Harry Palm Press
Poor Skippy, another mini tournament and another disappointing 0-4-0 finish, the last being sustained November 15th – -which set the first Tomcat record for a team going 0-4-0. Now Skippy has the distinction of being the only goalie to be shut out twice in two seperate tourney’s – no wonder one may think he hates the tournaments. On paper the teams lined up and were drafted as follows:
Shovey White Chevies Chevy, Sunny, Falcon, Soupy, Yuri, Jingles and Hollywood
Shamus Sharks Shamus, Rocky, Stevo, Razor, Sparky, LaBamba, Hurricane
Spinner Stampedes Junior, Lovie, May Day, Cribz, Snowpants and Skippy
When the final whistle blew it was Team Chevy taking home the prize. Stats on the night were as follows:
Chevy:3-0-1, with 7 points and a plus 5. Falcon was a steller 1.5G.A.A.
Shamus: 2-1-1 with 5 points and a plus 2. Razor was also amazing at 2.00 G.A.A
Spinner: 0-4-0 with no points and a minus 7. Skippy was a respectable 3.00 G.A.A
Harry BALLSONUE already captured a great quote from Lovie, who wound up on the 0-4-0 Stampedes:
“It was a quick pace out there tonight and I thought a little bit chippy”, stated Lovie, “our team played well, but did not seem to gel. We ended up minus 7 and I don’t quite know where to point the finger, and I don’t want to, but we could not put the ball in the net” Lovie had said.
“Not put the ball in the net” – anything else couldn’t have been farther from the truth as the Stampeders were only able to score 5 times in 4 games. Captain Spinner had little to offer in terms of what went amiss with his picks, “Hey all I know is we played hard, and we all know when the ball is dead – cause I can show the ref what a live ball is that’s supposed to be dead”. Umm, ok Spinner – at least it was good to see Spinner still had that fiery grit and determination post game as well. Team mate Cribz was later overheard telling Skippy after the game, “You were a little off tonight, but still made some huge saves.”
Skippy was unusually at a loss for words when spoken to by media, “What can I say with these mini tournaments I have not fared very well going 2-16-3 with a 5 G.A.A. My G.A.A looks high, yet I’ve had many a tournament night with 2.75G.A.A. Teams have been battling real hard and Razor plus Falcon have been rock solid as usual in each tournament. Just look at the goalies stats overall with the tournaments, which is why I still don’t get how as a group we aren’t getting the star selection. Falcon goes 1.5 G.A.A tonight with another shut out, but gets shut out of the 3 star choice – crazy.”
3 stars wound up being:
Hollywood, Sparky and Hann
Tomcats figured Hann had to get a star, not just for his great play, but also because it was his birthday. Stevo commented that “A star was better than the boys paddling his ass with their sticks counting off the years he’s been around.”
When I looked over I saw Hann quietly enjoying his MGD (Official beer sponsor of the Tomcats) in one hand, while the other HANDZONMECAC.
Yuri
Windsor Tomcats 