WHERE
ARE THEY NOW? other alumni of Southern California youth, aka 'minor
hockey, aka 'minor', GLAMHA and SCAHA.
Edition
of August 12, 2010
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GRANT GOODWIN sent me the following in Feb. 2010. I edited it slightly for clarity.
In 1961 we were living in Wellesley Massachustts. Next to a Baptist Church and a pond.....once winter hit, it was time to learn to skate and see what Ice Hockey was all about. I'd spend the usual 12 hours a day playing and freezing ! We moved back to North Hollywood the spring of 1962. My older brother Mark came home from Junior High one day saying his friend, Craig Cullen told him he was playing hockey in at the Pickwick in Burbank. I think the next Saturday morning, Art Guiney picked up Craig and the Goodwin brothers for their first practice. After about 6-8 months of practice and a few games vs. the old North Hollywood Jets, GLAHMA was formed and we were split into age division teams. We had so many Pee Wee age boys that Burbank formed two Pee Wee teams....the Colts and the Mustangs. Both teams were fairly well split between good players, the main difference is that my team had John Donovan. Our first year, the Colts were Calif. State Champions and the only game we lost was to our other Burbank team , the Mustangs.....2-1 in a thriller with Donovan's last second shot outside the blue line being disallowed as time ran out. Goals by Walt Goad and Ronnie Dietz.
The next year, Wally a Mustang, and me (Grant Goodwin) a Colt....went at it again with the Colts again winning the State Pee Wee Championship. The following year, as Bantams we combined the best players from those pee wee teams into one great Bantam team that would play along with second year bantamss, 14 year old John Donovan, Ebbie Spriegl, and others. The team was so good that I was 4th line bench warmer after being Captain and leading scorer the previous year for the Peewee State Championship team. We played great teams from Van Nuys, San Diego, and of course Guy Hildebrand and Norwalk. We won the league, state, and west coast titles both years as Bantams.....the next year as Midgets, that strong Bantam team was re-united and again a league, state, and West Coast titles.
Wally's, Ronnie's and my second year of Midgets.....many of our good players had quit and we were short handed. But we finished second in the league to San Diego and lost in the play-off's to Pasadena with Ted Sutton. However, during the season San Diego had beaten us 4-2 in Burbank. Our last regular season game was in San Diego at the Sport Arena. We were really up for the game and we decided to give San Diego a sending off party for "Old Times Sake" Burbank 4, S. D. 2. San Diego went on to the State Championship in Berkeley and I guess the Berkeley kids were so glad they didn't have to face Burbank, won their first State Title defeating San Diego with Peter McNab. I did score on a break away with Dale Pennock chasing me the whole way. Someone in the stands told my dad that he took a picture of the goal and thought he had a good one.....it turned out he did...got it going in under Tommie Smiths arm on a back hander.
Art Guiney was really great to all of us and was most encourging to me about my abilities. Thanks for doing this web site.....it was really a great read. My brother, Mark Goodwin played with Walter's brother, Doug Goad on the "Monarch" teams. that played against the Mike Lampman Norwalk teams. Many thanks, Grant Goodwin
p.s. Fred Hildebrand and my dad became good friends while watching the kids play. He was a good guy. We had an All Star Team as 16 year old Midgets. Guy and Peter McNab played together and it was something to watch. I was in the stands and Fred Hildebrand sees me and say's "How come you're not suited up, you injured?" I said "No,I wasn't picked". He was in disbelief. That was as good a compliment as one could get.
August 11, 2010 Chris Bayee inquired about the early coaches in GLAMHA
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 1961 Burbank Full names identified in next photo. Hec Highton, Morrow, Jim McFarlane, Mark Goodwin, Gary Robson, John Donovan, Eric Hill, Craig Cullen, Walter Goad, Rick Lowe, Violet, J. Craig, Eberhard Spriegel. D. Ostendorf, Narine, Bobby Lowe, Ed Matonic, Eric Beauchamp, Doug Goad, Morgan Watkins, Tom Thielman, Gordon Acker Chan Figarad, Roy Lowe, Bob Robillard, Ostendorf, Art Guiney. Front Row Hannes Spriegel, Steve Self, T. Crane, Sanders, Bobby Highton, Kim McNair, J. Fiedler, Mike Galvin, Pat Galvin, Douglas Acker Not placed yet, Tom Nairn |
 1961 Burbank with names |
 40th Reunion |
 Bantams(click photo to enlarge) |
 '67-'68 Midgets |
GRANT GOODWIN sent me the following in Feb. 2010. I edited it slightly for clarity.
