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Pictures of Tweedy Junior's 1st birthday party

 

3 Points for Hacksaw and +5 !

Romeoville, IL 11/07/08
Attendance 24

The Whites Extend Their Winning streak! 
The Reds haven't won a game since October 10, when the Anvil turned in an outstanding game. (See  Stats page) They haven't won a Meaningful game since September 19, when Geno wore Red.  In an attempt to change this, Beak told his grandson, Jeff, that he would pay his hockey fee if he put on a Red Sweater to help break the streak.  That plan was foiled when Beak was traded to the Whites at game time.  The Reds ended up with 12 skaters after the trade and the match up produced a thrilling, evenly matched  game.  The score was tied going into the third period, after the lead changed hands several times in the first 2 periods.  Scott "The Bookie" Wayne started the scoring early in the first as he tapped one past the Brain to give the Reds an early lead.  Dan "Tweedy" Lopatka got that goal back when he slipped one past

All 3 Meaningful Goals.  Hacksaw had 2 and Beak had one

the Anvil on the next shift.  Tommy Z and Jeff Lopatka gave the Reds a 3-1 lead with a pair of blasts, but Tweedy cut the lead at the end of the first period with a goal that was assisted by Hacksaw.  That gave Mr. Clean a plus 2 for the first period.  Bill "The Maestro" Conti, Tommy and Jeff added second period goals to bring the Red total 6 after 2 periods.  The Whites did them one better, with solo goals by Back Hand Johnny and Tom "TO" O'Connor and a pair of Hacksaw goals.  That made the score 6-6 at the start of the period.  The Brain and The Anvil were kicking every shot out in the third until Tweedy fired a pass to his Dad, who poked a one timer past the Anvil for the game winner.  Both goalies had to stop a number of good scoring opportunities.  Final score:  Whites 7, Reds 6.  Meaningful score went to the Whites 3-0.

Beer Nuts will bring the camper on Thanksgiving
Now we need some volunteers to cook up some Brats and bring some Buns and Condiments.  We don't want to have Perry bring the brats from Texas.  Let Mike or Beak know if you can help.  We'll need about 50 Brats and Buns.

We will play on Thanksgiving morning at 9:00 A.M. at Downers Grove Icearena
We will play the following evening at 8:00 P.M. at Downers Grove Icearena (Friday November 28, 2008)

Perfect Attendance stays at 8!

The following guys still have perfect attendance and did not let Halloween spoil their record;

Maestro, Beak, Bookie, Frank, Stump, Terry, Hacksaw and The Anvil.

Nick was back and his Dad scored the first goal.

We Will Have a White Sox Fan in the White House!

As you may know, Harvey doesn't do computers, so he asked me for a schedule, so I printed up and laminated the personal Harvey Schedule.  Feel free to print up this collector's edition. 

 

Tom "T&A" Ambrosia missed the Meaningful Age cut off by 11 months.  Maybe next year, but then again all of us will be a year older.

He might gain a little if we use Harvey's other birthday.  During WWII Harvey's Mom was afraid he would get drafted, (He was "Over There" dodging Bullets) so she made him a couple of years younger.  He may be 74.  

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Remember Peoria Pete?  He was older than Harvey and when he was asked, "Where were you in 1945?" He replied," I was over seas shooting Germans." Harvey said, "I was over there dodging bullets."

 

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Which one of these guys was on the winning team.

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Which one of these guys was on the winning team.

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T&A listens in disbelief to Terry's Tail.

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T&A is speechless.

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Hacksaw and Viorel Tamasi A.K.A V-Man

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The Anvil asked Tommy why he didn't score in the 3rd.

