Mid-season, thats when we really caught fire, AJ told me. He ended up reaching over the bench and grabbing the Adirondack coach, trying to pull him over the boards. So I reached out to a guy I knew in the Quebec League and said, Get me Chad Wagner., Chad Wagner was one of the most feared hockey fighters of the era. Still, as one might expect from a teenage GM, the roster was dense with goons. Submit changes (incorrect DOB, missing stats, incorrect stats, social media links etc) using a web form and we will review your update request within 24 hours and update accordingly. Southeast Elite is proud to announce the Mathieu Garon with be an instrumental member of the Southeast Elite organization as a goaltender instructor. It wasnt a crisis, but it was a drag. By Chris Kazarian The legend of the United Leagues Danbury Trashers was cemented midway through the teams first season in a game against the Kalamazoo Wings. Their goons fight our goons. He was a star in the UHL, having scored 43 goals for the Port Huron. Lets face it: What else does Danbury really have?. If you have any questions or problems with the league statistics contact: League Admin Then, as A.J. signed him for another game against Adirondack, in Danbury on Feb. 23, which was also WWE Night. Marc's professional athletic career includes: For 10 years John was the Director of Top Shelf Hockey. and Jimmy Galante. No one wanted to fight him, AJ said. ", THE TRASHERS finished their inaugural season 44--29, and their second year unfolded much like the first: a lot of winning, a lot of fighting. Something was off-brand, faded; he was like a dollar bill thatd been through the wash. Hed already played 12 seasons of pro hockey: a total of 13 games in the NHL, followed by years of wandering the minors. I remember being so pissed, I had to do something. "We did our due diligence, and they put in the proper paperwork and were professional," says Richard Brosal, then the UHL's commissioner. After signing Gretzky, he went for Jim Duhart, the Crash Davis of minor-league hockey. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. But he would become something of a hockey Crash Davis: He would play through 2013, retiring at 37. It was all new to him, but he was sure of the player he wanted most: Brent Gretzky, the brother of the NHL legend Wayne. The Trashers were hosting the Kalamazoo Wings, and Brent Gretzky was being shadowed by the Kalamazoo defenseman Josh Elzinga. Recalls Galante, "It was obvious he was thinking, What did I get myself into? Born 1984-09-30 in Burbank, Illinois. He's 27 now. The United States government came in and seized my assets, and one of the assets was the team, Galante told me. I'll own it. This article appears in the May 2018 print edition with the headline The Mobster Who Bought His Teenage Son a Hockey Team., The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? In September 2008, U.S. District Court judge Ellen B. Burns sentenced him to 87 months in prison. Brenda St. Clair can serve as an inspiration to goaltenders and all hockey fans throughout the world. Gretzky, at 32, was in the descent portion of his career. Join Facebook to connect with Josh Elzinga and others you may know. 2002-03 Chicago Steel #6 Josh Elzinga: 2004-05 Kalamazoo Wings #3 Josh Elzinga: 2005-06 Kalamazoo Wings #3 Josh Elzinga One year ago we knocked on the door, he said. Says St. Clair, "It still feels like I got kicked in the f------ chest. But Galante got around it in classic mob fashion: no-show jobs. The 200405 Trashers blew through the UHL like a freak storm. He'd already played 12 seasons of pro hockey: a total of 13 games in the NHL, followed by years of wandering the minors. "You need a wild card," says A.J., "so we decided we would beat people to submission. He wore a full face mask. One day in November, an employee at the Ice Arena was proud to show the building until he was told his visitor was interested in writing an article on the Trashers. A small town has its lawns and picket fences and wholesome values, a big town its go-getters and civic fathers. Wingfield broke his leg in several places during a Dec. 1 game at the Danbury Ice Arena against Kalamazoo when he was tripped by the Wings' Josh Elzinga in the final seconds of the second. The team's actual payroll would later be estimated at $750,000. Ten years ago, Connecticut waste-management king Jimmy Galante started a minor league hockey team and put his teenage son, A.J., in charge. Wingnut. But his fights are what people remember. The trade rumors negatively impacted Torres on the field. She started playing hockey, in her wheelchair. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . Now and then, he liked to make an elaborate gesture, something attention-getting. Josh Patterson (F) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Lukas Krajicek (D) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Jon Howse (F) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Not Activated Sections Endorsements In 2003, from their desks above what was once center ice, agents began investigating Jimmy Galante. Originally from the Metro Detroit area, Craig grew up playing youth hockey in Michigan within the Detroit Little Caesars organization. