

Reds lose at Wild Wings Too! The Whites also eked out a close win at Wild Wings.  Only the Bookie, Beak and Frank made it to Wild Wings to represent The Reds.  BBTW, TZ, Rich Storm and Terry showed up to edge the Reds 4-3.  For the second straight year, Mike was unable to present the Next Generation Meaningless Trophy, because the honored guest failed to show up for

the honor.  Last year Perry was in Texas, this year the honoree was a mile away eating free hot dogs and Cheetos.  We did however, find somebody at Wild Wings who we thought was Mini-Weez.  We gave the trophy to him.  But later realized the guy just looked a lot like him. see picture below. 21 Duffers have Perfect Attendance. Fruitcake, Bill BTW, Rich Storm, Terry, Brinks, Hacksaw, T&A, Thor, Anvil, Brain, TZ, V-Man, Tweedy,

Bobby, Frank, Klinger, Koss, Beak, Bookie, Mini Wheezer and Magoo

The Wolves' head coach has asked us to play at the All State Arena.

We had 21 guys open the season last year too.  5 of them were missing this year, can you name them? Tommy, Maestro, Mini Wheezer, Beak, Bookie, Frank, Klinger, Ken Lopatka, Magoo, Art, Brinks, Johnny, Tom Ambrosia, Bill BTW, Stump, Terry, Koss, Fruit Cake, Hacksaw, Anvil and The Brain.

After just one beer, Mike thought this guy was Mini Wheezer, so he gave him the trophy.

 

	Viorel (V-Man) Tamasi shows off his new Duffer Jersey.  He went out and scored a goal!
The Duffers were invited to the Rink Patio for an opening night cook out.	The old guys were welcomed by the female sharp shooters. They challenged us to a game some time.
They wined us and dined us, but we declined their offer. This hockey player gave us a good tip for cleaning hockey equipment.  She said you can clean your shin guards, elbow pads, even your helmet in the dish washer.  Thor tells me that cupcakes were flying around the parking lot after I went to Wild Wings for the trophy presentation.   (Date stamp tripped over after midnight)
This Yellow Jacket took his last breath on my shin guard last Saturday.	Toxicology test results on the dead Yellow Jacket found that the cause of death was Asphyxiation.
When I left the Rink Patio, some un named duffers were pigging out on free Cheetos.	The Bookie had a fine game when he was teamed up with Tweedy's line in periods 1 and 2, but when he was moved to the other line, the Reds went from 6-5 lead to a 10-8 loss.

Someone was asking for our Ann Jillian picture, if you click this picture, you will be able to save a full resolution image.

I had a bumper crop of cucumbers this year.

Click here to see more pictures of Ken's car at the 2009 Time Machine Nationals

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