DOWNLOAD: Dick Wehner's Presentation for Charlie Busenhart
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Our President Mr. Laughlin was not President <strong>for</strong> he was only 4 <br />
Our Princiapal Dr. Moran was not principal <strong>for</strong> he was 1 ‐‐‐‐ excuse me one and a <br />
half <br />
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And into that group of whos who in SLUH folklore steps in a diminutivebespectacled Chemistry Teacher named <strong>Charlie</strong> <strong>Busenhart</strong>. <br />
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In 1971 besides his teaching duties he was talked into starting a Hockey program <br />
with fellow faculty members <strong>Charlie</strong> Amelotti and Dr. Jim Murphy <br />
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After the first year he was head coach <strong>for</strong> next 41 years‐‐‐he learned the game <br />
through watching videos, going to clinics and watching the Blues.‐‐‐‐‐ <br />
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In the early 70’s the players did not wear face masks with their helmets but a <br />
outside mouthpiece. High School hockey goalies wore masks that were like the <br />
Jason masks in Friday the 13 th movies. <br />
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In those early years the team was chosen solely on aggressiveness and size the best <br />
players were Freshman and Soph who had already played organized hockey. <br />
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Early SLUH hockey in the 70’s practices were at the outside Webster rink at 6:30 in <br />
the morning or at Steinberg rink in Forest Park‐‐‐a practice routine daily was <br />
sweeping the ice and removing leaves, branches and other debris that had <br />
accumulated overnight . Immerfrost rink on Kingshighway past Gateway High <br />
School was our home rink <strong>for</strong> three years. <br />
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Over the years interest in SLUH hockey grew‐‐‐‐it became the place to be on Friday <br />
or Saturday night at places like Affton, Queeny Park or the Hardees Ice Complex. <br />
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In the last 5 years the hockey Bills have been to the state semi‐finals 3 times and <br />
state final 2 times. <br />
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Coach B’s Overall record is 523 wins‐‐‐438 loses and 98 ties he is one of the <br />
winningest coaches in Mid States Hockey <br />
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Coach B has served the hockey community as a member of the Mid States League <br />
rules committee and scheduling chairperson. <br />
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In 2008 Coach <strong>Busenhart</strong> was elected as a Charter member of the Missouri Amateur <br />
Hockey Hall of Fame . <br />
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I would also be remiss not to mention <strong>Charlie</strong>’s wife Sally‐‐‐who <strong>for</strong> years sold <br />
tickets, did crowd control, washed, sewed, cleaned and stored uni<strong>for</strong>ms. And was a <br />
mom and cheerleader to many of our players‐‐‐‐Thank you Sally. <br />
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