Madison Road Trip I

Way back before the internet and 2 years before the first Duffer Newsletter hit the locker room in April 1994,  a dozen Duffers and Mrs. Granato rode a rented van to watch Donny Granato's Badgers play Brian Kraft's Anchorage team play. The only documentation that I have of that first Madison trip is in the Duffer History page. 1/92   3 Duffer SODs captain their College Teams.  Brian Kraft (Anchorage Alaska)  Don Granato, (University of Wisconsin) and Dan Lopatka.  (University of Wisconsin. River Falls) All 3 players were from Downers Grove.
A dozen Duffers travel to Madison to watch Brian and Don lock horns.  The van runs out of gas on the way home. 

First Duffer News http://www.lopatka.net/04-01-94/index.htm 

Madison Road Trip II

Nine years later, 7 duffers went to see Kevin Granato play. There is a newsletter with pictures to that trip. 

January, 2001, 7 Duffers packed the Berserk Van and headed for Madison to watch Kevin Granato play for the Badgers Read More....

The Czar made a profound statement after that trip on the way home.  We were wondering how we found the energy to stay out til 5 in the morning and he said, "We had 6 extra hours of extra energy because we did not play hockey!"  

Madison Road Trip III

4 Duffers went to Madison to cheer for Ohio State and Ryan Dzingel.
 

February 15, 2014 Tommy Z drove the Czar, Klinger and Beak to Madison to watch Ohio State beat the Badgers. Read More....

Madison Road Trip IV

January 20, 2017 Seventeen Duffers took advantage of an off day to travel to Madison Wisconsin to see the Badgers beat the Gophers. See Pictures here

Madison Road Trip V

January 26, 2018  We had a 10 Duffers Go to Madison to see the Badger Men beat Penn State twice. We also saw the Badger Women beat Cloud State twice. They pelted St Cloud's goalie (Sid Crosby's sister) with 58 shots.  

Some of those pictures are on the Duffers Hockey Facebook page.