Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Adam Elzinga, 1982-07-23 Burbank, IL, USA USA. AJ knew the sort of team he wanted: skill plus muscle, skaters plus goons. ", HAVING A son named A.J. But as Wingnut moved away, Elzinga stuck out his skate and grabbed Wingnuts jersey. Now he was turning up with his gear at a regional airport, being greeted too enthusiastically by what looked like a high-school kid claiming to be his new GM. Stirling avoided jail time after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. Needless to say it was gobbled right up.The documentary has taken the hockey and sports worlds by storm. 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 went online to find the main switchboard number for the Roanoke Valley (Va.) Vipers, left a message and eventually made contact with his counterpart. 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." It wasnt a crisis, but it was a drag. But they also swap remember-that-time-when stories about those two years they ran that crazy-assed hockey team. Still, Vogel wanted something to remember the moment by, so he donned his goalie gear to take some photos with Brenda on the ice. The players were aware that their owner was, well, connected. "I got lectured a lot by Mr. Brosal, our commissioner," A.J. When he caught wind of a local kid who couldn't afford college, he quietly wrote a tuition check. [The attitude was,] You're supposed to be courteous in minor league hockey? Then the FBI moved in. I wouldnt look for the most penalty minutes, he told me. Listen to the trailer for, the interview ending abruptly when a teacher walked by. The story of Galantes team has become legend in Fairfield County, where I live. From November 2019: My family story of love, the Mob, and government surveillance. 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. They weren't just happy to go to games. Guess what? 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) He caught Josh Elzinga in a corner, called him out, beat him down. 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. THEY WERE EVEN WELCOME TO STAY IN THE GALANTES' GARGANTUAN HOME. He had once set a record in the West Coast Hockey League with 503 penalty minutes in a single season. Seven players were sent to the penalty box. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. It was a special experience, my best in minor league hockey. Now, the younger Galante has embraced boxing instead of hockey. SON NATE WAS DRAFTED BY MISSISSAUGA IN THE 2021 OHL DRAFT. The Trashers' most notorious festival of violence had taken place on Dec. 1, 2004, when they hosted the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings. Mid-season, thats when we really caught fire, AJ told me. Marc believes in helping each athlete to decipher through the plethora of good and misinformation to achieve optimal performance. Players - FM Leaders; Teams - FM Leaders . I fined him. On such nights, I suppose Im just like Galante was, rooting for my son in the crazed way understood by all hockey parents. He scores like it's drinking water. 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 I suspended him. Game Two is what people remember. Galante spent $3 million to refurbish the Danbury Ice Arena. In his 56 games with the Trashers, Wingfield piled up 496 penalty minutes. DeLuca ended up resigning from office because of the scandal. He posted a 28 wRC+ in the month of August, meaning he was 72 percent worse than the average MLB hitter. felt that the Trashers needed a goal scorer. Maybe it was better that way. Like Danbury, once the producer of many of the world's hats. He would also wash the Trashers' jerseys in Crisco and slather Vaseline on their helmets so opponents couldn't grab hold in a fight. After the game they'd come back and greet the players. "The Danbury Trashers were the Syracuse Bulldogs of the movie Slap Shot," says Pomposello, the all-purpose assistant. 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. When Danbury became the home of the Eastern Professional Leagues Mad Hatters in 2008, the St. Clairs quickly welcomed them. For all that's happened, the kid still idolizes his father. She started playing hockey, in her wheelchair. 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. Al wenton to a successful financial career before building and operating his own ice rink in Lithia, Florida. Josh Elzinga player profile, stats and championships. And Galante had the money. Galantes payments were characterized as a mob tax to ensure his companies primacy in the trash trade. Teaching athletes to learn and howto think, over just going through the motions of drills, brings the best out of each athlete. And hed still kill us, AJ went on. 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. Federal authorities had grown interested in the Connecticut waste-management industry. starts innumerable sentences, "My dad always says.", Usually so engaging and candid, A.J. ", Three years ago A.J. Mario Larocque was different: Hed been taken in the first round of the 1996 NHL draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Some say he did it for the same reason he owned a race-car squad: He loved to compete. Workers were still welding in seats 90 minutes before the first game, but opening night was a success: A sellout crowd of about 2,500 showed up, and Danbury beat Adirondack 3--1. 2006-2007 Regular Season . He has talked casually with A.J. Parents were warned to keep children away. "You better not lose again. Timo Meier's fantasy hockey value trends up after the New Jersey Devils acquired him. was fined and suspended for nearly coming to blows with an executive from another team during a game. Though he started with no contacts in the sport, often relying on Google to find the main phone numbers of other teams, A.J. Jimmy owned a stock car racing team and had long talked about becoming a sports magnate. She was loving it, said Vogel. Like Mike Tyson in his prime.". He took a shot at us, AJ told me. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. The Galantes admit that their favorite player was Brad Wingfield, a.k.a. 