WEBVTT - Introducing: The Fighty Pucks

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand and four, the world of ice hockey

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<v Speaker 1>was in for a shock.

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<v Speaker 2>And we are live at the Danbury Ice Arena.

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<v Speaker 1>A sleepy city in Connecticut called Danbury was getting its

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<v Speaker 1>first ever professional hockey team. And the president was this guy, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how you doing, pal, seventeen year old Aj Galante. But

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<v Speaker 1>the real boss was AJ's dad, Jimmy, a big shot

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<v Speaker 1>garbage hauler loved and feared in Danburry. She was intense.

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<v Speaker 2>He can tell you about the weather and it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like he's staring into your soul.

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<v Speaker 1>And when Jimmy bought his son hockey team, the world

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<v Speaker 1>was watching.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a tabloid story that you're going to read

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<v Speaker 3>no matter what.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not just the teenage team president that caught

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<v Speaker 1>people's attention.

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted to break every bone in his body. Bone

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<v Speaker 3>popped out, blood spurred it all over the place, throwing

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<v Speaker 3>him like a rag doll.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the violence.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a very ugly night head hitting the ice,

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<v Speaker 3>shoulder hitting the ice, the very ice.

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<v Speaker 2>For they can't right now, I'm Claire Crofton from the

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<v Speaker 2>teams at Novel and iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the fighty Pucks. Join me for the story.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the most violent hockey team ever. It's a story

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<v Speaker 1>about what happens when you're prepared to win at any cost.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything was going great until literally one day, it's all over.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything's cloaking secrecy. I don't know what to say and

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to get shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Was there any part of you that felt like the

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<v Speaker 1>cost of winning was too high?

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<v Speaker 3>Never?

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<v Speaker 2>That was guerrilla warfare at its highest.

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<v Speaker 4>There's the FBI side, there's my side, and somewhere in

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<v Speaker 4>the middle of the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to the Fighting Pucks starting on the eleventh of

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<v Speaker 1>May on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

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<v Speaker 1>get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't believe this.

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<v Speaker 3>Believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the end of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Believe it well, I come to the Jangle