Untold: Crime and Penalties Led Me To Look at Hockey In Danbury

[@LSA30]

Between this and the Bishop Sycamore HS report that UTree put together, this has been a fascinating week for shady sports organizations!

[@justinsolomita9283]

Bishop Sycamore is entertaining and fascinating to me! I haven't been this into something since the Pizzagate conspiracy in 2016. Lmao I can't believe no one raised any red flags! It's also ironic that they're abbreviated BS.

[@Tpelf]

As someone who grew up in Connecticut and went to Trashers games and sat in section 102 (section 14 at the New Haven Coliseum) I'm so glad this story is getting main stream traction. It's such a crazy story and the best part is, the team was actually winning games and almost won the championship

[@Tpelf]

Add on: section 102 does exist...kind of. I don't think they go to Hat Tricks games (could be wrong) but they do get together every year for a reunion. Great people

[@jamesapuzzo8920]

Section 14 for life. Let's go 'Hawks!

[@bueno22283]

You were in section 102?!?! That’s awesome. Loved the doc

[@kevinfunk83]

That’s so cool you were part of THE SECTION 102.

[@starchmonkey]

They were winning games because they were corrupt, going over the salary cap. Nothing to be proud of.

[@Aebischer1984]

Shannon getting so excited talking about the history of hats in Danbury makes my Friday complete lol

[@tuomasvalta]

I guess this explains why you see AJ (Tony's son) with New Jersey Devils merchandise in The Sopranos many times

[@caghockey]

So I grew up in Danbury, so I went to these games. So much fun to go to those games as a 4 year old. I thought the penalty box was the bench.

[@caghockey]

I remember being upset when they lost to the K Wings

[@bruin730]

I can't get over the fact that the Trashers was founded on April fools day

[@johncounsell3917]

I never would have believed the story of the Danbury Trashers if I'd have never seen the doc. Truth is truly stranger than fiction!! Shannon is hockey treasure!!

[@Ragdoll923]

When I was little my dad was the team photographer for Rockford's UHL team. He remembers there had always been rumors a couple of the guys on the Trashers were on the take but didn't know how deep it went till the documentary came out. Lol

[@scottsaffran2550]

Grew up playing in CT, and let my tell you...the Danbury Ice Arena is one of the weirdest rinks I’ve ever played in. A solid, mid-sized stadium superficially equipped for something like Major Junior/Low Minor, but with the softest ice you’ve ever skated on and these dinky little locker rooms. We dressed for our High School games with visiting FHL teams!

[@JasonTzzz]

I live in NY but work in Danbury. The Danbury ice arena is indeed weird. The upper level actually has cushioned seats and you have to walk around the ice rink to get to the bleachers on the other side. Oddly the parking price was $3.75. It really is more like a HS level arena.

[@declanhannigan4586]

Grew up playing hockey in and around south eastern CT for most of my childhood have a lot of solid mems from that place but it is very strange there’s no separation between the benches in the new rink!!!! Overall always got a weird vibe tho

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

I never thought I’d run into Scotty 3s in a KZbin comment section

[@carletonrutherford1799]

If you go to Danbury, be sure to visit the John Oliver Memorial Sewage Treatment Plant.

[@MetronomeGamez]

I get a history lesson about hats today. This is why you are my favorite person on KZbin Shannon!

[@edwardofgreene]

Not from the area, but my company is based in Danbury so I spend a bunch of time there. Been to the Danbury Ice Arena a few times watching the Hat tricks or Whale. I've done so never knowing this history. Never really heard about it in spite of all the time I spend in Danbury. So then one night a guy tells me all about it from his basement in BC. Of course, right? Love ya Shannon. You're the best!!!

[@zacharygreenleaf1762]

Trashers is one of the best names ever and the logo is great and a very good documentary. Fun fact in their first season they had the most penalty minutes for their league. And let’s bring this team back

[@TheHockeyGuy]

The mascot could legit do some damage in a fight too.

