Apr newsletter 08.pub

Darcy Robinson
1981-2007
Volume 9 Number 9
The official Newsletter of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club
Center: Kurtis McLean
Defense: Ryan Lannon
Goalie: John Curry
Player of the Year: Kurtis McLean
April is approaching very quickly.
Darcy Robinson 7th Man Memorial
As I look forward, the Annual Players'
Award: Dennis Bonvie
Banquet is only a few days away, but
Our booster club member of the
when you read this it will all be over.
year
is Elise Williams
Based on prior years, I am very
Congrats!
optimistic in thanking Vicki Silva and
her banquet committee for making
And speaking of April...spring will
this year's banquet a success. Also I'd be here.
like to thank those not associated
Our "Penguin Island" is in
with the committee,who too, have
desperate need of a chair or a group
made large contributions to it's
of people to oversee it's care.
success.
This requires anywhere from 1 to
I'd like to congratulate our award
X number of people to do alot of
winners:
gardening...it's a big project, but with
Forward: Chris Minard
plently of help, the time goes fast and
President’s
Thoughts
Playoff Trips
We will definitely look into
running at least one bus to each
playoff away game as long as there is
enough interest. As soon as
information is released concerning
the playoff games, we will update the
Booster Club hotline (602-6332) with
the necessary trip information. If you
are interested in attending, please
leave a message and someone will
get back to you. We will also post the
information at both Booster Club
tables at all of the playoff home
games. You will be able to sign up
for the playoff games at the Booster
Club table by section 119 at all home
playoff games. Since playoff games
come up very quickly, we will need
full payment at the time of the
reservation and can only accept cash
or credit cards (Visa or Mastercard)
for payment. We will not be taking a
playoff contact list ahead of time. If
you have any questions, please see
Karen or Chip at the table by section
119.
Let’s go PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday April 14
7:30 p.m.
April 2008
you'll have fun with others. It may
take a few times to keep it in shape,
but when it is, it's beautiful!
Our club has taken care of the
island for years, and unless
somebody comes forward, a drastic
decision may need to be made about
returning the island to someone else.
Don't forget, this year's convention
will be held here at Hilton in
Scranton. Hurry up to put in your
deposit if you plan to attend. It's a
great time and alot of fun. Plan to see
you there!
Change of date for May's general
meeting: Tuesday, May 20th.
Get R Done Pens!
Day
Trip Report
A Whiteout for the Road Warriors
By Karen Harrison
I can honestly say that this is the
first time I’ve ever stayed where the
guys from The Weather Channel
were staying. Now I know that if their
van pulls up to your hotel, you are in
big trouble. In what seems to be a
year of snow for us, we finally lost a
game to it. This was the first time in
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Scheduled Guests:
Kurtis McLean &
Tim Wallace
Subject to change.
Wilkes-Barre Holiday Inn
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Booster Club
www.wbspenguinsboosterclub.com
PO Box 419
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0419
Board of Directors 2007-2008
Phone:
570-602-6332
President
Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Corresponding
Secretary
Immediate Past
Day Williams
Vicki Silva
Patti Williams
Danielle Baker
Deborah Charnichko
President
Ed Drozdowski
Membership Director
Karen Harrison
wbspbcmembership@yahoo.com
Newsletter Director
email newsletter items to:
Mail newsletter items to:
Barry Erick
WBSPBCNews@epix.net
PO Box 419
Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18703-0419
Members At Large
Karen Burke
Basil Lynch
Rose Ann Foy
Trips
Volunteers
Web Master
Chip Hanuscik / Karen Burke
Day & Patti Williams
WBSPENSBCVOLS@aol.com
Frank Vandermark
fev33@msn.com
Ochman’s Jewelry in Dallas offers a 30% discount on Jewelry only. Tilbury’s Knob at the Gateway Shopping Center
in Kingston offers a 20% discount for members. Show club
card at Hair Root 11 in Forty Fort for 1/2 off on any hair
service for first time customers and 20% off any hair care
products.
The Tip of the Iceberg is the official newsletter of the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Penguins Booster Club and is published for web and mail
distribution 11 times a year. There is no July newsletter.
Articles for each month are due before the 18th of the previous month.
Members should e‑mail stories and news to WBSPBCNews@epix.net for
inclusion. Upon submission, you will receive a confirming email. If you do
not receive this, assume your submission was not received. Note: Guests
shown are tentative and subject to change. Always consult the Booster
Club’s Phone Hotline for last minute changes. The newsletter director
thanks all involved with this newsletter for their time and effort.
meeting.
