Howie Feltersnatch here on special assignment. Once in a while, when Harry is away on official business, I am asked to step in. Just so happens I was back in the Windsor area visiting former colleagues from my years as an OB-GYN. It is rare I get back from my retirement life in Puerto Rico, and it was nice to see the hockey action live as opposed to reading the website every week.
Captains were Doc, May Day and the Rake and rockin’ selections were made all around:
Mayday’s Little Red Corvettes – Mayday, Beep, Bulldog, Tunzie, Rocky, Yuri and Matador
Rake’s White Weddings – Rake, Snowpants, Sunny, Sheepdog, Killer, Hollywood and Chevy
Doc’s Back in Blacks – Doc, Hurricane, Chico, Soupy, Jingles and Lovie
But wait, you say…what goalies were selected? Three goalies were to show up, but Razor was no where to be seen. He was supposed to play for the Red Corvettes, but in an effort to save the night, Shack and the Falcon agreed to play all evening, never changing the net they were in. Super solid goes out to both goalies for such an effort!
The Corvettes faced the Back In Blacks in the first match and fell behind huge in the first periof 4-1. A valiant effort was made in the second but could not muster enough fire power, and the AC/DC inspired crew took the game 5-3. Red avenged the loss in the next game against the Billy’s boys in white, by taking the game 3-1. Great saves were made by Shack in that one.
The next two games were hard fought battles between evenly matched teams. White edged the boys in Black 4-3. In a one minute stretch of this game, and a first in Tomcat History, we saw a goal scored off of a foot (not an intentional kick) and then a goal scored when a defender handed the ball into his own net. What a crazy sequence and likely to make ESPN’s weekly Best/Worst play highlights. In the 4th game, Red had a one goal lead in the final minute, only to end in a tie when Lovie riffled a blistering shot to the top left corner to even up the score 4-4.
The team formerly known as a song about a red Chevrolet written by the artist formerly known as Prince gave themselves a chance to win the mini with a convincing 2-0 win against White. But is was all for not as the boys in black won the evening by taking the final game 3-1. It was a close one…only winning by 1 in the plus/minus over Red.
Another nailbiter ending!
Star selections as selected by LaBamba were:
3rd Star – Lovie
2nd Star – Shack
1st Star – The Falcon
After a disappointing week where play got out of hand, forcing the President to take a week off to contemplate his future and the future of the Tomcats, this week was much better…however, one or two moments of extra-curricular activity occurred that management is still hoping to see go away. Word in the halls of the Kapusta is that the BoD are closely monitoring each night and looking for trends in play that may warrant further action. Play hard, but play fair and remember that every guy on the floor is a Tomcat, a brother, and a great friend. Give full effort, play the ball and then enjoy a beer with your buddies after the game!
Signing off,
Howie
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