"We did our due diligence, and they put in the proper paperwork and were professional," says Richard Brosal, then the UHL's commissioner. 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 . wasn't the only reason Galante drew comparisons with Tony Soprano. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. This updated clip brings back the perspective of how Trashers fans were feeling during this moment of redemption. The Danbury Trashers earned respect with their fists as often as their sticks. (The video was inconclusive.) What does that mean? made connections over the summer with agents, scouts and middlemen who could deliver that goalie from Manitoba or that playmaker from Quebec. That spring, when A.J. felt that the Trashers needed a goal scorer. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. 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. He had once set a record in the West Coast Hockey League with 503 penalty minutes in a single season. about getting back into sports. 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. He offered Roanoke not just a pair of current Trashers but also other players in the UHL supplemental draft that summer. After the game they'd come back and greet the players. On Dec. 3, 2005, Kalamazoo visited Danbury. So while Greg, 49, can walk, his wife is paralyzed, relying on a motorized wheelchair to move around. . ", The Galantes put the rowdiest boosters behind the opposing bench. Marc specializes in the full spectrum of athlete development. Players' wives were put on the payroll of Galante-owned companies though they performed no discernible duties. An 11-year-old girl in Detroit had to get staples in her head after . 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. They weren't just happy to go to games. And so it was that Jimmy Galante's "property rights system," as the government called it, became one of the largest racketeering cases in U.S. history. Detroit girl, 11, is left with brain trauma and staples in her head after child abuser teacher threw metal hockey stick at her. 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. He also played one season for the Russia Omsk of the KHL. "You had blue-collar guys banging on the glass. More information about Marc can be found atwww.OptimumAthlete.com. 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. "Listen," he said, "my dad is coming home for dinner at 7:30, and if I don't have a goal scorer by then, I'm in big trouble." Last seen in the 2003-2004 season with the Chicago Steel (USHL). 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. We still got eight goons.. Paul is currently the Hockey Director for the Miami Toros Hockey Program, where he brings an extremely high level of playing and coaching experience to the Kendall Ice Arena. And that wasn't all. When asked whether they knew anything about the other side of Galantes life, most said something along the lines of Not exactly, but we did know we were well taken care of. Defense. Brenda St. Clair can serve as an inspiration to goaltenders and all hockey fans throughout the world. One year ago we knocked on the door, he said. After hearing ESPN hockey commentator Barry Melrose, a co-owner of the Frostbite, trash the Trashers on the radio, an enraged A.J. 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. 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. According to the indictment filed with the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, in addition to skating for the Trashers, several players (or their wives) were on the payrolls of his various companiessalesperson, sales manager, whatever. "People love to watch him perform. was on the phone with agents for some of the best hockey players in the world. His job was to be the Kevin Costner to Brent Gretzkys Whitney Houston. 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. But for many, the highlight had come earlier in the season, when Wingnut got his revenge. Jason Chen explains the effect in depth before New Jersey plays Wednesday. 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. A case involving a minor-league hockey team also nailed Matty the Horse. "It comes right from the top.". Charlie has coached numerous Southeast Elite AAA teams throughout the years, bringing home many championships. But for the Trashers, there was a third game, although neither Jimmy nor AJ knew about it. John was the originalfounding member of the South Florida First Youth Hockey League. Take control of your EliteProspects profile! I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. Cortisone shots help her deal with frequent elbow pain. He's crazy.' Josh Elzinga vs. Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn, November 24, 2006 - Port Huron Flags vs. Kalamazoo Wings. From November 2019: My family story of love, the Mob, and government surveillance. Originally from the Metro Detroit area, Craig grew up playing youth hockey in Michigan within the Detroit Little Caesars organization. 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.) ", "Dad, if this guy had two eyes, he might be one of the greatest NHL players ever! "YOU'D HAVE BLUE-COLLAR GUYS NEXT TO WEALTHY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. Everyone, however, agrees that he did it at least in part for his son, AJ, who was 17. When A.J. By the second round, they had nothing left. AJ knew the sort of team he wanted: skill plus muscle, skaters plus goons. We knew the reality: It was hockey, but it was also entertainment. "Especially for a guy with one eye. "He made fans feel like they were an integral part of the team. puts it, "it got real, real fast." Brenda got tattoos of the names of her favorite players. Then AJ had gotten hurt. So Greg stitched together multiple chest protectors what he called a Frankenstein model to ensure her safety. Wingnut. In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. The Galantes admit that their favorite player was Brad Wingfield, a.k.a. Maybe because Im Italian and in the garbage business.. Wagner had once set a West Coast Hockey League single-season record with 503 penalty minutes. I remember asking, Why does he have the full mask? Someone told me, Hes only got one eye. Hed lost vision in the othera stick through the visor. Initially, just as a spectator. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. 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. At 4 a.m. the players would be out in the parking lot, huddled in their underwear. 