Fred65 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Untold: Crime and Penalties Shows the Crazy Side of the Danbury Trashers - The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Fred65 said: Untold: Crime and Penalties Shows the Crazy Side of the Danbury Trashers - The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated Added that to my favourites, will watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKirk888 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Fred65 said: Untold: Crime and Penalties Shows the Crazy Side of the Danbury Trashers - The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated Watched this the other day. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw94 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 https://gangsterreport.com/operation-slap-shot-rocket-tocchet-walked-on-the-wild-side-with-wiseguys-in-2000s-nhl-betting-scandal/ Quote Following his retirement and entrance into the league’s coaching ranks, Tocchet began booking bets on football for a clientele consisting of mostly pro hockey personnel. According to sources, Tocchet’s sports book had ties to the mafia in Philadelphia and New Jersey and paid a street tax to a Bruno-Scarfo crime family crew belonging to one-time underboss Joe (Mousie) Massimino, also using the Massimino crew as a layoff bank for heavy action. [...] Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player of all-time and Tocchet’s boss when he was arrested in 2006 – Gretzky was the Coyotes head coach, general manager and part owner – was heard on an FBI wiretap talking about his wife’s gambling debts and how he could keep her name out of the looming inquiry into Tocchet’s bookmaking activities. Gretzky is married to 1980s-era actress Janet Jones. Per the investigation, Jones had placed roughly $500,000 worth of bets with Tocchet. Retired NHL players Jeremy Roenick and Travis Green were also implicated as frequent clients of Tocchet’s sports book. Roenick was a nine-time NHL All-Star and one of the best American-born players in pro hockey history. Green, a journeyman in the league throughout the 1990s and 2000s and a well-known poker ace, is the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks today. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Hoover said the mafia doesn’t exist. I heard him say that while wearing a dress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 2 hours ago, jw94 said: https://gangsterreport.com/operation-slap-shot-rocket-tocchet-walked-on-the-wild-side-with-wiseguys-in-2000s-nhl-betting-scandal/ Wow! how many know about much of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Watched in 2 weeks ago. Amazing doc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I’ve seen this,good documentary if you’re a hockey fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I watched it too. Great doc. I ended up liking AJ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassbs Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 7 hours ago, jw94 said: https://gangsterreport.com/operation-slap-shot-rocket-tocchet-walked-on-the-wild-side-with-wiseguys-in-2000s-nhl-betting-scandal/ But but New Jersey is just a glorified crew! No one over there even gets their finger pricked! No one has ever done 20 years in the shine box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 This was pretty crazy, hard to believe it was true. And some player names on the team that I recognize as former NHL'ers as well playing for cash no less like Rumun Ndur, Brent Gretzky and Mike Rupp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Fantastic documentary movie. So funny and entertaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I watched this maybe a month or so ago ... it was thoroughly entertaining. Mike Rupp literally getting a duffel bag full of cash to come play during the lockout (and let's be honest he wasn't really that good of an NHLer - but still shows how good these guys are that make it) ... it's impossible not to smile and admire these guys loyalty ... there was so much left unsaid - but said at the same time. Loyalty was a theme and the take away i got from it. These guys got away with a lot - a couple hundred years in jail, because nobody ratted. The phones got them ... taps etc. But nobody really talked. Incredible story. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubrick Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I grew up with Brad on the Sunshine Coast. He would tell us stories over the summer about this team he was on.. sounded too funny to be true at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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