2008-09 Gold Rush Roster

GR Captain

Hal Goldstein #7
New York, NY
8-7-1958
5' 8"
150 lbs
Forward/Defense
Years you have played organized hockey: 2
First time you ever put on skates: 5 years old
Status: Married 18 years with 4 girls, 16, 14, 12 & 8yrs old.
Interests: All sports, skiing, mountain biking, bluegrass music, southern rock, classic rock. Played varsity lacrosse for 4 years in college until I broke 3 ribs and my lung collapsed 4 days before my son was born in 1998..

GR Assistant Captain

Jeff "Chicky" Stimac #00
Hibbing "Iron Range"
12-7-1973 Pearl Harbor Day
5'10"
A fat 205lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 1st-3rd grade?
Status: Not married yet!
Interests: Curl twice a week, hockey twice a week, soccer once a week and softball 4 nights a week in summer... skydiver, rock climber, dodgeball, Xbox 360, hunt, fish, boat, snowboard, ski, spear fish, internet surfer, and email crazy.

Scott Anderson #1
Atlanta, Georgia
8-19-1958
6' 0"
185 lbs
Goalie?
Years you have played organized hockey: 2 years in Junior High
First time you ever put on skates: 3rd grade
Status: Married, two daughters
Interests: Oil painting landscapes, canoe tripping, participatory sports, and praying to avoid ripping his groin to shreds:)

Bill Bissonette #3
Minneapolis
1-30-57
5' 9"
165 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: 3
First time you ever put on skates: 5 years old
Status: Married with 4 kids, Joey, Andy, Betsy, and Benny.
Interests: Running, golf, water & snow skiing. 1st triathalon this year!

Dima Kuperman #5
Minsk, Russia
5-31-63
5' 10"
210 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: 5yrs when I was 10!
First time you ever put on skates: 10 years old
Status: Married with 2 kids
Interests: Raquetball

Matthew Benson #2
Seoul Korea
1-7-1980
5' 3"
167 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 4yrs old
Status: Single
Interests: Golf, wakeboarding, watersking, tennis, ping pong, playing guitar in a rock-n-roll band. Love to eat Spaghetti, Pizza, Chinese, Thai, Whiskey and Cold beer.
Patrick Lane #34
Ryan Scannell #54
St. Louis Park
6-10-1979
5' 5"
145 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: 2
First time you ever put on skates: 8th grade
Status: Single and Available:)
Interests: .Snowboarding, fishing, boating, you name it...
Tom DeBleeckere #28
Schoten, Belgium
12/28/1979
Height: 5'9
Weight: 134 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 5 years old
Status: Married, no kids
Interests: Hockey, soccer, triathlete, evolutionary theory, etc.

Tom Hedberg #11
Minneapolis
11-17-1961
5' 11"
174.5 lbs
All positions (Stud!)
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: age 6 or so
Status: Married for 19 years with 3 amazing children.
Interests: Chess, Orienteering, tennis, kayaking, and travel.
Tony Green #10
Madison, WI
42yrs
5' 10"
160 lbs
Defense
Years you have played organized hockey: 2
First time you ever put on skates: back in the day...
Status: Married with 2 daughters, 9 & 11yrs.
Interests: Sailing, cross-country skiing, & scuba diving. Served in U.S. Navy Nuclear Submaries!! Collect beer cans.
Wade Mueller #8
Richfield
July 4th, 1967
5' 10"
170 lbs
Defense
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 5 years old
Status: Married with 2 boys, 7 & 9yrs.
Interests: Cycling, baseball, photography and summer street hockey.
Benedict Aloysius Olk III #9
Groten, MA
3-9-1962
6' 0"
185 lbs
Forward/Defense/Waterboy
Years you have played organized hockey: 4
First time you ever put on skates: age 5
Status: Happily married, 3 kids, Ben, Kari and Betsey!
Interests: Love baseball, skiing, riding bikes, and being outside with my family. Met Carl Pohlad after Twins won the 1987 AL Pennant in Detroit.

Matt Karvonen #69
Hickville , MN
5 -29-1977
5 ' 11"
190 lbs
Forward whatabe
Years you have played organized hockey: 0
First time you ever put on skates: age 11
Status: Single with a woman on the side:)
Interests: Working at Plymouth Ice arena and Xcel Energy Center

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Tim Calahan #4
Chicago
4-29-1962
6 '2
210 lbs
Defense
Years you have played organized hockey: 2
First time you ever put on skates: age 5
Status: Married with 2 kids.
Interests: Home repair, reading, basketball, weightlifting and crushing players that come into my defensive zone!
Christopher Westgate Nathan #14
Princeton, New Jersey
10-13-1963
5' 10"
190 lbs
Defense
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 5 years old
Status: Married to annette since 1987 with 3 boys; Nick 14, Oliver 13, & Christopher is 9yrs old.
Interests: Music, reading, baseball, travel, skiing, huge cities especially New York, San Francisco, London, Istanbul, chess, the ocean, political science, movies, any kind of puzzle, soccer, tennis, Tanqueray martinis dirty with an olive very cold no Vermouth, sculpture, Wikipedia
Harry Edelman #76
Carbondale, IL
5-21-1955
6' 1"
180 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 50 years ago:)
Status: Married with 2 boys, 8 & 10yrs.
Interests: Kayaking/canoeing, skiing, surfing, & composting.
Injured Reserve
Alex Makovetsky #15
Ukraine
Born in 1963 sometime:)
5' 10"
175 lbs
Forward
Years you have played organized hockey: First year
First time you ever put on skates: 13yrs old
Status: Married, 3 kids, 12, 9, and 3yrs old.
Interests: Family, watching hockey and college basketball, books, & ping pong.