Blazing Ptarmigans Co-Rec Broomball Team
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The Blazing Ptarmigans are a co-recreational broomball team based in Glenview, Illinois.
However, team members live in a variety of Illinois communities, from Chicago to the far south to Lindenhurst, Illinois in the north and Island Lake, Illinois to the west. Champions of the Glenview Co-Recreational Broomball League in 2005, the Ptarmigans placed 3rd in the USA Broomball National Championships in Rosemount, Minnesota that same year.The Ptarmigans are known for their fierce defense and superb goaltending, as goalkeeper Dianne Cullen has led the Glenview Co-Recreational Broomball League in goals-against average for two straight seasons. Her son, Matt Cullen (not to be confused with the National Hockey League player of the same name), is the team's all-time leading goal-scorer.
In their first game at the National Championship level, the Ptarmigans surprised the broomball world by defeating Iowa State University's co-rec team by a score of 3-1. It was the first game the Ptarmigans ever played on an NHL-size rink, as the Glenview games are played on short ice (also known as a studio rink). In fact, in a sport dominated by Minnesota squads, the Ptarmigans have been the lone representative from the state of Illinois at each of the last two USA Broomball National Championships. (The 2006 tournament was contested in Westlake, Ohio, where the Ptarmigans lost to the Cincinnati/New York Eclipse 2-1 in the quarterfinals.)
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[edit] Team achievements
Glenview Co-Rec Broomball League champions, 2005
3rd place, USA Broomball National Championships, 2005
Glenview Co-Rec Broomball League runners-up, 2006
[edit] Current roster
2-- Jason Gola (Wing)
7-- Stephanie Altergott (Wing)
12-- Josh Altergott (Defense)
13-- Lisa Curran (Defense)
15-- Dianne Cullen (Goalkeeper)
16-- Carrie McGowan (Defense)
17-- Karen Kemnitz (Wing/Goalkeeper)
18-- Matt Cullen (Center)
19-- Elisa Cullen (Wing)
27-- D.H. Gallego (Defense)
40-- Tom Schweiss (Center)
54-- Michael Cullen (Wing)
61-- Mick Cullen (Defense/Wing)
77-- Julie Schweiss (Defense)
[edit] Former Ptarmigans
3-- Nathaniel Marx (Defense)
4-- R.J. Dusak (Center/Defense)
9-- Stephanie Gekiere (Wing)
86-- Ed Montano (Center/Wing/Defense)
88-- Dan Lee (Wing/Defense)