In 1961 we were living in Wellesley Massachustts. Next to a Baptist Church and a pond.....once winter hit, it was time to learn to skate and see what Ice Hockey was all about. I'd spend the usual 12 hours a day playing and freezing ! We moved back to North Hollywood the spring of 1962. My older brother Mark came home from Junior High one day saying his friend, Craig Cullen told him he was playing hockey in at the Pickwick in Burbank. I think the next Saturday morning, Art Guiney picked up Craig and the Goodwin brothers for their first practice. After about 6-8 months of practice and a few games vs. the old North Hollywood Jets, GLAHMA was formed and we were split into age division teams. We had so many Pee Wee age boys that Burbank formed two Pee Wee teams....the Colts and the Mustangs. Both teams were fairly well split between good players, the main difference is that my team had John Donovan. Our first year, the Colts were Calif. State Champions and the only game we lost was to our other Burbank team , the Mustangs.....2-1 in a thriller with Donovan's last second shot outside the blue line being disallowed as time ran out. Goals by Walt Goad and Ronnie Dietz.
The next year, Wally a Mustang, and me (Grant Goodwin) a Colt....went at it again with the Colts again winning the State Pee Wee Championship. The following year, as Bantams we combined the best players from those pee wee teams into one great Bantam team that would play along with second year bantamss, 14 year old John Donovan, Ebbie Spriegl, and others. The team was so good that I was 4th line bench warmer after being Captain and leading scorer the previous year for the Peewee State Championship team. We played great teams from Van Nuys, San Diego, and of course Guy Hildebrand and Norwalk. We won the league, state, and west coast titles both years as Bantams.....the next year as Midgets, that strong Bantam team was re-united and again a league, state, and West Coast titles.
Wally's, Ronnie's and my second year of Midgets.....many of our good players had quit and we were short handed. But we finished second in the league to San Diego and lost in the play-off's to Pasadena with Ted Sutton. However, during the season San Diego had beaten us 4-2 in Burbank. Our last regular season game was in San Diego at the Sport Arena. We were really up for the game and we decided to give San Diego a sending off party for "Old Times Sake" Burbank 4, S. D. 2. San Diego went on to the State Championship in Berkeley and I guess the Berkeley kids were so glad they didn't have to face Burbank, won their first State Title defeating San Diego with Peter McNab. I did score on a break away with Dale Pennock chasing me the whole way. Someone in the stands told my dad that he took a picture of the goal and thought he had a good one.....it turned out he did...got it going in under Tommie Smiths arm on a back hander.
Art Guiney was really great to all of us and was most encourging to me about my abilities. Thanks for doing this web site.....it was really a great read. My brother, Mark Goodwin played with Walter's brother, Doug Goad on the "Monarch" teams. that played against the Mike Lampman Norwalk teams. Many thanks, Grant Goodwin
p.s. Fred Hildebrand and my dad became good friends while watching the kids play. He was a good guy. We had an All Star Team as 16 year old Midgets. Guy and Peter McNab played together and it was something to watch. I was in the stands and Fred Hildebrand sees me and say's "How come you're not suited up, you injured?" I said "No,I wasn't picked". He was in disbelief. That was as good a compliment as one could get.
The
following by Walter Goad, February 2010
I played hockey at Pickwick in the 60's for Hec Heighton, Eddie Matveld (U of Denver 1958 NCAA Hockey Champs - Bill Masterton's roommate) and Art Guiney. Those incredible men taught us a love for the game - true sportsmanship, how to be a champion (we were Western Regional Champs three years in a row and State Champs 5 years running) and what it takes to be a champion--which is a lot more than just a mere winner.
