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Semi-true stories and pictures of that Lake Placid 1982  trip are posted.

The Duffers have a 4 page spread in the Plainfield Enterprise.  You can see it at: http://www.lopatka.net//2013-Enterprise/2013-Enterprise.htm

 Lunch is at the Roundheads on Wednesday April 3rd at 1:00.  

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We had a nice turnout at Roundheads on the first day of spring. 

(Left to Right) Harvey's friend Ed, Harvey. Frank, John Koss, Beak and Klinger.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 6TH

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Wags Hockey  

Come out and see Dan, Tom and Jeff at Center Ice

 

Duffer News

Slow Game, Lots of Ice Time!

Romeoville, IL
March 29, 2013
Attendance: 17

No Goals Reported!
I received 3 e-mails to help me write the 707th edition of the Duffer News.  T&A wrote to tell me he was at the Hawk game and could not help me.  Greg Z reported that it was a slow game with lots of ice time. Geno reported that he gave the beer bag to Tom A who will bring the beer next week.  I'm as confused as you are. 
Reds ?, Whites ?.   Meaningful Score, Whites ?, Reds ?

Sid Crosby with Dan and Luke.

  Memorable Moments:

  • Geno Brought the Beer to the Senior locker room.
  • Don't forget the April 6th fundraiser for Ryan's Dad Rick who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
  • You can send a check made out to Rick Dzingel to West Suburban Bank, 
  • 711 S. Westmore, Lombard, IL 60148
Pittsburgh Revisited!
Last month Rags told me he had Skybox tickets for the March 30th game in Pittsburgh.  I told him I would drive 7 hours to watch the Penguins play.  I asked my son Dan if he wanted to go and he jumped on it since he missed the 2011 Pittsburgh trip.  He was able to get away when he told Sabine that he would take their 5 year old son, Luke.  I saw Pittsburgh was playing Winnipeg on Thursday, so when I told Tony G that we were coming to town, he got us a room at the Cambria Suites Hotel and 3 tickets for the Jets' game and 2 for the Islander game on Saturday.  (I didn't need one on Saturday thanks to Rags) Tony gave us passes to get into the locker room after the games.  I got a great picture of Luke with Sid Crosby after Thursday's game.  On Friday, we went to watch the Penguins practice at the Isoplex Rink.  The place was packed.  Friday night, Rags came over to our room and helped us finish off a few beers while we watched the Hawks lose.  On Saturday, I was in the skybox while Dan was in the Bob Uecker seats.  When the Skybox owner saw my picture of Luke and Crosby, he pulled out 2 more Skybox tickets for them.  After the game we saw Coach Dan Bylsma and I said, Hey aren't you Dave Hansen?

He gave me that same look that he gave me two years ago when I asked him that same question.  Tony started laughing then Coach Bylsma started laughing.  He wanted to know when the Duffers were

coming back. We thought about staying 2 more days to see the Cubs beat the Pirates.

We all got into the Skybox!
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We were pretty high on Thursday Night.

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We had a great view of the game that the Penguins dominated.
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We got to go on the bench after the game thanks to Tony G.

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Sidney Crosby was nice to pose for this picture.  Little did we know that his jaw would be broken by a shot 2 days later.
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Luke was warned about stepping on the Penguin Logo.

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Brandon Sutter is Brent Sutter's son.  He told Dan that he lived in Glen Ellyn when his Dad played for the Hawks.

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Tony was so nice to us, arranging for tickets and the hotel.

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The Mario Lemieux statue at night.

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It looks better in daylight.
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The bed at the Cambria Suites was so high, Luke had to take a running jump to get in.  http://youtu.be/I6XWFEMVDdg..
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On Friday, we went to see the penguins practice.
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Dan Bylsma gives the team some words of wisdom.

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We had a nice lunch at the rink restaurant.

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Gilles Meloche and Tony watch the penalty killing unit.

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We had a great view of the players as they got into their fancy cars.
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Dan priced some Tee shirts at the rink that were $25 for kids.

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He took a ride and found this one for $10.
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Rags came over and helpedDuffer News Number 707 for April 5, 2013 us empty the refrigerator.

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This is the view from the Skybox on Saturday.
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Luke was looking forward to having Sid Crosby sign his new shirt, unfortunately, Sid was taken to the hospital after his jaw was broken by a puck on his first shift.

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The kid on the right was ready for a puck in the head.
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We said good- by to Rags and Tony and headed for home. 
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We had a great time, thanks to Rags and his business friends and a big thank you to Tony G for all of the things he did for us.

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We were all rewarded with Penguin bags.
When we got up close to the Mario Mosaic, we were able to see the actual pictures that were used as pixels for the Mosaic image.  The Duffers have 5 pictures on the Mosaic.  They are pictured below along with the links to those pictures.

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Go to the Last Duffer News

Go to 2012 The Last MLF Game

Go to 2011 MLF Game (Anvil's Daughter won it!)

Go to 2010 The First MLF Game

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

Links to Duffer Hockey Newsletters

2008-2010 Stats page

Tweedy's Wags Game

Links to 2010

Links to 2009

Links to 2008

Links to 2007

Links to 2006

Links to 2005

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Links to 2003

Links to 2002

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Bar-toons

Peoria History

Nashville Game 2

Bill Gaston interview

Michelle Spillman hits and fields

      

To E-mail the Duffer News Web master, just click here! g.lopatka@comcast.net

You can e-mail History updates to Beak. 

 

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Michelle Spillman

Michelle Spillman 10-31-10

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

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Michelle Spillman hit a 2 run Home run to beat Joliet Catholic on April 18, 2012. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman and Romeoville High School. ...

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Michelle Spillman hit her 4th homerun on April 21, 2012 to beat Hershey High. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman "outdoor sports" ...

 

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Michelle hit a triple to help beat Highland Park High 8-5 on 4/21/2012.