They also saw the Trashers as a kind of validation: Someone believes in Danbury. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Adam Elzinga, 1982-07-23 Burbank, IL, USA USA. He found skill players on the internet, assembling his squad the way he might have assembled a fantasy-football team. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. He spent six years in Allenwood, a federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania. Danbury is a blue-collar town, and they could relate to the players, Galante told me. But haberdashery isn't what it used to be, and Danbury has struggled to find a new commercial base. No slow dissipation for the Trashers, no aging and decline. The team was largely the same, with a few additions, including yet another minor-league-hockey legend, David Beauregard. Then Jimmy went about being the Jerry Jones of the UHL. The second year, Port Huron became the Roanoke Valley Vipers. "Frank would have been a hell of a Danbury Trasher," A.J. said of Beauregard. One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. FUNNY THING about Connecticut: It's one of the wealthiest states, but it also has a good many broke cities and hard-ass working-class towns. Before and after games downtown Danbury was hopping. The winning goal came in the third overtime. Josh Elzinga has an equally impressive professional playing career and has served as Adam's Assistant Coach for the past 4 seasons. In many ways, the first round of that postseason was the high point: the Trashers versus the Frostbite, best of seven. - Premium Design on your profile page (optional) Most teams rode in a rickety, Partridge Familystyle bus. Marc uses a basis of skating and skills rather than hockey concepts oversystems through proper small area games. "You got us a guy with one eye? The charge was later dropped due to a lack of clear evidence, but Brosal fined Galante an undisclosed amount and suspended Harper for five games. Asked what hes up to these days, he said, Enjoying life.. Through United States Ice Rink Association Gilles has acquired his Hockey Director Certificate, Human Resources Management Certificate and Programming, Marketing and Promotions Certificate. It was all new to him, but he was sure of the player he wanted most: Brent Gretzky, the brother of the NHL legend Wayne. There was a tremendous infusion of talent, Christiansen said. One year ago we knocked on the door, he said. 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. "I still hate even the name Kalamazoo.". "Before games we'd be mobbed," says Tom Devine, owner of the Two Steps Downtown Grille. Same for Mike Rupp. Game Two is what people remember. "He even bought the beer," says Paproski. First of all, if you look at the bus, it was pretty sick, Mario Larocque told me. "You had blue-collar guys banging on the glass. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette and a flat-screen TV. He was a great owner." But Galante got around it in classic mob fashion: no-show jobs. Toward the trade deadline, we were going through a slump. "YOU'D HAVE BLUE-COLLAR GUYS NEXT TO WEALTHY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. This summer, she took multiple trips to the ER for what she believes is a pinched nerve in her neck. At 32, Todd was younger than some of the players. Theyd gotten close in 2005; now they intended to kick the son of a bitch in. But Jimmy Galante was smart, and the G-men could never quite nail him. AJ filled out the roster with a mix of has-beens and might-bes. He's crazy.' Mario Larocque was different: Hed been taken in the first round of the 1996 NHL draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. PHOTOGRAPHS BY WENDY CARLSON (MASCOT, 5); VIDEO STILLS BY THOMAS BUTKIER (2). 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. For 5 years John was with N.I.S.T.C as the Hockey Director and for 3 years he was with theGlobal Hockey School. made connections over the summer with agents, scouts and middlemen who could deliver that goalie from Manitoba or that playmaker from Quebec. After the game Wingfield told a local reporter, "It felt great to get back at Elzinga but I would have liked to have seen him leaving the ice on a stretcher or in a body bag.". AFTER THE FALL While Jimmy (below right) serves out his prison sentence, A.J. In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. fgcu.campuslabs.com. "No," Jimmy replied. The judge let Galante remain out of prison pending trial but put him under house arrest. puts it, "it got real, real fast." Kalamazoo Wings (Kalamazoo,MI) United Hockey League [Minor Professional] 2000-2007 [click to view all-time roster] Danbury fans whod followed the team to Glens Falls got word of the situation and gave the players the shirts off their own backs. I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. (The video was inconclusive.) When the 2004--05 lockout ended, Rupp returned to the NHL and is still playing, for the Wild. In that time he has been instrumental in helping change the face of hockey in Florida. He fights with heart. The Minnesota Wild have acquired forward Gustav Nyquist from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2023 NHL draft. ", HAVING A son named A.J. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers. "People would make comments: 'Aren't you afraid of him? Still, as one might expect from a teenage GM, the roster was dense with goons. 