[@pcowhd9562]

The hat tricks have a similar fan morale as 102 I live near danbury and I go to a few hat trick games a month. But when they first started, they where hiring former pro guys in beer leagues to play for the night. A bunch of jerseys without names and stuff like that but danbury still has a lot of life for hockey especially in the Fairfield county area. Hope this clears up the new hat trick teams situation. P.s. no hat factory in danbury

[@The_JM]

I was only a kid when this team was around, but I loved going to those games. Section 102 was absurdly loud. I think I still have some trasher pucks laying around somewhere lol. Wish I had a Jersey for them though, loved that logo.

[@TommyPecoraro]

Love seeing all the interest in Danbury hockey because of the documentary! I love the Danbury area and the people there. I worked for the Danbury Whalers and Danbury Titans as broadcaster and equipment manager, and I still very much enjoy visiting the area after my career stops there. Danbury is a really good hockey market, and it's all thanks to the Danbury Trashers for getting it started!

[@theawesomer8587]

I used to live near Danbury. Fun fact: there is a huge landfill near where all the shopping centers are and that side of town would stink. Trashers is a fitting name.

[@pcowhd9562]

Its a huge facility run all week. I don’t know how it’s being run anymore but the place still operates and smells awful.

[@lizayers4597]

Aj galante was on the Pat McAfee show yesterday, he did talk about his dad knowing an older wrestler and managed to pull some strings.

[@ryanh1892]

I was pretty impressed with Wingfield's career stats! In '02-'03 he had 29G and 16A in 63 games along with *576 PIM!* Imagine every night averaging 0.7 PPG and 9 PIM! How do you even get enough ice time to do that?!

[@michaelstephenson8081]

Work at a jail in NJ, we had an inmate that almost scammed his way into buying the Ottawa Senators. I didn't believe it until I found an article about it from a reputable newspaper. If I can find the link again I'll post it.

[@Peksisarvinen]

Oh man, I got excited thinking it was gonna be John Spano, but he wanted the Islanders.

[@michaelstephenson8081]

@@Peksisarvinen Lol no it wasn't the Isles but it was actually the Oilers not the Sens !

[@Peksisarvinen]

@Reed Miller Definitely, and probably would be a better owner than what the Oilers have now as well.

[@ellomate..]

Just finished after seeing your recommendation. What a story! Had no clue. Thanks Shannon

[@Biblelover1963]

Watched it twice already. My first reaction was, I thought it was a disgrace to the game of hockey. The second time, my heart was a little touched for all the characters involved. But I can’t help think about the poor guys that had to go in there and play!. By the way, congratulations on being a guest on the Steve Dangle show. What’s next? NHL tonight!

[@Outta-hz1ej]

I hope so. Maybe Shannon will get a spot during the intermissions on HNIC

[@gkarenko9593]

@@Outta-hz1ej give him a spot DOING the intermission.

[@RJStJohn2121]

THG is WAY better than Steve dangle in my opinion. Keep up the great work THG!

[@romangagne5842]

Besides Ice Guardians, one of the most intriguing documentaries about hockey that has come out as of late! It's crazy they had players like Brent Gretzky and a whole boatload of tough guys like Wingfield, Ndur, Mirasty, and Bialowas. Mike Rupp could do everything too!

[@cullenkelly2735]

As a Danbury hockey fan I can solemnly swear section 102 is still alive and better than ever!

[@selanne8ducks]

Awesome video, Shannon. I’ve grown up in Port Huron, so I’ve always had minor league hockey around. Was looking forward to a Prowlers vs Hat Tricks game last year before the pandemic stopped it all. Minor league hockey is great.

[@Patrickkanefan88]

Born in Hartford, played hockey all my life. Went to school at WCSU. DIE HARD whaler fan. Never heard of this team! Can’t believe it. It took place when I was on strike from the NHL for a couple years(13 to be exact). How did I not know this was going on? Amazing. I don’t know if I’ve seen THG this giddy. Fun stuff.

