By accepting an offer he couldn't refuse. "After games you'd have these blue-collar guys next to wealthy real estate developers. Then the FBI moved in. 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. (The indictment alleged that the Trashers' player payroll was in excess of $750,000, but the team reported that it hadn't gone over the UHL salary cap of $275,000.) In that time he has been instrumental in helping change the face of hockey in Florida. All would plead guilty, as would Galante. He's 27 now. Now, the younger Galante has embraced boxing instead of hockey. NHL hockey fights, brawls, scrums, roughs, hits,. The rest of the game doubled as a near riot. drives his white Mercedes more than three hours to White Deer, Pa., where Jimmy is serving his sentence at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex. Besides, what choice did he have? View the profiles of people named Josh Elzinga. Federal authorities had grown interested in the Connecticut waste-management industry. Its all Ive known for my whole life, she said. says wistfully. (I wanted to bring something back to the community, Galante told me when I spoke with him in February.) DeLuca believed his granddaughter's husband, Mark Colella, had physically abused her. That was the minimum; that was getting your moneys worth. Young Blood, Goon, they were all there. Adam has over 25 years of hockey experience as a player and coach. It has survived not only five centuries, 25. december. "Lemme get this straight," he said. Al grew up and was raised in small-town Manitoba and played all levels of minor and senior hockey. After snapping a few, Brenda invited Vogels friends to take some shots on her. A.J. On June 8, 2006, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office announced that Galante was the subject of an indictment that included charges of fraud, extortion, racketeering, tax fraud and conspiracy. Just two unforgettable seasons sealed in amber. The players exchanged looks of confusion. If asked why they hadnt made it, theyd tell you no one had ever really given them a shot. Now and then, he liked to make an elaborate gesture, something attention-getting. Let's just say hindsight is 20/20. called his middleman in Quebec and essentially rented Wagner for a game against Adirondack. Marc also specializes in Power Skating and using the techniques of dynamic edgework and plyometricwhile on the ice. Jim grew up and played minor hockey in Toronto, Canada. Mathieuhas had a lengthy professional career that spanned over a 14 year period. - EP Contact Book listing of your profile (optional) Maybe it was better that way. The team was largely the same, with a few additions, including yet another minor-league-hockey legend, David Beauregard. Facebook gives people the power to. about getting back into sports. In a 2004 altercation with Josh Elzinga of the Kalamazoo Wings, Wingfield's season was cut short when he gruesomely broke his leg from a Elzinga slew-foot (the act of sweeping out someone's leg.) 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. 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. Wingfield challenged a Kalamazoo player, Josh Elzinga, to a fight. Little separated the team from its fans, physically or culturally: They mostly made nothing, were going nowhere, and knew unfairness. Additionally, Charlie is the Head of Academics for TPH, Estero. Some say he did it as a civic benefactor, to give a depressed city something to rally around. ", In his first game for Danbury, Beauregard had a goal and an assist as the Trashers won 5--1. I hear it again every time my son Micahs Squirt Division travel team plays a home game at the Danbury arena. Word of the incident quickly spread through the blue-collar Connecticut city, which soon embraced the fighting mentality of the Trashers. The FBI had sent an agent undercover to pass himself off as a rogue salesman and befriend the men around Galante. "You better not lose again. At 4 a.m. the players would be out in the parking lot, huddled in their underwear. Originally from Montreal,Charlieplayed over 900 games professionally around the globe over his 17-year career, including the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. 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. The Trashers sprawled in the locker room as the Zamboni worked. 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. Upon his release he had rebuilt his empire and now, according to The Hartford Courant, was worth more than $100 million. For video of the Danbury Trashers mixing it up, download SI's tablet version, free to subscribers, at SI.com/activate. And the noisemy God, the noise! One team employee had the inspired idea of buying fresh fish and placing it in the HVAC ducts above the visiting locker room. I wouldnt look for the most penalty minutes, he told me. It will have mobsters. Josh Elzinga, a blueliner for the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings, did that for him. He offered Roanoke not just a pair of current Trashers but also other players in the UHL supplemental draft that summer. Hes working to turn Danbury into a boxing meccaup there with Oxnard, California., Galante got out of prison in 2014. During the 201011 season, the Quebec League averaged 3.2 fights a game. "YOU'D HAVE BLUE-COLLAR GUYS NEXT TO WEALTHY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. When A.J. Brenda, confined to a wheelchair because of spina bifida, had never been to a pro hockey game. "We did our due diligence, and they put in the proper paperwork and were professional," says Richard Brosal, then the UHL's commissioner. Somehow they got the message upstairs. Paul is currently the Hockey Director for the Miami Toros Hockey Program, where he brings an extremely high level of playing and coaching experience to the Kendall Ice Arena. Galantes payments were characterized as a mob tax to ensure his companies primacy in the trash trade. 