The Cuppa Joe Grinders

It is with fondness and stack of great memories that the CuppaJoe Grinders have to announce the retirement of two very unique individuals: Reggie Gabriel and Jason Kuznak.

With a newborn at home and one helluva commute to and from the rink on game nights, Reggie just couldn’t keep up with the schedule. But with more nicknames than the entire team put together, Reggie will undoubtedly be a topic of conversation in the dressing room for seasons to come. “Hands,” “Vision,” “Shrek,” “Haaken Loob”; each nickname tells a story. It was often said that if Reggie could skate he would be a dangerous player, the ball hockey in the summer gave him some of the best puck-controlling hands on the team.

Meester Kuznak is setting his sights on career and financial stability for his family. A noble endeavour for the once “wild one” who used to come to games with Party stories that scared half our team. Many of the stories ended up including “Sane” after a while. For 7 years we tried telling the guy to stay in his net and leave the damn puck alone, just when we get him trained he gets domesticated.

Welcome to the spare board gentlemen; hope to see you come out and play a few times this year!

Glen