I'm in the back row, third from the left (in the picture above of the Bantam Division Broncos), and It was my job to shadow Guy Hildebrand and keep him off the scoreboard. I did and I also gave him a few stitches on the upper lip. Ronnie and Goody and me were on the same line for those years
We had a 40th reunion and even got THE SAME PHOTOGRAPHER to snap the attached pic. Some of us still play, some of us have bad backs and bad legs....But most of all I loved meeting Ned Dowd at the Riverbottom Inn (across from Warner Bros.) years ago and telling him yes there was Hockey in Southern California. He let me practice with his celebrity team with John Bennet Perry and Tom Babson - but no games since I was not a "celebrity".....
I played hockey at Pickwick in the 60's for Hec Heighton, Eddie Matveld (U of Denver 1958 NCAA Hockey Champs - Bill Masterton's roommate) and Art Guiney. Those incredible men taught us a love for the game - true sportsmanship, how to be a champion (we were Western Regional Champs three years in a row and State Champs 5 years running) and what it takes to be a champion--which is a lot more than just a mere winner.
I'm in the back row, third from the left (in the picture above of the Bantam Division Broncos), and It was my job to shadow Guy Hildebrand and keep him off the scoreboard. I did and I also gave him a few stitches on the upper lip. Ronnie and Goody and me were on the same line for those years
We had a 40th reunion and even got THE SAME PHOTOGRAPHER to snap the attached pic. Some of us still play, some of us have bad backs and bad legs....But most of all I loved meeting Ned Dowd at the Riverbottom Inn (across from Warner Bros.) years ago and telling him yes there was Hockey in Southern California. He let me practice with his celebrity team with John Bennet Perry and Tom Babson - but no games since I was not a "celebrity".....
August 11, 2010 Chris Bayee inquired about the early coaches in GLAMHA
Ron Dietz replied: As far as coaches for Burbank,
in the beginning it was Hec Highton, Jim McFarland, Art Guiney, Al Morrow, Jim Craig, Roy Lowe,
Bob Robillard, Mr.Galvin and Eddie Matveld. Hec Highton pro career
NORWALK,
SOUTHEASTERN MINOR HOCKEY ASSOC.
Wade Nelson '60's, reports is living and playing hockey in the Boise
Idaho Adult Hockey League . He reported that many S. Calif.
hockey
players live and play in Boise, one being Brian McGrath
Glen Hunnel, #29 goaltender, emailed in January 2003, "I played on the 1972-3 Southeastern Blues. Do you have anything else on this team or know of anybody that does? (my answer is no, sorry).
Phil Van Valkenburg emailed in Feb 2003 from Washington when he was 35, "I played goaltender from age 6 to age 15-16 with the Polar Kings and the Norwalk Kings. Unfortunately I took a year off, during that time I broke my back and was unable to play again. I'm actually looking for a specific article about a tournament in Kamloops. I'm not sure that year if I was on the California Condors or the Kings. That year I played with, Bobby Robinson, Tom Hughes, and Scott Swaggart. I do remember my brother Charles playing with Todd Nelson. I started pollywogs in 1975 or 76 with Paul Lavio as my coach. The two coaches that year were Buddy McKinnon and he brought along with him a great goalie coach who made a great impact on me whose name may have been Stan Wawer. After playing under them I had all kinds of schools looking at me. I do remember Mike Costello. I may have played under him one year.Buddy McKinnon was the best coach I ever had I think the goalie coach may have been Stan Wawer?".
For Bryan and Bruce Hollweg see my pro and college listings.
Mike Zagarella emailed in August 2004; "You have taken me down memory lane with your web site on youth hockey, I am really enjoying it. As I was reading the story of your sons, I took out my old year book from 72' - 73' and recognized some of the names you mentioned: Woods, O' Rourke, and Costello. I began playing in the 72' - 73' season at Norwalk Ice Rink. I was younger than your sons as my two cousins and I were Mites in 72' - 73'. That year we won the league title (Mite blues couldn't advance any farther). The following year we played with Ralph Barahona, who later played for the Boston Bruins (mostly for their minor team). The memorabilia on your site also brings back memories, especially the hat-trick patch which I still have. My brother is still involved with youth hockey as he coaches for Glacier Gardens (Anaheim) Midget or Bantam Tier. "
Glen Hunnel, #29 goaltender, emailed in January 2003, "I played on the 1972-3 Southeastern Blues. Do you have anything else on this team or know of anybody that does? (my answer is no, sorry).
