The boss is again and he’s prepared to scrub up the trash.
AJ Galante, {the teenager} behind the mob-tied professional hockey group of Netflix fame, is again within the sport as the final supervisor of the Danbury Hat Methods, an entry-level professional group primarily based in Connecticut.
“I believe there’s still a place in the game for toughness,” Galante, 38, instructed The Publish.
“Intimidation never goes out of style, man, and you when you have that you have that X factor.”
In 2021, the story of how Galante’s father, Jimmy, inserted his son as the final supervisor of the Danbury Trashers, named after the household’s garbage-hauling enterprise, grew to become the stuff of Netflix gold.
The movie recounts how Trashers gamers had been handled like large league stars and had been even given “no-show jobs” and under-the-table cash — till the FBI began digging by way of the rubbish.
In June 2008, Galante Sr. admitted to costs of racketeering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and defrauding the Inner Income Service.
He was additionally compelled to forfeit curiosity in 25 completely different garbage-related companies, estimated to be price greater than $100 million.
Galante Sr. was launched in 2014 after serving a seven-year sentence.
“It was a sad day when the Trashers folded, but the legacy still lives on, and I’m excited to build on that history with the Hat Tricks,” stated the youthful Galante, now a married father of two.
Following the discharge of the Netflix movie, demand grew for Danbury Trashers jerseys, with even rappers like Drake and Fabolous noticed sporting the group’s sweater, which options demonic eyes peeking out of a trash can.
Since then, Galante has run a Danbury boxing fitness center, helped develop a UFC-style hockey battle circuit referred to as Ice Wars, and most just lately served because the Hat Methods’ senior advisor to the earlier normal supervisor.
The Hat Methods, who’re members of the Federal Prospects Hockey League, open their season on Oct.10 at Danbury Area.
“It’s going to be the 20 years later movie sequel,” stated Galante.
“I’m giving it my all.”
Whereas Galante received’t draw back from the on-ice toughness that made the Danbury Trashers well-known, he says he desires to deal with successful.
“I know what the fans here are starving for, and we want to bring the toughness back,” Galante says.
“At the same time, if we’re not winning, it means nothing.”
