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December 17, 1999 Reporters Cammi Granato *** Rich Storm Volume V Issue 41
 
 
Friday 12/10/99
 The Ghost is still on suicide watch!  He never showed up for Friday's game after giving up hat tricks to Fruit cake and Koss. Stump had to protect the nets for the Whites.  The game was a low scoring event as Doc scored for the Blues and some one scored for the Whites.  It might have been one of the Mazzarrellas there were a lot of them on the ice, then again it might have been one of the Morgans.  Oh, now I remember it was Woody Berserk.  Papa almost had one but he was hindered just as he shot.  Beak had the only thing that resembled a meaningful goal when he poked a shot past Stump that came to rest just past the left post.  Beer Nuts said that Stump slid across and "accidentally" pushed the net back so that the puck was now resting next to the left post.  When Lil' Ben got there, Stump was able to talk him into disallowing the goal.  That was an easy task, because Stump is Ben's idle, even though Stump looks up to him.
Wally Returns!
Welcome to, "take a picture with Wally Day!"
 

Beak, The Judge, Skeeter, Wally and the King.                      The Gang

 
 
        Orion the Hunter and Wally                Wally, King and Fruit Cake

 
Skeeter, Hitman and the King.                         Berzerk, Doc and Hitman

Hyper Linked Nick Names
 Last week the following nick name article appeared.  This week, links have been added, so you can see a picture of the Duffer that goes along with the name.  Just click once (No double click needed) on the underlined link and it will take you there!
Our Peoria Duffers have been enjoying the Duffer News on the internet, but they would like to know a little about our names and how they were derived.  Some names have a story behind them, like Wheezer. He  got his name after his first shift when Beak asked him his name and he was wheezing so much, he couldn't answer.  Some names are derived from their given name like Agatha (Agi Morley, Jerry “Beer Nuts’ Biernat, Bob “Dill” Deau, Vidas “Formica” Cermarka (also was called Veto), Gary “Ghost” Kasper, Arvydas “Harvey” Dikinis, John “Hit man” Heitman, Glen “Par 3” Oakes, Frank “Knarf” (Frank spelled backwards) Presecky, Rich “Muzzie“  Masiulewicz, Dan “Maz” Mazanec, Rick “Dizzy” Dzingel and Jerry “Scrotum” Oskroba.  Walter “Waju” Kraft and Fred “Fruit Cake” Bobka got their tags from the Polish translation of their names.
Some Duffers get their names from what they do.  Mike “Captain Hook’ Spillman owns Split Second Towing, (630-969-2579) Ron “Doc” Dubreuil is a professor at the University of Chicago, Keith “Doc” Suchy is a Dentist, Tim “Drano” Staats is a plumber with a teaching degree.  Jim “The King” Miceli owns the Duffers while Paul “Marsha” Novak is a lawyer and he got his name during the OJ trial.  Bob “Orion” Morgan is a hunter and Mike “The Nailer” DeVivo was a roofer.  Dan “Tweedy” Lopatka got his name when he was a 10 years old referee for the Duffers.  Chris "Berserk" or Chris “Woody” Mazurk works with wood, although some say he was tagged in the shower as was Stump.  Nick “The Hammer” Brescia brought a hammer into the locker room and gave us some inexpensive clothes hangers.
(16 penny nails.)
Association
 The following Duffers get their names from who they associate with: Tom “Butt Head” Morgan hangs with Jim “Beavis” Coughenour.  Joe “Cuzin Joe” Gotfryd got his name when his cousin Tom “Slime Dog” Kowalkowski brought him to the Duffers.  Other family oriented names are Jerry “Prince” Miceli (Son of The King), Mike "Son of Frank" Presecky also called “Rich Storm” when he is contributing to the Duffer News, Bob “Uncle Bob” Oskroba, Ken “Beak Jr.” Lopatka, Rob “Piggy Bank” Granato is the son of Don “Brinks” Granato who got his name from his kids.   Whenever they asked for money, Don would say, “What do you think I am?  Brinks!”
Physiology
Greg “Beak” Lopatka got tagged for his nose.  Ken “Stump” Barczynski was as high as he was wide when he joined the Duffers as a 16 year old goalie.  Jim “Titz” Michaelsen could fill out a DDD Bro-zier.  John “King Kong” Zagorski had his picture taken with ex-Black Hawk, King Kong Korab, and was a head taller.  John’s brother, Tom “Ahb” Zagorski got his name by stuttering every time his parents asked an accusing question, he would say, “Ahb, Ahb, Ahb.  John “Magoo” Landry is as blind as  Mr. Magoo.  Bill “Klinger” Giffune would have been named Beak but that name was taken when he joined us in the early 80s, so he was tagged Klinger since he looked like the MASH star.
             Behavior
 Bruce “Disco Bear” Schmitz danced his way to a name at a Duffer New Year's Eve party years ago.  Boris “Hacksaw” Pavichevich exposed a 20 inch scratch on his back when he removed his shirt.  He got that when he scratched his back with a hacksaw blade.     John “Cry Baby” Koss gets his name when he cries for more ice time.  He was called “Anti-Koss” last week when he complained about too much ice time.  Bill “Alien” Allen is out there, he has problems adjusting to planet earth.  Larry “Slot Machine” Hansen is a one armed bandit on the ice.  Ed “Anvil” Hawrysio.  Bob “Geek” Friedlander, Joe “Papa Joe” "The Judge" "The Barber" Mazzarella, Joe Jr. "Skeeter Mazzarella and Gene “Thor” Miller got their names for obvious reasons! Joe found out that there are three ways to get in the Duffer News.
  1. Score a meaningful goal
  2. Do something stupid
  3. Be a judge at the Randolph Science fair
 
 
 The Next Peoria Road Trip
Saturday December 18 is for Duffers who like to watch.  The Afternoon ice is not available because of a basketball game.  We are checking on January 15 or the 28 and 29.  That week end, the Rivermen have a Friday and Saturday home game. Maybe we could get 20 guys for a 2 night trip.
 
 
 
 
 
San Jose trip is dead!
Wally is working on a trip to Charlestown SC
If that doesn't work, the Mayor of Hayward is always ready to open the city up to us!
Let's go to Hayward in March!
 
Possible Peoria Road Trips
 12/18-19, Watchers only
1/15-18 or 1-27-29
 
 
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