DOWNLOAD: Dick Wehner's Presentation for Charlie Busenhart

Dr.
Moran
approached
me
a
couple
of
weeks
back
and
asked
me
to
bring
some
closure
for
the
student
body,
faculty
and
friends
on
the
retirement
of
Charlie
Busenhart
as
SLUH
hockey
coach.
I
am
excited
and
pumped
and
fired
up
to
do
this‐‐‐‐because
Charlie
deserves
a
tremendous
amount
of
recognition
not
only
for
his
years
of
teaching
at
SLUH
but
also
his
years
of
coaching.

He
is
a
valued
friend
and
colleague
and
teacher
to
all
of
us.
Ladies
and
Gentlemen
and
SLUH
Students‐‐‐hearken
back
with
me
for
awhile
to
the
year
1971
What
was
it
like
back
in
‘71
Avg.
Home
cost
$25,000
Gallon
of
Gas
cost
40
cents
Cost
of
a
Movie
Ticket
was
$1.50
Chrysler
introduced
a
new
sports
car
called
The
Barracuda
cost
under
3
grand
Richard
Nixon
was
President
The
Toy
Rage
was
the
Rock
Em
Sock
Em
Robots
$8.89
Etch
A
Sketch
$2.83
A
Complete
Lego
Set
$9.99
Mattel’s
Malibu
Barbie
was
retailing
for
$1.94
Disco
Became
the
Rage‐‐‐And
yes
I
owned
a
Leisure
Suit‐‐‐And
yes
I
wore
Bellbottoms
and
yes
I
knew
how
to
do
the
dance
craze
called
“The
Hustle”
In
1971
Popular
TV
Shows
Mary
Tyler
Moore
Odd
Couple
Partridge
Family
In
1971
First
Soft
Contact
Lens
came
on
the
market
Texas
Instrument
intoduced
the
1 st 
Pocket
Calculator
Something
called
Internet
Chat
Rooms
began
to
surface
The
Dauphin
Players
musical
that
year
was
Destry
Rides
Again
Well
known
Teachers
at
SLUH
Brother
Thomas
Thornton
Irene
Coyle
Fr.
Phil
Kellett
Frs.
Marty
Hagan
&
Marty
Currigan
Fr.
Rich
Bailey
Helen
Klenklen—Art
Zinselmeyer—Dom
Calacci‐‐‐Dr.
Jim
Murphy
Dick
Keefe‐‐‐Ebbie
Dunn‐‐‐Bill
Walker‐‐‐Paul
Martel‐‐‐Tony
Rubich‐‐‐
Doc
Robbie—
Charlie
Conway‐‐‐Joe
Schulte‐‐‐‐‐Emmette
Hannick—Art
Zinselmeyer—Joe
Vitale—
George
Morris
&
Charlie
Conway

Our
President
Mr.
Laughlin
was
not
President

for
he
was
only
4
Our
Princiapal
Dr.
Moran
was
not
principal
for
he
was
1
‐‐‐‐
excuse
me
one
and

a
half
And
into
that
group
of
whos
who
in
SLUH
folklore
steps
in
a
diminutivebespectacled
Chemistry
Teacher
named
Charlie
Busenhart.
In
1971
besides
his
teaching
duties
he
was
talked
into
starting
a
Hockey
program
with
fellow
faculty
members

Charlie
Amelotti
and
Dr.
Jim
Murphy
After
the
first
year
he
was
head
coach
for
next
41
years‐‐‐he
learned
the
game
through
watching
videos,
going
to
clinics
and
watching
the
Blues.‐‐‐‐‐
In
the
early
70’s
the
players
did
not
wear
face
masks
with
their
helmets
but
a
outside
mouthpiece.