[@andrearantin950]

Just watched the documentary yesterday. Found is fascinating, section 102 really caught my attention

[@justineddy6743]

Thanks for the heads up on this. Rushing to Netflix to watch this. I used to watch the Trashers against my Kalamazoo Wings when I was a kid in early 2000s and they were always starting fights. One of the few teams I distinctly remember.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

As a soccer fan in addition to a hockey fan, this is basically the North American version of the numerous soccer clubs (ex: Atlético Nacional in Columbia which was owned in the 1980's by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar) around the world that are run by criminal organizations. I find it remarkable that this team was still able to win despite all of the mayhem that was happening off the ice. Great job Shannon highlighting this interesting story.

[@edalder2000]

Thanks Shannon, I need to see this one!

[@southernpacific7200]

It was an amazing documentary put together. Probably the best hockey related documentary I've ever seen.

[@bueno22283]

Loved this doc. But the one on the red army is the best imo

[@feliciaxedine9402]

The mercury exposure is literally what "Mad Hatter" is referring to. :P

[@scottmcgee6154]

I know you're right, mad as a hatter totally comes from people who worked in hat industry going "mad" because of mercury poisoning.

[@Salted_Pumpkin]

This is my favorite THG video ever

[@tendergoaltender]

Come to Danbury and have a meetup! Thanks for diving deeper into this documentary and clearing up some of the things the documentary did not illustrate. Definitely worth a watch for anyone on the fence.

[@shanielcabral]

This is why we love this guy, he goes down the rabbit hole of research for us

[@everydayislikeafieldtrip]

i've watched you for years and i enjoyed apricated this video. half hockey guy/half entertainment guy

[@christhornycroft3686]

This is one of the reasons I watch THG. This is awesome. Wow.

[@Sj430]

Same here

[@thaijet8230]

Pat McAfee had the kid on his show yesterday. He told Pat he would send him jerseys from the old team for his whole crew. Says his old man, now 69, has gone straight and drives an oil truck. Sure.

[@thaijet8230]

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[@johnny_fins]

This is actually hilarious

[@DarbySagala]

Muskegon native here. The history of the UHL itself is fascinating, the level of play was really good. It was way, way above the likes of the FHL. There were some loose affiliations to NHL but a lot of traffic to AHL and IHL teams. The better teams in the UHL had Major Junior and D1 talent and would have done well in the ECHL. The key to the level of play in the UHL, though, was veteran players. You had some guys eventually making the NHL from the UHL, but it was fairly rare. What you did have was players squeezed out by the IHL or AHL that had played too many games to over the veteran games limit in the ECHL but still had a lot to offer. Players like Brent Gretzky were not one offs in the UHL, he had been in the league since his brother Keith was a coach for the Asheville Smoke, who had recently moved from the Gretzky family hometown of Brantford Ontario. There were first round NHL picks that ended up in the league from time to time as well. A lot of times UHL teams would have players on the "payroll" of other local businesses, it was a pretty common practice to pay above the cap using this questionable practice. A lot of guys would end up making their home in a given town permanently as they had time to settle in. There were more veteran players allowed than an ECHL team, which made for bad blood since the same players kept seeing each other over and over again for years. It was also a rough league, Thunder Bay and Muskegon had some crazy bench clearing games back in the day. You also had teams in 9,000 seat barns with more revenue than 3 teams put together. So when Danbury came in and were a pretty tough team it wasn't necessarily anything new. As time went on though, it would become more and more apparent that they were flaunting the rules on a whole other level. Their barn was very, very small for a UHL team, many teams averaged more fans per game than Danbury had capacity to seat! The revenue didn't match the reality, people starting asking questions and it kept getting weirder and weirder.

[@jonschetroma]

I worked for a team in the same league as the Whalers/Titans/Hat Tricks and I can tell ya 102 is still loud and crazy. I went there for a game walked on the bench for the visiting team and a couple guys came to the glass and started yelling and trying to pick a fight with me. I laughed cause I thought it was cool. The fans in Danbury are amazing and the city is so beautiful and definitely worth a visit.

