The Anvil at work

I got to skate with my oldest grandson Mike.

Frankie used to skate during warm ups when her Mom, Agi, was our referee.

Agi and Frankie

Rick, Ricky and Ryan Dzingel

Joe and Fred

Eddie and Nick DeJesus

Stump makes a save

Frank and Mike

Ken, Greg, Dan, Amanda and Jeff Lopatka

The King and his court

Joe, Joe, Joe and Steve

Beak is scared straight as he eats a salad between 2 heart patients, Hacksaw and Papa Joe.

The Magnificent 7 Frank, Boris, Beak, Papa Joe, T&A, Harvey and Klinger showed up for the pre Christmas Duffer Lunch.

Tribute to our Goalies

Hockey Goalies are the most abused players and under appreciated people in the world.  They pay money to get shot at and when they make a great save, the shooter calls him names.  When they get scored on, they are taunted and laughed at.  Where would we be without our goalies?  Last week, we paid tribute to Stump for his years of dedication as a player and goalie coordinator. (The Duffer Goalie Pimp) This week, We will pay tribute our other goalies.  The Anvil, The Brain, Tweedy, Jimmy Bones, Slimedog and Gary The Ghost.

When I Googled "Slimedog", this picture came up. Tom "Slimedog" Kowalkowski is in the center of this picture that was taken in Tampa Bay Florida.  Tom was given the name "Slime Dog" by a disgruntled shooter when Tom robbed him.  Tom was also known as the Tooth Fairy since he has a basement filled with teeth.

Tom The Tooth Fairy

Gary "The Ghost" Kasper played for us in the 1990s.  He learned The Braille method of goaltending when he became near sighted. This method was named after Louis Braille (1852) teacher of the blind. Braille goaltending was developed exclusively by Slime Dog and Stump under very controlled conditions. Normally, vision is a very important part of goaltending. Duffer goalies have had to adapt, because Duffer defensemen always back their 4 foot high rear ends into the 4 foot high goalies, thus removing all of the advantages of vision. Their nasal passages are also rendered inoperative, so all they have left is hearing, touch and taste. They listen for the slap of wood against rubber, flinch and wait for the feel or taste of the puck. Once this happens, they must react quickly to try to grab the rebound before one of those lecherous forwards bangs it in. Braille goaltending usually fails after 3 rebounds.
 

Jimmy Bones was a street hockey player that was begging to play for a real team.  His step Dad, Rags, helped his dream (or nightmare) come true last rear.  Now he is one of our most dependable backup goalies.

These are just a few many Duffer pictures that popped up when I Googled "Slimedog".

Stump and his harem in 2003 when we used to have to drink outside.  That is the Ghost behind the mask.

Tweedy loves to play goalie, even though he was a talented forward at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls. 

Brandi bailed us out back in September of 2009 when The Anvil and all of our back up goalies went fishing. Brandi shut out the Whites for a period and a half, but lost a heart breaker when Koss, T&A and Magoo beat her.  Read More.... She called Thor Mr. Miller.

Gilles Meloche, the Penguin's Goaltending coach has some pointers for the Duffer Goalies.

Dan Smith bailed us out when we needed a goalie in Pittsburgh. 
Read More....  Dan came in from Gurnee 5 other times when we needed help.  Dan is now the starting goalie for Bradley. 

We had another nice turnout at Wild Wings,

I didn't take a count, but I think the Reds won at Wild Wings.

T&A is checking the Bulls' score.

You can tell that they won by his expression.

My grandson Mike was on Fox news doing a tatoo.