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What is MusketeersStuff.com ???<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This year the Sioux City Musketeers will celebrate 54 exciting and memorable seasons of hockey!!!\u00a0 <\/b>MusketeersStuff.com
will be a place to showcase the historic six decades of Musketeer hockey in Sioux City.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This site will have team photos, individual player pictures and hockey action shots. It will feature the successes of the teams & players
have had over the seasons.<\/span>
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It will also have a jersey history of styles from every season. It will place with an emphasis on the players who wore these jerseys and their on
and off-ice hockey achievements. The site will also serves a a Musketeer jersey data base describing in detail each of the jerseys from every
season. It will also contain other Musketeers\u00a0 items like programs, jackets, patches, pins, pucks, sticks and other Musketeer memorabilia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0I am asking for your help in making this Musketeer history project as complete as possible. We are
nearing a third generation of hockey fan in Sioux City, so many of our current fans were not privy to
the Musketeer’s old-time hockey of the 70’s, their domination of the league during the 80’s and the
future NHL stars of the 90’s and 00’s.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Any type of memorabilia you have will be greatly welcomed and\u00a0regardless of what you have, I will make sure that<\/span>
it is properly displayed within this collection!!!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I can receive any scanned\/digital images you may have available. Any photos as well as other memorabilia will be<\/span>
documented and returned by MusketeersStuff in a timely and secure manner!!! Actual pick-up and return of<\/span>
some memorabilia could be possible. Please contact me using the e-mail link on the home page.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Why MusketeersStuff.com???<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

To this day, hockey still remains a huge part of my life. I love to play it, I love to ref it, I love to coach it, I love to <\/span>
watch it\u00a0and I love to reminisce about it!!! So you can imagine my excitement when I joined a conversation between some<\/span>
\u00a0younger Musketeer hockey fans and they were they were talking about the old days of hockey.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I was excited to join the conversation and interject my many seasons memories of Musketeer. However, I was surprised<\/span>
their old-days of hockey was 2002 and the last\u00a0 Musketeers Clark Cup Championship. They had never heard legendary<\/span>
Musketeers names like Peck, Johnson, LeGree, Hakstol, Siciliano, Grahame, Taylor, Shoffstall, Hale, Nelligan, Guntzel and
countless <\/span>others that have made the Musketeers one of the most storied teams in the USHL.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Sioux City is rich in USHL history and is steeped in hockey tradition. Its players have gone on to success as well as<\/span>
countless number of\u00a0teams that have captured season, league and national championships. So many have gone on to play
collegian, semi-pro and Olympic hockey, several have reached the pinnacle of hockey; playing in the NHL.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is my attempt to preserve some of these long forgotten Musketeer memories and traditions.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

About Me<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have been a Musketeer fan from the very beginning. I started attending games in ’72 and was<\/span>
hooked ever since. Every time I’m in the old Audi, I am flooded with memories of games played in that small little area the<\/span>
Musketeer called home for some 32 seasons. I look up and see section 5 Row 5 seats 1&2\u00a0 and think back to the good times I<\/span>
had sitting in those seats watching my heroes do their thing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As a kid I grew up with the original Musketeers, names like Peck, Johnson, Davies, LeGree, Murphy, Brandt, Head, Mulroy <\/span>
and Bubba, they were my heroes. Many years later, I would be afforded the opportunity to call many of these guys my<\/span>
friends as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the same time I joined the newly formed Siouxland Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) where I played youth hockey for six<\/span>
\u00a0seasons and four more for the Metros high school team. After five years out of town, I returned to Sioux City and took on some SYHA<\/span>
coaching duties and played adult league hockey. In 1989 an opportunity to continue to be a part of the game I loved and I<\/span>
began officiating for the then Iowa High School Hockey League (IHSHL). Two seasons later, I joined the United States Hockey<\/span>
League (USHL) as a member of its officiating staff where I worked for 20 seasons.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I am still a active USA Hockey official and work a regular schedule of Midwest High School Hockey League (MHSHL) as well <\/span>
as some college club games. I am also currently the SYHA Referee-in-Chief.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Over the many year the USHL and the Musketeers have been such an integral part of my hockey life.\u00a0 I was able to be around<\/span>
the sport I loved and to play an, albeit small, part in its implementation as each season saw its completion. It left me with great<\/span>
memories, terrific stories and it introduced me to fabulous friends and acquaintances. The USHL and the Musketeers have<\/span>
been good to me over\u00a0 the years and this in just a small way to say Thanks!!!<\/span>
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An Open Letter to Past Musketeer Players and Fans<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

I am starting a Musketeer\u00a0History\u00a0web site. \u00a0My goal\u00a0is a place\u00a0that provides a look and feel\u00a0for\u00a0our\u00a050 plus year old<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Musketeer<\/span>
\u00a0hockey team!!!\u00a0It will show-off Musketeer game jerseys, pucks, team pictures, action photographs, sticks and other similar items.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is ultimately a tribute to the players, coaches and staff who have all given so much to the Musketeer organization. Whether it<\/span>
be the player who spent just a single season away from home wearing the green & gold, staff who spent countless hours in the office<\/span>
or the coaches who came here to make Musketeer hockey the best it could be.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As we approach a third generation of Musketeer hockey there are many fans out there totally unaware of the steeped traditions of <\/span>
Musketeer hockey. Sioux City was legendary for it’s old-time hockey style in the 70’s; real boards, fence in place of glass, the chicken<\/span>
lady and lots of hair. When players squared off…there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that there was gonna be a fight.\u00a0 In the 80’s the<\/span>
Musketeers dominated the league winning a pair of Anderson, Clark and National Championships. They had players set scoring<\/span>
records that are still being chased today. In the 90’s Sioux City was known for it huge talent pool as many players continued on<\/span>
to semi-pro and professional careers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My question\u00a0is…do\u00a0you have any old Musketeer photographs and\/or items that I could document???<\/b>\u00a0All items while in
my possession will\u00a0be treated like the important items they are, and I will make sure that everything is returned
\u00a0to you in a timely manner!!!<\/b>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I will be looking forward to hearing back from you and\u00a0Thanks!!!!<\/b>\u00a0bob<\/span>
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Bob Batcheller<\/span>
Sioux City<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Items of interest:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Musketeer Jerseys<\/span>
Musketeer Photographs<\/span>
USHL Jerseys<\/span>
USHL Game Socks<\/span>
Musketeer Game and\/or Practice Socks<\/span>
Musketeer Team Pictures<\/span>
Musketeer Team Jackets<\/span>
Pucks, Programs and other novelty items.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

PS…I am set-up to receive any scanned\/digital images. All items will be returned to you by MusketeersStuff.com in a timely and secure manner.\u00a0<\/span>
Please contact me using the e-mail link to arrange possible pick-up and returns of some items.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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