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Thanksgiving 2015

Duffer Calendar

December 6th, 2016 Duffers will be in a skybox thanks to Commander Ken.

Call Ken if you are interested in going.

Duffers Hockey Schedule.  

Next Game is Friday November 11, 2016 at Canlan in Romeoville.

All games start at 8:30

Thanksgiving game at Downers Grove Icearena at 8:30 AM

We have no ice on the following dates:

November 25th, 2016

January 20th, 2017 (Badgers play U of Minnesota)

Commander Ken can go on this date

February 10th, 2017 (Badgers play Penn State)     (Full Moon) Commander Ken can go on this date

March 17th, 2017 (Badgers play Tourney in Detroit)  (St Patrick's Day)

April 21st, 2017

May 5th, 2017

A very meaningful faceoff.

The 6 Duffers in this picture total 410.35 years in age. Lennie is only 6, so he is getting out of the way in a hurry.  (Thanks to Casey Oskroba for this picture)

Beak 76.71
Hacksaw 78.36
Berserk 55.28
Harvey 80.06
T&A 58.79
GI Joe 61.15
410.35
Average 68.39167

Ages calculated on 11/11/2016
 

Duffer News

Whites Extend Streak!

Romeoville, IL November 18, 2016  Attendance: 27

We had a great turnout on the ice, but we had another poor showing at the Kilt. The waitress was nice enough to give us our Duffer Discount even though we only had 6 Duffers show up.  The game was very fast with youngsters home from for the holiday week. t&a and Lil Bill gave Monet Mike and Speed Racer Jeff a workout.  Bill BTW teamed up with his daughter to give the Reds a solid pair on defense.  The Whites got off to a 3-0 lead with goals by Doc and Crash Nance (2).  White Goalie, Barron, was kicking everything out and had a shutout going into the final minute of period one until Speed Racer Jeff picked off a pass in his own zone and headed past the Red bench where his grandpa Beak yelled, "We need a goal!" 3 seconds later he beat the Barron and cut the lead to 3-1.  Beak made it 3-2 early in the second period when he fired an ice hugger through Barron's 5 hole.  Beak exited the ice immediately to get high fives while sitting on the bench.  The Maestro Conti stayed on the ice and tied the score with a bank shot off of the Barron's pads. The 3-3 tie didn't last too long as Crash Nance scored again with an assist from Lil Bill.  Mini Wheezer tipped a blast from Speed Racer into the top shelf to knot the score again.  The Reds picked up Dylan Nance in the second period when he finished playing for the Huskies. That gave the Reds 3 full forward lines and it looked like they would be able to keep up

Commander Ken took the Duffer Trophy to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

with the high powered Whites, but Grandpa Ken did a fine job on defense keeping his sons under control while GI Joe, T&A and his son t&a scored.  Monet Mike scored to make it 7-5 Jeff scored another goal to cut the deficit to 8-6, but Terry scored his 4th and 5th goals to give the Whites a 9-6 win.  A big "thank you" to Matt Hammer for volunteering to play goalie for the Reds. 

Commander Ken took the Duffer Trophy to Toronto.

He got permission to take it into the vault at the Hockey Hall of Fame and he posed in his Duffer Jersey with the Duffer trophy next to the Stanley Cup!

Perfect Attendance: Beak, and his grandson Monet Mike. 

We will play at Downers Grove Icearena at 8:30 AM on Thanksgiving!


The trophy also made an appearance in the Vault!

Commander Ken took the Duffer Trophy to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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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

Drago's Hockey Lessons

Here is a video, thanks to Perry and Paula on How to be a Hockey Player 

 

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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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REAqCB9vfbU

Brandon Bollig Stickhandling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3B8v_ZHA10

 

 

 

Duffer SOD, Ryan Dzingel has 5 goals and 4 assists in 13 games. He is 2nd on the team, just 1 point behind the leading scorer. Go Ryan! His latest goal is getting rave reviews.  He split the Saber defensemen and tied the game.  Here is a link to the video: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=18011555

 

(Above) Jeff and Ryan. (Below) Ryan and his brother Rick

Ryan is a Duffer SOD (Son Of a Duffer)

His Dad Rick, pictured below, played with us.