A view of the scene Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio. Section 102 became a subtribe whose members had nicknames like Capone and Jackass. Sep 30, 1984 Position D Age 38 Height 5'11" / 180 cm Place of Birth Burbank, IL, USA Weight 183 lbs / 83 kg Nation USA Shoots L Youth Team - Status Retired Brother: Adam Elzinga Team Staff profile of Joshua Elzinga also available Use/Embed statistics Default Per Game Average Coaches Played For Player Statistics Regular Season + Postseason Whether people deny it or not, everyone loves a hockey fight.. 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. Because adult-sized chest protectors were too big for her, she initially wore one meant for children. Wingfield challenged a Kalamazoo player, Josh Elzinga, to a fight. The issue was a letter he wanted Harper to send the commissioner, absolving Galante: Tell him that it is fucking imperative that we get that letter that Harpers gonna write to Brosal. Galante added what the referee should say in the letter: After coolin off and thinking about it for a few days I was just as much at fault. Harper never sent such a letter, but another wiretap captured Viento on the phone with Brosal: I was asked to give you a call, but not to give you a call, so that you would never be put in the predicament where somebody said that you were called. (Brosal denied any effort at coercion. The Trashers still trigger strong responses in Danbury, too. On Dec. 3, 2005, Kalamazoo visited Danbury. A promotional video could have doubled as a Dexter ad, with blood spatters on the ice. In that time he has been instrumental in helping change the face of hockey in Florida. The Trashers would sell out the arena regularly as fans of various ethnicities, ages and collars converged to cheer them on. Lets face it: What else does Danbury really have?. Winger Frank (the Animal) Bialowas, a former runner-up for Mr. Manitoba, was not much for impulse control either. As evidence that Galante was prone to violence, the prosecution played footage of him purportedly striking the official during the infamous Kalamazoo game. The Trashers traveled in a luxury coach; they played card games and talked all night. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. 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. I never had one bad thing happen in my dealings with Jimmy Galante.". "I still hate even the name Kalamazoo.". He allegedly kicked a referee. But Galante got around it in classic mob fashion: no-show jobs. Now and then, he liked to make an elaborate gesture, something attention-getting. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. On such nights, I suppose Im just like Galante was, rooting for my son in the crazed way understood by all hockey parents. The cornerstone of Marc's approach is focusing on making each hockey player a better athlete. In September 2008, U.S. District Court judge Ellen B. Burns sentenced him to 87 months in prison. (Prosecutors ultimately dropped the case for lack of proof. Same for Mike Rupp. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers. One of the featured players, Brad \"Wingnut\" Wingfield plays a significant role in the film. You'll be the president. That spring, when A.J. did his homework," says former Trashers center Drew Omicioli, "putting in research and hard work to build the team.". ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. From March 2014: The oracle of ice hockey. Although Jimmy and A.J., with their contempt for other franchises, took pride in letting proxies handle league board meetings and conference calls, Brosal says they were fine corporate citizens of the UHL: "Jimmy would get fined, and he would argueWho do you think you are?and five hours later the money was wired into the account. Many signed with the American Hockey League, the league directly below the NHL, pushing AHL players down to teams in the UHL. Jimmy Galante purchased an expansion franchise in the United Hockey League, the equivalent of Double A baseball. John was the originalfounding member of the South Florida First Youth Hockey League. After he was released on $1 million bond, he was asked whether he had any comment. 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. "You shoulda seen Rupp," Galante recalls, laughing. It wasnt a crisis, but it was a drag. - Improve your search rank A.J. The United States government came in and seized my assets, and one of the assets was the team, Galante told me. I wouldnt look for the most penalty minutes, he told me. The Kalamazoo Wings were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Kalamazoo, MI playing in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007. Some of the UHL's East Coast teams were either moving to other leagues or folding. Initially, just as a spectator. December 03, 2005. It will have mobsters. 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. I'll own it. fgcu.campuslabs.com. When it came time to negotiate Gretzkys contract, AJ turned the deal over to his father. His job was to be the Kevin Costner to Brent Gretzkys Whitney Houston. He scores like it's drinking water. I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. Danbury, Connecticut, is the ultimate small city. No one wanted to fight him, AJ said. I suspended him. Within weeks, the agent was seated beside the boss himself in the owners box at the Danbury Ice Arena, cheering as the Trashers skated out. ago] Height 5.11 -- Weight 175 [180 cm/79 kg] Embed Josh Elzinga stats! Marc's professional athletic career includes: For 10 years John was the Director of Top Shelf Hockey. Galante was a philanthropist; a pediatric suite in the emergency department of Danbury Hospital was named for his family. Torres said he lost confidence at . How did A.J. When the 2004--05 lockout ended, Rupp returned to the NHL and is still playing, for the Wild. They had, what, three goons? 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. A case involving a minor-league hockey team also nailed Matty the Horse. To Galante, it was a rounding error. The rest of the game doubled as a near riot. felt that the Trashers needed a goal scorer. Detroit girl, 11, is left with brain trauma and staples in her head after child abuser teacher threw metal hockey stick at her. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. November 24, 2006. 