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Bolingbrook, IL January 12, 2007

Attendance: Almost Killed me.

Attendance is embarrassing!

Whites Edge the Reds in a Shoot Out!

I'll start with a Quote from Midnight Hockey by Bill Gaston.  "When using my humorous writing style and I want to tell a true story, why should anyone believe me?"  I too, have developed the knack of embellishing a story in the Duffer News, so that my readers might laugh out loud at work and get in trouble for engaging in activities that are not beneficial to the corporation.  Semi-true stories are usually funnier that the actual truth, but this is the truth!  Stump had an emergency appendectomy last Wednesday.  He was forced to ruin his perfect attendance, but he did manage to get word to Rich Storm

Stump is home and doing well

that the Brain was going to be absent on Friday, so Tweedy got the call and picked up the win for the Whites.  I called Stump at home and he is doing well and thinking about going to Nicks this Wednesday for a 1 pound burger.  I don't know how my son went astray and became a goalie, I did my best, when he was under my control, to keep him from being a puck target.  His big brother, Ken, had a lot to do with developing his lust for the big pads.  Ken frequently talked him into being a target in basement and street hockey.  Dan always got a compliment when he was drilled with a painful shot.  I understand Tony Granato did the same to his little brother Donny, who played goalie all the way through Bantam, but at least he had the sense to give it up.  See Bill Gaston's goalie quotes on page 2
The game was not a pretty sight, as it started with me getting traded to the Whites who only had 7 skaters.  I was hoping to be one of 3 wingers that would allow me to skate for 1 minute and sit for 2 or 3 minutes.  Instead I was on a team with 1 player short of 2 lines once Robert and Steve showed up early in the first period.  The Reds jumped off to an early lead when Butt Head beat Tweedy on the stick side.  Tom had another chance to score on Tweedy in the second period, when he got a shin guard break away, but Tweedy stoned him with the glove.  I told Tom about the players in France who block a shot with their shin guards, then start yelling and drop to the ice while kicking and screaming like a soccer player.  The Whites tied it on the first of Steve's hat trick.  Thor added two on one shift and the game quickly got out of hand with hats by Special Ed and Robert.  I had a wide open net, but The Anvil turned it away, only to have Special Ed poke it in.  Johnny and Mini Wheezer each had several goals for the Reds.  I don't remember what the final score was, but Art, Bill BTW and the Flea did a fine job breaking up the Red rushes.  Tweedy and Eddie had great games, The Anvil made a lot more saves!  I remember Steve telling me in the third period, "I can't shoot anymore, I have 3 goals already."  He started passing and dishing off like crazy.  In the future, I think he and his brother should do that after they score one goal. That is "The Duffer way."   Spread it around, assists are fun, I had the most fun last week with 4 assists.  The game would have been closer if Rich Storm would have won a face off in his zone when he had the misfortune of centering against me.  He lost all 3 face offs!  Come on Mike, you can do better than that! 

Road Trip
I'm putting the lines together for the Bloomington Road Trip, I need to know who is playing and who needs a room.  (You can bring your toys.)
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Midnight Hockey Quotes 

By Bill Gaston

 

Men from a distant Galaxy.
"Are Goalies Nutbars before they start playing, or does playing goalie damage them and turn them into Nutbars somewhere along the way?  In other words, do certain kids possess that necessary intergalactic quality that causes them to choose being a target?  Or do all of those pucks in the skull jostle the pudding?" Page 247 Dr. Suzuki has a show called The Nature of Things.  It is on the same channel as Hockey Night in Canada.  He claims that hockey players are the most advanced form of life on our planet.  (the ballerina came in second) He gave hockey players first place, because they are on ice with blades on their feet and they have a stick to maneuver the puck.  Page 282.

Whining
"There is no place for whining in old timers hockey.  Listening to a guy whining about guys that are doing the same things they do when they are on the ice, drives me crazy."  Frank and I caught ourselves whining about guys that were whining about the terrible game we were just involved in, so we said, "Lets forget about the game and have some fun, beer me!"
"It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it matters when I win or lose."

Nick Names
Special Ed.
Was the only Duffer Nick Name that made the book.  I can't believe they didn't have a Beak or a Stump or even a Bill By The Way!

Will your woman let you go on a road trip? 

We play in Bloomington on Saturday, March 24th

No Ringers, that's not the Duffer Way.  SODs, DODs and GODs are welcome.

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Rich Storm's Latest, a request from Tommy

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January 14th, Bears Win! We partied!

11:00 A.M. January 1st, 2007 I played Hockey with my sons

12:30 P.M. We partied on the ice

December 25, 2006 Christmas at Our House

December 17th, 2006 Cosley Zoo

December 2nd, 2006 Holy Trinity Christmas Party

November 23rd, 2006 Thanksgiving 

November 18th, 2006 Michelle's Oswego Horse Show

November 17th, 2006 I returned to the Ice (only as a Referee)

November 8, 2006 Transit of Mercury

October 31st 2006 Halloween

October 28, 2006 Fun with Grace and Michael

October 25, 2006 Carmela's first day

October 15th Fall celebration 43 floors above the LSD

October 7th Mike and Trina's Baby Shower

September 30th Michelle's 12th Birthday

September 16th White Fence Farm (End of "Cabin Fever")

September 1st Earth is no longer a Planet?

August 26th Audrey and Grace visit

August 14th my left hip was replaced.

August 6th My Sister Pat pays a visit

August 5th, 2006 Jimmy Buffett Concert

http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2006.htm

August 4th Michelle's Bandits Party

July 25th Four Field Trips in one day

July 19th Kathie gets her first coaching win

July 17, 2006 Kane County Cougars

These are the Duffer Elf dancers that got "Spammed" by some services.

Click here to see Harvey dance. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=9213315da2e51a04aff7a50G06122320

Click here to see  Klinger dance. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=c18d82a9390c2a0f730c115G06122320

Click here to see  Brinks dance. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=b022ec175a6deb62a6155caG06122320

Click here to see Mini  dance.  http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=38354df541e6d26b58034aaG06122320

Click here to see Wheezer dance. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=e9c3f01cfa2cf7bfb01d1a4G06122320

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Click here to see Beak dance. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=c9649ed2cbf1616ec5d3f03G06122310