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Bolingbrook, IL 10/28/05

Attendance 18  E-Report by The Beak

Two Goals for John!

Hitman scored early and Magoo added one on a nice pass from Tommy Z to give the Reds a 2-0 meaningful win.  The Anvil and the Brain had a busy night with a fast paced 4 on 4 game.  John Bobka was formerly known as Mini-Cup Cake, since he was the little brother of Cup Cake, but Mini Wheezer claims that there should only be one Mini.  We may go with Lil' Fruit Cake (Bobka)  Anyway, John scored two goals for the Reds to give the Anvil a double win.  I believe Tommy Z and Berserk had goals to contribute to the Red wins.  The Whites

John Bobka scored 2 goals

couldn't get started, because Thor made them laugh so hard when he went speeding into the attacking zone and he lost his balance.  He threw his hands up like he was ready to surrender, then he let out a shout as if he had been shot and he and his stick went flying into the boards.  When the Whites finally settled down, Brinks blasted a point blank shot from the high slot and the Anvil made a spectacular save.  The Brain had to stop some breakaways that a 4 on 4 game creates.  Mazurk walked in and scored, but Lil' Fruitcake was tripped and sent flying over the blue line by Stump.  Beak, the Referee was laughing too hard to blow the whistle for an off side.  Rich Storm and Bill By the Way may have scored forgettable goals for the Whites.  The only disappointment was that the 6 beer bucket night failed to produce the usual big turn out. 

Thank You  The Duffer Photo Story CD that features 300 Duffer photos set to motion with 9 great songs, sold out on the first night.  We even got orders from Seattle and San Jose.  You can still get one this week, the Price is $9.99

Beak, the CD is great! It was so good that I want to move back to Downers Grove and be part of the Duffers again. I laughed and laughed. I need to come back and visit. I feel deprived! Great job! The fall colors looked beautiful. Thanks Beak!
Vidas

Both Goalies were busy with 90 minutes of 4 on 4 Hockey.

6 Beer Bucket night was a big hit. With a poor turn out.

Duffer Calendar

Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:30 A.M.  Turkey Skate Downers Grove IceArena

25 year anniversary of our first Turkey Skate. See November History

The Anvil's Camper will not be there for the first time in 5 years! Any Ideas?

Friday, November 25, 2005  Looking for ice.  FYI Wolves are in Peoria

Thursday, March 2, 2006 leave for Toronto ($100 is now due) 

Sunday, March 5, 2006 Return from Toronto

November History

27 years ago

 Braille Method of goaltending introduced. (see best of the   Duffer Advisor)

25 years ago


11/27/80 1st Turkey Skate

22 years ago

SEPTEMBER 19, 1983  WHITE SOX CLINCH THE PENNANT. LYNN PRESECKY MARRIES MARK FETTING. THE THREE AMIGOS (THE KING, WAJU AND BEAK) TAKE A NAP ON THE PRESECKY'S FRONT PORCH SWING.  See picture

11-19-83 - Fred Bobka marries Shirley Morel.

Cabbage Patch dolls are in. 
Chicago elects first black mayor.
Pope goes to Poland.
Michael Jackson wins a Grammy for “Beat It”


21 years ago

1984 AT&T is broken  into 8 companies
14 Communist nations boycott summer Olympics in Los Angeles 
Cubs win National League East title.
Ronald Reagan at age 73 became the oldest president ever elected.

The 1983-84 Team Picture

20 years ago

11/21/85 The Duffers Dazzle in the Reno Gamblers Cup. (See Picture) The trip got off to a rough start, when the team arrived for the Friday flight, we found out our plane left 24 hours ago.  The King had to do some masterful negotiating to trade our worthless Thursday tickets for valid Friday tickets.  Slime Dog and Thor were at the far end of concourse A when they should have been in the far end of concourse B!  They got a page and did an OJ Simpson run through the airport and just beat the closing door at take off.   Beak quieted a berserk preschooler on the plane by taking the screaming kid to the back of the plane to party with Trixy and the Duffers.  The mother of the child was so thankful, she gave Beak her address and phone number so that he could send her a picture of her son in a Duffer Jersey.  Skip was very impressed.  Beak and his wife got the Royal treatment in Las Vegas at the Desert Inn from the lady's husband. The Commander got hot when he is accused of gassing the plane on the ride home.  Beak just smiled innocently.  The Duffers were awarded the Fair Play Award and Stump won the Silver Medal.  Can you name the 2 names that were too long to fit on the trophy? Fair Play Award,

1985  Dubuque Trips begin, Wheezer gets nick name after his first shift. Tom Morgan gives his account of the Alien and the 3 legged dog.  Read scan of type written account.

9 years ago

11/22/96 Third annual road trip to Green Bay 24 Duffers get their Silver anniversary Hockey bags.  The King misses a wide open net in front of 4,000 fans.  King throws his infamous striped underwear away.  Stump kills a mouse in his bed.

