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The Duffers Had a great Road Trip to St. Louis
Duffer Birthdays February 15, Tom "Butt Head" Morgan February 19, Mike "The Czar" Presecky February 21, Frank "Knarf" Presecky February 26, Greg "Beak" Lopatka The Jeff Lopez Short Version Duffer Video is on Youtube |
| This made me think of the great sausage that I had at 2 in the morning in Toronto with the Duffers in 2006. "Klinger got hungry and found an immigrant Russian cooking hot dogs and sausages on the street corner. Thor talked the guy into a package deal, getting 5 four dollar sausages for $19.85. While Thor was paying the guy, all of the sausages were taken by 5 hungry Duffers." Toronto 2006, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 |
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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Pictures from Day 4 of the St Louis Road Trip |
 We started our last day with another great breakfast. |
 We requested a late checkout so that we could watch the Hawks. |
 We got to watch 2 periods. The Hawks beat Washington 8-5! |
 We waved goodbye to St Louis |
 Brett got his winter boots out as we headed to Joliet. |
 We enjoyed a bucket of chicken as we waited for the train. |
 82 year old Harvey had a great trip. Champaign and a goal! |
 The Commander was ready for a quick exit with Hammer's bag. |
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 The Czar was able to watch the Rams and Saints go into overtime.
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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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(Back Row Left to Right) Beak, V-Man, Terry, Greg Z, Rags, Fruitcake, Drago, Tommy Z, Mini-Wheezer, The Czar, Magoo, DeJesus, Hacksaw, Guest, Harvey, Beak Jr, TO. (Front Row Left to Right) t&a, T&A, Jake Z, Berserk and Cal, The Brain, The Anvil, Lil' Drago, Tweedy, Dylan, Bill BTW and Daughter of BBTW. 2008
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Remember when we always had 15 -20 guys at Wild Wings?
Some guys are turning into Fred, it was great to see Brett and Jeff show up. Thanksgiving Cartoons
We miss you Thor! (We miss Basketball Jones and Magoo too)
We miss these guys too. Papa Joe played his last game when he was 83, Joe Jr. has been missing this season while caring for his brother Steve who lost his battle with brain cancer on January 12, 2019. |
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20 Years ago
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Wags Hockey
Classic Duffer News
Go to Lake Placid News for some
laughs.
http://www.lopatka.net/1982-Lake%20Placid/index.html
The Duffers received a
Christmas Card and Thank You from Mario Lemieux. The Duffers
have 4 pictures on the Mario Mosaic.
http://www.lopatka.net/2011-10-14/index.html (Anvil's Daughter won it!)
Visit
The Rampage Women's Hockey Team web site at:
http://www.rampagehockey.org/index.cfm They Have 2 WODs and on their team. Their DOD moved to Canada
for Graduate School. WOD=Wife Of a Duffer, DOD = Daughter of a Duffer
Links
to Duffer Hockey Newsletters
2008-2010
Stats
page
Michelle
Spillman hits and fields
To E-mail the Duffer
News Web master, just click here! g.lopatka@comcast.net
You
can e-mail History updates to Beak.
The
Duffer Picnic was Saturday July 29th
2017 at Tommy’s House Morton Arboretum Origami August 1; Kane County Cougar Game August 6; Parkinson's Fund Raiser August 18; Summer Game August 21;
Total Solar
Eclipse August 26; Golf Outing
September 1; Muzzy passed away. He gave us more
laughs than any other Duffer.
He was born on May 20, 1935. My son Dan was
born on his birthday in 1970.
We shared a lot of
Muzzy
pictures in the last Newsletter.
This was 1997 when we brought up Robby Granato to give the
Bombers 2 Illinois ringers. We filled most of the coach seats and
avoided a fun tax. This is the year that Muzzy shocked Hayward
church goers when he came out of the church and boarded the bus with
toilet paper streaming out of his pants. Read
More.... Read the lyrics to
"Wayward in
Hayward" by Jim Coughenhour
Mike won 11 awards for his artistic creations at the Tattoo convention
in Champaign.
mikeylotattoos@att.net
(Above) Mike's work of art on Joe Mazzarella III's
leg.
(Above) Mike's work of art on Joe Mazzarella III's
ribs.
Ann Arbor Music DVDs are ready to ship. $10
includes shipping and handling. you can also get classic copies of: You may find the
following links useful:
Ben Oskroba's
First professional goal for the Peoria Rivermen
Here is a video, thanks to Perry and Paula on
How to be a
Hockey Player
Michelle
Spillman 10-31-10
Michelle
hits a 2 run home run for Romeoville High School in a 3-0 victory
against Joliet Catholic Academy.
Michelle
Spillman hit a 2 run Home run to beat Joliet Catholic on April
18, 2012. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman
and Romeoville High School. ...
Michelle
Spillman hit her 4th homerun on April 21, 2012 to beat Hershey
High. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman
"outdoor sports" ...
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 |
Go
to Duffer History 
Duffer Nicknames
1996
March
Hayward Trip 