Phil Van Valkenburg emailed in Feb 2003 from Washington when he was 35, "I played goaltender from age 6 to age 15-16 with the Polar Kings and the Norwalk Kings. Unfortunately I took a year off, during that time I broke my back and was unable to play again. I'm actually looking for a specific article about a tournament in Kamloops. I'm not sure that year if I was on the California Condors or the Kings. That year I played with, Bobby Robinson, Tom Hughes, and Scott Swaggart. I do remember my brother Charles playing with Todd Nelson. I started pollywogs in 1975 or 76 with Paul Lavio as my coach. The two coaches that year were Buddy McKinnon and he brought along with him a great goalie coach who made a great impact on me whose name may have been Stan Wawer. After playing under them I had all kinds of schools looking at me. I do remember Mike Costello. I may have played under him one year.Buddy McKinnon was the best coach I ever had I think the goalie coach may have been Stan Wawer?".
For Bryan and Bruce Hollweg see my pro and college listings.
Mike Zagarella emailed in August 2004; "You have taken me down memory lane with your web site on youth hockey, I am really enjoying it. As I was reading the story of your sons, I took out my old year book from 72' - 73' and recognized some of the names you mentioned: Woods, O' Rourke, and Costello. I began playing in the 72' - 73' season at Norwalk Ice Rink. I was younger than your sons as my two cousins and I were Mites in 72' - 73'. That year we won the league title (Mite blues couldn't advance any farther). The following year we played with Ralph Barahona, who later played for the Boston Bruins (mostly for their minor team). The memorabilia on your site also brings back memories, especially the hat-trick patch which I still have. My brother is still involved with youth hockey as he coaches for Glacier Gardens (Anaheim) Midget or Bantam Tier. "
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By email May 1,'08;"My gosh! What flashbacks! I played for the
SoEastern Blues '69-'71,
bantams. It was my first experience playing, having grown up in Hunt.
Bch, but my father played Junior's & Minor's back east. Rhode
Island Reds
(Electrolux) & for West Point in the '50s. He wanted to have me
play so
badly, he dug up info on the league & we drove to the Norwalk rink
Sunday
mornings 6 a.m. I believe for the only ice time practices.
I played in Costa Mesa's rinks and skated at the old outdoor rink at Blue Jay, Lake Arrowhead.
What memories! Thanks for the site. Patrick Murphy RD, #7, SoEastern Blues, "Most Penalty Minutes" 2 years running!"
I played in Costa Mesa's rinks and skated at the old outdoor rink at Blue Jay, Lake Arrowhead.
What memories! Thanks for the site. Patrick Murphy RD, #7, SoEastern Blues, "Most Penalty Minutes" 2 years running!"
land, I came across your website and it brought back alot of memories.
I played minor hockey in southern
California between approx 1973 to 1980. I must have played in
every single rink that you mentioned. Started in 1972 playing in
Bay Harbor where my coach was Al Sieber. Then went and played one year
in Culver City. Returned and played at Bay Harbor till about 1977 when
I moved to Costa Mesa and played two years there. I think I went
to a couple of skating schools with Rollo Miller. In 1979 I
returned and played one year in Bay Harbor. In 1980 I moved and
played in West Covina under Maurice Labbe. We put together a
California Select team and went to the Quebec Pee Wee touney that
year.
In 1981 my family moved to BC and it was a great experience. We moved back in 1986. I am now playing adult hockey in Aliso Viejo.
SANTA
MONICAIn 1981 my family moved to BC and it was a great experience. We moved back in 1986. I am now playing adult hockey in Aliso Viejo.
