By Harry Ballsonoue
1972 Summit now 40 years later in 2012 this game….Coincidence?
Goalies: Falcon, Bearcat
Defense: Rocky, Hollywood, Rake and Sparky
#1 Line: Sunny, Lovie Spinner
#2 Line: Doc, Hurricane, Chevy
#3 Line: Stevo, Crow, Killer
2012 Windsor Tomcats 'Ready to Defend'
A very interesting tilt, at the Skip Jack Arena as the Windsor Tomcats beat the Sandwich Towne Skip Jacks, 10-9, 10-6.
Two very close battles, with the Skip Jacks presenting a solid effort, “You can’t take anything away from them, they played great and were in the game right to the final goal”, indicated Tomcat Team Captain, Sparky.
“It was a bit different for us”, indicated Assistant Captain, Lovie, the ball bounced a lot out there..something we are not use to. We played with five guys on and that was different, but we just plugged away and never game up”. Concluded Lovie.
In the first game, the Skip Jacks held their own and tied the Tomcats up on a couple of occasions, eventually pushing them to a nine nine tie.”You know both teams really wanted to win that game”, stated organizer and net minder for the Skip Jacks, Skippy, but in the end, the Tomcats scored the winner…after that, we seemed to tail off a bit, but I’m really proud of the guys and their accomplishments, I can say we did great”. Concluded Skippy.
Stevo lead the way with 6 goals, then Crow with 5, Lovie with 2, Spinner with 2, Chevy with 2, Sparky with 1 and Hurricane with only 1 on the night. (I know I am missing one goal scorer….let me know who you are and I will include it in the Tuesday night blog) “Maybe I tried too hard out their to impress my protégé Chevy, but he got on the score sheet and we ended up winning, not like that kicker for the Baltimore Ravens”. Hurricane stated. Crow and Stevo were inserted in the line up, after, Snowpants, Shamus, Youngblood, Jingles and Soupy were unable to make it.
Big saves by Bearcat in the second game kept the Tomcats in, “He was incredible in the net”, stated Spinner, “A stellar performance, he seemed to be stopping everything and got better and better as the night went on, we owe our second victory to Bearcat, quite easily”. Spinner concluded.
Goaltending wins Championships and Bearcat showed that, in the second game for the Tomcats. “It was nice of the guys to give me the first star, but I thought the Defense played well in front of me and the forwards scored some goals, so it made my job easy” a humble Bearcat said.
Talk of another game next year was already being mentioned back at the Mess Hall, where the Tomcats and some of the Skip Jacks went back for beer and some NFL Playoff Football. The 49ers lost and I tried to call Snowpants, but his fiancé Lorraine indicated that he locked himself in the washroom and was crying uncontrollably.
So there ends another night of Tomcat Travel Hockey. Complaints were made by the Skip Jacks about Tomcats hacking their virgin shins, but in the end, some solid passing and hard work, lead them to the victory.
If you have a close look at the line up sheet, where else would you see the line up done on a plate…hey is their some macaroni salad on that plate?
Where else would you see the line up done on a paper plate??? Tomcats Forever!
I enjoyed the game, but there is nothing like the action on the Kapusta Kow Floor as I put my Harry Ballsonue.
Windsor Tomcats 