Duffers Hockey News for March 11, 2011

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	Reds Edge the Whites!

Romeoville, IL 3/4/2011
Attendance 20
New Moon Works for the Reds!

We finally had our regular goalies back and that combination produced a nail biter that went down to the final buzzer. The Brain showed no rust as he stacked the pads several times and robbed the Reds of several goals. One of his best came when Tweedy fired an ice hugging pass from the point that his Dad redirected on net, just as the Brain was sliding across and stacking the pads. The rebound went right on Beaks tape so he lifted it over Brian's pads,


	The Last to leave the locker room

but the Brain's lightning fast glove snatched it out of the air for 2 quick saves. Tommy Z started the scoring when he broke in alone on The Anvil and tucked the puck in behind him. Geno, our one eyed Canuck, took a pass from an opponent, who will remain nameless, (because I can't remember who it was) and fired the puck past the Brain to tie the score at one each. Geno then set up the lead goal with a perfect pass that Beak one timed from the back door, but the Brain slid over and foiled Beak again when he stacked the pads and blocked the shot, but the rebound went right to Beaks tape again, so this time he roofed the shot and put it into the top twine. GI Joe set up his little brother with a pass into the slot that Steve fired past Eddie to tie the score. Tweedy got a break away and TZ was right on his tail from the center line in, but he could not gain a step as both players were skating like they do on Thursday nights in the Midnight Beer League. Tweedy tucked the puck past the Brain to give the Reds the lead. Tweedy added another to give the Reds the dreaded 2 goal lead. Terry scored on a screen shot from the point to make it Reds 4, Whites 3 after 2 periods. John "Magoo" Landry scored what turned out to be the winner, when the tossed a bad angle back hander that somehow squeaked through the Brain's pads. Joe "Face Plant" Evans made it 5-4 when he one timed a beautiful pass from TZ past the Anvil. Reds won 5-4 and 3-1 Meaningful. The Reds were losing the Wild Wing contest by 1 until The Anvil came in and bought Beak a Birthday Crown Royal (Beak is really milking that Birthday). Mini Wheezer and John came in to break the tie and give the Reds a triple win! The biggest laugh of the night came between periods when Tommy Z leaned against a door that was not there and tumbled backwards out of the rink. We laughed until the puck was dropped. Terry had funny face plant when he tried to back up while looking down at a puck that was in his skates.

Duffers will have ice on March 18 at Romeoville, Bring a guest.

Many Duffers will be in Pittsburgh that night, so that would be a good game to bring a friend.


	Rampage wants the Names of players for the April 2nd game. Let me know if you want to play. $30 donation, see e-mail from Lee Ann below:


	Rags returned in a teaching position.

Well good evening Greg,

As I mentioned early here is my email regarding the MLF night. The ladies are ready to go from 'Green' (Monica, Michelle, Emily H., Emily L.), plus the others are also ready to rock & roll :)

The Rampage is going to have a bench of 15 players at $30. per player. Just about all our ladies are signed and have paid for the game.

With that said, I do have a few questions for you;

1) how many guys will you be having on the bench

2) will they be paying individually or will the Duffers just pay by 1 check (# of players x $30.)

3) if the guys are paying individually before the game, I'll get you info for check-in before the game (just let me know)

4) we have several items that the Rampage women are donating and wondering if the Duffers would like to assist in this area. If so let me know and I can forward you our list of what's still needed.

Well I think that's it for now but I'm sure I'll have more later this week.

By the way, Robin (her husband is Tom T&A on your team) is bringing 10-12 kids from St. Mary's confirmation class to assist with the volunteer needs. How cool is that :)

I'm getting excited for the event and some raffle items are starting to roll in.

Chat soon,

Lee Ann

Items Needed

The below is a list of items that we will need for a successful event. If you can provide anything on this list, please contact either Brandi or Lee Ann to confirm/arrange pick-up/drop-off. Please note that these are not last minute items needed and if you can provide/confirm, as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated.

Raffle Tickets (1 roll--numbered)
Sharpies (10)
Red and/or Black plastic table cloths (can get at the Dollar Store or Party City)
~~Charcoal~~ ~~(2 large bags)~~ = Ams
~~Lighter Fluid & lighter/matches~~ = Ams
Baskets (7 to 10 of various sizes for raffle prizes to be packaged)
Cellophane for the baskets
Basket grass or some type of stuffing (ie: colored tissue paper, etc)
Donation Buckets/Pretzel Barrels(4—decorated if your creative)
Poster Board (4 large white sheets)
Cash box (2—they will be returned after the event)
~~Paper plates, napkins, plastic forks, knives, spoons & serving utensils~~ = Ams/Maria
~~Ketchup, mustard~~ = Ams
~~Chips~~ ~~(variety) & Relish~~ = Lisa
Desserts (cookies/brownies)
Hot Dogs
hot dog buns

Volunteers Needed

Several volunteers are needed for this event and below is a list of some of the areas we need assistance with or people who have already volunteered.
Game check-in table = (2 ppl. needed)
~~Silent Auction table~~ = (Valerie, Vicki, Erin)
Raffle table = (3 ppl. needed)
~~BBQ set-up/cooking~~ = (Ams, Maria, Lisa)
Creative people to put the baskets together
Chuck-a-Puck table (Michelle + need 2-3 more ppl.)
Skate Rental = (need 2 ppl)
CD music organization for the open skate (Renee???)
~~Game referee’s~~ = (Brandi)
~~Announcer~~ = (Coach Steve)

Donations
All type of donations are needed for the silent auction and raffle. Contact either Brandi or Lee Ann to arrange for pick-up/drop-off of items. Please be sure to get the donor contact information and value of the donation.
Sponsorship dollars are also needed!! So please us the ‘media kit’ and go after anyone who you might think would have an interest. Should you have questions or would feel more comfortable having someone else making contact, please email Lee Ann or Brandi with info.

Well that should do but if you do have any questions, please feel free to contact either
Brandi or Lee Ann.

Thanks everyone"

	Beak is still milking free birthday shots
Rags stopped by to pay for his trip to Pittsburgh	Eddie got the Bookie to smile when he told him nice game

(Above) Frank made it to lunch on Thursday.

(Above) This is a long lost photo of Beak shaving with the skate blade that is now on the Klinger Krash Award. Beak's skate got snapped when Super Dave Sullivan got his stick caught in the blade. I am posting more long lost photos from our 1998 San Jose trip.

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The Rampage Women's Hockey Team has a new web site at: http://www.rampagehockey.org/index.cfm

2011 game is on April 2 at 7:00.

They now have 2 WODs and a DOD on their team.

WOD=Wife Of a Duffer DOD = Daughter of a Duffer

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