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. (Colella denies this.) FGCU Ice Hockey - Evaluation Skate Information Meeting. - Connect directly with players, coaches, teams, scouts and agents (optional) "We're probably not going to want to participate," he said haltingly. "I said, 'Sure,' which, to my dad, was like signing a contract. Some say he did it as a civic benefactor, to give a depressed city something to rally around. They happily agreed. Marc uses a basis of skating and skills rather than hockey concepts oversystems through proper small area games. It was a twist Elmore Leonard might have considered improbable. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. In a nod to waste management he named his team the Trashers; the logo was a garbage can armed with a hockey stick, the Zamboni resembled a trash truck and the mascot was called Scrappy. Its all Ive known for my whole life, she said. Defense. They led the league in penalty minutes. Galante, his hair buzzed to the scalp, a neatly trimmed goatee rimming his mouth, stands off to the side, his iPhone pressed to his ear. 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. A tale of goons, no-show jobs, and a legendary minor-league franchise that helped land its owner in prison. 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. So while Greg, 49, can walk, his wife is paralyzed, relying on a motorized wheelchair to move around. A.J. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? He fights with heart. Besides, what choice did he have? Gretzky, at 32, was in the descent portion of his career. ", "WE LOVED THOSE FANS," SAYS OMICIOLI. In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. Team Information. The FBI had sent an agent undercover to pass himself off as a rogue salesman and befriend the men around Galante. PHOTOGRAPHS BY WENDY CARLSON (MASCOT, 5); VIDEO STILLS BY THOMAS BUTKIER (2). 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 fined him. 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. "My dad always put me in sink-or-swim-type situations," he says. Jimmy Galante was arrested on June 9, 2006, not long after the final game of the season. And the noisemy God, the noise! Wagner's career stats in the league: two games and 73 penalty minutes. The game plan was 'Keep your cool and you'll get a power play,' but it didn't always work out. It started becoming urban legend.. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. In the Trashers-Frostbite game, however, he inflicted no real damage even though he spent three periods looking for a fight, ran up 43 penalty minutes and even made a run at the Adirondack goalie. Theyd gotten close in 2005; now they intended to kick the son of a bitch in. (Galante denies having had this conversation.) In the mid-to-late 1970s, he started his own company, Automated Waste Disposal, and by 2004, hed built it into a trash-collection empire of companies valued at about $100 million. Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team. 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. The story of Galantes team has become legend in Fairfield County, where I live. First year, he was playing for the Port Huron Beacons, killing us. He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. Thats where he told me his story, amid the light and heavy bags, in the regulation ring. The second year, Port Huron became the Roanoke Valley Vipers. The government seized most of his assets, including 25 trash companies and a string of race cars. Like Danbury, once the producer of many of the world's hats. Since birth Brenda has suffered from spina bifida, an abnormality that causes an opening in the spinal column. . Seven players were sent to the penalty box. 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? 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. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. ", Jimmy paused. He's crazy.' In 1980, after the Houston Oilers barely missed a trip to the Super Bowl, Coach Bum Phillips gave their fans a famous pep talk. "After games you'd have these blue-collar guys next to wealthy real estate developers. No slow dissipation for the Trashers, no aging and decline. IT WAS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.". Eventually, Donny Grover, a former Trashers defenseman, noticed Brenda in the stands and invited her onto the ice. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . drives his white Mercedes more than three hours to White Deer, Pa., where Jimmy is serving his sentence at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex. You'd look across the ice, and they had eight to 10 heavyweights looking for a fight. 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 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." Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. Thank you." said. Then Jimmy went about being the Jerry Jones of the UHL. Al wenton to a successful financial career before building and operating his own ice rink in Lithia, Florida. A violent, brutal melee from start to finish. Elzinga refused. Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. 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. In the first period Wagner instigated a fight, and an all-out brawl broke out. And what's more entertaining than a bunch of crazy guys getting into fights?". Between periods, players take off their jersey and pads. Marc believes in helping each athlete to decipher through the plethora of good and misinformation to achieve optimal performance. Josh Gratton vs Adam Elzinga - Sep 5, 2001 - YouTube NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits, cheap shots, and other incidents. The second goes on in the front office: signing players, making trades. AFTER THE FALL While Jimmy (below right) serves out his prison sentence, A.J. Player after player came by the house to show support. Brenda got tattoos of the names of her favorite players. Featured in the NETFLIX documentary Untold: Crime \u0026 Penalties, the story of the Danbury Trashers relives the short and tumultuous history of an old United Hockey League team that married WWE Wrestling with the innocence of The Mighty Ducks to offer a brand of hockey never before seen. The Trashers folded three days after Galantes arrest. "It was loud," says A.J., "and security was very, let's just say, flexible." 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. Jon (Nasty) Mirasty averaged more than eight minutes of penalties over 25 games. 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. Jason Chen explains the effect in depth before New Jersey plays Wednesday. The league set an annual salary cap of $275,000, with a $2 luxury tax for every dollar spent above the threshold. 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