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Romeoville, IL April 27, 2007
Attendance 27

Season Ends on May 11th!

As the King used to say, "You have to play 2 periods"
When you listen to NHL players spew  clichés, you are sure to hear, (You have to play 3 periods!"  As you well know, the Duffers have their own rules and habits.  The Reds played the first period and scored 6 times, including Magoo's meaningful goal.  The Whites could only muster 1 goal by Brinks.  The Reds took the second period off, while the Whites came back with 6 unanswered goals and took a

Happy 21st Birthday Emily!

7-6 lead.  Thor got 2 goals to give the Whites a 3-1 meaningful win.  The 2 Sons of Brinks did their best to get Beak a goal, but the Anvil came up big on every shot, even the flutter blast that had him baffled for a while, but Eddie clamped it.  Bill by the Way fired a shot that missed Beak and went past Eddie for a goal.  The Reds thought Beak got a piece of the shot and was credited with the goal.  Tweedy came over and told his dear old Dad that Toronto ruled his goal was a kick in.  Beak said, "Is that how you treat your Dad, you try to disallow a goal I didn't even score."  Beak had a scare when he was near the net facing the shooter and BBTW fired a bullet that went right between his legs.  He told Rob that if that puck hit him, he would have been rolling around like a French soccer player.  Red goals were scored by Special Ed, Basketball Jones and several by Tweedy and Tommy.  White goals were scored by Koss (2) BBTW and several by Rob and Donny.  Once the Reds came off of vacation, they tied the game at 7, then the Whites went ahead 8-7 with the game winding down, Tommy Z and Tweedy popped a pair past the Brain for a 9-8 win.  The Whites came back with a flurry of shots in the final seconds, but The Anvil came up big to preserve the victory for the Red Army. 
Emily turns 21!  Thank You and Happy Birthday!
Eddie's daughter turned 21 on Wednesday, so what did she do?  She celebrated the occasion by bringing a cooler full of Strohs beer to the parking lot.  Brinks added a cooler full of Amstel and we lived up to our motto, "A Drinking Team with a Hockey Problem"  Some guys stayed until the last beer was gone and never made it to Wild Wings.  Hacksaw was one of the first to get to Wild Wings and place his order.  He was one of the last one to get his food, after 2 visits to the Manager.  One of our regular waitresses told us that she was there 7 months and they have had 6 managers!  Reminds us of our days at Dennys.  Harvey was late so he only played 2 periods, so when Matt showed up, Hacksaw put down the

whistle and played the final 2 periods too, as did most players. 

Harvey and Hacksaw only played 2 periods
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Someone opened Fred's Pepsi and didn't lose a finger.

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The Flea wishes Happy Birthday to Emily!

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Tim thought it was "wear your jersey to school day".

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The Maestro and Rob listen intently to........

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The Ghost of Rich Storm

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Thor tells Emily what he did when he turned 21.

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Everybody has their food, except...

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Boris and Matt go hungry.

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They got their free food!

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Emily gets talked into the Statue of Liberty stunt.

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Klinger missed the Statue of Liberty, but still could manage a smile.

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On March 26, I went to Anchorage 

 

 

Go to Last week's Duffer News

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Read about Tweedy's Hat trick

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February 26, 2007 I finished my 67th trip around the Sun

February 20 Dinner with the Fish

February 18 Audrey's Second Birthday Party

February 12 My Relatives

January 20 Hockey road trip to Indianapolis

January 14th, Bears Win! We partied!

11:00 A.M. January 1st, 2007 I played Hockey with my sons

12:30 P.M. We partied on the ice

December 25, 2006 Christmas at Our House

December 17th, 2006 Cosley Zoo

December 2nd, 2006 Holy Trinity Christmas Party

November 23rd, 2006 Thanksgiving 

November 18th, 2006 Michelle's Oswego Horse Show

November 17th, 2006 I returned to the Ice (only as a Referee)

November 8, 2006 Transit of Mercury

October 31st 2006 Halloween

October 28, 2006 Fun with Grace and Michael

October 25, 2006 Carmela's first day

October 15th Fall celebration 43 floors above the LSD

October 7th Mike and Trina's Baby Shower

September 30th Michelle's 12th Birthday

September 16th White Fence Farm (End of "Cabin Fever")

September 1st Earth is no longer a Planet?

August 26th Audrey and Grace visit

August 14th my left hip was replaced.

August 6th My Sister Pat pays a visit

August 5th, 2006 Jimmy Buffett Concert

http://www.lopatka.net/Buffett/2006.htm

August 4th Michelle's Bandits Party

July 25th Four Field Trips in one day

July 19th Kathie gets her first coaching win

July 17, 2006 Kane County Cougars