Fans had initially heard the rumor they would get to see another mini tournament, which would have included a very rare appearance in net by the Hurricane; who is set on maintaining one appearance in net for each of his 20 plus years as a Tomcat. When it came to game time however any disappointment fans or Hurricane may have had disappeared very quickly in what wound up to be a classic stellar match up of the Tighty Whities and Black Jacks. The Whities were lead by the dangerous scoring trio of Beep, Snowpants and Stevo. The Jacks countered with their trio of Rocky, Killer and Soupy. Falcon backstopped the Whities and Skippy was given the rare back to back start in net and played for the Jacks.
The first game featured the Jacks holding a distinctive 4 goal advantage until the Whities woke up, clawed back and made it interesting; but eventually came ever so close with a 7-5 ending. The second game was even more interesting with each team exchanging goals and staring at each other with a 6-6 game on the line. With the game tied both teams players laid it all on the line searching for that elusive 7th goal, which was found by the Whities; but not without controversy, some yelling and a spirited discussion about what height a ‘high stick’ really is.
Five weeks into the season and fans along with players have already witnessed two separate “controversies”. The first was back in week two when an alleged eight goals were scored in a single highly contested game. That particular controversy centered around Stevo yelling “Play the ball”, and everyone froze leading to a charged discussion about goal; or no goal. This week was no different in a controversial goal, the scenario just went down another path and centered instead around an alleged high stick. The teams chatted and further discussion was put to rest with everyone accepting Sunny’s version of no high stick. Sparky summed it up best when he was overheard commenting, “If Sunny says it wasn’t a high stick – it WASN’T a high stick”. The Jacks grudgingly accepted the loss, which lead to the inevitable discussion of a third tie breaking game. With time against the teams play was agreed upon to a score of 3; which was taken for all the marbles by the Jacks in a 3-1 final.
The initial problem faced by players was the first two games took just over an hour and a half to play, thanks in part to Falcon and Skippy trading outstanding saves at each end of the floor. Even with the teams settling on playing to 3, statistically it meant each team was only able to score a goal every 6.17 minutes. Had there been a mini, that would have definitely lead to some goose eggs being posted by Falcon and Skippy. Hurricane later commented, “I was really excited to get a chance to keep my streak alive, particularly this early in the season. I was ready to go, and maybe with the clinic Falcon and Skippy gave I might have gotten off easy.” Regardless of controversy on the floor, Tomcats pack it away once on stage and enjoying the rewards of a cold frosty one with the boys. As well, Sparky modeled the next Tomcats rage in wearable clothing with a proposed golf shirt and shorts being showcased. Both looked promising, even on Sparky.
Fans may not only get to see the Hurricane in action next week, but also another goalie as both Razor and Falcon are rumored to be taking the day of, and Skippy has yet to commit. Tomcats management reminds players to see Snowpants now to book an escort, should their significant other not be available on November 30th to celebrate the Tomcats annual Xmas bash.
All I can say is when I heard ‘escorts’ I had to leave and placed my HANDZONMECAC.
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