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. U.S. Hockey Report provides exclusive amateur hockey news reporting and scouting services in the United States and Canada. Good hotels, a beautiful locker roomseveral players remember their tenure on the team as their most satisfying time in pro hockey. During his four years of collegiate playfor the Miami OH Redhawks (CCHA), he received the Terry Flannagan Humanitarian Award recognizing Ernie's strong character and leadership skills both on and off of the ice. A UHL season was about 80 games followed by playoffs; the champion took home the Colonial Cup. A.J. The 2004 05 NHL lockout was a labor lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the National Hockey League (NHL) season, which would . Marc was a professional Triathlete for over 10 years. ", On most Saturdays, A.J. "Every character they had, we had. They were always pulling them out late, clearing the bench, fighting and celebrating. "No," Jimmy replied. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine are set to visit the toxic train derailment site in East Palestine Wednesday for an update on the removal of the hazardous waste from the wreck. John has two sons who also like to play hockey. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. puts it, "it got real, real fast." People were like, What the hells going on over there? And theyd do some research and see how young I was, and the fatherson dynamic and the type of fighters. In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. He was just back from that broken leg when the Wings came to Danbury. The 200405 UHL season coincided with the NHL lockout. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette. That is it.. ", Three years ago A.J. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. Danbury is a blue-collar town, and they could relate to the players, Galante told me. Theres nothing sadder than a small city. Through hockey, Brenda has served as an inspiration for others, from children learning the sport to those like 25-year-old Eric Vogel, a fellow goalie drafted by the expansion Southwestern Pennsylvania Magic of the Federal League in June. The Trashers sprawled in the locker room as the Zamboni worked. The NHL bars players who are blind in one eye, so Beauregard was consigned to a career in the minors. What happened today in history (27 February): Sandeep Singh and Constantine I were born, Leonard Nimoy and Chandra Shekhar Azad died, World NGO Day, Bayern Munich was founded, Pakistan retaliated . The Trashers had the Adirondack Frostbite. A.J. Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. - Premium Design on your profile page (optional) As with hockey, he had no real connections when he started, but he figured, How hard could it be to break in? starts innumerable sentences, "My dad always says.", Usually so engaging and candid, A.J. When the 2004--05 lockout ended, Rupp returned to the NHL and is still playing, for the Wild. For all that's happened, the kid still idolizes his father. But now, in the fall of '04, with his league in the throes of a lockout, Rupp had agreed to play for a minor league club in Danbury, Conn. His agent had said a team honcho would meet him at the Westchester County (N.Y.) Airport. The Danbury Whalers of the Federal Hockey League now play downtown, and it's fair to wonder whether they would be there were it not for the hockey culture Jimmy Galante started and the arena he built. When A.J. Galante, then a freshman at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., introduced himself as team president. Cortisone shots help her deal with frequent elbow pain. "Right from day one, they've said they wanted to be the bad boys of hockey, the most hated team, the Evil Empire," Marc Potvin, coach of the Adirondack Frostbite, one of the Trashers' rivals, disapprovingly told the Toronto Star in February 2005. The gangster shrugged: What can I say, right? That was the minimum; that was getting your moneys worth. Wingfield's skate caught on the ice, and as he fell back his left tibia, fibula and ankle broke with such force that the crack could be heard in the stands. 117 followers. "We loved those fansI mean loved," says Omicioli. The Trashers' marquee player was Brent Gretzky, Wayne's kid brother. Federal authorities had grown interested in the Connecticut waste-management industry. Asked by email whether there could be a sequel, a Danbury Trashers II, Galante responds, "Anything is possible! says. The intimidation factor was unreal. Rumun Ndur was the only Nigerian-born player ever to make it to the NHL. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers . SHOWTIME The Trashers didn't just start fights. He has talked casually with A.J. "I loved every player," Jimmy asserts. Depending on whom you ask, Jimmy Galante was either one of its mobsters or a legit businessman whose waste-removal company had become associated with the Mafia. We were maybe the toughest team to ever play this game. AJ called it a coincidence: Changes in the league made continued play impossible, he said, not the legal problem. Of course, his dads arrest played a role. Severely injured by a terrible cheap shot from an opponent, Winger is able to rehab his broken leg and get his revenge exactly 367 days later.The film footage is sort of grainy (unless you watch the documentary for some unique angles), but until this film, the audio from the home broadcast of the Danbury Trashers has never been available. Skokie Hockey is pleased to announce that Adam Elzinga will join the 2016-17 coaching staff as the Head Coach of our 2007 team (Squirt 2). My father said, out of nowhere, If I ever buy a hockey team, youre going to run it. I was like, Yeah, sure. Then, two days later, he said, Okay, I bought the team. True to his word, Galante made his son the teams general manager. The Kalamazoo Wings were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Kalamazoo, MI playing in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007. And hed still kill us, AJ went on. The league's 13 other owners were happy for the cash infusion. My dad wasnt too happy, and in so many words I was told, We need a fucking scorer. I was on spring break from college, and my break consisted of me in my room researching I didnt really have any relationships with other hockey people. On such nights, I suppose Im just like Galante was, rooting for my son in the crazed way understood by all hockey parents. Soon Jimmy was renting buses to take fans to big road games. "The camaraderie with the Galante familythe laughs, the dinnersit's sad," Pomposello says, his voice catching. A.J. After he was drafted, Vogel invited the couple to Pennsylvania for training camp in August. "When we got him," A.J. Launching an expansion hockey team in Danbury seemed less like a vanity play than a natural progression. He offered Roanoke not just a pair of current Trashers but also other players in the UHL supplemental draft that summer. Some say he did it for the same reason he owned a race-car squad: He loved to compete. Now it's probably best known for its massive federal prison, which housed Lauryn Hill and has been featured in Orange Is the New Black. Tampa Bay fans still include him among their grievances: a wasted pick. Steve Lynch has been coaching ice hockey for over 20 years. "Especially for a guy with one eye. I suspended him. recalls, "even the commissioner was like, 'I would advise against that. How did A.J. 80,893) who owns a dry cleaning business, "People thought, You know what, he may be caught up in questionable activity, but he's good to the town.". A.J. Facebook gives people the power to. Last seen in the 2003-2004 season with the Chicago Steel (USHL). [The attitude was,] You're supposed to be courteous in minor league hockey? By accepting an offer he couldn't refuse. 's account.). He scores like it's drinking water. pursues his new sports passion, boxing management. By the second round, they had nothing left. 14U A - Josh Elzinga 14U AA - Eric Ricard and Johnny Pelletier 16U A - Dylan Forsythe and Devon Rodriguez 16U AA USPHL - Tony Lessel 18U AA - Peter Jerabeck Coach's Bios Will be released the week prior to tryouts For more information contact: Tony Lessel, Hockey Director TonyL@floridaeverblades.com - 239-948-7825 x1303 He was one of those players who had everything except whatever mysterious quality it is that separates Wayne from Brent, the Yes from the Not Quite. The United Hockey League's $300,000 franchising fee for a new team? As he explained, No matter what type of day you had when you go out on the ice for an hour, hour and a half or two hours you forget everything that happened that day and you focus on that black little puck. You in? VS. 1st Period - 12:37. acted decisively. Unlike most enforcers, Wingnut could really play. was taking calls from players and agentsincluding, he says, Sean Avery'sasking for a Danbury roster spot. Galante spent $3 million to refurbish the Danbury Ice Arena. Such a city will have many of the bad elements of a metropolis and few of the good. Marc specializes in the full spectrum of athlete development. The Galantes admit that their favorite player was Brad Wingfield, a.k.a. "It comes right from the top.". Needless to say it was gobbled right up.The documentary has taken the hockey and sports worlds by storm. The Minnesota Wild have acquired forward Gustav Nyquist from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2023 NHL draft. Teaching athletes to learn and howto think, over just going through the motions of drills, brings the best out of each athlete. Originally from Montreal,Charlieplayed over 900 games professionally around the globe over his 17-year career, including the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. DeLuca ended up resigning from office because of the scandal. Today he represents Frank Galarza (11-0-2), the New York State light middleweight champ. Wins came in bunches. The doors to the visiting team's penalty box were also welded together, so opponents had to fling themselves over the boards to enter the box. And Galante had the money. Thirty-two other individuals, including Matty the Horse, were charged as part of the investigation. "You shoulda seen Rupp," Galante recalls, laughing. His job was to be the Kevin Costner to Brent Gretzkys Whitney Houston. Like Mike Tyson in his prime.". ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. "After games you'd have these blue-collar guys next to wealthy real estate developers. The former Director of Hockey Operations for the Jacksonville Ice and Sports Complex, Gilles is no stranger to youth hockey. AJ considered it unfair to fans if a game had fewer than three fights. Following a successful junior hockey career, he played four (4) years of college hockey at Eastern Michigan University, where he was a CSCHL All-Star in 2001. To Galante, it was a rounding error. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. "Honestly, a lot of it was getting so close to a championship with the Trashers but not winning. Marc uses a basis of skating and skills rather than hockey concepts oversystems through proper small area games. One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. That matchup was marred by a brawl that kicked off when Trashers left winger Brad Wingfield attempted to fight Kalamazoo's Josh Elzinga, who declined the invitation. ", THESE BONDS were cemented by a brand of violence the Trashers purveyed without apology. Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. Vogel and the St. Clairs developed a friendship on Facebook thanks to their mutual interest in hockey. He allegedly kicked a referee. She forgets about being in the chair, Greg added. "Listen, for all you guys who don't have a sack, I've brought enough balls for everyone," he said. Maybe thats why I became obsessed with this story: It connects our little home rink with an epic of the human hockey condition. After snapping a few, Brenda invited Vogels friends to take some shots on her. Residents greeted the new hockey team with considerable excitement. John also has coached with the Florida Jr. Panthers and Florida Panthers Hockey Schools for many years. What does that mean? Like Danbury, once the producer of many of the world's hats. Al wenton to a successful financial career before building and operating his own ice rink in Lithia, Florida. Greg St. Clair, the fan who accompanied his wheelchair-bound wife to games, marked the occasion by getting a tattoo on his left calf of Scrappy the mascot shooting a puck emblazoned with the letters fbi. Follow. (The indictment alleged that the Trashers' player payroll was in excess of $750,000, but the team reported that it hadn't gone over the UHL salary cap of $275,000.) For video of the Danbury Trashers mixing it up, download SI's tablet version, free to subscribers, at SI.com/activate. The roster was constantly in flux, but it usually had more enforcers than players in need of protection. Josh Doan and Jack Judson scored for the Sun Devils (15-19-0), who were forced to play a man short against the Nanooks (19-10-2) due to mounting . (Jimmy was allowed to answer only a few questions by email sent through A.J. The second place AJ looked was where any other fan might have: hockeyfights.com, a website that aggregates footage of brawls on the ice. Team Information. Wagner generally played on one- or two-game contracts, and promised AJ that he would take care of the Frostbite. She had always wanted to play in a game and afterward she kept talking, Did you see this save and that save? It was really, really great. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. The first was the famed Quebec League (officially the Ligue Nord-Amricaine de Hockey), which can be thought of as an aquarium stocked with fighting fish: young goons and old goons, bald goons and goons with mullets. Jimmy owned a stock car racing team and had long talked about becoming a sports magnate. Id look for the guys with the best entertainment rating.. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. On Dec. 3, 2005, Kalamazoo visited Danbury. The FBI had sent an agent undercover to pass himself off as a rogue salesman and befriend the men around Galante. "I got lectured a lot by Mr. Brosal, our commissioner," A.J. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. VS. 1st Period - 7:13 . So why was he being greeted by this kid sporting a nascent goatee, earrings and an Allen Iverson jersey? Though he lived with his wife and two children in suburban New Fairfield, he was beloved in nearby Danbury, where he had his office. We're here to win.". Asked what hes up to these days, he said, Enjoying life.. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. Jimmy pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, tax fraud, and wire fraud. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. Nothing.. There were hundreds of fans like Greg and Brenda St. Clair, a Danbury couple who went halfway through the season to check out the new team. At 4 a.m. the players would be out in the parking lot, huddled in their underwear. Matty the Horse spent 18 months in the big house, but he survived it, dying a free man in August 2012. The Danbury Trashers earned respect with their fists as often as their sticks. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. The team was largely the same, with a few additions, including yet another minor-league-hockey legend, David Beauregard. was fined and suspended for nearly coming to blows with an executive from another team during a game. It started becoming urban legend.. "Oh, everyone knew the deal," says Omicioli, "but [we] didn't care. Word of the incident quickly spread through the blue-collar Connecticut city, which soon embraced the fighting mentality of the Trashers. 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