May 2017 -
21
Albany Bowl
Congrats to 13 year old
Jesse Salinas on bowling his very first 300
game this morning in the King/Queen of the Hill scratch league!
Check out his 300:
PBA Spare Shots: “PDW” Helps Fire Up Chicago
Wolves Before American Hockey League Playoffs
by Bill Vint
PBA Hall of Famer
Pete We-
ber
, well-known for his fiery
temperament when things are
going well, helped provide a
dash of fire to the Chicago
Wolves hockey team prior to
their entry into the American
Hockey League playoffs.
It happened like this: the
Wolves’ Pres ident
Mike
Gordon
, who has worked with Chicagoland Bowling Proprietors’ Association Execu-
tive Director
Bill Duff
on a variety of cooperative promotions, asked Duff if he could
get in touch with Weber, who is well-known to a few of the Wolves’ players through
videos of Weber they have watched, including PDW’s infamous 1991 U.S. Open
trophy-drop and his ―Who do you think you are?‖ rant after winning the 2012 U.S.
Open. Weber’s fierce spirit caught on with the team, so Gordon wondered if Weber
would deliver a surprise inspirational message to the Wolves to amp them up for
their playoff run.
Duff sent a text message to Weber who was competing at Bayside Bowl in Port-
land, Maine, and Weber was eager to help – in part because the Wolves are the
―AAA level‖ affiliate of the NHL St. Louis Blues, Weber’s hometown hockey team.
Assisted by PBA’s Xtra Frame crew, Weber’s message was shown to the Wolves
prior to their first Calder Cup playoffs game vs. the Charlotte Checkers.
To view Weber’s message, click here:
For the record, the Wolves lost their first playoff game against Charlotte, but roared
back to win the best-of-five game series, 3-2, to advance to the second round of the
Calder Cup playoffs