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. He was just back from that broken leg when the Wings came to Danbury. In the late 1990s Galante had been sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. The Trashers still trigger strong responses in Danbury, too. A small town has its lawns and picket fences and wholesome values, a big town its go-getters and civic fathers. Rupp played 14 games for the Trashersracking up five goals, five assists, and 30 penalty minutesbefore going back to the NHL for nine more seasons. "You need a wild card," says A.J., "so we decided we would beat people to submission. If Wylie signs with another team, the Chiefs could have options in . The Trashers were even able to land a few genuine NHL players, one of whom was Mike Rupp. After the game they'd come back and greet the players. They also saw the Trashers as a kind of validation: Someone believes in Danbury. Having failed to agree with players on a new contract, major-league owners canceled the season. It was one of those things where wed say, Hit this guy. But no one could catch him. Her style may be unorthodox, but she fits right in between the pipes. We had 10 goons! Still, as one might expect from a teenage GM, the roster was dense with goons. The U.S. Attorneys office learned enough to get wiretaps and, eventually, search warrants. All Rights Reserved. says, shifting uneasily in his seat. It was a different day of hockey., Life for the Trashers was life on the road, going from small city to small city. North American Hockey League United States Hockey League He had once set a record in the West Coast Hockey League with 503 penalty minutes in a single season. But as Wingfield skated away , Elzinga stuck his leg out and pulled back on the left wing's jersey. Yet the father delegated personnel moves to the son. 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. I suspended him. Submit changes (incorrect DOB, missing stats, incorrect stats, social media links etc) using a web form and we will review your update request within 24 hours and update accordingly. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? You did right by him and were loyal, and he would do anything for you. But Jimmy Galante was smart, and the G-men could never quite nail him. Vogel and the St. Clairs developed a friendship on Facebook thanks to their mutual interest in hockey. (The video was inconclusive.) recalls, "even the commissioner was like, 'I would advise against that. 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. just landed Galarza his first TV fight, on Showtime's ShoBox series, and an endorsement deal with the apparel company Rival Boxing. Residents greeted the new hockey team with considerable excitement. said. Everyone, however, agrees that he did it at least in part for his son, AJ, who was 17. 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. 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. Every great team needs a great rival. The Trashers' marquee player was Brent Gretzky, Wayne's kid brother. 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. A.J. John teaches all levels of private and group lessons. FGCU Ice Hockey - Evaluation Skate Information Meeting. At A.J. But now, in the fall of '04, with his league in the throes of a lockout, Rupp had agreed to play for a minor league club in Danbury, Conn. His agent had said a team honcho would meet him at the Westchester County (N.Y.) Airport. I will. What followed was a process of trial and error, with the couple purchasing equipment and constantly refining it to fit Brendas needs. December 03, 2005. He allegedly kicked a referee. F--- you. Such a city will have many of the bad elements of a metropolis and few of the good. 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. One player told me he did actual work in waste removal for Galantenothing no-show about his job. So in 2004 Galante sank his money into the hockey equivalent of Double A ball. It started becoming urban legend.. At home they took to the ice to Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N Roses. It was a big to-do. Although Galante claims that he never actually made contact, he was charged with assault. Now and then, AJ would watch a game from Section 102. 