name the player,or post whatever you friggin' want

theres more to that story than what the media had published. neither guy was in the clear on that and it wasnt a one time disagreement. doesnt make what happened right but this isnt a case of a good guy being the victim of a villain, not by a long shot. the kids are obviously he ultimate losers in these situations and i find it amazing that adults cant see that. doesnt matter how it ends, when parents start yelling at a rink its not alright. why are there different societal rules because theres a sheet of ice there?

 

I was just following it on CNN at the time, it had to do with icetime and I think the coach was favouring his son.

 

i used to live around the corner from Joey Merlino's house in South Philly. i know people who know him.

 

no it didnt. it was over physical play in a practice and the guilty man concerned for his kid. the deceased had 3 of his own son on the other team.

matty -- did they argue before this encounter? i didnt see in the article if they met before this deadly moment?

 

watching the olympics...

 

I'm sure a lot of people know him, he used to go out on the town a lot. Ever since they passed the RICO law, the fbi has weakened the powers and their capability to expand much. They still exist and I'm sure aren't to be taken lightly, but nothing compared to the influence they had in the 50's. They used to run the country, elections, unions, every construction project, vegas and all sports betting, booze, drugs, prostitution, you name it, the mob had their hand in it. Now you have the mexicans, colombians, chinese, russians, hells angels, etc. There was a guy in montreal who died a few years ago named rizzuto, he was known all around the world, not just one city or one country. He actually went to prison in colorado for a murder in brooklyn 35 years ago with the new york guys.

 

Yeah, just read it, I was thinking of this other parent I knew that would yell at the coach for icetime.

 

Where I grew up, you could be lining up at the grocery store and the guy next to you could be one of the biggest mobsters in the world. They were so low key, never in the paper, never hear of any murders. The mobs from the US, italy, and south america would seek advice from them on how to run their business. They would get busted and you'd be like, hey, I remember that guy, and you'd be shocked because they never came across as that type.

 

when i said "know" him i meant had dealings with him and met him in person many times.

 

Cat, you only said you know guys who know him, that's your first post where you said you 'know' him. I'm sure he's a good guy, I used to know the toronto guys when I used to bet on football, not a big deal.

 

Cat, I don't know what your involvement with him was, so maybe it was a big deal.
I used to bet with them, when I won they paid and when I lost I paid. I lost more than I won so I quit, I even helped take phone calls for them for a bit, this was all over 20 years ago. These guys were so wealthy with all their real estate investments I don't know why they even bothered being bookies. There would be some guys that wouldn't be able to pay off $5K and nothing would happen to them, they would just cut them off and not take their action anymore. They couldn't be bothered with beating people up for that stuff, montreal was different.
When I was in construction I did a job for one of them and he paid me the day I finished the job. It was a bakery and he never charged me for any food or drinks. Three years later he was murdered in the parking lot of his place. Another time I was ripped off $500 from a biker I did work for . I was invited to their clubhouse from another member and ate all their pizza and drank their beers, the guy wasn't there at the time, when he found out I guess it must've pissed him off.

 

Also I forgot to mention they had a yearly superbowl bash. They would rent out a big hall and invite everyone for an 8 course meal with unlimited drinks and give away shirts, jackets and had model waitresses.

 

ya these two had crossed paths before. neither was an angel.

 

skinny-can mob guys be good guys? im sure they mean well, but im sure murder is on their resume.

matty-still sad. murder over pee wee hockey.

 

I think some mob guys are good guys born into it. Then there are those that go seek it, and you have to really question somebody like that.

 

In the 70's my moms cousin had a clothing warehouse in the bronx. He refused to pay the monthly street tax and they burned down his place.

 

In 1906 my great grandmothers first husband was murdered in new york sticking up for his sister-in-law. This mob guy spotted her coming off the ship at ellis island and wouldn't leave her alone until she would marry him. He got involved and they shot and killed him.

 

wow skinny - both stories are horrible. that's sad. i just think they don't know any better. they see a neighborhood big shot and the clothes and money and want in no matter what.

 

Extorting businesses has been a long time practce of the mob. They call it protection money, like that scene in the godfather where diniro is having an espresso with moustache pete and shortchanges him and ironically he gives the bill to st.joseph. You don't hear of it nowadays, in the 70's if you owned and operated a business in new york on one of the families turf you had to pay. In italy it still exists, they will cut your brake lines if you don't pay.

 

a ton of movies have that. they make up some protection tax and tax the people for running a business on "their streets!"

sad people back then were trying to raise and provide for their families and the mob wanted their cut of their profits for "protection!"

ugh.

Guess im not starting business in Italy anytime soon!