Thank god for Hollywood and Hurricane and their willingness to play between the pipes…otherwise 1000s of hockey fans would have been sent home from the Kapusta.
Thanks to these two stellar Tomcats, hockey was played last evening.
Barely enough guys for two teams, let alone a mini-tourny. We almost needed to invite the St Vlad nuns down to make two teams.
Black Beaters – Snowpants, Yuri, Cribz, Rocky, Jingles and Hurricane
White Red Haired Stepchildren – Mez, Killer, The Rake, Sparky, Spinner and Hollywood
The Beaters went up early with 2 goals from Rocky and the Children could not seem to answer back. For every 3 saves made by Hollywood, Hurricane would stand on his head for seven. Speaking of Hurricane…due to his last minute agreement to play net, the only trapper avaialble for this south paw was a right handed basebal glove. No issues…he just wore that glove upside down and had no issues snagging shots all night. Wasn’t a pretty thing to look at, and he earned the name “Goalie with the Gimpy Glove.” Regardless, Hurricane was phenomenal in net and had this been a mini-tourny, he would have earned 2 of the 3 stars!
The Children struggled all night to find the back of then net. Stellar passing plays by the Beaters made it seem like they were on a power-play all night long.
After losing 7-3 then 7-1 to the Beaters, a battered (not like fish on Fridays) white team pulled out their white flag.
An interesting note – There were more smokers on stage than non-smokers. An interesting statistic and speaks volumes about the lack of participation on the evening.
Let us reinerate…if you arenot going to be there call, email, text, passenger pigeon the captains and let them know. It is not that hard and makes planning these evenings so much easier for our fearless leader. Please refer tot he email sent earlier today for more details and instructions for how to handle it when you cannot play.
Peace
Howie Feltersnatch (Freelance writer backing up Harry while he vacations in Thailand)
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