[@CArchivist]

Fun fact. At the Malice at the Palace brawl, there is a hockey connection. Courtside, on the other side from the benches and the broadcasters sat together Kid Rock and Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios. When all the melee broke out, Kid Rock wanted to rush to court and punch out some Indiana Pacer players. Chelios, no stranger to hockey fisticuffs, knew better and forcibly restrained Rock from doing something stupid. No matter how wild that event was, it came oh so close to being even crazier.

[@coreyhicks2326]

Shannon, you might actually be able to get a jersey. Pat Macafee interviewed the AJ Galante and it sounded like he still had a bunch of jerseys around. Maybe you can reach out for an “interview” and get a jersey out of it?

[@endimoore1357]

Absolutely loved this video Shannon. You should do more videos like these!

[@davidpgraves]

Great story - thanks - headed to Netflix.

[@cdnhawk65]

It was great. Slap Shot meets The Sopranos.

[@cglaurer]

Danbury is still known as “Hat City.” The Danbury High School teams are called “The Hatters.” The downtown land that became the arena was part of a failed redevelopment plan that itself seemed like a scam from the beginning. It was vacant for years. The NHL was involved in getting that arena built at one point. It was going to have one rink but IIRC the NHL got involved and made it a much bigger project, which only slowed everything down. I thought it would never open. I’ve skated there, and I’ve worked in a building that still had the troughs thru which mercury once flowed when it was a hat factory. Danbury is an interesting place.

[@mond_mit_aussicht]

I didn’t know this documentary existed, so I thought you created the title of the video yourself😅And I thought wow, Shannon is doing true crime videos now!

[@kevinfunk83]

I just watched the special on this team!! It was crazy, I loved it!! I remember thinking “I wonder if THG ever did a video on this team”.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

This might be one of the best episodes of the show yet. The way he says "HATS?!" not only made me laugh, it intrigued me in a way only THG can.

[@Ryan-0413]

A documentary about the WHA in this sort of form would be really fun. Like how teams moved mid season without the fans finding out, a rink built on a hill, stuff like that

[@21stcenturyjedi]

Or how Wayne Gretzky (who actually played for Indianapolis in the WHA for a brief stint) was almost traded to Winnipeg over the result of a backgammon game that never took place.

[@mastersh0tgun664]

Connecticut hockey fan here how I've never heard of this story before the documentary is mind blowing. I went to see Danbury Whalers game a few times. The arena is weird not gunna lie

[@mikemurray919]

Growing up where this was just how business was done it's interesting seeing people's reaction to it now

[@fphlflash]

This was one of my favorite videos you've ever done. Would love to see you do more "history of" clips with the more "colorful" minor and junior league teams.

[@tylermccollum5540]

Loving how you're nerding out about this movie. Speaking of sketchy hockey stories, have you watched any of the Spittin' Chicklets channel with Paul Bissonette and Ryan Whitney? They have some sketchy KHL stories to share. Guns, duffelbags, etc.

[@zacharybouve408]

I grew up about 40 minutes from Danbury. I remember going to a handful of Trashers games with my brother and father between 8-10 years old. I talked to my dad after watching the documentary and even he had no idea any of this was going on behind the scenes.

[@ChaseTheFate]

Marc Methot was talking about this the other day on the Wally and Methot show. Will definitely have to check it out!

[@samuelfrick3475]

As a Komets fan, I first started watching hockey in the Trashers’ eventual last season. I was never old enough to understand the situation with the Trashers! This is fan flipping tastic that we hockey fans get a chance to relive one of the craziest, most violent clown shows in the history sports

[@evilmotorsports5076]

