Game Two is what people remember. And fans werent the only ones who found the Trashers; players did too. John also has coached with the Florida Jr. Panthers and Florida Panthers Hockey Schools for many years. Hes working to turn Danbury into a boxing meccaup there with Oxnard, California., Galante got out of prison in 2014. "People would make comments: 'Aren't you afraid of him? He also played one season for the Russia Omsk of the KHL. "I said, 'Sure,' which, to my dad, was like signing a contract. The Kalamazoo Wings were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Kalamazoo, MI playing in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007. Initially, just as a spectator. Tampa Bay fans still include him among their grievances: a wasted pick. Defense. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. The UHL comprised 14 teams, including the Quad City Mallards, the Elmira Jackals, the Flint Generals, the Fort Wayne Komets, the Kalamazoo Wings, and the Adirondack Frostbite. ", On most Saturdays, A.J. Workers were still welding in seats 90 minutes before the first game, but opening night was a success: A sellout crowd of about 2,500 showed up, and Danbury beat Adirondack 3--1. recalls, "even the commissioner was like, 'I would advise against that. Id look for the guys with the best entertainment rating.. In the summer of 2005, federal agents raided Galantes offices, coming away with more than $500,000 in cash and more than 5,000 boxes of documentsreceipts, account books, you name it. 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. Many Trashers playersnow scattered in office complexes and neighborhood rinks across North Americaspeak of this as the greatest night of their hockey life. The Trashers traveled in a luxury coach; they played card games and talked all night. He was a star in the UHL, having scored 43 goals for the Port Huron Beacons the previous season. pursues his new sports passion, boxing management. . 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. When the signal comes, they pull on a fresh shirt, put on the gear, head out. A UHL season was about 80 games followed by playoffs; the champion took home the Colonial Cup. Maybe thats why I became obsessed with this story: It connects our little home rink with an epic of the human hockey condition. AJ spent the summer after his senior year assembling a roster. A.J. 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. They had, what, three goons? The league's 13 other owners were happy for the cash infusion. Most of these guys, if theyd been drafted into the NHL, had gone late, in the triple digits. "I got lectured a lot by Mr. Brosal, our commissioner," A.J. In the first period Wagner instigated a fight, and an all-out brawl broke out. The Trashers were hosting the Kalamazoo Wings, and Brent Gretzky was being shadowed by the Kalamazoo defenseman Josh Elzinga. The most famous tough-guy team ever was whothe Broad Street Bullies, 7475 Flyers? Ten years ago, Connecticut waste-management king Jimmy Galante started a minor league hockey team and put his teenage son, A.J., in charge. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. "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. Before a big game a team employee might check into the visitors' hotel and pull the fire alarm. Although the Trashers reported budget came in under the cap, the feds would later claim that for the 200405 season the actual figure was approximately $750,000. And the fans, from section 102 and beyond, still miss their team. Rupp had played two seasons in the NHL and had even scored the decisive goal for the Devils in the 2003 Stanley Cup finals. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. No one wanted to fight him, AJ said. Rupp played 14 games for the Trashersracking up five goals, five assists, and 30 penalty minutesbefore going back to the NHL for nine more seasons. But AJs favorite was Brad Wingnut Wingfield. He searched two places, one actual, one virtual. did his homework," says former Trashers center Drew Omicioli, "putting in research and hard work to build the team.". The lockout sent NHL stars into the cold. On such nights, I suppose Im just like Galante was, rooting for my son in the crazed way understood by all hockey parents. Unlike most enforcers, Wingnut could really play. In 2004, this meant buying a minor-league-hockey franchise and installing it at the local youth rink, the Danbury Ice Arena. And hed still kill us, AJ went on. Listen to the trailer for, the interview ending abruptly when a teacher walked by. Having failed to agree with players on a new contract, major-league owners canceled the season. felt that the Trashers needed a goal scorer. Adam has over 25 years of hockey experience as a player and coach. 117 Followers, 355 Following, 69 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Josh Elzinga (@jelzinga86) 117 Followers, 355 Following, 69 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Josh Elzinga (@jelzinga86) jelzinga86. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. But Jimmy Galante was smart, and the G-men could never quite nail him. He'd already played 12 seasons of pro hockey: a total of 13 games in the NHL, followed by years of wandering the minors. Word of the incident quickly spread through the blue-collar Connecticut city, which soon embraced the fighting mentality of the Trashers. "Oh, everyone knew the deal," says Omicioli, "but [we] didn't care. - Premium Design on your profile page (optional) Young Blood, Goon, they were all there. The game plan was 'Keep your cool and you'll get a power play,' but it didn't always work out. In 2003, from their desks above what was once center ice, agents began investigating Jimmy Galante. At a press conference on April 1, Galante also introduced the team's 17-year-old president, who had just bought a suit for the occasion. And what's more entertaining than a bunch of crazy guys getting into fights?". And the noisemy God, the noise! This summer, she took multiple trips to the ER for what she believes is a pinched nerve in her neck. [40 yrs. That is it.. The winning goal came in the third overtime. That meant late-night sessions on hockeydb.com, where he searched for telling stats. All told, he played just five games for them. He almost looked like Waynethe same intelligent eyes and long face, the same scraggly mall-rat hairbut not quite. ", HAVING A son named A.J. Galante, then a freshman at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., introduced himself as team president. No slow dissipation for the Trashers, no aging and decline. Galante named his team for the family business: the Trashers. A.J. The second year, Port Huron became the Roanoke Valley Vipers. Marc believes in helping each athlete to decipher through the plethora of good and misinformation to achieve optimal performance. John has two sons who also like to play hockey. Says St. Clair, "It still feels like I got kicked in the f------ chest. We're here to win.". The FBI had sent an agent undercover to pass himself off as a rogue salesman and befriend the men around Galante. "It comes right from the top.". The wiretaps captured Galantes associates recalling a trip to Mount Kisco, New York, where they wentas Michael Gustafson, the lead assistant U.S. attorney who handled the case, would later state in courtto retain the services of a leg-breaker known as the Carpenter. Also caught on tape was Galante telling an associate to deliver a message to a would-be canary: Long Island says hello, referring to Matty the Horse Ianniello. But his fights are what people remember. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette. ), According to ESPN, an FBI wiretap that was capturing Galantes phone calls would later reveal that three days after Wingnut broke his leg, Galante asked his business associate Ciro Viento to call Commissioner Brosal. During a pretrial hearing assistant U.S. attorney Michael Gustafson characterized Galante as a "manipulating, controlling, hands-on bully." It had a great economic impact on the entire downtown.". "The Danbury Trashers were the Syracuse Bulldogs of the movie Slap Shot," says Pomposello, the all-purpose assistant. ", "Dad, if this guy had two eyes, he might be one of the greatest NHL players ever! "He can score unbelievable," 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.". Not that they just rubber-stamped Galante's application. THE NEW HAVEN division of the FBI is located downtown, on the old site of the New Haven Arena, a prime hockey venue that housed minor league teams from the 1930s to the '70s. They called back, and I said, Do you want to trade that one-eyed guy? His first game with us, he had [a goal and an assist]. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. She had tears in her eyes and was thanking us so much. For a few hours, hockey had given Brenda a sense of normalcy to which Vogel can relate. Mahfuz riad. She started playing hockey, in her wheelchair. At a home game in Danbury, he beat up three Adirondack forwards, AJ said. HOCKEY IS BACK!!!. "We did our due diligence, and they put in the proper paperwork and were professional," says Richard Brosal, then the UHL's commissioner. I wound up having words with the referee, and unbeknownst to me, he was a full-time police officer in upstate New York, Galante told me. Born 1984-09-30 in Burbank, Illinois. