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Our 44th Season

The Duffers will watch the Redwings play Boston on February 14 then we will play in the Joe Louis Arena on February 15, 2016. Total cost will be $245.00 for Bus, Redwing ticket, Tee shirt, ice rental, bus beer and snacks.  You and your roommate (s) pay the room cost.  $109 plus tax includes a free breakfast.

We no room for skaters but we have room for 3 spectators on the luxury bus.

Busy Weekend in Detroit

We have 3 full lines and 4 goalies who will go either way as needed.  I have 43 tickets to the Redwing/Boston game, so 3 tickets for spectators.  Bus leaves Yorktown on Saturday February 13 at 9:00 and returns Tuesday afternoon/evening February 16.

 

Duffer News

That was a Lucky Friday!

Romeoville, IL November 13, 2015  Attendance: 21
Reds 5, Whites 11. 

For a commodity trader, every time that you have good luck, someone has bad luck.  If you go long on a corn contract and you make a few hundred bucks when the price goes up, the poor sucker who was short on that contract has to pay a few hundred bucks.
That is how our game went yesterday.  Long before the game started, our goalie Pimp, Stump, had bad luck finding a goalie who wanted to play on Friday the 13, but that turned into good luck for Johnny B and Jimmy Bones who got to play goalie for the first time this season.  The game provided bad luck for 4 guys who had Klinger Krashes.  Terry "Crash Nance had a noisy crash into the boards when he tried to change direction and his body said, "No".  He had good luck when he was able to get up and skate away.

We were thinking of Fruitcake at the Kilt. (Very Briefly)

John "Magoo" Landry had a run in with his own center, Rob Z.  The collision ended with Rob on top of Magoo's knee inside of the Jimmy Bones net.  Jimmy had good luck when he avoided getting hit by 2 speeding Duffers.  Magoo limped to the bench and had Beak finish his shift.  That move ended giving Beak some good luck since he was late joining his line on the next few shifts while they were scored on, so Beak ended up with 3 fewer minus points than his line-mates.  Tom "T&A" had bad luck when he was going too fast for conditions and crashed head first into the net.  He had good luck when his head missed the crossbar and hit the forgiving netting.  Tom's brother Joe Ambrosia had a harmless but humorous fall when he fired an off balance pass that went about a meter and a half.
The Whites got off to a 2-0 lead with 2 lucky goals that gave Johnny B bad luck.  Mini Wheezer got lucky in the final minute of the opening stanza when he fired a puck right into the chest of Jimmy Bones.  That puck somehow luckily found it's way into the net to make the score Whites 2, Reds 1.  Mini Wheezer's luck ran out when he shot Jimmy in the chest 5 more times without scoring another goal.  Terry scored a beautiful goal when he crashed the net and deflected a pass from "TO" past the unlucky Jimmy Bones.  Magoo's luck improved when he got a nice pass from Rob Z, who passed up a shot from the high slot to get an assist on his pass.  Magoo buried the pass for a back door goal.  The Whites had 3 more lucky goals to put them up 5-3 after 2 periods.  The Reds tied it with 2 goals by "TO" in the first 8 seconds of the 3rd period.  Beak was lucky to be a plus 3 after those goals, since he was lucky enough to be on the bench when his team was getting scored on.  Things were looking up for the Reds and Johnny B for a come from behind victory, but Berserk ended that a few minutes later when he scored 2 quick lucky goals to pick up his hat trick. Jim "Rags" Ragland added a pair and suddenly the unlucky Reds found themselves down 4 goals!  Tommy Z, Cupcake

and V-Man added goals and made it 11-5 and the Reds were out of luck until they went into the locker room and found the beer was still there and still cold. Cupcake had bad luck when his shot at an open net missed everything depriving

him of his second straight hat trick. (Continued on Page 2)


5 Meaningful Goals

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He is on a declining pattern where he has gone from 4 to 3 to 2 goals in the last 3 games. I guess that could be classified as bad luck for a 25 year old.  75 year old beak went from 1 goal to 0 in the last 2 games, that is not so bad.  


Whites 11: Three for Berserk, 2 for Cupcake, 2 for Rags, 2 for Tommy Z and one each for T&A and V-Man.
Reds 5:  Two goals for TO, 1 each for Terry, Magoo and Mini Wheezer

Tom Morgan tells me that the original Wheezer had a kidney removed and is recovering at home.  He is lucky that he had 2 kidneys before the surgery.

Perfect Attendance is down to Beak and Fruitcake.


Detroit Bus Trip Details:

  • 2/13/16 9:00 AM Leave Yorktown Shopping center 
  • 2/13/16 4:00 PM EDST Arrive at Lavonia Marriot. USA team plays Russia at 7:00 EDST (Optional)
  • 2/14/16 Morning Duffer Game at the USA Rink. 3:00 Redwing VS. Bruins At the "Joe" (Free Breakfast)
  • 2/15/16 Morning Duffer Game at the "Joe".  USA team plays NAHL Prospects 5:00 EDST (Free Breakfast)
  • 2/16/16 Free Marriot Breakfast.  Depart Lavonia at 10:00 EDST.  Arrive Yorktown 2:30 CDST
  • I have no room skaters.  We have room for 3 spectators.  My son Ken got 2 new knees on November 2. 
Here is a link to a Friday the 13th song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TujVt3iRux0

Duffer SOD, Brian Kraft, (Far right, next to coach Tony Granato) beat us to Detroit.  He took his daughter Amber's Hockey team there and Tony treated them to a trip to the locker room.  That is quite a road trip.  Anchorage Alaska to Detroit. 

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Plainfield's newest tattoo and piercing studio with over 20 years experience! We are located in the Lincoln Plaza in the same strip next door to the comics.
 

16030 S. Lincoln Highway Unit 106 (Lincoln Plaza/same strip as comics)

Plainfield, Illinois
(779) 234-6420
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Mike won 11 awards for his artistic creations at the Tattoo convention in Champaign.

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(Above) Mike's work of art on Joe Mazzarella III's leg.

(Above) Mike's work of art on Joe Mazzarella III's ribs.

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Ben Oskroba's First professional goal for the Peoria Rivermen

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Michelle Spillman

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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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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.

 

Patrick Kane Stickhandling:

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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