Geri & Ron Melovitz
happily accepted donations
of items and money for the
McAuley house. Raffles: John
The March meeting had
Williams will be presenting
73 in attendance.
the February ‘Player of the
Per President Day, the
Month’ award, date TBA.
Penguins office okayed a
50/50 raffle of $75 won by
name change for our 7th
Lucyann Sciandra.
Man award. Now we are
waiting on a reply from the
Ochman's necklace won
Robinson family.
by Doreen Boyle, Golf balls:
MaryJane Lecce, and a
Capt Nathan Smith's
jersey is being raffled off for Bonvie in the Box: Veronica
Navroth.
the month of March.
Guest speakers—Dennis
Volunteers (Patti) thanks
Bonvie
hails from Nova
the volunteers for their help
Scotia
and
feels the game of
this year. Dates for
hockey
is
evolving
and
volunteers are open…..need
changing.
He
prefers
it go
help at all games along with
tire toss dates…
see the Black Book
for sign ups. Also
Patti read an email
sent to her
regarding the
"boards" and a
discussion ensued.
Lots of trips on
sale with deadlines
approaching quickly. Karen back to old time hockey. It's
not as exciting as it once
B is always available at
was. He spoke of his
section 119 and at the
fighting, not that he enjoys
meetings for sign ups.
it, because it is both
Please continue to collect physically and mentally
Redners receipts! (special
demanding, but it is his 'job'
club card needed—Ed)
and he'll do it. He spoke of
John Williams reported
his retirement coming up
on tonights 2008 AAHLBC
from playing hockey. He
convention meeting.
expects a lot of family
Progress has been made on members coming down for
the side trips to be offered,
his final game. Does note the
the happy hour tickets are
mind is good, but the body
available for purchase and
is not. He really would love
the March lottery is going
to continue to play, but
off. The next meeting will be hopes to do coaching/
held on 4/14 at 630 (prior to scouting. His wife
April's general meeting) to
apparently wants him to do
finalize price and times of
whatever makes everyone
sidetrips.
happy. He stated he will
continue with his kids camp
Per Vicki, the delicious
during the early summer.
chocolate pucks are in.
Hoping for most to be
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picked up tonight at the
Meeting
Notes:
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Elwood Larson, Morgan Briggs, Nolan Harrington
Charles Newhall, Kristen Gazowski
Gordon Pisack, Brenden Kamor, Karen Holland
Brian Kramer
Cindy Farr, Edward Danielowski, , William Phillips, Jr., Keith
Castner
Brenda Adams, Gerard Slater, Mary Ann Ruda, Kaitlin Neyhard
Joanne Salitis, Cole Ardoline
Anne Styczen
Elaine Stefanko, Diane Keister, Dan Fox
Gary Loke
Jason Haddad, Richard Wiaterowski, Lindsay Wiaterowski
Maryann Ochman
Randi Lea Farr, Bob Egan, John Bogdanovicz, Dorothy Naugle
John Williams, Carla Ouladelhadjahmed, Kristine Toronzi, Emily
Toronzi
Meghan McMahon, Annaliese Black
Nick Dzwonczyk, April Scutt
Kathy Thomas, Melissa Esken, Caitlin Davenport
Teresa Clark
Mary Dzwonczyk
Laurie Nealon
William J. Mills, James Scutt III, Katie Trinian, Scott Nachlis
Erica Guarnieri, Tami Franckiewicz, Patricia Gozikowski, Jeff
Hirt
Linda Walsh
Lisa Akulonis, Crystal Bogdan
Lee Rodeghiero, Stanley Koznetski
Lorraine Healey, Brent Briggs, Erin Walsh
William Engler
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nine years of the Booster
Club traveling to well over a
hundred games that we
couldn’t make it to a game
because of weather.
We started off on a nice
day with two buses and
headed to Cleveland to take
in our inaugural contest
against the Lake Erie
Monsters. Cleveland is
always a fun-filled
destination with lots of stuff
to do, so we headed out on
Thursday to give us all day
Friday to explore.
We got to Cleveland in
time to do dinner and take in
some of the night life. Many
of us enjoyed the offerings of
the Great Lakes Brewing
Company, while others
headed to Iron Chef Michael
Symon’s Lola restaurant.