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. The cornerstone of Marc's approach is focusing on making each hockey player a better athlete. They had their own chants and waved body bags when opposing players lost fights. Jimmy owned a stock car racing team and had long talked about becoming a sports magnate. SON TY WAS DRAFTED AND SIGNED BY THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 2021. Asked by email whether there could be a sequel, a Danbury Trashers II, Galante responds, "Anything is possible! As Wagner was escorted there, he broke free to make a dash toward the opposing bench. Learn more about them from these League History pages. 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. Brenda St. Clair can serve as an inspiration to goaltenders and all hockey fans throughout the world. 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. But by 1 a.m., the Trashers were out of fresh shirts. 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. Marc specializes in the full spectrum of athlete development. Many Trashers playersnow scattered in office complexes and neighborhood rinks across North Americaspeak of this as the greatest night of their hockey life. Section 102 became a subtribe whose members had nicknames like Capone and Jackass. Marc also has over 20 years in Nutritional Counseling as Clinical Nutritionist. ", 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. The players were aware that their owner was, well, connected. Gilles was the Lead Hockey Instructor for National Hockey Development for 4 years. The Trashers traveled in a luxury coach; they played card games and talked all night. Josh Patterson (F) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Lukas Krajicek (D) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Jon Howse (F) 2000-2003: 3: Peterborough Petes: Not Activated Sections Endorsements 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? Brian was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. We only use official stats. FACE-OFF Backed by some of his father's truck drivers in 2004, A.J. SHOWTIME The Trashers didn't just start fights. 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." He was born in the Bronx but grew up in bucolic South Salem, New York; did a stint in the Air Force; and then took a job driving a garbage truck. We knew the reality: It was hockey, but it was also entertainment. They called back, and I said, Do you want to trade that one-eyed guy? His first game with us, he had [a goal and an assist]. 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. A violent, brutal melee from start to finish. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond. 14U A - Josh Elzinga 14U AA - Eric Ricard and Johnny Pelletier 16U A - Dylan Forsythe and Devon Rodriguez 16U AA USPHL - Tony Lessel 18U AA - Peter Jerabeck Coach's Bios Will be released the week prior to tryouts For more information contact: Tony Lessel, Hockey Director TonyL@floridaeverblades.com - 239-948-7825 x1303 Originally from the Metro Detroit area, Craig grew up playing youth hockey in Michigan within the Detroit Little Caesars organization. Their goons fight our goons. 69 posts. Good hotels, a beautiful locker roomseveral players remember their tenure on the team as their most satisfying time in pro hockey. Not a subscriber? Al has coached youth hockeyfor the last 9 years and isa level 5 USA Hockey coach. That's all we needed to hear. Marc believes in helping each athlete to decipher through the plethora of good and misinformation to achieve optimal performance. Listen to the trailer for, the interview ending abruptly when a teacher walked by. The rivalry between the teams developed fast. More information about Marc can be found atwww.OptimumAthlete.com. So Greg stitched together multiple chest protectors what he called a Frankenstein model to ensure her safety. "Al Davis, he was a wild man with a team full of outlaws, and that's how I wanted to be. ago] Height 5.11 -- Weight 175 [180 cm/79 kg] Embed Josh Elzinga stats! It had to do with the acoustics. "He's the only thing this team has going for it.". And, according to court papers filed by the U.S. Attorneys office, his business disputes occasionally ended in violence: For nearly two decades, Galantes enterprise promoted a climate of fear through violence, threats of violence, economic sanctions and threats of economic sanctions. The game was still knotted after two overtimes. MIKE RUPP wore a look of confusion. 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. "Well, he's like anyone else to me. Gretzky, at 32, was in the descent portion of his career. The doors to the visiting team's penalty box were also welded together, so opponents had to fling themselves over the boards to enter the box. 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. As evidence that Galante was prone to violence, the prosecution played footage of him purportedly striking the official during the infamous Kalamazoo game. ), 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. ", Occasionally, though, Jimmy betrayed a temper and turned it on his team. 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. But he would become something of a hockey Crash Davis: He would play through 2013, retiring at 37. 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? The result was a kind of frontier justice. 