High
School
hockey
goalies
wore
masks
that
were
like
the
Jason
masks
in
Friday
the
13 th 
movies.
In
those
early
years
the
team
was
chosen
solely
on
aggressiveness
and
size
the
best
players
were
Freshman
and
Soph
who
had
already
played
organized
hockey.
Early
SLUH
hockey
in
the
70’s
practices
were
at
the
outside
Webster
rink
at
6:30
in
the
morning
or
at
Steinberg
rink
in
Forest
Park‐‐‐a
practice
routine
daily
was
sweeping
the
ice
and
removing
leaves,
branches
and
other
debris
that
had
accumulated
overnight
.

Immerfrost
rink
on
Kingshighway
past
Gateway
High
School
was
our
home
rink
for
three
years.
Over
the
years
interest
in
SLUH
hockey
grew‐‐‐‐it
became
the
place
to
be

on
Friday
or
Saturday
night

at
places
like
Affton,
Queeny
Park
or
the
Hardees
Ice
Complex.
In
the
last
5
years
the
hockey
Bills
have
been

to
the
state
semi‐finals
3
times
and
state
final
2
times.
Coach
B’s
Overall
record
is
523
wins‐‐‐438
loses
and
98
ties
he
is
one
of
the
winningest
coaches
in
Mid
States
Hockey
Coach
B
has
served
the
hockey
community
as
a
member
of
the
Mid
States
League
rules
committee
and
scheduling
chairperson.
In
2008
Coach
Busenhart
was
elected
as
a
Charter
member
of
the
Missouri
Amateur
Hockey
Hall
of
Fame
.
I
would
also
be
remiss
not
to
mention
Charlie’s
wife
Sally‐‐‐who
for
years
sold
tickets,
did
crowd
control,
washed,
sewed,
cleaned
and
stored
uniforms.
And
was
a
mom
and
cheerleader
to
many
of
our
players‐‐‐‐Thank
you
Sally.

Probably
outside
of
Fr.
Hagan
coaching
the
rifle
team
no
one
has
coached
one
particular
sport
longer
than
Coach
Busenhart
in
hockey
for
41
years.
Coach
Busenhart’s
Coaching
Philosophy
is
the
template
of
the
SLUH
coaching
philosophy‐‐‐He
summarizes
it
in
this
way‐‐‐‐The
best
coaching
experience
is
not
just
winning

but
working
with
young
men
helping
to
make
their
experience
at
SLUH
one
that
is
filled
with
good
memories.
Hopefully
conveying
to
our
young
man
a
love
for
the
game
of
hockey,
ability
to
work
as
a
team,
sportsmanship
in
losing
as
well
as
winning
and
dedication
to
the
values
taught
at
St.
Louis
U.
High.
The
terms
Curia
Personalis
and
Man
for
Others
are
tossed
around
like
I
Love
You’s
at
a
High
School
Prom.
The
man
we
are
honoring
this
morning
not
only
talks
the
talk
but
walks
the
walk
.In
his
44
years
of
teaching
here
at
St.
Louis
U.
High
he
has
been
involved
in
the
hockey
program
for
44
years
‐‐‐‐
43
years
as
the
head
coach.
Many
also
do
not
know
that
Mr.
Busenhart

breathed
new
life
into
a
teetering
water
polo
program
and
coached
the
team
to
prominence
for
33
years
‐‐‐‐‐‐during
that
time
the
Water
polo
team
won
9
state
championships‐‐‐the
current
coaches
Mr.
Baudendistel
and
Mr.
Penilla.

Coach
B‐‐‐‐taught
them‐‐‐‐coached
them—and
shaped
them
from
teenagers
to
young
men
to
coaches
to
teachers

to
becoming
good
fathers.
In
his
44
years
he
has
coached
and
taught
at
SLUH

he
has
coached
approx.
780
water
polo
players
1,320
SLUH
hockey
players

and
taught

approx
4,
458
Jr.
Bills
here
at
SLUH.
Hey
Charlie
‐‐‐‐
we
love
you.
It
is
with
genuine
love,
and
admiration
I
urge
you
to
make
some
noise
in
appreciation
to
one
of
our
most
beloved
coaches
and
faculty
members
Mr.
B‐‐‐‐‐Charlie
Busenhart.