As a former Section 102 member for the Whalers, this was "chef's kiss". I wasn't there for the Trashers years because I wasn't aware of them, being a Jersey boy. The Mad Hatters played against our local team in West Orange at South Mountain Arena (the Devils old practice facility) and I wound up becoming friends with a few Section 102 guys who would do road games. So that league folded but then the Federal Hockey League started with the Danbury Whalers and Brooklyn Aviators being the flag ship teams. They had my support 110% What the documentary leaves out, but I understand because it is literally from the GMs perspective, is how close any Danbury players were with the community. The fans are still in touch with some of those players a decade later. And even though the opponents caught a lot of shit from us, they were only "enemies for 60". Great people. As far as all the violations though; I offer a little insight as someone who worked in minor league hockey (not Danbury) for a while. Much like the Houston Astros, the Danbury Trashers were the ones who got caught and made a mockery of. As I was told by former scouts and equipment managers of old UHL, ECHL, and Roller Hockey International teams, the duffle bags of money and improper benefits thing was nothing new. The Trashers just happened to have an owner under FBI surveillance.

[@FreeJaffa92]

I live in the town bordering Danberry, Brewster New York and this team is still a legend.

[@JasonTzzz]

It's ridiculous that Brewster Bulldogs and Danbury Titans co-existed simultaneously.

[@jcpena27]

Grew up near Danbury, had no idea about this story until today. Thank you for covering everything unknown about hockey, that’s why I’m subscribed here!!!

[@alexssecondaryaccount7994]

Hats in history is a surprisingly common thing. My hometown of Hatboro goes back to 18th century, and the industry shut down for the same reason (mercury poisoning that actually got in the water). My high school's mascot for a while was the mad hatters, but the whole mental illness crowd came in and it got changed to the Hatters. Luckily, we still have some heritage, as a semi-used US Airforce base is polluting our water all the way to today!

[@ryanjones7577]

Hey THG! Just came across the video now! I’m from New Jersey, but I went to WestConn for 1 year before dropping out due to the Pandemic. I also played on the hockey team at WestConn (which is located in Danbury and plays at Danbury Ice Arena). Funny enough, I can answer some questions and give some facts for ya: So I worked for the CT Whale as a volunteer their first season in Danbury (2019-20) as a Penalty Box Attendant, and I actually got this job because I was with the Rink/Hat Tricks at the time, and I was able to “weasel” my way into volunteering for them, and I even showed the people who worked the clock how to run the scoreboard. I even helped with on-ice stuff for the intermissions for the Whale! It was a fun time. But that was the Whale’s first season there. Now for the Hat Tricks, I worked with them for the season as an unpaid intern during the week, and a paid employee of the team & Rink (as the owners of the team own the Rink, btw, big shoutout to Herm, nicest guy ever, hope you meet him some day, me & my dad and Herm go back to the Jersey Rockhoppers days for knowing each other). That was such a fun experience being around the players, and the fans, and such. I was with the scoreclock, the penalty box crew, the on-ice crew, the volunteers, the 50-50 & chuck a puck/carrot selling, i was everywhere that season. Hell the Galantes were are some of the games, and it was kinda nerveracking to be near them. Now to answer your question about Section 102. Yes, they still exist, and yes they still go to games. They aren’t as big as they used to be, and with every team they’ve gotten a bit smaller, however a lot came back to Danbury in 2019-20, and thats what made Danbury a tough place to play for opponents, and why they got 1st in the East Division in their 1st season in the FPHL in 2019-20. Funny enough about Section 102, those are old New Haven Nighthawk & Beast of New Haven fans from Section 14 of the old New Have Coliseum, and when that shut down in the Late 90 or Early 00s, the Trashers came to Danbury in 04, filling the Western CT Hockey gap, and fans made the trip up, and the story about Section 102, well the rest is history. If you want some more information about stuff, although I’m not with the Hat Tricks or Whale anymore, you can reach out to me on Twitter, my handle is @rwj091301. I can also forward you to Herm or Chris or Billy McCreary (the GM of the Hat Tricks) if you wanna do a followup on Danbury Hockey. Keep up the good work!

[@Irevoltnow]

I just watched it last night myself. I just had to look from eliteprospects to see what kind of players were in those teams. To my surprise Semir Ben-Amor from Finland played in Danbury. He played in Finland's team in U-18 WC earlier and ended up playing 451 games in finnish top tier League called SM-Liiga, which is no joke. He was basically career 4th-liner but he could still play. But also famous for beating Ville Peltonen from behind and getting massive ban.

