By Harry Ballsonue
On Feb 11 in history…
1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 – 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2014 Ogie calls from Inuvik, NWT, singing the ‘Snowpants’ song.
Green Hornets: Matador, Tunes, Snowpants, Cribzie, Flintstone, Chico and Razor
White Caterpillars: Hollywood, Sunny, Junior, Stevo, Jingles and Bearcat
Black Beatles: Rocky, Soupy, Chevy, Turk, Falcon, Rake and Sheep Dog
The Green Hornets took the night with stellar, and I mean stellar goaltending from Razor. “the Green Hornets had more shots on them then I can recall in a game of Hockey on a Tuesday night, but Razor stood tall and made save after save after save”, indicated The Rake.
Of course the Razor was the first star on the night. The three star selection as selected by La Bamba, third star, Hollywood, the 2nd star,Jingles (who did not receive a warm reception to being named second star) and the first star, Razor.
Razor, Jingles and Hollywood, the three stars, Razor could have easily been all three stars. Great job Razor and good job La Bamba on the three star selection!
“People cheered when Razor was announced,” stated Chico and added, “But then when Jingles was named, the stage went kind of quiet.” Chico concluded, “But then when Hollywood was named, well the crowd on the stage cheered again.”
Hollywood in second star like fashion, wanted to check out a turtle neck that Snowpants was wearing, he went up to him and lifted his shirt and said, “oh it’s a full length shirt, I thought it was a dickie.” To which the Turk responded, “If you want to see the Dickie, you got to go lower.” The stage erupted in laughter!
Super solids done by a couple of Tomcats, first, Ogie calling Hollywood, all the way from Inuik, NWT and singing the ‘Snowpants Song,’ cuz really “there’s no pants, like Snowpants, Like no pants we know.” Second, the Sheep Dog, brings a 24 of Blue Light…No reason! Tunes brings a 12 pack of Bud Light….No Reason! Chico, no reason, brings a 12 of Rolling Rock…because of these great guys, the Tomcats announced that beer will be provided on stage during the tournament by the Tomcats, so you do not have to bring your own beer.
“We had thought about it, but then we got some extra cases and of course we will buy some MGD for the tournament, so really it was a no brainer, Tomcats will provide the beer on stage come Tournament Time,” stated Jingles.
The Turk, who celebrated his 56th birthday last week…what does he do? Brings a bottle of vodka from the Ukraine…now that is a super solid by the Turk. The boys toasted the Turk and wished him a happy birthday as they talked about next week being the last Tuesday before the Tournament.
Big crowd expected next week….
Cannot write this blog, without mentioning Junior…solid performance on his part all though he seemed out of breath at times, but it is a conditioning thing and superior athletes such as Junior will have no problem at all getting back into game shape.
One small incident, noticed by me and a number of reporters and some fans, was that Chevy was disappointed in his play and smashed a stick against the goal post striking the Falcon. Chevy did not meet with the press after the game, but a team spokesman, for the Black Beatles indicated that Chevy had stated, “I would like to apologize for my actions tonight they were not warranted and by no means intentional. I will bring a case of 24 in for the boys to make good with the Falcon and the team I was playing for.”
Reminder to those you have not paid for their hoodie or sweat shirt, please pay Stevo next week as he is picking up the order prior to the tournament and would like to have cash in hand when he goes to pick up the merchandise….
Hey as you are looking for Snowpants Dickie, do you think I could put my Harry Ballsonue?
Tomcats Forever!
Windsor Tomcats 
Harry, Harry, Harry…while I appreciate the kudos for a “super solid”, you should have consulted with Yurri H. before calling our Motherland “the Ukraine”. There is no such country as “the Ukraine”. We don’t call this country “the Canada” or the Queen’s country “the England” or our frog brothers’ country “the France”.
Perhaps one too many shots of superior Ukrainian vodka addled your normally sharp prose. So next time you’re overseas and visit Ukraine, someone may put their Harry Ballsonue?
Turk,
It’s like what Ohio State students/athletes say…”THE (pronounced ‘Thee’) Ohio State University.” The Ukraine, The Canada, The Tomcats….just a way to make your homeland or school/team sound elite. I would take “The Ukraine” as a compliment!