11/29/96  Turkey Skate is canceled.  Thor shows up anyway.

6 years ago

11/5/99  Duffer GODs score 3 goals.  Bobby Presecki, and Mike Lopatka scored for the Whites.

11/13/99  First Duffer trip to Peoria with Granato in charge.  The Anvil shines and Bob Plager entertains. 

Thanksgiving 1999

 

5 years ago

11/18/2000  Duffers present Jason Christie with a Duffer Jacket thanks to Clubhouse Designs and Uncle Bob.  Jason gives Duffers a tour of his $375,000 Rivermen Coach.  

Nov 22, 2000 Gov. George Bush called on the US Supreme Court to stop the vote counting in Florida. In Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Jorge Labarga ordered election officials to consider dimpled ballots. In Dade County election officials called off the recount due to their inability to meet the Nov 27 deadline. 

Nov 23, 2000 In Florida the Supreme Court rejected an emergency plea by Al Gore to force Miami-Dade County to resume manual counts. 

 Nov 26, 2000 In Florida Sec. of State Katherine Harris certified Gov. George W. Bush as winner in the state's presidential election, 2,912,790 to 2,912,253.

4 years ago

11/17/2001  Nick "Ball Pin Hammer" Hawrysio  scored his first Duffer goal, when he beat his dad after several attempts.  He is learning  the Duffer ways quickly, he gave Beak 2 bucks for a beer in  the locker room.  The goal was scored in The Peoria Civic Center in front of a sparse crowd of 5.  Doc’s Daughter Becky, the Peoria Goalie’s Father, 2 window washers and Beer-Nuts.  Let’s hear it for Mr. Nuts!  He was suffering with a pulled “Hammy”.  Did he call in sick?  No, he went to Peoria and suffered through our game, moved cars for players  that were parked illegally and stayed up most of the night listening to Beak and Bob Plager stories.

We had 18 Duffers go to Peoria on Saturday November 17. We played for almost 3 hours and the Rivermen beat the Arkansas River Blades twice. 11/23/01 Peoria and Mr. Clean

11/18/2001 Scores of people heard the Leonids. The sounds weren't rumbling sonic booms or the loud crack of a distant explosion arriving long after the meteor's flash had come and gone. Rather, these were exotic, delicate noises, heard while the meteor was in full view. Scientists call them "electrophonic meteor sounds."Some Duffers were returning to their rooms in Peoria at that time.

11/22/01  A record number of Duffers and family showed up at Seven Bridges to give thanks.  Eddies new camber provided a handy party place in the parking lot. 

3 years ago

November 2, 2002 Duffers go to Peoria.  Http://www.lopatka.net/11-8-02

November 8-11, 2002  Brinks and Beak go to Kitchener, Ontario to watch the 4 Nations Cup.  Cammi was named player of the game when she scored 4 goals against Sweden.  Cammi is leading the professional Women's Hockey league in scoring with 15 goals.  She plays for the Vancouver Griffins.

November 28, 2002 Thanksgiving, is a Happy Holiday, as Eddie the anvil provides Brats, Beer and Rum for 32 Duffers. 

2 years ago

November 21, 2003 Stump gets a new hip and Rich Storm announces the trip to Denver in March.

November 27, 2003 Darien IL The Turkey Day skate produced a record crowd with many goals.  Read more...

November 28, 2003 Peoria IL  Some of the Duffers skated off their turkey for 2 hours and 45 minutes in the Peoria Civic Center, then we watched Jason Christie's Rivermen beat Cincinnati. Click here to  Read More...e

Last Year

November 9, 2004 Tom and Ericka's are blessed with a new daughter.  Hacksaw found a cure from his ailing health.  For weeks, he had been following his doctor's orders.  No alcohol, plenty of couch rest, clean air, good food etc.  He used the George Costanza "opposite method" to cure his ailment.  He got off of the couch and skated 3 full periods, he came off with his equipment soaked with perspiration, then had a few beers  and laughs in the freezing cold parking lot.  At Bonos, he celebrated Tom and Ericka's new daughter with a cigar and some greasy foods that he chased with some shots and beers.  He was cured!  That cure will not appear in the American Journal of Medicine. Maybe the Placebo Journal will run a story on it.

NASA's X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books on Nov. 16, 2004, demonstrating that an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Preliminary data from the scramjet-powered research vehicle show its revolutionary engine worked successfully at approximately Mach 10 (nearly 7,000 mph) as it flew at an altitude of approximately 110,000 feet.

November 25, 2004  Smallest Thanksgiving turn out in history, we barely had 2 lines. The good news was each Duffer had to eat 4 of Eddie's brats each.   Read More

November 26, 2004 Largest group of Duffers headed for Peoria and skated for 3 hours! Vidas Formica flew in from Seattle to join in the fun.  The Anvil's Camper was filled with "day trippers, beer and brats".  Beak gets his hip shot up and gives thanks.  Read More   Go To Peoria History

 

 

 

 

 

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