Duffer Hockey News #699

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February 8th is Papa Joe's last game and 83rd birthday. A reporter/Photographer from The Downers Grove Bugle will be there.

Turn on your speakers to hear

"A Very Strange Medley"

by Barry Manilow

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

Frank Found a treasure trove of Lake Placid road trip pictures. Semi-true stories and pictures of that trip are posted at:

Lake Placid 1982

Lunch is at Roundheads at 63rd and Woodward in Downers Grove on Wednesday February 6th at 1:00.

Wags Hockey Schedule at Center Ice

Come out and see Dan, Tom and Jeff

Thursday 2/14 9:50

Thursday 2/21 10:00

Thursday 2/28 10:00

Ryan Dzingel had 2 goals to beat Notre Dame 6-3, He now has 26 points in 28 games to lead the Buckeyes.

Donny Granato's USA Under 18 team will play the Chicago Steel at the Edge in Bensenville at 7:30.


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Romeoville, IL
February 1, 2013
Attendance: 18

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4 on 4 game Had our Goalies Wide Awake
Both goalies had their A game going. (Bill BTW was not there to fuel the Anvil.) V-Man gave the Whites an early lead, but Nick the Prick tied it up. Terry Nance scored a pair of goals after he survived a crash with Klinger that had them handing each other sticks until they each had the right one. Terry's son Dylan had to put away his referee whistle and join the White team to give them 8 skaters.


	Birthday Party for Papa Joe next week. We will retire his Number 8.

Nick tied the game with a pair of goals for the Reds in the 3rd period. Nick riled Tommy Z when he was too fast replacing Geno, who was just getting out of the attacking zone when Nick flew past him. TZ had enough so he took the puck and went coast to coast to score the game winner. Brinks told Tommy, "It is about time that you get pissed off." 4-3 White win. There were no meaningful goals even though Fred "Fruitcake" Bobka had many chances that were set up by TZ.

Papa Joe Will Retire on his 83rd Birthday on February 8, 2013

A reporter/photographer from The Downers Grove Bugle will be there at 8:00 for interviews and pictures. Papa Joe will take the first shift with his sons. Frank and the King will also be there for the event. Comb your teeth and brush your hair so that you will look nice in the paper.

Memorable Moments

Terry failed to avoid a Klinger Krash and they ended up in a heap of humanity.

Mini Wheezer robbed Magoo when he picked off his shot that was heading toward an open net..

The sober Anvil was out of the net playing the puck like he was Duncan Keith.

No Ice on February 15

We will be in our basements with helmets on as a 50 meter Asteroid flies by.


	It should miss the earth by 20 minutes if the calculations are correct. February 1-2, 2011 Blizzard of 2011

*February 6 is at Roundheads. the next Tilted Kilt will be February 27


	Papa and his Wife

15 Cartoons!

When I was a kid, once every summer, the local theater delivered flyers throughout the neighborhood announcing that there would be a "15 Cartoons" day. That was so exciting since there was no Cartoon Network because nobody had a TV. There would be lines of kids waiting to pay 14 cents for the show. I didn't take any pictures last week, so I thought I would feature some Rich Storm Gems and 15 cartoons. Enjoy!

NASA/JPL

Discovered by the LaSagra observatory in southern Spain, the asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth's surface on Feb. 15, 2013.

An asteroid half the size of a football field will give Earth the ultimate close shave this month, passing closer than many satellites when it whizzes by, but it won't hit the planet, NASA scientists say.

The asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly by Earth on Feb. 15 and zip within 17,200 miles of the planet during the cosmic close encounter. The asteroid will approach much closer to Earth than the moon, and well inside the paths of navigation and communications satellites.

"This is a record-setting close approach," Don Yeomans, the head of NASA's asteroid-tracking program, said in a statement. "Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, we've never seen an object this big get so close to Earth."

More here http://www.weather.com/news/asteroid-close-to-earth-20130204

	Make sure you come out for Papa Joe's final game. Many of the guys on this page will be there.




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
	Jillian is The Duffer Chiropractor. Her office in near the Downers Grove Icearena. She just adjusted Klinger.

In the 2000's, two more "holes" were added to the hockey lexicon to define the underarm areas pucks can sometimes sneak through. The six hole is between the stick arm and the body, while the seven hole is between the glove arm and the body. Even though they are two separate "holes" both are sometimes referred to as "the seven hole."

Goals that go through holes 5, 6, or 7 are often considered to be the result of poor goaltending, or "soft" goals.

Brandy closed the 5 hole.

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

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Michelle hits a 2 run home run for Romeoville High School in a 3-0 victory against Joliet Catholic Academy.

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