[@SombraPiloto]

CT born and raised, lifelong Whaler fan. I might have to resurrect my Netflix subscription for a month to check this out.

[@darrenb5980]

Just finished watching the doc. I played minor hockey with/against Brad Wingfield as a little kid. Seachelt minor hockey! He was really good as a youngster. Had to beware when Brad was on the ice because he was looking for the big hits. lol I think he enjoyed it more that scoring goals and he did plenty of that too. Way to go Brad. Sucked to see the leg injury. Untold Crimes and Penalties was crazy. Never heard of it until today. wow

[@Hertz2pp]

Had to pause this video and go and watch it! Well put together! Loved how the equipment manager sabotaged the other locker room, lol. And the montages with amazing music! Very well put together! Loved it.

[@euanmelville9770]

Just checked, it's also on UK Netflix. Just going to watch it now. Thanks for the recommendation, sound really interesting.

[@calebdziepak2950]

I have lived in the Kalamazoo area all of my 23 years of life. My elementary school would sometimes have KWings tickets as the prizes for certain levels of a program designed to get kids to read more. I loved reading anyway, but got to go to several KWings games both with and without the aid of reading points. As far as I know none of those tickets were given out to Trashers games, but my god I can just picture a bunch of us kids going to one of those games.

[@hambbage1244]

Fun video and a great recommendation - thanks. Favorite part was the 'change in attitude' from the commish and agent who went to the dark side. J Galante got to the people who could have rolled on him, world rolls on. Surprised you had a minute to watch while creating all the content this month. Keep it up.

[@hijackjoe]

I remember my dad taking me to a Tallahassee Tiger sharks game in the early 2000's. I remember watching a player, in the ECHL, that didn't know how to turn, as in he couldn't cross his legs over. He was literally skating at players and as he couldn't catch up to the puck carrier. Growing up in Northern Ontario, every kid in peewee could cross over their skates. I never thought the 'slap shot' style existed but that's what alot of people in the US think that's what hockey is...or was.

[@stevewhite1377]

Had to stop your vid to watch the Netflix doc then come back great find thg. Keep up the great work

[@RichAliceOlga]

Just watched this in UK 🇬🇧…. Unbelievable documentary and totally in love with the trashers!

[@RichAliceOlga]

To add, had the pleasure of seeing Brad Wingfield at my local team the Bracknell Bees in UK. Legendary enforcer!

[@nolanvernon6667]

I went to their games growing up, and played in that rink occasionally. They were fun games to go to

[@theknowledge7024]

Sweet Shannon! Thanks for the heads-up on a new documentary! I think I'm gonna like this one. Thanks again! PODCAST TIME. Kinda crossed over from the Entertainment guy.

[@ruttlersfield]

Did you know old Vinnie Mac owned a hockey team? The Cape Cod Buccaneers of the ACHL. He also owned the arena at the time. Check out the Pineridge Bucks of the ACHL. A town of 2k built an arena for 5k. It didn't go well. However the ACHL does have 2 teams survive to go on to the AAHL for a season, which the next year becomes the ECHL.

[@jamesapuzzo8920]

A lot of the guys in Section 102, at least early on, were remnants of Section 14 in New Haven, CT. Section 14 was pretty infamous, even making some national publications regarding an incident with Grant Fuhr. New Haven lost their AHL team, then their UHL team, then ultimately their entire coliseum was imploded. There is a good documentary out there on the NH Coliseum. However, I went to a few Trashers games after my time in New Haven and it was complete insanity. The level of debauchery in Danbury exceeded New Haven tenfold because it was not only allowed but actually condoned. It really was fun!!! Unfortunately for me, I live in New Haven and Danbury is a bit of a hike so I was only able to go a few times. Love your content by the way...thought your appearance on Steve Dangle was very entertaining.

