TEMPE - Despite a third period push, an injury-riddled Arizona State hockey team fell 4-2 to Alaska Fairbanks on Friday night's series opener at Mullett Arena. I have to win a title in something. Frank The Animal Bialowas, a legend in hockey circles, had played three games in the NHL, then spent the rest of his career in the minors, rambling from rink to rink, like a bad man in a Western. Gilles was the Lead Hockey Instructor for National Hockey Development for 4 years. General Manager of the Augusta RiverHawks of the SPHL (2009), General Manager of the Jacksonville Barracudas of the SPHL (2004-2009), Played in 5 leagues over the course of his professional career, Played in the Sunshine Hockey League; Southern Hockey League; ECHL; Atlantic Coast Hockey League; and the World Hockey Association 2, St. Thomas University Graduate (Fredericton, NB, Canada) on an Athletic Scholarship. 2005-2006 UHL Fight - Danbury Trashers Brad Wingfield Takes Revenge On Josh Elzinga Who Ended His 2004-2005 Season On A Slew Footing Incident The Broke Winge. The players exchanged looks of confusion. ", The Galantes put the rowdiest boosters behind the opposing bench. Wiretaps of thousands of phone calls between Automated Waste Disposal employees and representatives of other trash companies in 2004 and '05 revealed a variety of criminal activities. He went online to find the main switchboard number for the Roanoke Valley (Va.) Vipers, left a message and eventually made contact with his counterpart. By game's end they were hooked. 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. 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. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers . Be a goalie, to which she said, Alright. 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. Though he lived with his wife and two children in suburban New Fairfield, he was beloved in nearby Danbury, where he had his office. Stevealso served as Coaching and Program Director for the NJ Devils Youth Hockey Club before becoming the Program Director for the Florida Golden Wolves, where he has served for the past 11 years. - Premium Design on your profile page (optional) Mathieuhasbecome a staple in the Tampa area over the last 2 years coaching kids and offering private lessons at Lightning Hockey Schools and Camps, Lightning Community Hockey Development, Lightning Made, Street Lightning, Chase Your Dreams, Future Goals and as a goalie consultant for the Lightning Development Camp. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. Next year were going to kick the son of a bitch in!, It was like that with the Trashers. A.J. Wagner's career stats in the league: two games and 73 penalty minutes. (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.) 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. Gretzky, at 32, was in the descent portion of his career. And thats how Greg and Brenda St. Clair were introduced to hockey, enough to motivate them to attend the Trashers next game and eventually become addicted to a sport they previously knew little about. Fifteen years have passed since the Danbury Trashers disbanded in 2006 as a result of the federal investigation that landed Jimmy Galante in prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, tax fraud and wire fraud. That meant late-night sessions on hockeydb.com, where he searched for telling stats. Sign up for EP Premium and verify your profile to access these benefits. ), The Trashers finished the 200405 season with a 44297 record, which put them in the playoffs. He graduated from Manhattanville with a business management degree in 2008 and bought into a New York City company that sells heating oil and diesel fuel. The Trashers were even able to land a few genuine NHL players, one of whom was Mike Rupp. When he caught wind of a local kid who couldn't afford college, he quietly wrote a tuition check. "I loved every player," Jimmy asserts. His job was to be the Kevin Costner to Brent Gretzkys Whitney Houston. Vogel and the St. Clairs developed a friendship on Facebook thanks to their mutual interest in hockey. It was populated by the die-hard, the angry, and the drunk. "Well, he's like anyone else to me. Brenda got tattoos of the names of her favorite players. When it came time to negotiate Gretzkys contract, AJ turned the deal over to his father. Still, it was clear who had the ultimate authority: Before and after some games Jimmy gave the team fiery pep talks and blistering critiques. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. 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. In the spring of 2003, while playing for the New Jersey Devils, Rupp had scored a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup finals. The rivalry between the teams developed fast. Josh Elzinga, a blueliner for the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings, did that for him. But Jimmy Galante was smart, and the G-men could never quite nail him. This year we beat on the door. And the noisemy God, the noise! This updated clip brings back the perspective of how Trashers fans were feeling during this moment of redemption. I fined him. Al grew up and was raised in small-town Manitoba and played all levels of minor and senior hockey. He'd already played 12 seasons of pro hockey: a total of 13 games in the NHL, followed by years of wandering the minors. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers. - Verification Badge on your profile, Post a scouting report/trivia/player comment in English (visible here), 2001, 4 #48 overall by Cedar Rapids Roughriders, 2000, 8 #157 overall by Windsor Spitfires. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . "You need a wild card," says A.J., "so we decided we would beat people to submission. The cornerstone of Marc's approach is focusing on making each hockey player a better athlete. At 4 a.m. the players would be out in the parking lot, huddled in their underwear. Learn more about them from these League History pages. "He even bought the beer," says Paproski. Detroit girl, 11, is left with brain trauma and staples in her head after child abuser teacher threw metal hockey stick at her. The second place AJ looked was where any other fan might have: hockeyfights.com, a website that aggregates footage of brawls on the ice. ", "Dad, if this guy had two eyes, he might be one of the greatest NHL players ever! A.J. Recalls Galante, "It was obvious he was thinking, What did I get myself into? 69 posts. 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. "People would make comments: 'Aren't you afraid of him? Torres said he lost confidence at . But as Wingnut moved away, Elzinga stuck out his skate and grabbed Wingnuts jersey. had been a serviceable defenseman in high school and had followed the Devils, so he reckoned he knew the sport well enough. On Oct. 15, Jimmy began serving his time. Word of the incident quickly spread through the blue-collar Connecticut city, which soon embraced the fighting mentality of the Trashers. Galante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the federal RICO act, one count of conspiring to defraud the IRS and one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud with the Trashers' bogus salary-cap figures. showed off the aggressively down-market style the Trashers brought to the UHL. "We had two defensemen hurt; otherwise we woulda won," A.J. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. In his 56 games with the Trashers, Wingfield piled up 496 penalty minutes. A UHL season was about 80 games followed by playoffs; the champion took home the Colonial Cup. He was a star in the UHL, having scored 43 goals for the Port Huron Beacons the previous season. Josh Elzinga vs. Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn, November 24, 2006 - Port Huron Flags vs. Kalamazoo Wings. Thirty-two other individuals, including Matty the Horse, were charged as part of the investigation. That's all we needed to hear. But his passion for sports never faded. Elzinga refused. "You shoulda seen Rupp," Galante recalls, laughing. He took a shot at us, AJ told me. The teenage sports exec became an irresistible media story. Such a city will have many of the bad elements of a metropolis and few of the good. However, hed been to prison for tax evasion. Jimmy Galante was arrested on June 9, 2006, not long after the final game of the season. It will have mobsters. "I said, 'Sure,' which, to my dad, was like signing a contract. At 32, Todd was younger than some of the players. So Greg stitched together multiple chest protectors what he called a Frankenstein model to ensure her safety. It will have desperate people, lost causes, and crime. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. And Brenda was given a new on-ice opportunity when Mad Hatters goalie Jeff Hill jokingly yelled at her to Be a man. He was born in the Bronx but grew up in bucolic South Salem, New York; did a stint in the Air Force; and then took a job driving a garbage truck. Seven players were sent to the penalty box. Thank you." There was an incident where one of our players attacked one of the Adirondack coaches, and that ended up in the Toronto Star. 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.". One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. At 24, Rupp had already spent two seasons in the majors. John also has coached with the Florida Jr. Panthers and Florida Panthers Hockey Schools for many years. He almost looked like Waynethe same intelligent eyes and long face, the same scraggly mall-rat hairbut not quite. All get tossed. DeLuca ended up resigning from office because of the scandal. Ten years ago, Connecticut waste-management king Jimmy Galante started a minor league hockey team and put his teenage son, A.J., in charge. 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. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. They led the league in penalty minutes. They had scorers and skaters and playmakers and defensive stalwarts. The government seized most of his assets, including 25 trash companies and a string of race cars. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette. Though he scored on the play, he lost sight in his left eye. Now he was turning up with his gear at a regional airport, being greeted too enthusiastically by what looked like a high-school kid claiming to be his new GM. 