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The Duffers are going to Columbus March 8-11. It is not too late to join in.  Give Mike a $100 and you can join in the fun. 



MLF Game is on Saturday, April 14, 2012

Schedule: 

Wednesday Lunch at the Neutral Zone at 1:00

March 8-11 Columbus Trip

Turn on your speakers to hear "Another Trip Around the Sun" 

by Jimmy Buffett

 (Sorry, the music won't play on a Mac.)  

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V-Man, Papa and Cowboy Joe had a good laugh when The Alien got caught with his pants down.   

Duffer Trivia

  • Who had the first Duffer shut out? Who had the second one? Stump shut out the Blues 6-0 on January 25, 1990.  He Shut them out again on March 23 the same year with the same score!

  • What year did the Duffers have their first Thanksgiving game?  November, 27, 1980, after the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Wally Kraft made up 2 teams for the 1st Turkey Skate. He gave out hand outs with the teams on the Friday before.  It was a 12-3 blow out, as He stacked his team with young guns.

  • When was the King's Meaningless Trophy missing?  Who lost it? Who found it? Bill “Klinger” Giffune was awarded  the “King’s Meaningless Trophy” at The 1993 Picnic,  He kept it for 3 years. The trophy was so meaningless that no one could remember who had it. No one was awarded the trophy for 3 years until Klinger found it in his basement under a pile of Slider boxes. 2 of them still contained fossilized sliders!  Thor, Papa Joe and Harvey were given the meaningless trophy at the 1996 picnic to make up for the missing years.

  • How many more hits does the Duffer History page need to get to 10,000? The Duffer History page has 9,959 hits, you do the math. 

Answers will be given at the Wednesday lunch.  If you can't wait, go to the Duffer History page.

Answers from last week

  • When and Where did we skate outdoors? Green Bay, December 1995

  • Who broke the youngest Duffer goal record held by Tweedy since 1981? Frank's Grandson Bobby Fetting was a few months younger than Tweedy.

  • When was Don Granato is named head coach of the Worcester Ice Cats? August 20, 2000, just a few months after winning the Kelly Cup in Peoria.

  • When were the Duffers described as “self-deprecating” in the Chicago Tribune? 

    February 3, 1998, the Duffers were described as “self-deprecating” in the Chicago Tribune.  A page and a half was devoted to Cammi Granato. Ten days later on the other side of the world, Cammi Granato was busy scoring 2 goals and setting up 2 more as Team USA scored 6 goals in the 3rd period to Beat Canada 7-4 in Nagano, Japan.

 

Wags Men's League News

Jeff Lopatka helped the Wags Hockey Team get there first win in the winter session.  Jeff scored a short handed goal to lead them to a come from behind win. 

Duffer News

A Pair of Hats and 3 Deuces 

Romeoville, IL
January 27, 2012

Attendance: 23

Back to two full lines plus!
Six Duffers scored 14 goals!  Drago started the Anvil's Birthday week off with a goal that was set up by a Thor rebound.  Magoo added insult to injury when he knocked in a 3 foot putt. Tom "TO" O'Connor cut the lead in half when he beat the Brain with a nice pass from Johnny B.  Drago gave the

Nick and Joe had Hat Tricks.

Whites a 3-1 lead with another goal right after he had a Klinger Krash while making a right turn into the boards without making a proper signal. Joe "Drago" Evans is not eligible for the award since he won it with his Tennessee Face Plant.* Cowboy Joe made it 4-1 and it looked like the rout was on, but Nick cut the lead in half when he fired a shot off of the far post and in.  Brian was fooled because he was sure Nick was going to pass.  The Czar and Cowboy Joe each added a goal and it looked hopeless. The Anvil's fans started taunting him.  "TO" added another, but the Czar neutralized that one to give the Whites a 9-3 lead.  Nick added a pair of late goals to get his Hat Trick and make the final 9-5.   


*The Opening  Night Crash Still Stands

September 9, 2011: Steve and Steve had a bone crushing collision. Steve "Lil Bro" Mazzarella was trying to stay on side as Steve "Rembrandt" Granato was heading his way at ramming speed. Beak was thinking about nudging Steve off side, but before he could get a glove on him, Rembrandt hit his teammate at full speed and knocked the snot out of him. Both of them are in the running for the 2011-12 Klinger Krash award.

The Bus Leaves for Columbus on March 8

The Duffers are going to Columbus March 8-11.  If you want to join us, give Mike a $100 deposit ASAP. The trip will be very affordable. The price goes down with every seat we fill.

There was another CME  and a close call with a bus sized meteor

The meteor missed us by 44,000 miles. Since the earth travels a 64,800 in one hour, That asteroid missed us by less than an hour!


We had six for lunch!
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My apologies to Nick, who had a hat trick too, but I lost count.

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Three goals for Drago and Nick.

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We had six Duffers for lunch last week! We tried to understand women.  We developed this chart.

It makes a heart glow and an ego flop to see that Drago got his
first CHAPEAU!!!! What a DUFFER!!

Congrats brother Joe even though there was a face flop involved in
my books their ALL good goals!!!!!

Way to go Joe!

Limpid Lu

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 I had a stalactite made of ice growing on my drive way on Monday.  (Click on the picture to get a close up) It looks like an icicle fell and stuck the landing.

Anvil at work last week.

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Our Duffer Dentist was the Technical Advisor for the movie 

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Dr. Keith Suchy, the Duffer Dentist gives Duffer Discounts! Keith played 6 games in 1990 and had 2 goals and 8 assists! Go to Statistics for 1991

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The 2012 MLF Game will be on April 14

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

They Have 2 WODs and  on their team. Their DOD moved to Canada for Graduate School.

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

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