Danbury Trashers: Where Ice Hockey Meets the Mafia

[TheFugitive]

Perhaps some of you guys in Connecticut remember the Danbury Trashers.
This was a minor league hockey franchise that played in the now defunct
United Hockey League from 2004 through 2006.  I knew of them as I used to
follow the Flint Generals, who played in that same league.

Long story short....they were founded by a guy who made his fortune in the garbage
business, which is always tied to the mob, at least here in the Northeast.  He bought a
professional hockey franchise and then made his 17-year old son the General Manager!

The team folded after this owner was convicted on a Federal racketeering charge!

The whole wild, strange story can be read here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury_Trashers

The team was called the Trashers because its owner was in the trash business.
They did have one of the coolest pro sports logos EVER!

[giantsfan2016]

As a lifelong Connecticut resident I had heard of the team, but I didn't know anything about them except for the "alleged" connection to the Mafia/Mob.

[Pikapower]

When I saw the name "Trashers" and the logo for the Danbury Trashers, I instantly thought of Oscar the Grouch.