Another two-team night as many last day cancellations occurred. Seems like Tomcats are very busy these days and Tuesday hockey is often axed when more pressing things come up. Nonetheless, a great night of rocking hockey with good clean action and good pace of play.
Teams:
Sunny’s Black Betty’s – Sunny, Soupy, Chico, Hollywood (net), Rocky, Cribzie, Domenic (new guy) and Chevy
Snowy’s White Weddings – Snowpants, Beep, Hurricane, Falcon, Killer, Sparky, Tunzie and Sheepdog
The White Weddings jumped out to a large lead in game only to see the Betty’s storm back. Very even teams ending in an 8-8 tie.
The first period of the second game proved the teams were well-selected as after 16 minutes of play, the Weddings were up only 1-0. However, all bets on evenness were off come the second period where the Weddings blanked the Betty’s with 5 more un-answered goals…there went the great team selection.
New-comer Domenic (nick named “Ricky” by Sparky) showed he has wheels and a feel for the flow of the game. He created several good scoring chances and didn’t take long to notch his first career Tomcat goal. During the play, Snowpants yelled out “great play Rookie!” Sparky immediately chimed in, “you mean Ricky?” The name stuck.
Domenic (aka Ricky) made his debut as a Tomcat and will likely be a spare player going forward.
If you are a Windsor resident, be very leery of your tax rates. At one point during the first game, the Weddings were given and extra goal on the scoreboard. Several announcements were made of the real score (“away has 5 goals, not 6). At least 4-5 were made over the ensuing 10 minutes of play. When the Wedding’s scored, as expected, no goal was added to the clock to make the number correct. Several member’s of the white team, despite the repeated announcements were confused as to why another goal was not added. This include one such Tomcat that does finance for the City….so be aware 🙂
A super solid goes out to Cribzie for bringing in some sausage and crackers for the boys to share on stage afterwards. Always a class-act!
Until next time,
Howie Feltersnatch
Windsor Tomcats 