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Carl Felice Sabatini
Carl Felice Sabatini held many titles throughout his lifetime. From serving in the Airforce, working on the New York Stock Exchange, owning a bike shop in Arizona, and working in sales at Advantage Services, Carl was a man of many talents. As a lifelong athlete, Carl participated on the Airforce Softball team, playing in tournaments across Asia earning him a spot in the Softball Hall of Fame. Most recently, he played hockey, his favorite pastime, in a Dek Hockey League in Pennsylvania for 20+ years. Carl shared his love of all sports with his children and enjoyed skiing and snowboarding with his son and daughters. As a native New Yorker, Carl always cheered for the Mets, Jets, and Islanders. Also an avid outdoorsman, Carl enjoyed being out in the water with a rod and reel or in the sand getting a tan. Carl enjoyed traveling to new places, seeing almost all 50 states and traveling to Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean.
He and his wife Margaret would share a 27-year marriage. Perhaps the title he was most proud of holding was dad. A father of three, the late E.J., Alexa, and Taylor, Carl was a loving and supportive father who remained proud of his children. Carl would do anything for the people he loved and will be greatly missed. He is survived by his sister, Barbara (Erich) Schneider and his brother, Christopher Sabatini and many loving nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sister Carol (David) D’Amore.
Come celebrate 66 great years Saturday July 8, 2-4 p.m. at Daley Life Celebration Studio, Swedesboro where there will be a 4 p.m. service.
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Condolences to Carl’s family. I played hockey with and against Carl for well over 15 years at the hockey dek in PA. He was a shot blocking machine and I would have to tell the younger players who never met him to stop trying to shoot it around him bc it wasn’t going to happen. He loved playing the game and always had extra color jerseys in his hockey bag in case teams need a sub after his games. RIP Carl
Our most sincere condolences to Carl’s family at this difficult time . Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Kaaren, Marvin, and Jennifer Yearick
Thursday night, many of us were happily celebrating a league championship,  not expecting the sobering news we would hear on Friday of the passing of Carl.
I first met Carl as an opponent at the Fun Spot back before we were indoors. I didn’t get to know him personally, or play on his team till years later, but at the time he was referred to as the guy with the shield, who loved to block shots, and go down on one knee to stop you from putting the ball through his legs, and although he did that every time, 99% of the time, I still tried to go through his legs. I immediately took a liking to him, so every time he did block a shot, I immediately responded with “ are you OK Carl”, and to be honest, I sometimes shied away from shooting, when he was in front of me.
When I finally did team up with him, I was blown away by his hockey intelligence, i was attracted to listening to him talk about x’s and 0’s. I never heard him say anything that didn’t make perfect sense. On game night, whether we were teammates or opponents, or one of us waiting to play, and the other getting ready to leave, if there was an open seat next to him on the benches where we gear up, I always took it.  Never would I give up the chance to chat with him for a bit. It was quite entertaining to hear him rant (and rightfully so) about the same old variety of topics- Which teams were stacked, why do we have such a crappy schedule with terrible game times, why did that team get to use that goalie as a sub, but I couldn’t, that guy played two games, and showed up for them in the playoffs, I told him no 10 o’clock games, and I got 6 of them, I told him my goalie works on Wednesdays, and I got 8 Wednesday games, why do guys say they wanna play, then they never show up,…..:ect. When I finally learned that he was a native New Yorker and disliked Philly sports teams, our conversations usually ended with a segment of Philly team co-bashing.
As teammates, he was one of the few who understood my game, as unorthodox as it was at times. Besides constantly begging me to shoot more, he never asked me to change my style to adapt to the team, instead he tried to get the others, especially the young ones, to adapt to me. I always appreciated and respected him for doing that .
In life, especially in hockey, you don’t see everyone every night, sometimes not for days, weeks, or even months, especially if your opponents and the schedules don’t match up, but when you finally do see someone that you haven’t in a while, it just feels normal to see them. but when time goes by and you don’t see them , and you realize that you will never see them again, it’s an emotional, and sobering time, especially amongst hockey brothers. It will feel out of whack for a while walking in to the rink, and not seeing that Wiley old veteran, with his face shield, helmet, and extra baggy jersey. I would definitely miss, and think of him often especially when his ranting topics come up, or someone blocks one of my shots, or flops around on the ground trying to break up a play, and definitely whenever a Philly team loses.
Rest In Peace Carl
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