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April 10, 2000
Volume 1, Number 1
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The "Devil" In
Frank Perrone
by Frank Perrone
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Frank Perrone with one of his
beloved Devils, Brian Rafalski. |
Hello
fellow hockey fans! My name is Frank Perrone, and I
am the owner of Frank’s Devils Den. Frank’s
Devils Den is my collection of New Jersey Devils
memorabilia. I reside in Totowa, NJ. I am 17 years
old and a senior in high school at De Paul Catholic
High School, in Wayne, NJ.
I play baseball for the De Paul
Spartans. |
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I
also play hockey almost every Sunday with my friends
at an outdoor roller rink in Oakland, NJ. I like to
call myself the world’s biggest Devils fan! I have
been a season ticket holder for four years and in
that time, I have not missed one home game.
Saturday’s game against Florida was game number
189 straight.
My collection began
in 1996, when I became a Devils season ticket
holder. I used to collect baseball cards, but with
the combination of baseball going on strike and the
Devils winning the Stanley Cup, I lost interest in
collecting them. Then at the end of the 1996-97
hockey season the New Jersey Devils had an end of
year closeout sale and were selling game used hockey
sticks. I was able to pick up five. That started my
addiction. I went home from there and typed in a
search engine, ' game used hockey,' and found the
Game Worn Jersey Collector site (now gameworn.net). From there I was able to find
the MeiGray Group and the first batch of Devils
jerseys to be released. |
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The envy of any jersey collector! |
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However,
my first jersey was not a Devils jersey, it was a
Bobby Holik game worn Dukla/Jihlava Czech jersey I
acquired from Byron’s Hockeyland. Holik is my
favorite player as he lived in my town at the time.
Since that first jersey I have acquired over 150
jerseys, 20 sticks, 10 pair of skates, and 12 pair
of gloves, all of them being New Jersey Devils, all
coming from different sources sometimes even from
the players themselves. Each jersey is of a
different player, and the ultimate goal of mine is
too have one jersey from every player that ever
played a game for the New Jersey Devils.
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is one jersey I am dying to get. In 1994-95, when
the New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup, their
Stanley Cup Finals game jerseys were given to the
players. I have found 2 however, that belong to the
Devils former equipment man. I am working real hard
to try and pry them away from him, but it may take
some time. |
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Learn more about Frank and his collection
at Frank's
Devils Den! |
As
a privilege of being a fan club member, I am able to
attend the Devils Fan Club dinners where the players
attend, and have met every player. Whenever I show
them a piece of equipment that they wore, they are
so happy and surprised. One Devil that I know for a
fact knows about my collection and has visited my
website is Petr Sykora. |
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Petr bought an item off of
my neighbor’s store and my neighbor spoke to him
about my collection. Then my neighbor received a
phone call from Sykora’s friend and said that Petr
and a bunch of the Devils have visited my web page
and really enjoy it. My
family and friends do not think that I am crazy, but
are astonished by the amount of stuff in my
collection. They do in fact, try to encourage me in
reaching my goal. Finally,
I want to thank you for the opportunity to tell you
about my collection and myself. I would also like to
let all readers know that if anyone needs help with
any information relating to the New Jersey Devils, I
will be glad to help. I can be reached at newjerseydevils@msn.com. |
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If
you're a game worn jersey collector who has an
interesting collection, story or experience to
share, drop an e-mail to the Webmaster at info@gameworn.net |
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