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. Word of the incident quickly spread through the blue-collar Connecticut city, which soon embraced the fighting mentality of the Trashers. But they also swap remember-that-time-when stories about those two years they ran that crazy-assed hockey team. As AJ explained it to me: It happened at dinner. Whether people deny it or not, everyone loves a hockey fight.. All told, he played just five games for them. That meant late-night sessions on hockeydb.com, where he searched for telling stats. Currently, Al isanAssistant Coach of the 05 AAA Florida Alliance Elite team. Stirling avoided jail time after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. After taking swipes at various players, he grabbed Potvin, the Adirondack coach, and knocked him down. They led the league in penalty minutes. Craig resides in Estero, Florida with his wife Amy, son Cayden (9), who plays for the Junior Everblades 10U teamand daughter Sophia (12), who currently plays for the Girls Florida Alliance 12U AAA team. Additionally, Charlie is the Head of Academics for TPH, Estero. His accomplishments includeover 30 wins across the World, along with competing with Team USA at World Championships. Ten years ago, Connecticut waste-management king Jimmy Galante started a minor league hockey team and put his teenage son, A.J., in charge. 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? and Jimmy Galante. AJ was more freewheeling when shopping for muscle. (Galante denies having had this conversation.) (I wanted to bring something back to the community, Galante told me when I spoke with him in February.) "Well, he's like anyone else to me. 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. After signing Gretzky, he went for Jim Duhart, the Crash Davis of minor-league hockey. The second goes on in the front office: signing players, making trades. Josh Elzinga vs. Brad Wingfield, December 03, 2005 - Kalamazoo Wings vs. Danbury Trashers . Says Andy Paproski, a lifelong resident of Danbury (pop. Latest Fights Date Players Videos 03/01/09 R. Sexsmith ( EVI) vs. J. Elzinga ( CBZ) 3rd Period 18:55 Watch 11/24/06 M. Versteeg-Lytwyn ( KAL) vs. J. Elzinga ( PHF) 1st Period 12:37 Watch 03/12/06 J. Elzinga ( KAL) vs. D. Van Drunen ( MUS) She started playing hockey, in her wheelchair. John teaches all levels of private and group lessons. When linesman James Harper approached him, they engaged in a shouting match, and Jimmy reportedly gave Harper a fat lip. It has survived not only five centuries, 25. december. settled on "Welcome to the Jungle." recalls, "even the commissioner was like, 'I would advise against that. AJ knew the sort of team he wanted: skill plus muscle, skaters plus goons. ", Jimmy paused. Every great team needs a great rival. Rupp had played two seasons in the NHL and had even scored the decisive goal for the Devils in the 2003 Stanley Cup finals. The result was a kind of frontier justice. That is it.. 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. 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. says. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. (Colella denies this.) 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. Follow. In September 2008, U.S. District Court judge Ellen B. Burns sentenced him to 87 months in prison. The 2004 05 NHL lockout was a labor lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the National Hockey League (NHL) season, which would . Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. He'd already played 12 seasons of pro hockey: a total of 13 games in the NHL, followed by years of wandering the minors. ", 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. - Connect directly with players, coaches, teams, scouts and agents (optional) The players were aware that their owner was, well, connected. A violent, brutal melee from start to finish. The FBI had sent an agent undercover to pass himself off as a rogue salesman and befriend the men around Galante. Josh Elzinga player profile, stats and championships. But it wasn't just the players who were punished. The teenage sports exec became an irresistible media story. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. And hed still kill us, AJ went on. In 1980, after the Houston Oilers barely missed a trip to the Super Bowl, Coach Bum Phillips gave their fans a famous pep talk. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. During that time he has played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburg Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning. A.J. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette. He caught Josh Elzinga in a corner, called him out, beat him down. 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. He had once set a record in the West Coast Hockey League with 503 penalty minutes in a single season. Galante, then a freshman at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., introduced himself as team president. Residents greeted the new hockey team with considerable excitement. 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.) Galante named his team for the family business: the Trashers. None of this fazes the 47-year-old Brenda. just landed Galarza his first TV fight, on Showtime's ShoBox series, and an endorsement deal with the apparel company Rival Boxing. FGCU Ice Hockey - Evaluation Skate Information Meeting. A.J. ", Roseanne Galante, reasonably, asked her husband and son if they had any idea what they were doing. 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. Now and then, AJ would watch a game from Section 102. He scores like it's drinking water. When the signal comes, they pull on a fresh shirt, put on the gear, head out. Josh Elzinga Position: D Birthday: Sep 30, 1984 From: Burbank, IL United States Height: 5'11" Weight: 190 lbs. As Wingfield skated away, Elzinga grabbed the back of his opponents jersey and pulled him over his outstretched leg, breaking Wingfields left tibia, fibula and ankle. In 2015, AJ opened a boxing club across from the Danbury arena. "I didn't know s--- about hockey either," volunteers Greg, a propane tank repairer. 