Though it was cold walking,
several of us headed to a
grill/bar/bowling alley, The
3
Corner Alley, which is by far
the ultimate bowling
experience. Featuring low
couches, sleek décor, 12
large screen TVs over the 16
lanes and lane-side drink
and food service, the place
was hopping on a Thursday
night. We actually got to
bowl mostly for free,
because it turned out to be
ladies night. Because it was
so busy, the shoes that were
several sizes too large were
a built-in excuse for getting
beaten by my nephew,
Dylan.
The next day most everyone
headed down to the waterfront to
visit either the Rock n’ Roll Hall
of Fame or the Great Lakes
Science Center. I’d highly
recommend either one. The area
outside the Hall of Fame was icy
with tiny paths carved to the
doors, and we enjoyed watching
some youngsters slip and slide
their way in.
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(Trip continued from page 3)
From the Science Center’s large
expanse of glass windows that
overlook Lake Erie, we tracked the
weather as it rolled in, and as the day
wore on, the world outside became
windier and whiter. Before game
time, it was so miserable walking
around that the bus delivered most
everyone to the arena, despite the
hotel being within a block and a half.
Cleveland’s Booster Club hosted us
before the game at the Quaker Steak
and Lube. Thanks so much! We had
a great time chatting with everyone.
We wish we were able to get out to
Ohio more often. The Monsters and
Cavaliers organizations, who share
the arena and ownership, even
donated some prizes to test our Lake
Erie and Cavs knowledge.
10% off food
order for booster
club members
showing their
valid membership
card.
Mundy Street, at the
Mall, Wilkes-Barre
In all the times that we’ve traveled
to Ohio, this marked our first win, so I
guess it’s not surprising that by the
next day when we needed to travel,
we had a blizzard bearing down on
us. Just getting to the bus was an
adventure, because you could barely
see the person walking in front of you
when taking the suitcases out (the
Grand Rapids Griffin bus took the
only other spot in front of the hotel, so
our bus was at the corner). We
enjoyed watching all the cars getting
stuck in the road in front of our hotel
where there was already about 7
inches. Our worst moment came
trying to get up the unplowed onramp
to start our journey. I didn’t think we
were going to make it, as we slowed
to a crawl as we came to the top.
By the time we hit our first rest
area, we had escaped the worst of the
weather. It’s the first time I’ve ever
been in a rest area where the ramp
was plowed, but nothing else. After
we trudged in laughing and snowcovered, Alex implored a worker to
snowplow a path for us back to the
bus. They were closing within the
hour, because almost no workers
made it there. It turns out that we got
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out of Ohio and Cleveland before the
worst of the storm dumped over 20
inches on the city, causing them to
declare a state of emergency later in
the day, and close. A dozen city
buses needed to be abandoned on
unplowed streets when they got stuck
on some of the main thoroughfares.
Almost unbelievably, given the state
of emergency, the Lake Erie game
against the Griffins that night was
played.
For everyone watching the storm’s
progress on The Weather Channel,
Mike Bettis and his crew stayed at our
hotel. They were broadcasting a
couple hundred feet from the door.
Maybe you even caught sight of our
Tiger Tours buses there. As the
weather worsened, he moved the
broadcasts closer and closer to the
door. We left a few hours before his
famous frozen eyebrows report,
which looked like it was done less
than 50 feet from the lobby.
We had waited until the last
moment before deciding to take the
southern route via I-80 home, rather
than trying for Syracuse via the
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assessed to any player who is
assessed a fighting major after the
original altercation.
A fight that does not happen
during the periods of the game will
be assed a $1000 to the teams.
A player that is given an instigator
By Rob Cardillo in the last five minutes of a game or in
As the season goes on, it is
overtime will be given a one game
difficult to continue to come up with
suspension. In addition, the team
new things to talk about. So I thought and the coach will also receive a fine
I might talk about a rule that has a
of $500.
huge amount of the rule book
This is just part of the detail
dedicated to it. Rule #47 takes up 9
involved
with the rule of fighting so
pages of the 180 page rule book.
the
next
time
one breaks out, think of
There are 21 subsections to this rule.
all
of
the
information
the referee must
I am sure you are all wondering what
review
quickly.
