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Duffer News! Ryan Dzingel was traded to Columbus. He should be happy back in his college town.
Click here to keep up with Jack Kroll in Brooklyn NY. Brian Kraft and his daughter, Amber, came in from Alaska to play with the Duffers on February 15, 2019. Amber became the fist Daughter of a Duffer to score a goal when she tied the game with 19 seconds left to play.
Check out his fishing lodges in
Alaska. https://www.fishasl.com/
Duffer Birthdays
February 15, Tom "Butt Head" Morgan
February 19, Mike "The Czar" Presecky
February 21, Frank "Knarf" Presecky
February 26, Greg "Beak" Lopatka
March 2, John "Cone" Koss
March 15, John "Wheezer" Clemenson
March 20, Stump and Beer Nuts
March 24, Brian "Happy Hooker" Stewart
The Jeff Lopez
Short Version Duffer Video is on Youtube |
 I went to lunch at the Vault in Lemont and got a surprise birthday party on Wednesday. Harvey brought me a bottle of champagne and our wonderful waitress Karen baked me a tray of brownies. What a delightful afternoon. If you feel bad about missing my party, we will do it again at Wild Wings after the game.
Karen wrote, "You all mean the world to me! And getting the Daytona 500 program from the King himself was so thoughtful and kind! You guys leave me with such a smile every time!" |
| 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 |
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Beak presents the puck to the first granddaughter of a Duffer to score a goal. (Left to Right) Beak, Amber Kraft, Brian Kraft, Geno, Monet Mike and Grandpa Ken |
 I labeled the puck that Rick Dzingel scored his first Duffer goal. |
 I wanted to present it to Rick, but he was a out of action. |
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Amber started her day with a tour of the Blackhawk locker room
and she ended it by playing a Duffer game and becoming the first
granddaughter of a Duffer to score a goal.
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 Beak took a shot to his belly to get an assist. |
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 38 Duffers and friends were treated to a Blackhawk Practice |
 We were able to watch the Ottawa Senators practice too. |
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 Beak's grandson got to go on the ice with Ryan Dzingel |
 Coach Mark Crawford put Luke through some drills |
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 Some of us went to see the Hawk game and we saw the Cat score a hat trick. Ryan had over a 100 fans there to greet him after the game.
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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. |
The Duffers Had a great Road Trip to St. Louis!
5 players never played again.
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Only 5 of these guys were able to play on Friday after the Road trip. 5 of these guys have never played another Duffer game. |
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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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To The Duffer Family,
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
2002
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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
Want more Photoshop Gems? http://www.lopatka.net/Photoshop gems/index.htm
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 |
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to Duffer History 
Duffer Nicknames
1996
March
Hayward Trip 
