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We have 3 full lines (30 skaters) and 2 goalies who will skate out if the Anvil wants to play.  I was able to ad 5 more tickets to the 30 that I had. We have a few spectators with one more ticket for the Anvil or Boris if he decides to fly in.  I have a waiting list incase someone drops out.  

2014-15 Duffer Schedule

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Whites Win it!

Romeoville, IL January 2, 2015  Attendance: 23
Only One Meaningful Goal!
January 2, 2015
 We had a nice turnout and a game that was not quite as thrilling as last week, but we had a lot of fun.  Tom "TO" O'Connor got the Reds off to a fast start when he parked himself in front of the net and tapped in a nice pass from Tommy Z to give the Whites a 1-0 lead.  The rookie goalie, Brian Johnson, didn't have a chance.  Steve the Hammer made it 2-0 a few minutes later as the Reds couldn't get the puck out of their zone.  Beak finally told his grandson Jeff the Speed Racer to get a goal, so he did.  Barron the Piercer got that goal back late in the first period.  Tommy Z made it 4-1 early in the second period, so Jeff had to score to keep the Reds in the game.  Cowboy Joe Mazzarella cut the lead to 4-3 with a beautiful tip into the top shelf.  Monet Mike Lopatka fired a blast that hugged the ice until

Boris is back and wants to referee in Detroit. 

Joe redirected it past the Brain. TZ started the third period with a one timer that beat the rookie goalie and made it 5-3.  Jeff scored on a break away to make it a one goal game again, but The Hammer put the game out of reach with a late goal that was set up by Lil' Bill Contie.  Bill passed up several chances to score and chose to set up older Duffers. Bill is a great SOD.  The Whites won 6-4, but the Reds won the meaningful contest 1-0.  Hacksaw came in from the land of underwater specialist and put on his antique blue Duffer jersey.  He wanted try out his new 6 month old hip.  He did get a pass from color blind Rob Ziv, but he didn't have a stick so he let it go.  Boris was a referee in training as he studied 9 year old Ryan Kroll, who did a fine job controlling the game.  His arm went up as soon as Bill BTW tripped Cowboy Joe.  If Ryan only had a whistle, Bill would have been in the sin bin.  When Bill was questioned about that trip, he said, "He had it coming!"   

Memorable Moments:

We had several Klinger Krash moments.  Steve Mazzarella had several crashes.  He may have been a little disoriented after his trip to the Tilted Kilt.  He pulled a Keith Magnuson* and left lunch with his credit card on the table.  T&A used it to give our waitress a $300 tip to start the New Year. 
*Back in 2001, Seven Duffers partied with Keith Magnuson in Madison Wisconsin after we watched Kevin Granato play for the Wisconsin Badgers against the Denver University team.  Keith started to leave with his credit card still on the table, when Tommy Z called him back, he made a friend for life.  Beak befriended Keith by curing his hiccups an hour earlier.  Keith had hugs for all of us that night.  See the picture of Frank getting a hug.

Madison trip.
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Grandpa Tom had fun with Steve's credit card.

2011

Mike's Latest work of Art


Tony Granato tells Keith Magnuson 
   to keep his head up.

Keith loves the Duffers!

 
Duffers met at Berserk’s house for Breakfast 
at Wendy’s before leaving for Madison!  
Cliff Koral helps Keith Magnison.

Cammi made a lot of kids happy!  Jeff Lopatka and Michelle Spillman smile for the Duffer camera.

  Klinger and Frank skated 50 laps then had a $17 Margarita.

Doug Wilson and Keith Magnuson "race" up the ice.

 

Keith Magnuson is escorted to the box by Beak.

 

Maggy thanks Beak for giving him a 2 minute rest.  They got a chance to talk about their Madison trip.

 

 

 

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

 

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Duffers Hockey Canlan Ice Sports Romeoville 2014-2015 Schedule

wk      Date              Time

1 September 5, 2014 8:00 PM ***

2 September 12, 2014 8:40 PM

3 September 19, 2014 8:40 PM

4 September 26, 2014 8:40 PM

5 October 3, 2014 8:40 PM

6 October 10, 2014 8:40 PM

October 17, 2014 NO ICE

7 October 24, 2014 8:40 PM

8 October 31, 2014 8:40 PM

November 7, 2014 NO ICE

9 November 14, 2014 8:40 PM

10 November 21, 2014 8:40 PM

11 Thanksgiving 8:45 at Downers Grove IceArena

November 28, 2014 NO ICE

December 5, 2014 NO ICE

12 December 12, 2014 8:40 PM

13 December 19, 2014 8:40 PM

December 26, 2014 NO ICE

14 January 2, 2015 8:40 PM

15 January 9, 2015 8:40 PM

16 January 16, 2015 8:40 PM

January 23, 2015 NO ICE

17 January 30, 2015 8:40 PM

18 February 6, 2015 8:40 PM

19 February 13, 2015 8:40 PM

20 February 20, 2015 8:40 PM

21 February 27, 2015 8:40 PM

22 March 6, 2015 8:40 PM

23 March 13, 2015 8:40 PM

24 March 20, 2015 8:40 PM

25 March 27, 2015 8:40 PM

26 April 3, 2015 8:40 PM

27 April 10, 2015 8:40 PM

28 April 17, 2015 8:40 PM

29 April 24, 2015 8:40 PM

30 May 1, 2015 8:40 PM