Duffer Hockey News for February 4, 2011

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Bus Trip To Pittsburgh is set for March 17-20, 2011!

The following room mates have been assigned:

Harvey Owes $300 and Formica*Owes $0

Beak Owes $0 and Doc Owes $100

Berserk Owes $0 and Ted Owes $0

Tom Z Owes $300 and Eddie the Anvil owes $0

Darrin* Owes $0 and Lu*Owes $0

T&A Owes $0 and Bro Joe Owes $0

Tom Morgan Owes $0 and Bob Morgan Owes $300

Grandpa Ken Owes $500 and Wheezer Owes $0

Steve A Owes $0 and Larry G Owes $0

Rags Owes $400 and Tennessee Rags Owes $0

Papa Joe Owes $200 and Brinks Owes $0,

Joe Jr. Owes $0 and Steve M. Owes $200

Goalie Dan Smith Owes $400 and Photographer Herb Lopatka Owes $400

Mini Wheezer Owes $200 and Joe Evans Owes $0

Alien Owes $200 and Koss Owes $400

Tom O'Connor Owes $0 and Boris Owes $500

The following are Unassigned:

Perry** Owes $150 and Uncle Bob Owes $500

*Will not ride the bus

**Will not ride the bus and does not need a room

Chris Mazurk is the outline of the FunTax Icon

Turn on your speakers to hear "Hotel California" (Sorry, the music won't play on a Mac)


	Duffer News


	Another Pair For Brinks!

Romeoville, IL 1/28/2011
Attendance 23
The White Were Loaded!

With "Dimples" and "Tweedy" playing in an outdoor tournament, the Reds were not playing with a full deck. The Whites had skill, speed and youth while the Reds had experience and mass. The Reds had to move Bill "The Maestro" Conti, their best defenseman, up to play center to get some scoring punch. That move produced only one goal, half way through the game. The Whites were peppering the


	The Bookie and Bill were all smiles.

Anvil with shot after shot. Brinks had 2 goals again for the third straight week. Both of his goals were set up by his cousin Steve "Rembrandt" Granato. Stump made his comeback with a great pass from the point that Tom "T&A" Ambrosia redirected past Eddie. Kevin "Monkey" Rench set up T&A for another one, then scored one of his own on a break away. Porta Johnny bought some new skates that had him flying all over the place. He had an ESPN highlight goal that came from Kevin at the point to Steve in the slot and over to John for the tap in. Terry had an excuse me goal that he fouled off, but it found its' way into the net some how. Thor kept his scoring streak alive to give the Whites a 3-0 meaningful win. The average age of each team was almost the same, but The Reds just could not dent the Brain after the Maestro banged in a pass from Tom "TO" O'Connor. Tempers were a little short on Friday for some reason. We can't blame the Moon, since the full Moon was long gone and was waning into a crescent. Thor and Mini Wheezer had a spat that reminded us of an old roller derby shoving match. They eventually made up using the Obama formula. (They shared a beer in the locker room) It is Great to have Stump back! The Whites did show good sportsmanship and slowed down after Rembrandt gave them a 7 goal lead with 30 seconds left in the game.

Final Score was Whites 8-Reds 1.

The Rampage MLF Game had to be moved up to April 2, 2011!

The Rink has the Bauer invitational tournament that week end of April 15th, so they had to bump us up.


	The Pittsburgh trip is shaping up nicely, we have more than half of our $1500.00 budget. Many guys are paid in full and everybody else everybody else has contributed something, except one guy. He doesn't want to


	lose the interest. See tentative itinerary on page 2.


	Thor and Mini Wheezer make up with a Strohs after the game.

Page 2

Tentative Pittsburgh Itinerary March 17-20, 2011
Thursday March 17:
8:30 Bus leaves from Yorktown Mall
We will meet at the lot East of the old Bamboo Room
(It's North of JC Penny's and West of The Westin Hotel)
5:00 Check in at Pittsburgh Cambria Suites
6:30 Team Dinner (suggestions welcome)

Friday March 18: 8:15-10:15 Game at Robert Morris indoor Rink
Robert Morris College
600 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA (412) 227-6472
11:30 Team Lunch at Rivers Casino #870318MO
777 Casino Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (412)-231-7777
The Bus will leave the Casino at 4:30. If you want to leave earlier or later, call Cambria for their shuttle.

Saturday March 19:
Penguin Practice Iceoplex at Southpointe
114 Southpointe Boulevard,
Canonsburg, PA (724) 745-6666
11:00 Penguin practice followed by Lunch

6:40 Duffer game at Iceoplex followed by Beers and food at the sports bar.

Sunday March 20:
8:00 Check-out and load bags on the bus followed by Tour of the Consol Energy Center10:00
12:00 EST Penguin-Ranger game (We can walk there)
3:00 Depart for home (From Cambria Suites)
Arrive at Yorktown 10:00 PM CST

Cambria Suites
1320 Centre Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 381-6687

Consol Energy Center
1230 Colwell St
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Yorktown 203 Highland Ave. (Bamboo Room north of Pennys)
Highland and Butterfield
Lombard IL 60148
630.629.7330

Greg Lopatka,
Lamers Bus 1-800-236-1240 or info@golamers.com. Linda

Mini Wheezer tells Thor that he is really sorry. (Sort of)	The Granatos read messages while T&A demonstrates his ambidexterity.
BTW Bill wants to know where the Crown Royal went.	BTW Bill asks the Bookie where his football winnings are.
T&A makes Klinger laugh with a crash comment.	Tumblin Terry didn't see the humor in that crash comment.
Thor smirks when Beak tells him Mini could kick his butt.	Beak warns "Face Plant" about his Pittsburgh Roommate.
Terry tells Mini Wheezer to relax	The Bookie tells Thor about his rumble with Mini Wheezer.

Blizzards that I Remember Well

In 1979 I shoveled the snow off of my garage and we had a hill that reached up to the gutters, so we had a snow hill that gave us a lot of fun. That is my 12 year old daughter, Debbie, cheering on her brother Dan.

1999

In 1999, before I had a snow blower, Ken brought his family over to help me clear my driveway.	We didn't get Debbie's Camaro out until the spring. Ken brought Mike, Amanda and Jeff to help me dig out.
Jeff wasn't much help, but he had fun.	Our former Duffer Referee, Agi even pitched in.

	I remember the Blizzard of 1967 well, It was Records Day in the Chicago Schools, so the kids had the day off, but teachers were working on their semester end records. We were going to lunch (A rare treat for teachers) and our principal told us to go straight home because we were going to get a lot of snow. We were lucky that he did that, because I barely made it home that day and my car stayed where I parked it for days. I went from 47th street on the Dan Ryan Expressway to the Eisenhower, but that ramp was clogged with cars, so i continued on to the Augusta Boulevard ramp and headed west to Parkside Ave. where I lived at that time.

Blizzard of 2011

We got several inches of snow over night. I cleared it off of the driveway by 9:00 AM. It was still clear at 3:00 PM but it has several inches by 4:30 PM.

The Blizzard of 2011 was just starting at 3:30	The Birds and squirrels were loading up, just like people
This little guy just got a drink from my heated bird bath	I could hardly see Dzingel's house by 4:30

Once I had a path to my car cleared, I went for a spin.	The shopping center was cleared.

I went to Nicks to see my retired hockey friends.	I was the only one to show up so Karen rolled out the red carpet.