I am talking about – It is none other
that the rule about Fighting. I am
This column is designed to explain
some of the rules of hockey, observations
going to cover some of the more
of our games, and give some insight into
interesting parts of the rule.
the officials who call the game. Please
The rule book actually has a
continue to contact me on specific rules
specific definition of fighting as
that you would like more clarification on. I
occurring when at least one player
can be reached at cardillo@hotmail.com
punches or attempts to punch an
opponent repeatedly or when two
players wrestle and make it difficult
for the linesman to intervene.
By: Donna Kachinko
Here are some of the more
Mark your calendars for pre-End
interesting points of fighting.
of Season Happy Hour. The booster
The referees have wide latitude in club will be having a Happy Hour on
the penalties which they can impose Friday, April 11, 2008 from 6:00 to
over the rules. This is designed to
9:00 pm at Rocco's Sports Bar
differentiate between the obvious
(formerly Shanix), 385 Main Street,
degrees of responsibility for starting Kingston. The cost is $20.00, non
or continuing the fight.
refundable and you must be 21 to
All players who are not engaged
attend, but do not have to be a club
in the fight are to go in the area of the member. The price includes: pizza,
player’s bench. If the fight occurs
wings, Stromboli, and pasta. The bar
near the bench, the players are to go includes draft beer, wine, and soda.
to the defending zone. The goalies
There are a limited number of tickets
are to remain in the crease unless
that will be sold so they will be on a
they are directed by the referee
first come first serve basis. Tickets
because the fight is in their area.
will be sold at all monthly meetings
Failure to do this will result in a fine
and the March home games behind
of $250 for the players.
section 101. You can purchase tickets
Any player who delays by picking from Donna Kachinko and the
up their equipment on the way to the proceeds will be used towards the
penalty box will be assed a $100 fine. 2008 Convention.
Any player who continues to fight
at the referee or the linesman deem it
done shall be assessed an additional
The booster club is saving
misconduct or game misconduct
receipts from Redner's Supermarket.
penalty.
The booster club will receive 1% of
A game misconduct shall be
the total receipts saved. You need to
Two Minutes for
Cross-Checking
… the Rules
use the save a tape card to make the
receipts valid. You can turn your
receipts in at the April meeting or
drop them off at either booster club
table at the arena. So far the
members of the booster club have
saved over $18,000.00 in receipts.
Convention
The plans for this year’s booster
club convention are moving along.
The list and prices for the side trips
will be up by the middle of April if
not sooner. Kristy Kotsko is working
hard putting everything together.
The TV trivia contest for Thursday
night in the hospitality room is taking
Happy Hour
Redners
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shape also. We'll see what club is the
biggest couch potato. We are also
taking names of convention attendees
who are interested in serving up
drinks Thursday night. This is a good
way to meet the visiting boosters.
There will be a list at the April
meeting.
The next meeting for the
convention will be held before the
April 14 general meeting. The
meeting will start at 6:30, everyone is
welcome.
Lottery
By Ed Drozdowski
I would like to thank everyone
who sold or bought lottery tickets for
the month of March. This sale will
benefit this year’s convention. I also
would like to send out a special
thanks to the Hershey booster club
for helping with the sale of the
tickets.
Corresponding Secretary’s Corner
This past month the following cards were sent out:
A get well card to Mary Ann Wassel
A get well card to Cathy Ardoline.
GO PENS!
2008 BC
Convention
Meeting
Committee
Report
By Ed Drozdowski
Plans for the 2008 booster club
convention are moving along. The
listing of the side trips should be
ready in early April. A contest
between the booster clubs for
Thursday night is being worked on.
Also a scavenger hunt for the
weekend.
The next meeting will be held
on April 14 before the regular club
meeting. It will start at 6:30. Anyone
is welcome to attend.
Due to the size of our Booster Club, greetings are not sent for birthdays,
but are noted in the newsletter. I would also like to ask all of our Booster
Club members to help me recognize special/sad occasions of our Booster
Club members by contacting me whenever such an event occurs, such as:
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Wedding
•
Birth of a child
•
Illness or injury
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Death of a member or of his/her immediate family member (i.e.
father, mother, grandmother, grandfather, son, daughter, wife,
husband, sister, brother, etc.).
I can be contacted by phone (570-824-1319 or 570-885-4342) or drop me
an e-mail at: blondie9192@msn.com
Deb Charnichko
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Mark Letestu has about a 36 hour
drive from his hometown to WB. In
his second year with the Penguins,
he's glad he's in a small town, similar
to his home. He completed just 1
semester at college and is a big
Toronto baseball fan. He grew up
learning to love hockey from his dad
who is a big fan. He started skating
around age 2. His comment about his
first goal at home after 20 games:
"nice".
