With regards to the floor hockey trophy that was won by my old boy's team while he was on the inside, here is an excerpt from a book by Lorne Campbell, former president of the Satan's Choice and high ranking Hell's Angel about the floor hockey culture in the prisons up in Kingston.
^ That pic of Pops receiving the floor hockey trophy on behalf of his team. I think this was the floor hockey trophy, I know it was one of the big ones.
Here is a pic of the team he played with regularly in the prison league. Dad in the back middle, and his good friend Corny on the back right who I've known all my life. I will see Corny when I fly back to Toronto for my Dad's 70th in October. I can't believe these old fuckers are still kicking after the lives they've lead!
Here is the description of the game by Lorne Campbell.
"Fewer inmates at Collins Bay were killers than at Millhaven, so players could fight without worrying so much that it would necessarily lead to murder. “In floor hockey, that’s where you’d see the fights, really nice fights. Just fights all over the place. Kicking each other in the head. The guards just let it go. I didn’t play, but I was a good spectator. In the pen, guys take it very seriously.” After one hard-fought 1-0 victory over 1 Block, Larry Vallentyne of 3 Block seized banners that read “1 block’s #1” and set them ablaze. The guards let this go too."
I've posted these before, but since I have a pic of my Dad and Corny on their floor hockey team from the late 70's, I figured I would repost their mugshots from the Kingston Penitentiary from 1965, five years before i was born. My Dad was just 20, and Corny about 22 at the time.
Dad
Corny
I only repost those again because it's kind of interesting to see them in relevance to their later prison pics. Apparently these guys didn't learn their fucking lessons easily!
Again, Corny and Dad.......
