Oct 29, 2021 · Standing up to a reputed Mob associate was a part of Richard Brosal’s job 15 years ago. As commissioner of the United Hockey League, Brosal knew he could not back down in confrontations with Danbury Trashers owner James Galante. The team nickname derived from Galante’s trash-hauling company.

James Galante (born January 5, 1953) is an American convicted felon and associate of the Genovese crime family, [1] owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor-league hockey team and a defunct racecar team fielding cars for Ted Christopher, and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal (AWD), a company that holds waste disposal contracts for most of ...

The Danbury Trashers were a United Hockey League (UHL) professional ice hockey team located in Danbury, Connecticut, first established in 2004 as an expansion team.

Aug 31, 2021 · Netflix's newest 'Untold' installment, 'Crime and Penalties,' highlights the Danbury Trashers, the mafia-owned hockey team run by 17-year-old AJ Galante.

Sep 1, 2021 · The team, owner James Galante and former coach J. Todd Stirling were accused Friday, June 9, 2006, of defrauding the United Hockey League, violating its salary cap by giving some players and...

Apr 14, 2018 · Depending on whom you ask, Jimmy Galante was either one of its mobsters or a legit businessman whose waste-removal company had become associated with the Mafia. The New York Times described...

The film is the fourth installment in the Untold documentary film series. [2][3] Its story focuses on the now defunct United Hockey League (UHL) ice hockey team the Danbury Trashers, which was bought by James Galante, a mafia-connected trash kingpin and associate of the Genovese crime family who gifted the team to his 17-year-old son, A. J., mak...

Oct 26, 2021 · At the end of August, the streaming service released “Untold: Crime and Penalties,” the ludicrous story of how a suspected mobster purchased an expansion minor league hockey team for...

They were the bad boys of hockey — a team bought by a man with mob ties, run by his 17-year-old son, and with a rep for being as violent as they were good. Watch trailers & learn more.

Aug 30, 2021 · Netflix shares the story of the family in the latest installment of the Untold docuseries titled “Crime & Penalties.” It takes a closer look at the mafia, hockey and the short-lived Danbury Trashers hockey club that established itself as the “bad boys of hockey” in the UHL, an affiliate of the NHL at the time.