The April WBSPBC General
Membership meeting is to be held at
Holiday Inn on Monday, April 14th at
7:30pm.
Belated Birthday
Wishes
We inadvertently missed two birthdays
last month and at this time would like to
wish belated birthday wishes to June
Housenick, who celebrated on March 11
and Mary Rynkiewicz, who celebrated on
the 23rd.
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At the March meeting, booster
club members brought in donations
for the Catherine McAuley House.
The McAuley House is a temporary
shelter for women and their children.
Shown on the far right are some of the
donations presented. In the near right
picture are, left to right, volunteer
Geri Melovitz, McAuley Center Director Sister Marie Larkin, and
McAuley Center Employee and Volunteer Denise Atcavage.
Pre-Blizzard Cleveland
Dennis Bonvie poses with the
autographed poster the booster club
is raffling off. This will be given at the
final game of the season.
Same scene, during blizzard
That’s John Molitoris with a snake at the game.
No, he did not bring it. They have different ideas
on entertainment between periods than we do.
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northern I-90 route. Based on my
research for snow totals and road
conditions that occurred, we made
the right decision. Though we
missed a fabulous game in Syracuse,
we would have hit some of the worst
weather traveling across I-90. It
would have traveled with us until we
passed Rochester. By the time we
made it into Syracuse, assuming we
did, the drivers would have reached
their 10-hour a day limit, leaving us in
Syracuse with no hotel. One missed
game in 9 years isn’t a bad record,
but I’m hoping the only snow we see
the rest of the year is caused by
skates.
Our last regular season trip of the
year is our annual kids trip. This time
we travel to Hershey where they’ll be
honoring Dennis Bonvie. Here’s
hoping for snow-free travel and the
chance to extend Dennis’ farewell
tour well into the playoffs. Let’s hope
the Pens can cap his tour with a win!
Penguins in the ‘99 draft. He spent
time in the ECHL with Wheeling and
4 years, 2001-2005, in the AHL with
Wilkes-Barre Scranton. He was in his
third season with Italy’s Osiago
when ,on September 27, 2007, he
collapsed on the ice and died before
reaching the hospital.
Known for his fun loving nature off
the ice, the defenseman was one of
the four Penguins featured in the
“Chasing the Dream” documentary
that followed several team members
during the 2002-2003 season and
Darcy was one of them.
Darcy suffered from Dylexia and
felt strongly to do something about it.
With the passing of Robo, the
Penguins have started a fund with the
signing of the banner, which cost $5
per signature, with proceeds going to
Robo Readers. The booster club has
also payed tribute with running his
picture in its mast on page 1 of the
newsletter and renaming the 7th Man
In annual award as the Darcy
Robinson 7th Man In award.
Let’s Go Pens!
Darcy Robinson
was a team
favorite
Darcy’s family was in town for the
March 21 and 22 games when the
Penguins paid respect to Robo. Prior
to the March 21 game, his parents
came to center ice to drop the
ceremonial puck. Following that, the
fans gave the memory of Robo a long
standing ovation.
March 1 to the 19th, the Penguins
had been collecting fan signatures on
a banner which now hangs at the
arena with the words “ROBO” on it.
With his family on the ice, the banner
was revealed during this emotional
period prior to the March 22 game.
The fans, once again, gave a standing
ovation.
Robo was an 8th round pick of the
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Darcy Robinson
1981-2007
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club
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PO Box 419
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0419
Next Meeting:
Wilkes-Barre Holiday Inn
Monday
April 14
7:30p.m.
Scheduled Guests
Kurtis McLean &
Tim Wallace
Subject to change
For latest information on guest, check
the club’s hotline:
570-602-6332
Dates of interest:
Meeting dates:
April 14 Monday
Sept 5 - 7, 2008 BC Convention in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
New Date
May 20 Monday
Trips:
April 6—Hershey—Kids trip
June 9 Monday
Members
Adults
Kids
Total
519
148
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Booster Club Raffles at Home Games:
50/50 with cash awarded the same night the number is given.
Monthly Jersey Raffle
At end of season, a Dennis Bonvie autographed and framed limited edition 800 game poster
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