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. ", The Galantes put the rowdiest boosters behind the opposing bench. Team Information. "We loved those fansI mean loved," says Omicioli. Yet three Trashers earned more than $100,000 apiece. That matchup was marred by a brawl that kicked off when Trashers left winger Brad Wingfield attempted to fight Kalamazoos Josh Elzinga, who declined the invitation. 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. Like Mike Tyson in his prime.". Jon (Nasty) Mirasty averaged more than eight minutes of penalties over 25 games. However, hed been to prison for tax evasion. On Oct. 15, Jimmy began serving his time. 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. First year, he was playing for the Port Huron Beacons, killing us. He is prohibited from reentering the carting business in New York or Connecticut, but his plea bargain makes no mention of minor league 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. The closest team to Danbury, the Frostbite played in Glens Falls, New York, just three hours away by luxury coach. ", A.J. He currently resides in Southwest Florida with his wife, Wendy, and their two children. Josh Elzinga NOT the Josh who broke Brad Wingfield's leg . Currently, Al isanAssistant Coach of the 05 AAA Florida Alliance Elite team. The teenage sports exec became an irresistible media story. Josh Elzinga, Danville -- 5'11" late '84 is the younger brother of Adam Elzinga, an '82 who played for Danville last year (and recently made the OHL's Peterborough Petes). Marc was a professional Triathlete for over 10 years. The game plan was 'Keep your cool and you'll get a power play,' but it didn't always work out. Someone had said Galante, with a near-monopoly on regional garbage collection, was driving out competitors. We just figured, Were going to make a team everyone loves to hate, AJ said. Right before the league's trade deadline in March 2006, Jimmy and A.J. "I was a big Oakland Raiders fan," says A.J. DeLuca pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of threatening. "I'm one of those guys who lives for competition," he says. When the 2004--05 lockout ended, Rupp returned to the NHL and is still playing, for the Wild. "But you got to stir it up sometimes.". But haberdashery isn't what it used to be, and Danbury has struggled to find a new commercial base. Severely injured by a terrible cheap shot from an opponent, Winger is able to rehab his broken leg and get his revenge exactly 367 days later.The film footage is sort of grainy (unless you watch the documentary for some unique angles), but until this film, the audio from the home broadcast of the Danbury Trashers has never been available. THE SOUND TRACK of the Starrett City Boxing Club in Brooklyn is on full blast: the thrumming of the speed bag, the grunts of a fighter absorbing shots, the whistle every three minutes to denote the end of a round. 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. 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. "People would make comments: 'Aren't you afraid of him? To Galante, it was a rounding error. When father and son get together, they talk family, business, the future. Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Gilles Richard is the current Vice-President of Hockey Operations for Southeast Elite Hockey. For himself he built a skybox equipped with a kitchenette. 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.) The former Director of Hockey Operations for the Jacksonville Ice and Sports Complex, Gilles is no stranger to youth hockey. Through United States Ice Rink Association Gilles has acquired his Hockey Director Certificate, Human Resources Management Certificate and Programming, Marketing and Promotions Certificate. 2023 The Hockey News, Roustan Media Ltd, Get the latest news right to your inbox > Sign up here. In his 56 games with the Trashers, Wingfield piled up 496 penalty minutes. See latest post and follow all instructions. A.J. ", Three years ago A.J. While other UHL franchises were notorious for penny-pinching, the Trashers traveled in a luxe team bus. 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. What happened Josh Elzinga? He also played one season for the Russia Omsk of the KHL. Wingnut. There was an incident where one of our players attacked one of the Adirondack coaches, and that ended up in the Toronto Star. Though he scored on the play, he lost sight in his left eye. Maybe thats why I became obsessed with this story: It connects our little home rink with an epic of the human hockey condition. Established 1996 -- Celebrating Our 25th Year . puts it, "it got real, real fast." (Galante denies having had this conversation.) Watch Unreal Save by TJ Semptimphelter. and Jimmy Galante. After he was drafted, Vogel invited the couple to Pennsylvania for training camp in August. At 32, Todd was younger than some of the players. 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 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.". "A.J. But Galante got around it in classic mob fashion: no-show jobs. 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