I will admit when I first glimpsed along the longer than ususal bench of the Black Jacks I thought they had this thing already won. I mean with a lineup including Beep, Rocky, Spinner, Chevy, and other notable ‘scorers’ I fully expected the BlackJacks to run away with it, despite having a rare appearance in net by Skippy.
Falcon and the Tighty Whities lead by Stevo had other plans, and for several highlight minutes of the three game tilt it looked like the ‘Stevo’ show as the veteran continued to deke out poor Skippy. The Tighty Whities also had strong showings by Snowpants, Sparky,Hurricane and others. Stevo and the Tighty whities came back from a 4 goal deficit in the first game and outlasted the BlackJacks 7-5.
The Jacks finally got it together in the second game and won in convincing fashion 7-3, which lead to the inevitable third game tie breaker. Throughout the night those first and last games went the longest and it truly was a back and forth effort by both teams showcasing their passing finess and both tenders frustrating each teams shooters. The final game ended it typical fashion, with Stevo walking in and tying up Skippy on one of his three breakaway highlight reel goals of the night, clinching it 7-5 for the Whities. afterwards I caught up with Cribz and asked his take on the evenings games – “I did think we had the shooters, I guess the problem was they had all the playmakers; and they did a great job shutting down our shooters”.
I was also fortunate enough to catch up with Falcon and wanted his thoughts on finally winning a series: “I’m glad to get that monkey off my back, but by no means were any of those games easy; Skippy pushed me to the brink and played very well for his first outing this season in net”. Stevo, being the classy guy he is also echoed Falcon’s sentiments: “I had initially predicted a mini, but with the Razor out with a lower body injury Skippy was called up in net. I may have made him look bad more than once, but he played well”. When I asked him about rumours I had heard of Bearcat making an appearance Stevo replied, “If the need arises fans will see Bearcat come out of hybernation; and he has expressed an interest to get some more games in this year. Like Skippy, Bearcat is always waiting by the phone for the call; and I don’t think the dynamics of any game changes much with the all star cast of tenders we’ve been able to sign and keep as Tomcats”.
Fans and players alike will remain glued to the Tomcats web site itching to see the next predicted lineup for the upcoming Tuesday tilt. Until then fans you can pass the time by placing Yuri HANDZONMECAC.
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