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We have no ice on the following dates in red: 

April 3rd, 2017 (Monday) Ottawa plays at Detroit

April 6th and 8th Frozen Four at the United Center

April 21st, 2017

May 5th, 2017

May 12, 2017 is our last game

We went to see Uncle Bob! 

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Mike Puts the Hat on Lil' Bro!

Romeoville, IL March 10, 2017  Attendance: 28
We had 3 full lines for the first time this season.   Speed Racer Jeff gave Barron a break and strapped on the goalie pads for the White team.  He did surprisingly well, making many great saves as the ice appeared to be slanted toward him.  His brother Monet Mike beat him early with a bad angle blast.  Then Brian The Steward tipped in a Harvey shot to give the Reds an early 2-0 lead.  Greg Z tipped a Drago Joe shot that flew past Matt who didn't have a chance.  Monet Mike pulled one of the cruelest tricks on Jeff when he came in on the left side with his grandpa

These 4 guys were on the 1998 San Jose team

Beak all alone in the slot.  For 18 years, Mike always passed to his grandpa whenever he had a chance, but this time, he took a bad angle shot that beat his little brother on the short side as Jeff was playing the odds of a sure pass to Beak.  Greg Z added another goal to make it 3-2  Reds.  After a few weeks off, Bill "Maestro" Conti renewed his hot scoring by tapping in a rebound to give the Reds a 4-2 lead.  Tom T&A beat Jeff after several tries, but his son Tom "t&a" Ambrosia scored for the Reds to cancel his Dad's goal.  With the Reds up 5-3, Fruitcake Fred almost put the game away when he fired a shot that missed an opening in the net by inches.  A Bobka Factor goal would have given the Whites a 24 goal lead!  The shot hit the boards and bounced right to Drago Joe who fired it past Matt the ball pin hammer to make the score 5-4.  That lively bounce was reminiscent of the of the boards at the Joe Louis Arena.  With 7 minutes left in the game, Mike scored his third goal to give the Reds a little breathing room.  .Tom "Butt Head" Morgan added a late goal to give the Reds a 7-4 win.  Jeff would have had a 4-4 tie if his big brother Mike didn't abuse him with a Hat Trick.  Greg DeGuest had an unassisted Klinger Krash when he used the boards to stop his speeding body. 
We had 7 guys from this 1998 San Jose team playing. There is a picture of 4 of them above. Fred made a

quick exit before Greg Z could take his picture.  Tommy Z and the Czar were in the other locker room.  Things are looking up as we had 2 lines plus 2 last week 3 full lines this week even with a Blackhawk game on TV. 

1998 Team San Jose

 

 

Nineteen years ago, we had no problem getting 36 Duffers to get on a plane to skate in the San Jose Shark Tank. Bob Friedlander gave me some DVDs of our game there.  I have given a few of them to several guys who were on the trip.  Last Night, I gave Tommy Z a copy in the Wags locker room after he scored a beautiful wrap around goal.  He said that it was like Duffer's hockey where all the defenders play the pass because they know he wont' shoot.  He had no choice, so he fired the puck into the top shelf on the glove side.

I have several more DVDs just for the asking.  No charge!

(Back Row Left to Right) Greg "Beak" Lopatka, Chris "Berserk" Mazurk, Ron "Doc" Dubreuil, Tim Staats, Bill "Klinger" Giffune, John "Cone" Koss, Boris "Hacksaw" Pavichevich, Jerry, "Beernuts" Biernat, Johnny "King Kong" Zagorski, Tom "Zagnuts" Zagorski, Mike "Czar" Presecky, Rick "Stripper" Miceli, Fred "Fruitcake" Bobka, Gene, "Thor" Miller, Ken "Grandpa"Lopatka, Arvydas "Harvey" Dikinis, Paul "Marsha" Novak,  John "Hitman" Heitman, Rick "Dizzy" Dzingel, Bob "Uncle Bob" Oskroba, Dan "Tweedy" Lopatka and John "Wheezer" Clementson

(Front Row Left to Right) John "Magoo" Landry, Jim "Butt Head" Coughenhaur, Joe "GI" Mazzarella, Vidas "Formica" Cemarka, Joe "Cousin" Godfried, Bob "Geek" Friedlander, Jerry "Prince" Miceli, Frank "Knarf" Presecky, Steve "Son of Papa" Mazzarella, Joe "Papa" Mazzarella, Jim "The King" Miceli, Don "Brinks" Granato, Gerry Oskroba and Tom (Beevis) Morgan

(Sitting Left to Right) Vytas "Papa" Cemarka, Backup "Loaner" Goalie and Ken "Stump" Barczynski

Six years ago, we had a busload of Duffers playing in Pittsburgh

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Front row left to right.  Steve Mazz, Doc, Papa Joe, T&A, TO, Lu, Brinks, Alien, Tony G, Harvey

Row 2: Koss (On post) Berserk, Steve A, Goldie, Mini Wheezer, TZ, Grandpa Ken, Darrien. Anvil, Dan Smith and  Beak's Brother Herb

Row 3: Cowboy Joe, Wheezer, Ted Hack, Tom Morgan, Beak, Joe Ambrosia, Rags, Tennessee Rags, Joe Evans, Bob Granato, and Tom Kay.  Click here for more.

 

The 10 guys pictured here are all in the 1998 San Jose team picture. See if you can find them. It is like playing "Where's Waldo?"

Below is a better picture of Dizzy Dzingel, who is barely visible next to Tweedy in the picture above.  He made an appearance on TV last month when he was shown having a beer with the Ottawa Senator Dads.   His Son Ryan Dzingel is a SON (Son of a Duffer) He ahs played in 100 NHL games as of March 17, 2017

Below, Duffer chemists concocted some great Bloody Marys 6 years ago on our way to Pittsburgh,
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Eddie's wife provided some sweet treets!
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Tony with goalies Dan Smith and The Anvil.

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My brother provided  us with an under age goalie.  His grandson had the time of his life missing school to go on a Duffer Roadtrip.
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(Left) Tony gave us a tour of the Consol Energy Center.

(Above) We played in the Penguins practice rink on Saturday Night
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Our favorite Canadians were there to greet us with green hats. We picked my son Ken in Cleveland.  He tried to skate, but his knees said NO! He had both knees replaces last November and he looks like the young gun Ken!

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Friday morning we played in the Robert Morris Rink.   Penguin Head Coach Dan Bylsma AKA Dave Hanson (Far left) played for the White team and his assistant coach, Tony Granato played for the Red team. (Kneeling far left)

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1996 March Hayward Trip  We saw Comet Hyakutake

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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