's account.). The 200405 UHL season coincided with the NHL lockout. He had skipped an afternoon class to pick up Rupp. Investigators alleged that by paying a quarterly $30,000 "mob tax" to Matthew (Matty the Horse) Ianniellothen the highest-ranking member of New York City's Genovese crime familyGalante's companies had muscled out potential competitors and charged counties and businesses inflated carting rates. Featured in the NETFLIX documentary Untold: Crime & Penalties, the story of the Danbury Trashers relives the short and tumultuous history of an old United Ho. Danbury fans whod followed the team to Glens Falls got word of the situation and gave the players the shirts off their own backs. Most dismaying to the citizenry of Danbury, the Trashers' 2006--07 season was canceled. We were maybe the toughest team to ever play this game. For video of the Danbury Trashers mixing it up, download SI's tablet version, free to subscribers, at SI.com/activate. The constant sitting has led to excruciating backaches. , New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. Having played over a decade in the ECHL including four seasons playing at the AHL level (Worcester IceCats, Grand Rapids Griffins, Lowell Lock Monsters, and Rochester Americans), his eight seasons with the Florida Everblades culminated in the team Captain having his iconic #9 jersey retired. The one thing that has given her joy in recent years is hockey. I know its not healthy, but I cant help myself. Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team. He found skill players on the internet, assembling his squad the way he might have assembled a fantasy-football team. (I wanted to bring something back to the community, Galante told me when I spoke with him in February.) At home they took to the ice to Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N Roses. By the second round, they had nothing left. Adam has over 25 years of hockey experience as a player and coach. He did have a weakness, though. "Jimmy's a guest of the government, and I love that man." Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. "You got us a guy with one eye? He was a defenseman and hit a kid, Galante said. Marc was a professional Triathlete for over 10 years. The story of Galantes team has become legend in Fairfield County, where I live. They had their own chants and waved body bags when opposing players lost fights. ago] Height 5.11 -- Weight 175 [180 cm/79 kg] Embed Josh Elzinga stats! 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. Maybe because Im Italian and in the garbage business.. But as Wingfield skated away , Elzinga stuck his leg out and pulled back on the left wing's jersey. "He can score unbelievable," A.J. Young Blood, Goon, they were all there. See latest post and follow all instructions. The United Hockey League's $300,000 franchising fee for a new team? His accomplishments includeover 30 wins across the World, along with competing with Team USA at World Championships. An email sent to the team asking Rupp to share his recollections of the Trashers elicited this curt response: "Mike is not available for your story." BY JANUARY 2005 the Trashers were so riddled with suspensions that they had to suit up an assistant coach, Bobby Stearns, who suddenly became a 36-year-old pro hockey rookie. "People love to watch him perform. Important: An official team/league url or a team document must be provided for us to update player stats. A small town has its lawns and picket fences and wholesome values, a big town its go-getters and civic fathers. So Im like, How the hell am I going to get a trade? I ended up taking this Vipers fan booklet and calling the merchandise number. AJ did one of his first press calls on a cellphone in a New Fairfield High School hallway, the interview ending abruptly when a teacher walked by. persisted. Then Sen. Joseph Lieberman hailed Galante as a "shining example" in the community. 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. A.J. ), 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. 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]. But they also swap remember-that-time-when stories about those two years they ran that crazy-assed hockey team. The team's actual payroll would later be estimated at $750,000. According to the indictment, Galante was making quarterly payments of $30,000 to Matty the Horse, the successor to Vincent the Chin Gigante and the boss of the Genovese crime family. made connections over the summer with agents, scouts and middlemen who could deliver that goalie from Manitoba or that playmaker from Quebec. "Frank would have been a hell of a Danbury Trasher," A.J. The pediatric emergency room at Danbury Hospital was named for Galante after he helped fund it. In professional sports, there are usually two games taking place. Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. Wingfield challenged a Kalamazoo player, Josh Elzinga, to a fight. I figured it would be like a video game, controlling players and all that. That matchup was marred by a brawl that kicked off when Trashers left winger Brad Wingfield attempted to fight Kalamazoos Josh Elzinga, who declined the invitation. VS. 1st Period - 7:13 . In his first semester of college A.J. Josh Elzinga, Danville -- 5'11" late '84 is the younger brother of Adam Elzinga, an '82 who played for Danville last year (and recently made the OHL's Peterborough Petes). An 11-year-old girl in Detroit had to get staples in her head after . He currently resides in Southwest Florida with his wife, Wendy, and their two children. In a 2004 altercation with Josh Elzinga of the Kalamazoo Wings, Wingfield's season was cut short when he gruesomely broke his leg from a Elzinga slew-foot (the act of sweeping out someone's leg.) 