Former Santa Monican, Alan Abrams
emailed me April 4, 2005: "I came across your website today and was
instantly
transported back to 1970 or so, when my father took me to Santa Monica
Ice Capades
Chalet one morning at 6 a.m. to "try out" for Russ Wyluda and the Gold
and Green of the Santa
Monica Bantam club... I believe that I first met Art that day at his
store in Culver City. I was never much of a player back then, but
became a goalie later in
life and now skate with the Detroit Red Wings every year for Make a
Wish
Foundation in Michigan. Often I wonder what happened to folks like Walt
Gale, Bill Lange and some
of the others from Santa Monica and Culver. Thank you for your writings
of that time. And for your essay and tribute
to Art.
Walt Gale's daughter in law Joyce emailed in May 2009.
"Walt is fine, living in Leona Valley, (Lake Hughes area) California. Gave up refereeing a few years back but still working hard, and tending his horses with wife Bev. Attends games in "the valley" occasionally to watch his grandson's, JP & Chris Gale play for California State University Northridge where his son, Steve is Head Coach. Steve played for Russ Wyluda at Santa Monica, also played for Topanga, Culver, etc. as well as Orange Coast Juniors, Valley College Monarchs (inaugural season) and California Eagles PSHL/Tri Valley Blackhawks (Covina) with Reg Thibault, Craig Carroll, etc. Steve's Cousin, (Walt's nephew) David Baker, also played youth hockey here in SoCal back then."
Walt Gale's daughter in law Joyce emailed in May 2009.
"Walt is fine, living in Leona Valley, (Lake Hughes area) California. Gave up refereeing a few years back but still working hard, and tending his horses with wife Bev. Attends games in "the valley" occasionally to watch his grandson's, JP & Chris Gale play for California State University Northridge where his son, Steve is Head Coach. Steve played for Russ Wyluda at Santa Monica, also played for Topanga, Culver, etc. as well as Orange Coast Juniors, Valley College Monarchs (inaugural season) and California Eagles PSHL/Tri Valley Blackhawks (Covina) with Reg Thibault, Craig Carroll, etc. Steve's Cousin, (Walt's nephew) David Baker, also played youth hockey here in SoCal back then."
I was on the internet trying to see if the old ice rink on which I practiced was still there in San Diego and came across your name.. Joe Nix.
I was born in San Diego and at a early age we moved to Wenatchee ,Washington where I starting playing hockey. Pond Hockey... outdoor rink hockey. Then moved back to San Diego around 1966 -1968 . I got on a team called "San Diego Barons" and we practiced on the old Mission Valley rink. The coach was Tony Mancuso. Some of the guys were Peter McNab, Bob Mckinstry, Tom Terrific, Pale Pennock, Jack Webb, Tom Engle, Willie Calori and Doug Williams. I remember we went to Erie Pa, to play in a Tournament and won 2nd place. In the 1968 team picture Peter McNab is in the center with the trophy and I'm at the bottom left by the coach. We moved to Rhode Island and I played in school, out of school, then the Army and Vietnam for 1969-1972. I believe Pete McNab went to NHL around the time I went in the Army. I started playing roller hockey in the late 90's. In Texas there were not too many ice rinks until the 1991-2 when the Dallas Star Center opened. I started back a little with ice hockey and then in 2004 started playing fulltime. With playing for a team as well as drop-in every Friday night. We call it "Friday Night Hockey". I keep my scores on facebook (Mack McCollum). Please look for me and drop me a friend note. Hockey is Fun and there are a lot of good guys out there playing, young and old. I'm 57 and I still playing. I'm a right wing and love to score. I like the old time hockey the best and it shows in my play. You can see it in me as well as my competitors, on the boards, down on the ice. It is Fun Fun Fun. I love to crash the net and pass the puck. I live in Rockwall, TX in the Dallas area. The rink I play at is the Ice Training Center Richardson, www.icetrainingcenter.com come and play hockey with us. "Alot of Fun" been doing it for a long time. I love the game of hockey.
Here are some historical pictures and current ones of me playing hockey. I also have several San Diego Union articles on the Barons which Joe can't post due to copyright restrictions. Mack McCollum, 972-772-3756 call me if you want to play hockey stick & puck or drop-in . Thanks for your time..Joe and for your work.
Mack McCollum
mccollumhome@sbcglobal.net
