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Romeoville, IL November 27, 2014  Attendance: 25
Only One Meaningful Goal!
Thanksgiving 2014

We had a great turnout and a great game.  We had 8 sons and 2 daughters skating in warmups and period breaks.  We had four older sons playing in the game with their dads and one grandson playing with his grandpa. The game was dominated by great goaltending. Tommy Z flipped a back hander past the Brain early in the first period to give the Reds an early lead.  Commander Ken made it 2-0 when he banged in a rebound.  On the ensuing faceoff, Beak told Ken's son Ryan, who was refereeing, to point to his dad and give the good goal signal. 

The kid smiled and waved off the goal.  Tweedy held the Whites scoreless until late in the second period.  Greg Z flipped a fluttering knee high pass to the front of the net and Cowboy Joe slapped it out of the air to cut the lead to 2-1.  Brian and Tweedy exchanged great saves and kept the fans on the edge of their seats.  Yes, we had more fans than we had on seat cushion night. We even had a dog watching the game intently after he heard one of the fans say, "He put the biscuit in the basket!" The only time we had a bigger crowd was when we played the Rampage Women on MLF night.  Tweedy even made a save with his back after he made a great save and turned to find the puck.  Art shot him in the back. In the old western movies, even the guys in the black hats never shot a guy in the back.  I played goalie only once and I came out to cut down the angle and made a save, I wasn't too good at skating backward in goalie pads, so I turned and skated back to the net and got shot in the back where there are no pads.  I never put on goalie pads again.  The kids got to skate for 10 minutes during warmups, then they had to sit for 20 minutes in the penalty box and watch an exciting game that was  boring to them. They then came out and skated between periods for 10 minutes. Then they were put back in the penalty box to watch more boring hockey. They were really well behaved. I remember when my grandson Jeff was little, he and Ryan Dzingel would be having fake hockey fights to pass the time in the penalty box.  After the first period, 10 kids gathered around the net and started firing shots at Tweedy. The kids had no problem scoring on Him.  He said that the kids tired him out more than the game.  Tommy Z scored a late goal to clinch the 3-1 Meaningless win for the RedsWhites won the Meaningful game 1-0
After the game, Commander Ken started a new tradition with Bloody Marys.  Terry continued the great Brat and beer tradition. They were delicious. He brought just enough for the large crowd.  Thanks Terry! The Joes had a "take out" Bloody Mary for Papa Joe who stayed in bed. (So did Klinger) Grandpa Ken and Frank came out to join in the fun.

Perfect attendance:  only 3 Duffers have Friday Perfect Attendance: Speed Racer Jeff, The Czar and Fruitcake Fred.

Frank and Grandpa Ken came out to toss us some beers.

Monet Mike Lopatka with his children, Carmela and Lennie

Beak and Tweedy's son Luke join in for a family picture.

Commander Ken and his sons.

Terry and his son Dylan

Greg Z and his son Jake

Bill BTW and his Daughter

The party is winding down

A Bloody Mary to go for Papa Joe

 

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Michelle hits a 2 run home run for Romeoville High School in a 3-0 victory against Joliet Catholic Academy.

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Michelle Spillman hit a 2 run Home run to beat Joliet Catholic on April 18, 2012. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman and Romeoville High School. ...

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Michelle Spillman hit her 4th homerun on April 21, 2012 to beat Hershey High. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman "outdoor sports" ...

 

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Michelle hit a triple to help beat Highland Park High 8-5 on 4/21/2012.

 

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Duffers Hockey Canlan Ice Sports Romeoville 2014-2015 Schedule

wk      Date              Time

1 September 5, 2014 8:00 PM ***

2 September 12, 2014 8:40 PM

3 September 19, 2014 8:40 PM

4 September 26, 2014 8:40 PM

5 October 3, 2014 8:40 PM

6 October 10, 2014 8:40 PM

October 17, 2014 NO ICE

7 October 24, 2014 8:40 PM

8 October 31, 2014 8:40 PM

November 7, 2014 NO ICE

9 November 14, 2014 8:40 PM

10 November 21, 2014 8:40 PM

11 Thanksgiving 8:45 at Downers Grove IceArena

November 28, 2014 NO ICE

December 5, 2014 NO ICE

12 December 12, 2014 8:40 PM

13 December 19, 2014 8:40 PM

December 26, 2014 NO ICE

14 January 2, 2015 8:40 PM

15 January 9, 2015 8:40 PM

16 January 16, 2015 8:40 PM

January 23, 2015 NO ICE

17 January 30, 2015 8:40 PM

18 February 6, 2015 8:40 PM

19 February 13, 2015 8:40 PM

20 February 20, 2015 8:40 PM

21 February 27, 2015 8:40 PM

22 March 6, 2015 8:40 PM

23 March 13, 2015 8:40 PM

24 March 20, 2015 8:40 PM

25 March 27, 2015 8:40 PM

26 April 3, 2015 8:40 PM

27 April 10, 2015 8:40 PM

28 April 17, 2015 8:40 PM

29 April 24, 2015 8:40 PM

30 May 1, 2015 8:40 PM