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. Danbury, Connecticut, is the ultimate small city. The league set an annual salary cap of $275,000, with a $2 luxury tax for every dollar spent above the threshold. Not a subscriber? According to authorities, DeLuca said yes and provided Colella's address. He was unreal down the stretch., The Trashers finished their second season 481711, then rolled through the playoffs, making it all the way to the finals, where they lost to Kalamazoo in five games. Most recently in the AAHL with Chicago Blaze. "Honestly, a lot of it was getting so close to a championship with the Trashers but not winning. Additionally, Charlie is the Head of Academics for TPH, Estero. "Especially for a guy with one eye. He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. Yet the father delegated personnel moves to the son. Not that they just rubber-stamped Galante's application. Take control of your EliteProspects profile! The trade rumors negatively impacted Torres on the field. She forgets about being in the chair, Greg added. To the delight of the Danbury press and public, they also brought exciting hockey action and stars such as Brent Gretzky (playing and signing autographs), kid brother of you-know-who. 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. It was a clean shot [but] they came right at AJ, and he had a very severe knee injury, couldnt play hockey anymore. Marc's experience as a professional Triathlete and coach with Team USA brings an understanding of the whole body and the athlete to the Ice. "You don't get involved in verbal altercations," Brosal admonished the ref. Established 1996 -- Celebrating Our 25th Year . If asked why they hadnt made it, theyd tell you no one had ever really given them a shot. He named it Champs Boxing Club & Fitness. So in 2004 Galante sank his money into the hockey equivalent of Double A ball. "It was loud," says A.J., "and security was very, let's just say, flexible." did his homework," says former Trashers center Drew Omicioli, "putting in research and hard work to build the team.". I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. A legion of small business owners still talk about how, on Trashers game nights, downtown blazed to life. He ended up reaching over the bench and grabbing the Adirondack coach, trying to pull him over the boards. Asked what hes up to these days, he said, Enjoying life.. recalls, "even the commissioner was like, 'I would advise against that. It was a different day of hockey., Life for the Trashers was life on the road, going from small city to small city. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. Catalyzed by their new scorer, the Trashers cruised through the regular season, finishing 48--17. [The attitude was,] You're supposed to be courteous in minor league hockey? DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of threatening. In 1980, after the Houston Oilers barely missed a trip to the Super Bowl, Coach Bum Phillips gave their fans a famous pep talk. - Connect directly with players, coaches, teams, scouts and agents (optional) The league's 13 other owners were happy for the cash infusion. "He's the only thing this team has going for it.". Wagner was apologetic, and A.J. The state senator had also told an undercover agent that he would use his influence to discover anything that could hurt Galante and "blunt it as best I can." DeLuca believed his granddaughter's husband, Mark Colella, had physically abused her. All would plead guilty, as would Galante. As evidence that Galante was prone to violence, the prosecution played footage of him purportedly striking the official during the infamous Kalamazoo game. and Jimmy Galante. 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. SON NATE WAS DRAFTED BY MISSISSAUGA IN THE 2021 OHL DRAFT. AJ considered it unfair to fans if a game had fewer than three fights. But in other corners the Galantesand the desperadoes on ice they brought to townare still recalled fondly. How did A.J. In keeping with the menacing nickname they gave themselves, the Trashers dropped their gloves at every opportunity, gleefully racking up penalty minutes. GET THE PICTURE? "I was a big Oakland Raiders fan," says A.J. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. Join Facebook to connect with Josh Elzinga and others you may know. Hed been named with several others, including Trashers Coach J. Todd Stirling, who pleaded guilty to taking part in the salary-cap fraud. conducted one interview, for a New York Times story, while walking through his high school, where cellphones were banned; he had to hang up on the reporter when he passed a teacher in the hall.) The New York Yankees have the Boston Red Sox; the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers. John has two sons who also like to play hockey. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. After snapping a few, Brenda invited Vogels friends to take some shots on her. 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