Fans may have arrived a little more rested this past Tuesday for the weekly Tomcat tilt, considering many were just overcoming their turkey tryptophan hangovers; but that sleepiness was quickly erased when the fans learned they would be able to witness the very first Mini Tournament of the year. The three teams consisted of the Hollywood Hookers, backed by Hollywood, Sunny, Stevo, Labamba, Turk, The Rake and Falcon as their goalie; Rocky’s Rockheads featuring Rocky, Beep, Spinner, Matador, Bulldog, Jingles and Razor in net; and finally Cribz Crawlers, starring Cribz, Soupy, Snowpants, Mez, Sparky, Hurricane, and Skippy as tender.
During the tourny I think there were more than a few Tomcats players who had yet to overcome the cursed turkey tryptophan, particularly when you consider only 22 goals were scored in the combined 6 total games played. Even Snowpants at first seemed a little slower – I mean we hardly had to squint at the super slow-mo to see him clearly.
When the three star selection was later announced not a single goaltender got the nod, and together they were pretty impressive posting a combined 3.6G.A.A. That would have been much lower had it not been for an unusual 5 goals scored on Razor and Skippy having one bad period letting in 4. Games otherwise were very close, even those that featured the explosion of goals; because almost all were settled by less than a goal.
The third star, being LaBamba, blasted a beauty past Skippy in the top left corner to lift the Hookers to their first mini tourny win. Afterwards Labamba stated, “Cribz and the boys really came from out of nowhere and took advantage of some of the earlier games and had they won they would have taken it all – I was just in the right spot and was able to knock it in”. A beauty of a goal indeed, and worthy of Labamba receiving the 3rd star nod.
While Rocky’s Rockheads wound up with four points and a 1-2-1 record scoring only a total of 4 goals. And yes, I said 4 total goals scored – A testament to the tight games played, great defense and solid goaltending displayed. Rock played solid defense all night, earning him the 2nd star.
First star went to Sunny, who helped the Hookers take it all, just edging Cribz and his pesky Crawlers. Those Crawlers were an interesting team as most had them totally out of it as they started 0-2. Funny thing about tourny’s, because the Crawlers ended up a goal short of taking it all. If they had won the last game, their total would have been 2-2-0. Snowpants summed it up best when he said, “We missed that by the slimmest of margins, which just goes to show your never really out of it as a team in these mini’s; and Skippy really only had that one bad period.”
The only thing that would have made it even more exciting would have been the unveiling of the new score clock. Fans can barely contain their excitement and word is sponsorship spaces are quickly being snapped out. Word also has it Snowpant’s escort service was last heard to be in negotiations to have their logo plastered on an entire side. Only a true Tomcat would know chicks and beer are always a good bet regardless of the economy. Until next week, I will be Pattyn Megryoin waiting for another Tomcat game.
Pattyn (Filling in for Yurri)
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