Memories of Good Friends

Personally I feel fortunate to have met the friends I have through the Old Wings. Along the way we have lost some very good friends.

Chris Carlton
1950 - 2007

An orginal Old Wing. Chris was quiet, kept his personal matters to himself. Chris played center. He could stick handle in a phone booth. Many of us also had the privilege of playing slo pitch on a tournament team with Chris organized by his brother Randy.
I don't know of anyone who could reel off joke after joke as Chris did. I remember once after a hockey game while we were all getting rehydrated, Chris would tell a joke and then Bill would tell one and this went on and on. I forget a joke as soon as its told so I was impressed. We all sat there, listening and laughing.
Chris took on the role of bringing the beer for after game refreshment. It became a fund raiser. He was reliable. There wasn't a time during all those years when the beer was forgotten. When Chris couldn't play hockey anymore because of his sickness, he still brought the beer.
We'll miss Chris. He was a total team person. He participated on the first European trip to France, he played in St. Petes, Florida on a few occassions. He did more than his fair share in all the tournamments we organized. He'll be fondly remembered as one of the three amigos with Les and Jim.


Roman Dolnicky
1951 - 2008

An original Old Wing. He was a gentle soul who wouldn't say anything harmful to anyone. He was extremely reliable an neer missed a game which is important when you're a goalie. He was at every game and always there early. He loved the OLD WINGS and I have to admit that telling Roman that he wasn't needed was a very difficult decision.
Roman took it all in stride and later developed a strong passion for golf that he frequently played with his wife Michele. We saw Roman as we all visited Chris one time and no one could have ever imagined that we would lose Roman six months later.

Barry Elliot
1951 - 2002

I always thought we were very fortunate to have Barry play for us. Barry coached the deaf boys at EC DRURY. He coached Senior "A". I used to car pool with Barry to the games when we played at Cawthra. We never lack conversation material. Barry was well informed, especially in matters around hockey in Milton. He added a lot to our team.

We'll always remember the funeral. It was standing room only. A tribute to a great guy.



Dave Norton
1951 -2003

Dave was a good friend of Barry's. I lost my car pool buddy because Dave would drive up from Burlington to pick Barry up in Milton and then drive back down to the Cawthra arena.

Dave had played hockey in Spain, coached the Burlington JR Cougars.

A little memory that we all bring up when we are sometimes struggling to gulp down wings with our beer after our games is Dave challenging us to all eat one more.

Dave was flying his plane to Port Perry when a student lost control of his plane and crashed into Dave.