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. There was a tremendous infusion of talent, Christiansen said. On Oct. 15, Jimmy began serving his time. Josh Elzinga Position: D Birthday: Sep 30, 1984 From: Burbank, IL United States Height: 5'11" Weight: 190 lbs. Good hotels, a beautiful locker roomseveral players remember their tenure on the team as their most satisfying time in pro hockey. 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. ", Jimmy expects to be released this summer. "I said, 'Sure,' which, to my dad, was like signing a contract. SON CONNOR IS NOW PLAYING IN THE USHL (WATERLOO BLACKHAWKS), Played in over 1,000 games in the NHL, AHL, Swedish Elite League, Finnish National League and more, Private hockey instructor with Saveology.com Iceplex team, Former Assistant Coach for the Florida Everblades (ECHL) during the 09-10 season, Currently the Director of Hockey Operations at TPH Ft. Lauderdale, National Hockey League (NHL) Alumni for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, 2013-current -Coach with the Florida Alliance/Southeast Elite Program, 2012-current -Coach with the Florida Jr. Everblades, Player for the United States men's ice hockey team in three Olympic's (2002, 2006, and 2010), Playedfour years at the University of WisconsinMadison, This website is powered by SportsEngine's. Throughout his busy professional career, he has also participated in numerous hockey schools around the country. ), According to ESPN, an FBI wiretap that was capturing Galantes phone calls would later reveal that three days after Wingnut broke his leg, Galante asked his business associate Ciro Viento to call Commissioner Brosal. Galante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the federal RICO act, one count of conspiring to defraud the IRS and one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud with the Trashers' bogus salary-cap figures. 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. - Ability to add additional data to your career profile: Videos, Images, Social Media, Referrals, Fitness Testing Results and much more! If asked why they hadnt made it, theyd tell you no one had ever really given them a shot. One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. In the first period Wagner instigated a fight, and an all-out brawl broke out. Brian was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Toward the trade deadline, we were going through a slump. He made some contacts, hung out in gyms in the Northeast, met some promoters and trainers, and so far he has represented three fighters. If you search Jim Duhart, those are what you find: Jim Duhart versus Tom Clayton, Jim Duhart versus Jason Taylor. Al has coached youth hockeyfor the last 9 years and isa level 5 USA Hockey coach. Theyd gotten close in 2005; now they intended to kick the son of a bitch in. It's possible Wylie could return on a one-year deal that is a significant raise from the $2.38 million he earned last season. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond. "Then everyone would ask for the check so they could be there for face-off. 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. 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 skipped an afternoon class to pick up Rupp. "Every character they had, we had. THE PLAYERS KNEW THAT THEIR OWNER WAS, WELL, CONNECTED, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE. But by 1 a.m., the Trashers were out of fresh shirts. After a few minutes of glaring at them in lacerating silence, Galante dumped the contents of the basket. Galante had contributed to DeLuca's campaignsand those of many Connecticut politiciansbut this was personal. Having failed to agree with players on a new contract, major-league owners canceled the season. It was a clean shot [but] they came right at AJ, and he had a very severe knee injury, couldnt play hockey anymore. "Al Davis, he was a wild man with a team full of outlaws, and that's how I wanted to be. 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. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. Some fights started spontaneously, following a big hit. - Connect directly with players, coaches, teams, scouts and agents (optional) The rivalry between the teams developed fast. Player after player came by the house to show support. One night, he got into a shouting match with a stranger who turned out to be the visiting teams general managerthe result being a call to AJ from Richard Brosal, the UHL commissioner, followed by a short suspension. We were maybe the toughest team to ever play this game. It had a great economic impact on the entire downtown.". It was all over the blogs and hockey-fight sites, the craziness. They were both in waste management, and both possessed an undeniable charm that compensated for their rough edges. 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. says. Jimmy Galante purchased an expansion franchise in the United Hockey League, the equivalent of Double A baseball. Besides, what choice did he have? said of Beauregard. When Jimmy returned from work, his son greeted him with the big news. "You don't get involved in verbal altercations," Brosal admonished the ref. fgcu.campuslabs.com. "Honestly, a lot of it was getting so close to a championship with the Trashers but not winning. He allegedly kicked a referee. "Especially for a guy with one eye. Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. They had scorers and skaters and playmakers and defensive stalwarts. Asan instructorand Director for the HuronHockey Schools at a young age, Steve has been very fortunate to be able to work side by side with some of the best coaches in the business. 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. Torres said he lost confidence at . It was a big to-do. Although Galante claims that he never actually made contact, he was charged with assault. Eventually, Donny Grover, a former Trashers defenseman, noticed Brenda in the stands and invited her onto the ice. Dissatisfied with the response he got from police, DeLuca went to Galante. Says St. Clair, "It still feels like I got kicked in the f------ chest. It started becoming urban legend.. 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. Coach Ernie's interest in athletic performance development stems from his extensive career competing in ice hockey. You'd look across the ice, and they had eight to 10 heavyweights looking for a fight. 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. Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team. To Galante, it was a rounding error. From March 2014: The oracle of ice hockey. 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. 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. The most famous tough-guy team ever was whothe Broad Street Bullies, 7475 Flyers? Then Sen. Joseph Lieberman hailed Galante as a "shining example" in the community. We still got eight goons.. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette and a flat-screen TV. He was suspended from the UHL for life., And then there was the broken-leg game. People who tell the story start with the date, as if recalling an event of historical importance: December 1, 2004. He spent six years in Allenwood, a federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania. He has ties,' " says Brosal. Yet in some ways Galantes biography seemed unlike that of a traditional hood. In court, Matty the Horse was ruined and old, hard to understand. (Jimmy was allowed to answer only a few questions by email sent through A.J. After a life-threatening hockey injury suffered at 18 years of age with a prognosis that he may never be able to play the game again, his passion for hockey and his desire to succeed expectations fueled his rehabilitation and lead him to become an all-rounded athlete who has garnered respect from coaches and players on all levels. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. He ended up reaching over the bench and grabbing the Adirondack coach, trying to pull him over the boards. Matty the Horse spent 18 months in the big house, but he survived it, dying a free man in August 2012. made connections over the summer with agents, scouts and middlemen who could deliver that goalie from Manitoba or that playmaker from Quebec. Most teams rode in a rickety, Partridge Familystyle bus. Facebook gives people the power to. The government seized most of his assets, including 25 trash companies and a string of race cars. ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. 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. A.J. A.J. 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. Predictably, Wingnut went after Elzinga, administering a considerable beating and triggering another near riot. According to authorities, DeLuca said yes and provided Colella's address. AJ was more freewheeling when shopping for muscle. So why was he being greeted by this kid sporting a nascent goatee, earrings and an Allen Iverson jersey? There was something else in the books too. wasn't the only reason Galante drew comparisons with Tony Soprano. A.J. The Trashers had the Adirondack Frostbite. After one desultory performance, he entered the dressing room carting a basket of tennis balls. In keeping with the menacing nickname they gave themselves, the Trashers dropped their gloves at every opportunity, gleefully racking up penalty minutes. Though he lived with his wife and two children in suburban New Fairfield, he was beloved in nearby Danbury, where he had his office. 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. Whether people deny it or not, everyone loves a hockey fight.. 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? 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. 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. "YOU'D HAVE BLUE-COLLAR GUYS NEXT TO WEALTHY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. (Galante denies having had this conversation.) But haberdashery isn't what it used to be, and Danbury has struggled to find a new commercial base. Established 1996 -- Celebrating Our 25th Year . Catalyzed by their new scorer, the Trashers cruised through the regular season, finishing 48--17. 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. Right before the league's trade deadline in March 2006, Jimmy and A.J. The United Hockey League's $300,000 franchising fee for a new team? That team was uniquely physical, to put it nicely, Doug Christiansen, a 6-foot-5 Trashers wing, told me. Bethlehem's David Bievenue hands the puck as Capital District Jets' Alexander Ridley defends during Tuesday's Section II Division 1 boys' ice hockey championship game at Messa Rink in Schenectady. "When we got him," A.J. called his middleman in Quebec and essentially rented Wagner for a game against Adirondack. He was a great owner." ", THE RAIDERS' AL DAVIS WAS "A WILD MAN WITH A TEAM FULL OF OUTLAWS," SAYS A.J., "AND THAT'S HOW I WANTED TO BE. This updated clip brings back the perspective of how Trashers fans were feeling during this moment of redemption. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. (He also forfeited his ownership in 25 trash-hauling firms.) I wound up having words with the referee, and unbeknownst to me, he was a full-time police officer in upstate New York, Galante told me. MICHAEL J. LEBRECHT II FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (A.J.). John was the originalfounding member of the South Florida First Youth Hockey League. "He can score unbelievable," A.J. Through United States Ice Rink Association Gilles has acquired his Hockey Director Certificate, Human Resources Management Certificate and Programming, Marketing and Promotions Certificate. Pick your poison. The teenage sports exec became an irresistible media story. After taking swipes at various players, he grabbed Potvin, the Adirondack coach, and knocked him down. Typical New York Rangers or New York Islanders fans were in the position of heroin addicts whod lost their supplywhich is how they found their way to the Trashers. Thank you." During a pretrial hearing assistant U.S. attorney Michael Gustafson characterized Galante as a "manipulating, controlling, hands-on bully." Season. You have to understand, Dave MacIsaac, who played 62 regular-season games for Danbury, told me. "I was a big Oakland Raiders fan," says A.J. But as Wingfield skated away , Elzinga stuck his leg out and pulled back on the left wing's jersey. 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. In the spring of 2003, while playing for the New Jersey Devils, Rupp had scored a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup finals. Marc specializes in the full spectrum of athlete development. 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