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DUFFER NEWS
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March 2, 2001 Reporters Cammi Granato *** Rich Storm


Christmas Party Was Great!
The Duffers celebrated Festivas and Christmas on Saturday, February 24.  Laughter shook Berserk's new house.  Thanks to Chris and to Wendy who served as a lovely hostess.  The Food was great and it was nice to see so many Duffers and their women. It was like a picnic in February.  We even had a hockey game in the Barn.

Brinks and Beak Beat the Stumper!
Friday 2/23/01.

Beak got a birthday gift from Brinks and his son, Tweedy when they fed him the puck in the high slot.  Stump never saw the Beak snap shot that found it’s way through a crowd.
      Thor added an unnecessary goal in the second period when he lifted it into a moving net.  Stump was working his magic as he was down on the ice swimming and levitating the net.
Duffer referee, Mark Dubreuil waved the goal off and showed a lot of guts, as grown men wined and cried.  Mark stood by his call of no goal because the net moved. 
      That reminded me of a game 20 years ago when we were playing an over 30 team and 10 year old Tweedy, whistled one of our opponents into the box for 2 minutes.  Don’t get discouraged , Mark.  We appreciate your effort!

1 Week 'til San Jose!!!

        Former Black Hawk great, Doug Wilson, asked Brinks if he could skate with us in San Jose.  He asked us to slow down because he is getting old.  (We’ll try Doug)
       We will leave early on Saturday March 10, so we can watch the Sharks play that night. We will return home on Tuesday, March 13.  Click here for a complete San Jose Itinerary

 1998 San Jose trip.

 The Peoria Rivermen
 
 

 Worcester Ice Cats 
Sunday, February 25, 2001
                                       CODY SAVES
 Worcester goaltender Cody Rudkowsky made 52 saves last night as the IceCats defeated the St. John’s Maple Leafs 4-3 at Worcester’s Centrum Centre. The victory was the 37th of the season for the ‘Cats, who lead the American Hockey League in the “Wins” column and are pacing the AHL with 81 points.  Despite a scoreless first period, in which Worcester was outshot 20-4, the ‘Cats were able to grab the lead early in the second. Daniel Corso scored just 30 seconds into the frame. Adam Mair and Don MacLean answered Corso with goals for the Maple Leafs in the middle period before Worcester’s leading scorer, Eric Bogniecki, tied it up again at the 14:35 mark.  Mike Peluso gave Worcester its second lead of the night two minutes into the third. For the IceCats, it was their third power play goal of the game. A little less than three minutes later, Andrei Troschinsky went on to bag the eventual game winner as Mair's follow up goal became non-consequential.  Rudkowsky turned aside an unbelievable 52 of 55 shots, including 39 through the first two periods. "I felt good from the start of warm-ups and I was seeing the puck really well," noted the second year 'Cat. "I was just glad to help our team get the win."   The Leafs made it tough down to the wire. Their 55th and final shot gave them an opportunity to tie the game with only 10 seconds remaining as Don MacLean had an alley to the net. Rudkowsky, however, stopped the surging Leaf. "I was thinking about poke checking the guy, but I stayed in position and played the angle. My d-men made it easier on me to make the save as they came back in on the play and the puck hit me in the head."  “I felt pretty good out there,” said Marc Brown, who picked up an assist on Troschinsky’s goal while playing in his first game since Nov. 28th after undergoing abdominal surgery. However, he couldn’t help but turn  the attention to the netminder that tied a 2000-01 single-game AHL high in saves. “(Rudkowsky) was awesome. He was really standing up out there.” 

 

The Duffer Wives get a chance so share some stories.

 Hacksaw sings a little Bockman Turner Overdrive to Wendy.

Muzzy passes on some wisdom to Magoo and Wendy's dog.

The Dog seams to understand Muzzy better than Magoo.

 

Magoo starts talking to stay awake.

Stump is ready to pay the Fun Tax.

 
 

Beer-Nuts talks, Klinger listens.

Beer-Nuts talks, Klinger listens.

 

Always room for Jello.

Tweedy flashes a big 5 hole.

 

A hockey game broke out!

Jeff gives his Dad a hip check.

 

Klinger grabs a stick as Frankie waits for a pass.

Frankie shoots, she scores!!!

Rich Storm gave us a sneak preview of his new Duffer Friday Night II CD. 

Chris talks to Ralph on the big white phone.  That Damn Jell-O never stays down.

Hacksaw put on his hat,

and Klinger laughed so hard he wet his pants.  (With Beer)

30 Years of Laughter!
1971-2001

  
       
 

 

 

 

 

 

The San Jose Sharks are celebrating their tenth year, only 20 years behind the Duffers. (Maybe they should have had Clubhouse Designs create their Logo.)
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Tweedy has an office! It is right across the street from Baroni's in Lisle. Give him a call! Dan Lopatka, Investment Representative for Edward Jones 4745 Main Street Suit 109 Lisle, IL 60532 630-969-4936 At Edward Jones, they focus on one type of customer:
those interested in relatively high quality, low risk investments held for the long term. If this sounds like you, give Dan a call and find out more about the unique services they have to offer to help you reach your financial goals. 
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Duffer Calendar

Missed the Christmas Eclipse!
go to Beak's Solar Eclipse page

March 3            Madison
March 10           San Jose
March 31              Peoria
May                   Bowling
June                       Picnic
September 8  Golf Outing
 

 

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