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. Soon, a 3-on-3 scrimmage was underway with Brenda, for the first time in her life, facing shots in a real game. The Danbury arena, meanwhile, has returned to its old existence as a youth rink. How did A.J. "A.J. One of the featured players, Brad \"Wingnut\" Wingfield plays a significant role in the film. "He must've thought he was on Punk'd or something. Follow. DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of threatening. After hearing ESPN hockey commentator Barry Melrose, a co-owner of the Frostbite, trash the Trashers on the radio, an enraged A.J. Lets face it: What else does Danbury really have?. - Improve your search rank 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 . Danbury fans whod followed the team to Glens Falls got word of the situation and gave the players the shirts off their own backs. "You had blue-collar guys banging on the glass. Al has coached youth hockeyfor the last 9 years and isa level 5 USA Hockey coach. Matty the Horse spent 18 months in the big house, but he survived it, dying a free man in August 2012. After the game they'd come back and greet the players. 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. Yet in some ways Galantes biography seemed unlike that of a traditional hood. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? "We had two defensemen hurt; otherwise we woulda won," A.J. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. was a senior at New Fairfield (Conn.) High, he was at a family pasta dinner when his father, Jamesknown to all as Jimmycasually asked, "How would you like to run a pro hockey team? Yet the father delegated personnel moves to the son. Hed been named with several others, including Trashers Coach J. Todd Stirling, who pleaded guilty to taking part in the salary-cap fraud. Josh Elzinga Defense Born Sep 3 1984 -- Burbank, IL [38 yrs. Currently, Al isanAssistant Coach of the 05 AAA Florida Alliance Elite team. That spring, when A.J. So in 2004 Galante sank his money into the hockey equivalent of Double A ball. (Jimmy was allowed to answer only a few questions by email sent through A.J. It was four years to the day from the Trashers' first game. 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. Team Information. Mario Larocque was different: Hed been taken in the first round of the 1996 NHL draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. I remember being elated, guys tumbling over the boards like wed won the Stanley Cup. The Trashers went on to win that series, but lost the next. AL hasattended many coaching seminars and clinics around North America. He reportedly spent more than $3 million to expand the rink from a 600-seat bandbox to a 2,500-seat showplace called the Danbury Ice Arena. "We're probably not going to want to participate," he said haltingly. All Rights Reserved. Questioned about the no-show jobs, former players laughed and changed the subject. But as Wingfield skated away , Elzinga stuck his leg out and pulled back on the left wing's jersey. "He made fans feel like they were an integral part of the team. They were always pulling them out late, clearing the bench, fighting and celebrating. He was just back from that broken leg when the Wings came to Danbury. ESPN The Magazine reported that one onlooker described Wingnut as on all fours, like an animal braying for help. Hed be out the rest of that season, and half of the next. I took a swing at him. The jerseys featured the team mascot, Scrappy, a garbage can with the lid raised just enough to reveal two almond-shaped eyes peering from the darkness. 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. From November 2019: My family story of love, the Mob, and government surveillance. GET THE PICTURE? There was no other number. They loved playing for Jimmy, because he took care of them. And it all ended in an FBI raid and subsequent indictment that landed Galante in the slammer, along with the infamous gangster Matthew Ianniello, aka Matty the Horse, the then-86-year-old capo di tutti capi of the Genovese crime family. said. Having been a professional player, coach, and instructor for over 15 years, Gilles has been able to help continue to grow youth hockey programs across the state of Florida. "But you got to stir it up sometimes.". "Well, he's like anyone else to me. Now and then, he liked to make an elaborate gesture, something attention-getting. 2006-2007 Regular Season . Stirling, the Trashers' first coach, was also indicted, for abetting Galante by using the Trashers' fax machine to submit bogus salary reports to the UHL offices. Al grew up and was raised in small-town Manitoba and played all levels of minor and senior hockey. Most dismaying to the citizenry of Danbury, the Trashers' 2006--07 season was canceled. Jimmy owned a stock car racing team and had long talked about becoming a sports magnate. Recalls Galante, "It was obvious he was thinking, What did I get myself into? One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. Established 1996 -- Celebrating Our 25th Year . He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. I'll own it. He did have a weakness, though. He's 27 now. "I cut a foot off the visitors' bench," says Pomposello, "so they'd be all squished together." ", Jimmy expects to be released this summer. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers . ", THE RAIDERS' AL DAVIS WAS "A WILD MAN WITH A TEAM FULL OF OUTLAWS," SAYS A.J., "AND THAT'S HOW I WANTED TO BE. Not a subscriber? Players' wives were put on the payroll of Galante-owned companies though they performed no discernible duties. Most teams rode in a rickety, Partridge Familystyle bus. The Washington Capitals have signed defenseman Nick Jensen to a three-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $4.05 million. Theres nothing sadder than a small city. All get tossed. In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. Like Mike Tyson in his prime.". Marc uses a basis of skating and skills rather than hockey concepts oversystems through proper small area games. Ohio Gov. Paul,originallyfrom Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with teams such as Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and the Colorado Avalanche. It will have mobsters. Elzinga refused. We just figured, Were going to make a team everyone loves to hate, AJ said. U.S. Hockey Report provides exclusive amateur hockey news reporting and scouting services in the United States and Canada. And Galante had the money. I first heard it from a father on the sidelines of a Little League game soon after I moved in. An 11-year-old girl in Detroit had to get staples in her head after . "You shoulda seen Rupp," Galante recalls, laughing. If Micahs short careerhes currently 10 years oldwere, God forbid, to come to a sudden end, Id gladly enlist a mobster to buy him a team so he could still have a future in hockey. The New York Times described him as a Danbury trash hauler suspected of mob ties who had a story right out of The Sopranos., From December 2019: Scorseses elegy for the American gangster. what happened to josh elzinga hockey. 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. Jimmy Galante was arrested on June 9, 2006, not long after the final game of the season. In the spring of 2003, while playing for the New Jersey Devils, Rupp had scored a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup finals. To circumvent the cap, Galante regularly doled out cash bonuses, gave some players exorbitant living allowances and gave others checks for housing after their allowances had already been paid. began moonlighting as a boxing manager. With the NHL idled by a lockout that would scuttle the 2004--05 season in mid-February, the UHL became a haven for restless NHL players wanting to play to stay in shape. They were the cream of the UHL, one of its best teams and a pet project of hockey celebrities: The franchise was owned in part by the former NHL coach Barry Melrose and the ESPN broadcaster Steve Levy. At home they took to the ice to Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N Roses. Pick your poison. She forgets about being in the chair, Greg added. 117 followers. He was suspended from the UHL for life., And then there was the broken-leg game. People who tell the story start with the date, as if recalling an event of historical importance: December 1, 2004. Stevehas served on the SAHOF Board of Directors since 2003, has been a Head Coach and Evaluator for the USA Player Development Program, and has made five appearances at the USA Hockey National Championships which includes bringing the first National Championship to the Southeast District and the State of Florida. "I'm one of those guys who lives for competition," he says. This updated clip brings back the perspective of how Trashers fans were feeling during this moment of redemption. "You need a wild card," says A.J., "so we decided we would beat people to submission. He paid the funeral costs of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq and donated $200,000 to a nonprofit that provided financial assistance to soldiers serving overseas. 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. 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. (VOY: "Shattered") Following the loss of the USS Voyager, Johnson was devastated, but he held out hope that Janeway and the rest of the crew were alive longer than most people did. It was happening at the FBIs office in New Haven, where, by the spring of 2005, a handful of agents were deep into an investigation of Galantes garbage business. Before and after games downtown Danbury was hopping. The story of Galantes team has become legend in Fairfield County, where I live. Thats where he told me his story, amid the light and heavy bags, in the regulation ring. , New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Adam Elzinga, 1982-07-23 Burbank, IL, USA USA. (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.) Brenda has cracked three ribs her first time on the ice she crashed into the boards and years later nearly broke her middle finger trying to make a save. Their goons fight our goons. 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