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. Having collected 563 goals over the course of his 15 seasons in various leagues, Duhart gave the Trashers a second genuine scoring threat. After snapping a few, Brenda invited Vogels friends to take some shots on her. The teenage sports exec became an irresistible media story. They had, what, three goons? But AJs favorite was Brad Wingnut Wingfield. 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. 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. But haberdashery isn't what it used to be, and Danbury has struggled to find a new commercial base. In this way, they happened across, in addition to all sorts of other malfeasance, evidence of those no-show jobs, which ultimately resulted in additional charges against Galante. 2006-2007 Regular Season . ", THESE BONDS were cemented by a brand of violence the Trashers purveyed without apology. "It was definitely a unique group of individualsas well as management!" Every great team needs a great rival. . So why was he being greeted by this kid sporting a nascent goatee, earrings and an Allen Iverson jersey? Al lives in Lithia, Floridawith his wife and son. But Jimmy Galante was smart, and the G-men could never quite nail him. For this he was banned for life from the UHL. 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. See latest post and follow all instructions. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. The Trashers were hosting the Kalamazoo Wings, and Brent Gretzky was being shadowed by the Kalamazoo defenseman Josh Elzinga. But even Wingnut had nothing on Chad Wagner. says, shifting uneasily in his seat. 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. Many Trashers playersnow scattered in office complexes and neighborhood rinks across North Americaspeak of this as the greatest night of their hockey life. We had one [enforcer], and the poor guy got challenged every shift. Playing against the Trashers was "a s--- show," said Chris Chaput, who was a center for the Elmira Jackals in 2005--06. I hear it again every time my son Micahs Squirt Division travel team plays a home game at the Danbury arena. I fined him. And Galante had the money. We just figured, Were going to make a team everyone loves to hate, AJ said. fgcu.campuslabs.com. Between periods, players take off their jersey and pads. It went like this: Elzinga clipped Wingfield in the face, Wingfield asked for a fight, Elzinga declined. Launching an expansion hockey team in Danbury seemed less like a vanity play than a natural progression. FGCU Ice Hockey - Evaluation Skate Information Meeting. Soon Jimmy was renting buses to take fans to big road games. Not that they just rubber-stamped Galante's application. 2023 The Hockey News, Roustan Media Ltd, Get the latest news right to your inbox > Sign up here. They also saw the Trashers as a kind of validation: Someone believes in Danbury. The injury barred him from the NHL, so he was down among the minor-league rabble. ", Jimmy expects to be released this summer. He was a star in the UHL, having scored 43 goals for the Port Huron. 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. At home they took to the ice to Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N Roses. He searched two places, one actual, one virtual. However, hed been to prison for tax evasion. It wasnt a crisis, but it was a drag. All would plead guilty, as would Galante. By accepting an offer he couldn't refuse. No one wanted to fight him, AJ said. what happened to josh elzinga hockey. No one likes to put on wet clothes. Al has coached youth hockeyfor the last 9 years and isa level 5 USA Hockey coach. Tampa Bay fans still include him among their grievances: a wasted pick. 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. AJ was more freewheeling when shopping for muscle. Yet three Trashers earned more than $100,000 apiece. "Lemme get this straight," he said. Adam has over 25 years of hockey experience as a player and coach. 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 Rupp had played two seasons in the NHL and had even scored the decisive goal for the Devils in the 2003 Stanley Cup finals. Mathieuhas had a lengthy professional career that spanned over a 14 year period. Josh Elzinga, a blueliner for the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings, did that for him. Gustafson would later describe Galante as a manipulating, controlling, hands-on bully., When I asked Galante why hed become a fixation for prosecutors, he said, I have no idea. 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. I suspended his son." Kalamazoo Wings (Kalamazoo,MI) United Hockey League [Minor Professional] 2000-2007 [click to view all-time roster] Most teams rode in a rickety, Partridge Familystyle bus. Today he represents Frank Galarza (11-0-2), the New York State light middleweight champ. That team was uniquely physical, to put it nicely, Doug Christiansen, a 6-foot-5 Trashers wing, told me. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. said. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. A Cree from Saskatchewan who sometimes sported a multicolored Mohawk, he stood barely 5'10" but had a chin of granite and relished punching above his weight class. There was only one problem: it wasnt protecting her sides, leaving her exposed, and often, black and blue. "I loved every player," Jimmy asserts. He almost looked like Waynethe same intelligent eyes and long face, the same scraggly mall-rat hairbut not quite. 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. He has ties,' " says Brosal. Coach Ernie's leadership, motivational skills, training skills, and exceptional training ethics bring exciting elements to Southeast Elite Hockey. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Adam Elzinga, 1982-07-23 Burbank, IL, USA USA. 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. As the case proceeded, there was plenty of collateral damage. We would yell down during warm-ups, Come on, youre going to be skating for us next year! And theyd look at me and rub their fingers, and Id reach in my pocket and pull out my wallet, and theyd start laughing., Beauregard was one of my favorites, AJ said. Ten years ago, Connecticut waste-management king Jimmy Galante started a minor league hockey team and put his teenage son, A.J., in charge. 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. Marc also has over 20 years in Nutritional Counseling as Clinical Nutritionist. 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. The story of Galantes team has become legend in Fairfield County, where I live. That's all we needed to hear. 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. Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team. Others started formally, proposed and accepted in the way of czarist-era duels: One morning, as AJ was driving to schoolhe was by then a freshman at Manhattanville College, in Purchase, New York, a 40-minute commute from New Fairfieldhe heard Barry Melrose talking smack about the Trashers on ESPN Radio. Galante named his team for the family business: the Trashers. 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. 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. The lockout sent NHL stars into the cold. said of Beauregard. For instance, Galante and a few trusted associates burned a competitors truck in 1992after first binding the driverto send a message to stay out of the Connecticut market, and in 2006, damaged the tires of a competitors truck after that carter refused to back down on a $50/month account. ", A.J. Since birth Brenda has suffered from spina bifida, an abnormality that causes an opening in the spinal column. The winning goal came in the third overtime. She started playing hockey, in her wheelchair. Gilles was the Lead Hockey Instructor for National Hockey Development for 4 years. Winger Frank (the Animal) Bialowas, a former runner-up for Mr. Manitoba, was not much for impulse control either. They led the league in penalty minutes. 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. A.J. 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. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers. showed off the aggressively down-market style the Trashers brought to the UHL. "He's the only thing this team has going for it.". The rowdiest spectators were cordoned off in Section 102, directly behind the visitors bench. John has two sons who also like to play hockey. The intimidation factor was unreal. Rumun Ndur was the only Nigerian-born player ever to make it to the NHL. The Trashers folded three days after Galantes arrest. Marc was a professional Triathlete for over 10 years. "Honestly, a lot of it was getting so close to a championship with the Trashers but not winning. The game plan was 'Keep your cool and you'll get a power play,' but it didn't always work out. Jon Nasty Mirasty, a Cree from Saskatchewan, wore a Mohawk, sometimes multicolored, and would average eight penalty minutes a game for Danbury. did his homework," says former Trashers center Drew Omicioli, "putting in research and hard work to build the team.". After a few minutes of glaring at them in lacerating silence, Galante dumped the contents of the basket. Asked how the payback made him feel, Wingnut said great, but I would have liked to have seen him leaving the ice on a stretcher or in a body bag.. "When we got him," A.J. Wagner generally played on one- or two-game contracts, and promised AJ that he would take care of the Frostbite. settled on "Welcome to the Jungle." Wingfield was back in uniform, having healed from the slew-footing by Elzinga that had broken his leg in several places. There was something else in the books too. Theres nothing sadder than a small city. Pick your poison. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette and a flat-screen TV. Wins came in bunches. [The attitude was,] You're supposed to be courteous in minor league hockey? The second place AJ looked was where any other fan might have: hockeyfights.com, a website that aggregates footage of brawls on the ice. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. The U.S. Attorneys office learned enough to get wiretaps and, eventually, search warrants. A.J. Players were welcome to stay at the Galantes' gargantuan home and, in one case, not even asked to leave after using Roseanne Galante's laptop to download Internet porn. We were maybe the toughest team to ever play this game. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. began moonlighting as a boxing manager. 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. Not a subscriber? was fined and suspended for nearly coming to blows with an executive from another team during a game. Its all Ive known for my whole life, she said. For a team theme song, A.J. THEY WERE EVEN WELCOME TO STAY IN THE GALANTES' GARGANTUAN HOME. says. Upon his release he had rebuilt his empire and now, according to The Hartford Courant, was worth more than $100 million. The one thing that has given her joy in recent years is hockey. But Galante got around it in classic mob fashion: no-show jobs. Then the FBI moved in. A.J. 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. November 24, 2006. The New York Yankees have the Boston Red Sox; the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers. Gretzky reportedly earned $100,000, which would have left little for the rest of the team. One was Rumun Ndur, a Nigeria-born Canadian who was known for his aggression. On Oct. 15, Jimmy began serving his time. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. At 24, Rupp had already spent two seasons in the majors. Maybe thats why I became obsessed with this story: It connects our little home rink with an epic of the human hockey condition. Federal authorities had grown interested in the Connecticut waste-management industry. The Kalamazoo Wings were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Kalamazoo, MI playing in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007. The roster was constantly in flux, but it usually had more enforcers than players in need of protection. The Trashers' marquee player was Brent Gretzky, Wayne's kid brother. Galante, at 17, come to run a minor league hockey team with NHL talentand, in turn, take a leading role in Slap Shot meets GoodFellas meets Hoosiers? In 2004, this meant buying a minor-league-hockey franchise and installing it at the local youth rink, the Danbury Ice Arena. It will have desperate people, lost causes, and crime. ", 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. He would also wash the Trashers' jerseys in Crisco and slather Vaseline on their helmets so opponents couldn't grab hold in a fight. As with hockey, he had no real connections when he started, but he figured, How hard could it be to break in? A later indictment alleged that in 1992, Galante and associates conspired to set fire to a truck from a rival carting firm and kidnap a driver at gunpoint. Predictably, Wingnut went after Elzinga, administering a considerable beating and triggering another near riot. "He must've thought he was on Punk'd or something. It was a violent league made of players on the way up, players on the way down, and some players simply holding on, happy to live in the limbo of the minor leagues. ", "WE LOVED THOSE FANS," SAYS OMICIOLI. ", On most Saturdays, A.J. 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