Galante was a philanthropist; a pediatric suite in the emergency department of Danbury Hospital was named for his family. SHOWTIME The Trashers didn't just start fights. On Oct. 15, Jimmy began serving his time. Maybe because Im Italian and in the garbage business.. 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. Says Pomposello, "Jimmy's old school. One player told me he did actual work in waste removal for Galantenothing no-show about his job. 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. "You can't have him," Roanoke Valley's GM responded. Josh Gratton vs Adam Elzinga - Sep 5, 2001 - YouTube NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits, cheap shots, and other incidents. "You got us a guy with one eye? 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) As the case proceeded, there was plenty of collateral damage. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette and a flat-screen TV. But he would become something of a hockey Crash Davis: He would play through 2013, retiring at 37. Gilles was the Lead Hockey Instructor for National Hockey Development for 4 years. How did A.J. Watch Unreal Save by TJ Semptimphelter. 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. Everyone, however, agrees that he did it at least in part for his son, AJ, who was 17. The pediatric emergency room at Danbury Hospital was named for Galante after he helped fund it. 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. "You better not lose again. A small town has its lawns and picket fences and wholesome values, a big town its go-getters and civic fathers. He's crazy.' FGCU Ice Hockey - Evaluation Skate Information Meeting. While other UHL franchises were notorious for penny-pinching, the Trashers traveled in a luxe team bus. As with hockey, he had no real connections when he started, but he figured, How hard could it be to break in? They were both in waste management, and both possessed an undeniable charm that compensated for their rough edges. A.J. The Trashers featured some of the most storied names in hockey violence. Soon Jimmy was renting buses to take fans to big road games. It held fewer than 3,000 seats, the fewest in the UHL, but it had a jewel-box intimacy. 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. Within a few weeks the town's tattoo artists had learned to replicate the trash-can logo. I sit in Section 102 and let the other parents have it. ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. 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 wore a full face mask. For a team theme song, A.J. AFTER THE FALL While Jimmy (below right) serves out his prison sentence, A.J. An 11-year-old girl in Detroit had to get staples in her head after . 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. From March 2014: The oracle of ice hockey. Launching an expansion hockey team in Danbury seemed less like a vanity play than a natural progression. The United States government came in and seized my assets, and one of the assets was the team, Galante told me. Some say he did it for the same reason he owned a race-car squad: He loved to compete. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. 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. It was a twist Elmore Leonard might have considered improbable. He found skill players on the internet, assembling his squad the way he might have assembled a fantasy-football team. "Lemme get this straight," he said. | View as text League Information Josh Elzinga played in four leagues over the course of his career. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. F--- you. Though the camp was postponed until September, the St. Clairs decided to head south, meeting Vogel at Ice Line in West Chester, where he learned to skate as a kid. 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. He ended up reaching over the bench and grabbing the Adirondack coach, trying to pull him over the boards. 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. Yet the father delegated personnel moves to the son. Vogel and the St. Clairs developed a friendship on Facebook thanks to their mutual interest in hockey. 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. Last seen in the 2003-2004 season with the Chicago Steel (USHL). The intimidation factor was unreal. Rumun Ndur was the only Nigerian-born player ever to make it to the NHL. Galante, then a freshman at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., introduced himself as team president. John has two sons who also like to play hockey. 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. One was Rumun Ndur, a Nigeria-born Canadian who was known for his aggression. After taking swipes at various players, he grabbed Potvin, the Adirondack coach, and knocked him down. He also played one season for the Russia Omsk of the KHL. In 2004, this meant buying a minor-league-hockey franchise and installing it at the local youth rink, the Danbury Ice Arena. That's all we needed to hear. "Well, he's like anyone else to me. Be a goalie, to which she said, Alright. Still, Vogel wanted something to remember the moment by, so he donned his goalie gear to take some photos with Brenda on the ice. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. "He's the only thing this team has going for it.". I hear it again every time my son Micahs Squirt Division travel team plays a home game at the Danbury arena. He was just back from that broken leg when the Wings came to Danbury. Ndur charged the Kalamazoo bench and tried to kick a linesman. At 24, Rupp had already spent two seasons in the majors. Asked what hes up to these days, he said, Enjoying life.. The game plan was 'Keep your cool and you'll get a power play,' but it didn't always work out. All Rights Reserved. First of all, he was a really good player, AJ explained, and second, the name recognition.. 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. The Trashers had the Adirondack Frostbite. So while Greg, 49, can walk, his wife is paralyzed, relying on a motorized wheelchair to move around. "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." The Trashers' most notorious festival of violence had taken place on Dec. 1, 2004, when they hosted the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. ", Three years ago A.J. At A.J. 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. DeLuca ended up resigning from office because of the scandal. After the game they'd come back and greet the players. Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. Since birth Brenda has suffered from spina bifida, an abnormality that causes an opening in the spinal column. ago] Height 6.02 -- Weight 205 [188 cm/93 kg] Regular Season. The team was largely the same, with a few additions, including yet another minor-league-hockey legend, David Beauregard. 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. says wistfully. 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. 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." I'm not just hungry; my stomach is growling. Danburys equipment manager would soak the Trashers jerseys in Crisco before they played the Frostbite so the opposing goons couldnt get a firm grip. Torres said he lost confidence at . 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 spent six years in Allenwood, a federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania. "The camaraderie with the Galante familythe laughs, the dinnersit's sad," Pomposello says, his voice catching. 117 Followers, 355 Following, 69 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Josh Elzinga (@jelzinga86) 117 Followers, 355 Following, 69 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Josh Elzinga (@jelzinga86) jelzinga86. Southeast Elite is proud to announce the Mathieu Garon with be an instrumental member of the Southeast Elite organization as a goaltender instructor. The team's actual payroll would later be estimated at $750,000. But his fights are what people remember. Game Two is what people remember. She accepted and over the next two years would occasionally hit pucks around, even after the Trashers ignominiously folded in 2006. Josh Elzinga Position: D Birthday: Sep 30, 1984 From: Burbank, IL United States Height: 5'11" Weight: 190 lbs. As evidence that Galante was prone to violence, the prosecution played footage of him purportedly striking the official during the infamous Kalamazoo game. Season. He named it Champs Boxing Club & Fitness. The former Director of Hockey Operations for the Jacksonville Ice and Sports Complex, Gilles is no stranger to youth hockey. "He must've thought he was on Punk'd or something. No one likes to put on wet clothes. During a 1994 junior hockey game he was on a breakaway when he caught a high stick under his visor. It was a clean shot [but] they came right at AJ, and he had a very severe knee injury, couldnt play hockey anymore. 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. 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. 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. I fined him. Pick your poison. She was loving it, said Vogel. As Wagner was escorted there, he broke free to make a dash toward the opposing bench. AJ and I would stand up there and look at the teams that were coming to play us, Galante told me. The Trashers were even able to land a few genuine NHL players, one of whom was Mike Rupp. I suspended his son." By accepting an offer he couldn't refuse. Before and after games downtown Danbury was hopping. 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. THE PLAYERS KNEW THAT THEIR OWNER WAS, WELL, CONNECTED, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE. "I'm one of those guys who lives for competition," he says. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . And what's more entertaining than a bunch of crazy guys getting into fights?". There was an incident where one of our players attacked one of the Adirondack coaches, and that ended up in the Toronto Star. - 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. Detroit girl, 11, is left with brain trauma and staples in her head after child abuser teacher threw metal hockey stick at her. The trade rumors negatively impacted Torres on the field. According to authorities, DeLuca said yes and provided Colella's address. (Galante denies having had this conversation.) Wingnut went down awkwardly, and a crack could be heard in every part of the arena: Wingnuts left tibia and fibula. They had their own chants and waved body bags when opposing players lost fights. Now, the younger Galante has embraced boxing instead of hockey. Through United States Ice Rink Association Gilles has acquired his Hockey Director Certificate, Human Resources Management Certificate and Programming, Marketing and Promotions Certificate. "We loved those fansI mean loved," says Omicioli. When linesman James Harper approached him, they engaged in a shouting match, and Jimmy reportedly gave Harper a fat lip. Maybe it was better that way. picks his words with great care when discussing what he calls "the legal issues" of the last few years. Originally from the Metro Detroit area, Craig grew up playing youth hockey in Michigan within the Detroit Little Caesars organization. ", HAVING A son named A.J. We still got eight goons.. 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 fashioned his club as the bad boys, the evil empire of the UHL: If we cant beat you, were at least gonna beat you up. about getting back into sports. ago] Height 5.11 -- Weight 175 [180 cm/79 kg] Embed Josh Elzinga stats! Jason Chen explains the effect in depth before New Jersey plays Wednesday. The judge let Galante remain out of prison pending trial but put him under house arrest. Depending on whom you ask, Jimmy Galante was either one of its mobsters or a legit businessman whose waste-removal company had become associated with the Mafia. He almost looked like Waynethe same intelligent eyes and long face, the same scraggly mall-rat hairbut not quite. But his passion for sports never faded. A.J. Nothing.. "You had blue-collar guys banging on the glass. and Jimmy Galante. Jimmy was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. He had me arrested in the locker room. The Trashers' marquee player was Brent Gretzky, Wayne's kid brother. 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. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. Cortisone shots help her deal with frequent elbow pain. Galante passed him a note that asked, Do you want me to have someone pay him a visit? Jimmy and A.J. But as Wingfield skated away , Elzinga stuck his leg out and pulled back on the left wing's jersey. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. settled on "Welcome to the Jungle." The U.S. Attorneys office learned enough to get wiretaps and, eventually, search warrants. It was a different day of hockey., Life for the Trashers was life on the road, going from small city to small city. Jon (Nasty) Mirasty averaged more than eight minutes of penalties over 25 games. He had skipped an afternoon class to pick up Rupp. Hockey Fights is an entertainment site with no direct affiliation to the National Hockey League, its teams, or NHLPA. But for many, the highlight had come earlier in the season, when Wingnut got his revenge. DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of threatening. Wagner generally played on one- or two-game contracts, and promised AJ that he would take care of the Frostbite. [The attitude was,] You're supposed to be courteous in minor league hockey? GET THE PICTURE? I know its not healthy, but I cant help myself. Galante had contributed to DeLuca's campaignsand those of many Connecticut politiciansbut this was personal. The team played in the Wings Stadium. The Danbury Whalers of the Federal Hockey League now play downtown, and it's fair to wonder whether they would be there were it not for the hockey culture Jimmy Galante started and the arena he built. 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 week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? We just figured, Were going to make a team everyone loves to hate, AJ said. The constant sitting has led to excruciating backaches. The one thing that has given her joy in recent years is hockey. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond. But they also swap remember-that-time-when stories about those two years they ran that crazy-assed hockey team. He offered Roanoke not just a pair of current Trashers but also other players in the UHL supplemental draft that summer. was fined and suspended for nearly coming to blows with an executive from another team during a game. It was four years to the day from the Trashers' first game. He has ties,' " says Brosal. From November 2019: My family story of love, the Mob, and government surveillance. 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. Galante named his team for the family business: the Trashers. The rivalry between the teams developed fast. One year ago we knocked on the door, he said. And hed still kill us, AJ went on. 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. "People would make comments: 'Aren't you afraid of him? Thirty-two other individuals, including Matty the Horse, were charged as part of the investigation. "After games you'd have these blue-collar guys next to wealthy real estate developers. ", A.J. ", THESE BONDS were cemented by a brand of violence the Trashers purveyed without apology. Word got around the hockey world, and soon A.J. A UHL season was about 80 games followed by playoffs; the champion took home the Colonial Cup. 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. "Before games we'd be mobbed," says Tom Devine, owner of the Two Steps Downtown Grille. Many signed with the American Hockey League, the league directly below the NHL, pushing AHL players down to teams in the UHL. 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. But it wasn't just the players who were punished. called his middleman in Quebec and essentially rented Wagner for a game against Adirondack. was on the phone with agents for some of the best hockey players in the world. Barely 50 games into the season Stirling, the coach, was suspended for three games for failing to control his players. He had once set a record in the West Coast Hockey League with 503 penalty minutes in a single season. The documentary does a great job capturing on the emotional story of Wingfield and his strong relationship with both A.J. made connections over the summer with agents, scouts and middlemen who could deliver that goalie from Manitoba or that playmaker from Quebec. - EP Contact Book listing of your profile (optional) Gretzky, at 32, was in the descent portion of his career. When he caught wind of a local kid who couldn't afford college, he quietly wrote a tuition check. Jon Nasty Mirasty, a Cree from Saskatchewan, wore a Mohawk, sometimes multicolored, and would average eight penalty minutes a game for Danbury. The league's 13 other owners were happy for the cash infusion. In his 56 games with the Trashers, Wingfield piled up 496 penalty minutes. The second goes on in the front office: signing players, making trades. When Danbury became the home of the Eastern Professional Leagues Mad Hatters in 2008, the St. Clairs quickly welcomed them. All would plead guilty, as would Galante. 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. And Brenda was given a new on-ice opportunity when Mad Hatters goalie Jeff Hill jokingly yelled at her to Be a man. She would go there (the Danbury Ice Arena) every single day and sit around in the stands for a total of probably eight hours just to watch an hour of practice, Greg said. SON TY WAS DRAFTED AND SIGNED BY THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 2021. 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 reportedly earned $100,000, which would have left little for the rest of the team. 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. Wingnut. He took a shot at us, AJ told me. I took a swing at him. 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. Lets face it: What else does Danbury really have?. It started becoming urban legend.. Yet in some ways Galantes biography seemed unlike that of a traditional hood. 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. I have to win a title in something. 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. Most of these guys, if theyd been drafted into the NHL, had gone late, in the triple digits. In many ways, the first round of that postseason was the high point: the Trashers versus the Frostbite, best of seven. 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. That was the minimum; that was getting your moneys worth. , New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. AJ considered it unfair to fans if a game had fewer than three fights. 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. 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. 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 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. Adam has over 25 years of hockey experience as a player and coach. That is it.. To Galante, it was a rounding error. IT WAS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.". In the summer of '06, the Trashers sent 105 season-ticket holders refund checks, totaling $31,177. While David-Alexandre Beauregard was no goon, he fit into the Danbury menagerie. So Greg stitched together multiple chest protectors what he called a Frankenstein model to ensure her safety. Ohio Gov. 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