[@DavidDArcy1975]

i watched it during the week... brilliant and totally entertaining

[@patrickshaw938]

"any time I watch documentaries and stuff, I want to dig into it a little." 😆 Yeah I believe you!

[@pirateshockey2438]

I’ve lived in Danbury my whole life and remember my dad taking me to trashers games when I was little. Been a hockey fan ever since and always supported Danbury hockey. Probably a little too much because I’m one of the managers at Danbury Ice Arena.

[@andrewchevrier]

I watched it a few days ago. I thought it was interesting how many NHL enforcers were on the team. That was an era when one-dimensional players still got a chance at playing in the NHL. I had to check out the lineups for their two seasons on HockeyDB, and the first name I recognized, as a Hans fan, was Francis Belanger. I remember when the Habs picked him up, I thought he was Eric Belanger, who was pretty good in NHL 2003. The other name that stuck out was Jon Myrasty, perhaps the instigator of the worst brawl I’ve ever seen, when he played for Vitaez Chekhov.

[@canucksfan9332]

I watched it. I LOVED IT. Have been watching every one in the series. They are all good. They are all different

[@pm2055]

Watched it over the weekend myself and found it fascinating. I also was searching for a trashers jersey online to no avail. Definitely need to get them back in production.

[@goombaslayer29]

thank you for posting this i watched it lastnight wow was i hooked

[@chengliu872]

I lived most of my young life in the Poughkeepsie, NY area (not far from Danbury, CT) and have been to Danbury plenty of times. Believe me when I say that you aren't missing much.

[@JakobyAndrew]

What a documentary! I had no idea about this and being a fan of crime dramas and hockey, it was like the perfect story. Even Mike Rupp played for them? What a ride.

[@fredfrond6148]

Watched this last night. This caused me to subscribe to the entertainment guy. Fascinating and entertaining.

[@BrandonHetu]

I've played at the Danbury Ice Arena for years. While it's not the nicest arena, I've always loved skating on the same ice as the trashers

[@JeremyP-121]

Love this sort of non mainstream content. Hockey guy. Not just NHL guy. Bring on the minor leagues!

[@caghockey]

Also. Danbury High School is the Hatters...

[@filanfyretracker]

Growing up in this area the whole story around AWD and the Trashers is kind of legendary. it could probably be a 2hr episode of another Netflix show "Dirty Money" and still not go deep enough.

[@stevemurphy9111]

Too funny...I too watched it last night and was wondering while doing so if Shannon had their jersey.

[@thomasw3285]

I watch a part of it last night as well. The algorithm is strong.

[@jmld11]

I think a career video on Mike Rupp may now be in order....and def need to add a Trashers Jersey.......I’m guessing it slots in at #322....pretty cool logo. Striping a little weird.

[@baseballlover312]

I'm from right next to Danbury. So cool to see you talking about this!

[@garychandler7632]

Please please do the Federal hockey league. The Watertown wolves are my local team. Before covid we would get a lot of canadians from the Kingston area coming to games. Would you like a FHL jersey?

[@TheSilentZ]

Just came across this vid and didn’t know of the documentary, team history but now very curious lol. Also the jerseys on the thumbnail looked kinda cool, think I’ll check out the Hat tricks jersey next.

[@joejoejoe0121]

lol, As someone uninformed on this topic, Shannon, the title of your video had me thinking you were getting into your own crime and penalties in hockey

[@dudh]

The interview with AJ was awesome on the Pat McAfee show this week.

[@maxpowr90]

Galante hating Barry Melrose and Steve Levy's team is hilarious.

[@chrishudson3092]

I watched this documentary and I loved it. It was nice seeing triple H China and the rock there celebrating with Jimmy Galante and his son. The fights were crazy. Amazing how a.j. Galante scouted and got these players. Never saw a hockey team organization formed by the mob, truely remarkable.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Been looking forward to this. Only had a chance to see the malice at the palace one

[@eirikrdberg1161]

I lived i Ridgefield, close to Danbury. Played there many times in 70s and 80s.