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The Duffers Had a great Road Trip to St. Louis |
Only 5 of these guys were able to play on Friday after the Road trip.
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37 years ago, 18 Duffers took a train to Lake Placid to play in the rink where the Miracle on ice gave USA a gold Medal in 1980. History Repeated when the Duffers took a Train Road Trip to St Louis
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 These 3 guys totaled 4 goals. Beak and Rick had 0 goals. |
 These 3 guys totaled 3 goals. Beak and Rick had 0 goals. |
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(Left) Mike "The Nailer" Devivo showed up at lunch on Wednesday. (Above) Mike scored his first Duffer goal in January 1999 in Columbus. Donny Granato was coaching the ECHL Columbus Chill and he got us free ice. |
 Grandpa Ken was thrilled to have knees that let him skate in a Road Trip game. He tried to skate in Pittsburgh in 2011, but his knees said, "No!" |
 Tom Morgan and Berserk are the first guys to sigh up for road trips. They have been on 30 plus Duffer Road Trips. |
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 The Maestro got a drink that matched his shoes. |
 Terry was MVP for hauling bags, sticks and a cooler full of Strohs. |
 (Above) Harvey was the only one to take a nap on the way there, no one slept on the way home. (Above Right) Beak and Goalie Dan give thanks to Terry. (Right) After a few stories and a few beers, we saw the Arch. |
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Pictures from Commander Ken |
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 Berserk's leather covered bottle was empty when we saw the St Louis Arch. |
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 Keith Tkachuk scribbles on a Blues puck after he tells us that his Jersey in hanging in the Men's room. His son Brady (Below) plays for Ottawa. |
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Pictures from Grandpa Ken |
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Pictures from Day 3 of the St Louis Road Trip
We didn't have a photographer after game 2, so Beak took the picture above and Tom Morgan took the one below.
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 Harvey scored a goal on his 82nd birthday. |
 We got help from these St Louis guests. |
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 After we played, we went to see Ryan Dzingel and Ottawa senators. |
 The King had a great time. |
 Joe with his daughter and son. |
 Another Father and son made the trip. |
 Ryan had passes for us to get down to see him. |
 Ryan's Dad, Rick, is a retired Duffer. |
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 Grace got to meet Brady Tkachuk |
 Senator All Star Thomas Chabot signed autographs |
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 Berserk was recovering from testicular trauma. |
 Grandpa Ken found this bikini bottom behind his TV. |
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E-Mail from Steve's Brother Joe
I hope you all enjoy the road trip; I really wish we could have been
there with you. I got to play hockey with my brother on basement floors
on our hands and knees (using socks and hands as sticks) driveways,
streets, then golf course ponds, rivers, frozen backyards, and flooded
parks and tennis courts for 14 years before we went indoors with the
Duffers, with Papa Joe and you all; the locker room was always the place
for the family. Saturday night hockey games on WGN were epic for us.
Pizza rolls and popcorn and cokes. Then to the basement for sock hockey
on the floor between periods. I got goalie pads and a mask for
Christmas. Used little league glove for my mitt. Steve always went for
the head and the 5-hole on me. Most times he scored. Steve was a faculty
advisor for the Naperville North HS hockey team from 1989 (as I
remember) until 2013. The support he received in 1993 and 1994 led to
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