Happy Chinese New Year 2016! Year Of the Monkey by Harry Ballsonue
“Prosperity procures friends, but adversity proves them”
Publilius Syrus
Teams Were…..
Chico Chopsticks Chico, Lovie, Chevy, Spinner, Bulldog, Razor, Hurricane and Kamikaze
Sparky Dragons Sparky, Sunny, Snowpants, Stevo, Jingles, Falcon, El Choppo
Doc Thumb Torture Doc, Beep, Soupy, Cribzie, Shack, Green Giant, La Bamba and the Danish
I got to tell you, hockey was fantastic, great plays, great passes, great goals and some fantastic net minding. The players play fair and you don’t see any hacking and wacking and even though guys take it seriously, you can see there is no one trying out for an NHL team. “I think hockey has been great for a great number of weeks”, stated Cribzie and added, “Maybe the first few weeks were a bit intense, but I have to tell you, it is a joy to play on Tuesday night”. Cribzie concluded. There was even a ‘Hurricane Blows……Chevy’ yelled out by the Doc Thumb Torture.
Best part of the night is the 23 guys sitting on the stage and enjoying a cold pop.
The Sparky Dragons won the mini.
18 days to the tournament and everyone seems to be mindful of it, working hard to make the nice plays but nothing drastic where shins are being hacked.
Tournament on February 27 starts at 8:30 a.m. First two games to be played and then full Tomcat Team picture, Stevo’s favourite time of the year the full Tomcat Team Photo). Get a hair cut, don the new Tomcat Tee shirt and smile smile smile.
The President of the Windsor Tomcats Stevo with long time business adviser Ally Eagleson seen on the set of TSN’s Off the Record. “I love the Tomcats and I am looking forward to the Tournament, there is nothing like sitting around after and having a beer with your best 28 friends”.
Windsor Tomcats have been able to land a photo of a first round draft pick in 2016, Ogie’s boy Luca…
The Tomcat Website gets updated all the time…(Photos in ‘Tomcat Swag’ and in ‘Roster’) please consider checking it out and reading about your favourite Tomcats once again for the very first time.
FIRST TIME EVER
For the First time ever in Tomcat History, during a three team mini tournament, unplanned and totally by accident, the three goalies matched up with jersey colours of their own team. “It is unheard of”, stated Sparky a Captain of one of the teams The Sparky Dragons, “I don’t know what to do here, do you go out and buy a lottery ticket or do you go to the Casino, a strip joint, what? I am glad that the Tomcat media relations people noticed and took pictures of the three teams.” Concluded Sparky.
Chico Chopsticks
Doc Thumb Torturers
Sparky Dragon
REMINDER
Each Tournament Captain is obligated to buy a round of drinks for his own team back at Purples. Pizza will be served at 4p.m. at Purples, cost is only $10 payable to the Turk, so please consider participating and keep enjoying the Tomcat Brethren for another hour or so back at Purples. BUT please drink responsibly and or, have a D.D.
La Bamba in his second life, out side of hockey is also a Juke Box Repair man, here (below) you can see him working a machine so he can get it to play Lionel Ritchies ‘Hello’ and MIlli Vanilli’s ‘Girl You Know It’s True’. His two favourite songs in the whole wide world.
La Bamba juke box repair ….” I want this thing
To play Rod Stewarts ‘Hot legs’ …so I am trying
To fix it ” Stated La Bamba
EMPTIES REMOVAL NIGHT Has been changed to Tuesday Feb 16, (yes that is next week) If you can be at the Kapusta Kow Palace for 6:15 p.m. and Help Sparky empty out the Tomcat Room of empties, Sparky and the whole Tomcat organization would be grateful. If you can help, text Sparky and let him know that you will be there.
PURPLES IS SOLD Jerry and Morella have announced that as of April 1, 2016, new ownership is taking over Purples the Official Hang Out of the Windsor Tomcats. A good bye party is being planned (nothing solidified at this time) but possibly mark off March 26 as the day to come and have a drink and say good bye. Also not official, is that Ghost Crossing will be playing at the closing party. Attempts were made to contact Ghost Crossing bassist Hollywood, but he was not available for comment.
In ending, Matador was not in the line up and the Tomcats did not know he was not going to be there… according to some reports, he is in Mexico….are disciplinary roads going to be explored?
Hey while you are checking out Ally Eagleson and thinking, hmmmmmm….or wondering what song you would like to hear on LA Bamba’s Juke Box (La LA LA LA Bamba…) or what shot you might order at Purples, do you think, just for a moment, I could put my Harry Ballsonue.