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 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. Gilles is a Level 4 Hockey Coach with USA Hockey. 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. 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. 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. According to the subsequent indictment, the investigation was part of an effort to thwart illegal practices in the trash hauling industry. It had been kicked off by a complaint. What happened Josh Elzinga? The Trashers were hosting the Kalamazoo Wings, and Brent Gretzky was being shadowed by the Kalamazoo defenseman Josh Elzinga. Most of these guys, if theyd been drafted into the NHL, had gone late, in the triple digits. As he headed to baggage claim at the small suburban airport, something didn't look right. Jimmy pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, tax fraud, and wire fraud. Now, the younger Galante has embraced boxing instead of hockey. A.J. Could there be a better symbol of the link between fans and team? 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. 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. I remember being so pissed, I had to do something. "My dad always put me in sink-or-swim-type situations," he says. When Danbury became the home of the Eastern Professional Leagues Mad Hatters in 2008, the St. Clairs quickly welcomed them. ", Rupp's skepticism did not diminish when Galante piloted his blue Escalade out of the airport parking lot and promptly got lost. AJ called it a coincidence: Changes in the league made continued play impossible, he said, not the legal problem. Of course, his dads arrest played a role. 117 followers. The league set an annual salary cap of $275,000, with a $2 luxury tax for every dollar spent above the threshold. 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. "We're probably not going to want to participate," he said haltingly. ", THESE BONDS were cemented by a brand of violence the Trashers purveyed without apology. In 2003, from their desks above what was once center ice, agents began investigating Jimmy Galante. Since birth Brenda has suffered from spina bifida, an abnormality that causes an opening in the spinal column. Hockey Fights is an entertainment site with no direct affiliation to the National Hockey League, its teams, or NHLPA. Barely 50 games into the season Stirling, the coach, was suspended for three games for failing to control his players. Soon, a 3-on-3 scrimmage was underway with Brenda, for the first time in her life, facing shots in a real game. THE PLAYERS KNEW THAT THEIR OWNER WAS, WELL, CONNECTED, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE. Josh Elzinga vs. Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn, November 24, 2006 - Port Huron Flags vs. Kalamazoo Wings. Marc believes in helping each athlete to decipher through the plethora of good and misinformation to achieve optimal performance. "When we got him," A.J. I have to win a title in something. They were always pulling them out late, clearing the bench, fighting and celebrating. Jon (Nasty) Mirasty averaged more than eight minutes of penalties over 25 games. It went like this: Elzinga clipped Wingfield in the face, Wingfield asked for a fight, Elzinga declined. I'll own it. No one wanted to fight him, AJ said. 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. What does that mean? He ended up reaching over the bench and grabbing the Adirondack coach, trying to pull him over the boards. 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. 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. At a home game in Danbury, he beat up three Adirondack forwards, AJ said. ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. 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. At A.J. Then the FBI moved in. They stayed in the best hotels and ate at the best restaurants. what happened to josh elzinga hockey. So while Greg, 49, can walk, his wife is paralyzed, relying on a motorized wheelchair to move around. A small town has its lawns and picket fences and wholesome values, a big town its go-getters and civic fathers. 69 posts. Sign up for EP Premium and verify your profile to access these benefits. Parents were warned to keep children away. Before a big game a team employee might check into the visitors' hotel and pull the fire alarm. . 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. Get access to our unique free agency lists and many more premium features, Drafted 2001, 4 #48 overall by Cedar Rapids Roughriders in the USHL Entry Draft, Drafted 2000, 8 #157 overall by Windsor Spitfires in the OHL Priority Selection. The pediatric emergency room at Danbury Hospital was named for Galante after he helped fund it. 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. Wingnut went down awkwardly, and a crack could be heard in every part of the arena: Wingnuts left tibia and fibula. HOCKEY IS BACK!!!. He would also wash the Trashers' jerseys in Crisco and slather Vaseline on their helmets so opponents couldn't grab hold in a fight. That's all we needed to hear. The intimidation factor was unreal. Rumun Ndur was the only Nigerian-born player ever to make it to the NHL. also hired Tommy (T-Bone) Pomposello, a former minor leaguer, who would do everything from managing the equipment to scouting talent to helping run practice. 2006-2007 Regular Season . Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. And Galante had the money. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. (He also forfeited his ownership in 25 trash-hauling firms.) I hear it again every time my son Micahs Squirt Division travel team plays a home game at the Danbury arena. , New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. . If you have any questions or problems with the league statistics contact: League Admin He made some contacts, hung out in gyms in the Northeast, met some promoters and trainers, and so far he has represented three fighters. Danbury, Connecticut, is the ultimate small city. While other UHL franchises were notorious for penny-pinching, the Trashers traveled in a luxe team bus. In court, Matty the Horse was ruined and old, hard to understand. 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. Brenda St. Clair can serve as an inspiration to goaltenders and all hockey fans throughout the world. The documentary does a great job capturing on the emotional story of Wingfield and his strong relationship with both A.J. . When he caught wind of a local kid who couldn't afford college, he quietly wrote a tuition check. The team didn't take itself too seriouslyand didn't take any crapwhich was pitch-perfect for Danbury. 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. That spring, when A.J. "I cut a foot off the visitors' bench," says Pomposello, "so they'd be all squished together." He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. By accepting an offer he couldn't refuse. Their goons fight our goons. [40 yrs. They weren't just happy to go to games. SON NATE WAS DRAFTED BY MISSISSAUGA IN THE 2021 OHL DRAFT. Listen to the trailer for, the interview ending abruptly when a teacher walked by. Al has coached youth hockeyfor the last 9 years and isa level 5 USA Hockey coach. 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. For video of the Danbury Trashers mixing it up, download SI's tablet version, free to subscribers, at SI.com/activate. A senior at New Fairfield High, AJ had been an alternate captain of his schools hockey team, which played at the Danbury Ice Arena with Jimmy often in attendance. 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. When A.J. The Galantes admit that their favorite player was Brad Wingfield, a.k.a. The government seized most of his assets, including 25 trash companies and a string of race cars. 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. U.S. Hockey Report provides exclusive amateur hockey news reporting and scouting services in the United States and Canada. "Lemme get this straight," he said. 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. showed off the aggressively down-market style the Trashers brought to the UHL. Jimmy owned a stock car racing team and had long talked about becoming a sports magnate. A tale of goons, no-show jobs, and a legendary minor-league franchise that helped land its owner in prison. They had their own chants and waved body bags when opposing players lost fights. Mathieuhas had a lengthy professional career that spanned over a 14 year period. Such a city will have many of the bad elements of a metropolis and few of the good. When father and son get together, they talk family, business, the future. So in 2004 Galante sank his money into the hockey equivalent of Double A ball. Galante spent $3 million to refurbish the Danbury Ice Arena. Maybe thats why I became obsessed with this story: It connects our little home rink with an epic of the human hockey condition. Teaching athletes to learn and howto think, over just going through the motions of drills, brings the best out of each athlete. But he would become something of a hockey Crash Davis: He would play through 2013, retiring at 37. According to authorities, DeLuca said yes and provided Colella's address. He was an owner of Automated Waste Disposal, a conglomerate of at least 25 trash-hauling businesses that held a near monopoly in western Connecticut and Westchester. VS. 1st Period - 12:37. It was a twist Elmore Leonard might have considered improbable. All would plead guilty, as would Galante. Ndur charged the Kalamazoo bench and tried to kick a linesman. He had me arrested in the locker room. Galante had contributed to DeLuca's campaignsand those of many Connecticut politiciansbut this was personal. One of the featured players, Brad \"Wingnut\" Wingfield plays a significant role in the film. Besides, what choice did he have? 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? DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of threatening. Home; Fights. It was a clean shot [but] they came right at AJ, and he had a very severe knee injury, couldnt play hockey anymore. A.J. Defense. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? Vogel and the St. Clairs developed a friendship on Facebook thanks to their mutual interest in hockey. Barely two months into the season Ndur was suspended for 20 games after fighting not just opposing players but also officials and opposing coaches. He was a defenseman and hit a kid, Galante said. But by 1 a.m., the Trashers were out of fresh shirts. After one desultory performance, he entered the dressing room carting a basket of tennis balls. "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. There was something else in the books too. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. He named it Champs Boxing Club & Fitness. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Having failed to agree with players on a new contract, major-league owners canceled the season. 's account.). That was the minimum; that was getting your moneys worth. In his first semester of college A.J. 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