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Danbury Trashers

Who Were the "Bad Boys of Hockey"?

Danbury Trashers 2004–2006 — the two-season team that became hockey legend — photo 1 of 10

2004: a Connecticut garbage magnate bought a UHL expansion franchise for Danbury — launched April 1st, everyone thought it was a joke — photo 2 of 10

He handed hockey operations to his son — A.J. Galante was 17 years old — photo 3 of 10

A.J. was a wrestling fan and that became the team's DNA — heroes and villains, the Bad Boys — photo 4 of 10

The slogan: Bad Boys Talkin' Trash. Entrance music: Welcome to the Jungle. First season: 2,776 penalty minutes — a UHL record — photo 6 of 10

And they were actually good — Brent Gretzky, Jim Duhart, Stanley Cup winner Mike Rupp — photo 7 of 10

Section 102: in a triple-overtime playoff game the Trashers ran out of dry undershirts, so the fans gave them their own — Danbury won 3–2 — photo 8 of 10

June 2006: a federal investigation ended the most unhinged team in hockey history — A.J. was never charged — photo 9 of 10

Two seasons, one Colonial Cup finals — twenty years later, Danbury still hasn't let go. Keep repping the Bad Boys — photo 10 of 10

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The Trashers played two UHL seasons, 2004 to 2006, named after owner James Galante's trash-hauling business, with his 17-year-old son as general manager. The 2004-05 team set a league record with 2,776 penalty minutes, and the 2005-06 team reached the Colonial Cup final. The team folded in 2006, and Netflix told the story in a 2021 episode of Untold.

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