The Mean (Average) age was 51.7 on November 7th, 2008. The Median age (Middle) was 49.0

   Name                              Birth Date            Age
1
Dikinis, Harvey*              October 21, 1936      72.0
2 Presecky, Frank             February 21, 1938     70.7
3 Pavichevich, Boris        July 5, 1938                70.3
4 Lopatka, Beak                February 26, 1940     68.7
5 Granato, Brinks             December 22, 1941    66.9
6 Giffune, Klinger             January 10, 1942       66.8
7 Biernat, Jerry                 March 20, 1945          63.6
8 Cromwell, Gene             August 17, 1946        62.2
9 Landry, John                  September 20, 1947  61.1
10 Bobka, Fruitcake          October 1, 1947        61.1
11 Miller, Thor                    September 20, 1949  59.1
12 Hawrysio, Anvil             January 25, 1955      53.8
13 Ambrosia, T&A               January 26, 1958       50.8
14
Koss, John                      March 2, 1959           49.7
15
Louis, Bill BTW               July 1, 1959               49.4
16
Barczynski, Stump          March 20, 1960         48.6
17
Smith, BB Jones             November 20, 1960   48.0
18
Nance, Tipsy                   August 23, 1963        45.2
19
Koudelka, Art                  November 11, 1964   44.0
20
Radakovitz, Spec Ed      December 23, 1965   42.9
21
Zagorski, Back Hand      June 1, 1966             42.4
22
Conti, Maestro                December 11, 196    40.9
23
Presecky, Rich Storm     February 19, 1968    40.7
24
Wayne, Bookie               December 2, 1968     39.9
25
Sullivan, Super Dave      April 28, 1969            39.5
26
Granato, Piggy Bank      May 26, 1969             39.5
27
Oskroba, Mini Wheezer  September 22, 1969  39.1
28
Lopatka, Tweedy             May 20, 1970            38.5
29
Zagorski, Back Door       October 5, 1970         38.1

30 Opalka, Brain                  November 28, 1972   35.9

The Meaningful Age is determined by the average age.  This number was calculated using the ages of the 30 dues paying Duffers on November 7th, 2008.  We expect a few more members to cough up before Christmas, but this is the number that we will use until the next calculation.  Tom "T&A" Ambrosia missed the Meaningful Age cut off by 11 months.  Maybe next year, but then again all of us will be a year older.

He might gain a little if we use Harvey's other birthday.  During WWII Harvey's Mom was afraid he would get drafted, so she made him a couple of years younger.  He may be 74.  

Schedule for games 8 through 21

8  Friday, November 07, 2008 9:00 PM
9  Friday, November 14, 2008 9:00 PM
10 Friday, November 21, 2008 9:00 PM
11
Thanksgiving 9:00 AM at Downers Grove Icearena
12 Friday, November 28, 2008 8:00 PM at Downers Grove Icearena
13 Friday, December 05, 2008 9:00 PM
14 Friday, December 12, 2008 9:00 PM
15 Friday, December 19, 2008 9:00 PM
16 Friday, December 26, 2008 9:00 PM
17
New Year's Day 11:00 am - 2:00 PM
18 Friday, January 02, 2009 9:00 PM
19 Friday, January 09, 2009 9:00 PM
20 Friday, January 16, 2009 9:00 PM
21 Friday, January 23, 2009 9:00 PM
Friday, January 30, 2009 No Ice
March 5,6,7 and 8 Arizona

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 HOCKEY Quotes from "TO"
  
 

10. "Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate." - coach Alain Vigneault.

9. "Luc Robitaille is a great kid and good player, but ask anybody on the street and they'd probably think Luc Robitaille is a type of salad dressing." - L.A. Kings owner Bruce McNall on why he brought Wayne Gretzky to Hollywood in 1988.

8. "We only speak two languages here: English and profanity." - Penguins coach Kevin Constantine on the many languages spoken by his team.

7. "He's the kind of guy who will stab you in the back right to your face." - St. Louis Blues superstar Brett Hull on coach Mike Keenan.

6. "We have only one person to blame, and that's each other." - New York Rangers defenseman Barry Beck.

5. "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." - Saku Koivu.

4. "Getting cut in the face is a pain in the butt." - Calgary Flames' Theo Fleury.

3. "Wayne came over to the bench one day after seeing (Zdeno) Chara, and said 'That's why I'm quitting.'" - Rangers coach John Muckler, laughing about Wayne Gretzky's comment on Ottawa's 6'9" defenseman Zdeno Chara.

2. "Tell him he's Wayne Gretzky." - Oilers coach Ted Green, after Shaun Van Allen suffered a concussion and couldn't remember who he was.

1. "How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?" - Hall of Fame Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante. 

 

      

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