Have you responded??? Before we meet this week’s Tomcats, a reminder from our good friend Harry Ballsonue. Harry has reached out to several Tomcats to answer these simple questions and has not received answers. This is a fun segment many are enjoying so take 4 minutes out of your stay-at-home-order time and help a brother out, would ya? We need Harry to stay inspired and that starts with responding to his requests!
Public Service Announcement from Sunny:
Sunny and the boys at the Schooley Sports Network (if you haven’t already, join this Facebook group…you are missing out) are doing a hockey stick drive this Sunday to collect old sticks for a young man that makes very cool Canadian Flags out of them to raise money for his future. Read more about it here:
https://london.ctvnews.ca/your-old-hockey-stick-can-live-on-and-help-a-young-man-s-future-1.5399757
See the picture below for details on where you can drop off your sticks this Sunday. Can’t make it Sunday? Then drop sticks off ahead of time at Rocky’s house and he will deliver Sunday. Text Rocky for his address.
Meet Cribzie
Favourite professional athlete: Kirk Gibson no contest, he wore #23 (as do I) and was a true grit no nonsense player, he helped the Tigers win the MLB championship in 1984.
Fave Golf Ball: The Taylormade RBZ is my pick. Every hole I’ve used this ball on is always a par or better!
Favourite Hockey Player growing up: Bob Probert is my pick. Although not known for his finesse goal scoring hands, he was a true team player. He protected his dynasty teammate players while accumulating 400 points over his 16 season career. He had his personal struggles both on the ice and off, and is a local icon. His grit and dedication can be compared to Tomcat hero Doc Brewin!
Favourite Hockey Player Today: Austin Matthews: quick release and deadly accurate. This kid is a stud…
Favourite Movies: A Few Good Men: Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon… how much better can you get?
Favourite Band: Growing up in Essex, we were all Motley Crue fans… enough said…
High school highlight was always prom night, who could show up with the best trophy date… Cribzie was usually the leader in this category…
If I could do one thing for the Tomcats , it would be to do anything to get back to the normalcy of Tuesday nights at the Kapusta. All Tomcat players and fans are desperate to follow weekly stats and the annual tournament.
Favourite Tomcat: No contest, Stevo is my choice. I worked with him for 25 years before his retirement, and learned many meaningful cliché catch phrases from him over the years, most notably “ you can always catch more flies with honey than with vinegar…” This was always Stevo’s approach when dealing with the public, to empower them to be polite to one another. On a side note, Stevo introduced me to the Tomcats and I have always appreciated that!
Favourite Tomcat Moment: My first time ever as a Tomcat Tournament captain, I assembled the Windsor Warpigs. We won the tournament with ease and I proudly hoisted the Stanley’s Cup for a frothy MGD celebration. This will always stand out as my favorite moment!
Meet a Sweetheart of a guy……Skippy.
Favourite Professional Golfer/Athlete: Michael Jordan
Favourite Web Site: Is this a trick question; to be used to determine when we return whom get’s to come out (As EVERYONE; retired or not, will want to attend – and those ‘NOT’ choosing the Tomcats website will have to utilize PPV options?). NO QUESTION – Favourite web site is the ‘Tomcats’! (Great articles; good pics and entertaining!)
Favourite Hockey Player Growing Up: Wayne Gretzky
Favourite Hockey Player Now: Gotta be Dave Aryes – What an ‘underdog’ story; a ‘backup’ emergency goaltender getting a ‘win’ at the NHL level. I hear they are going to make a movie about it; which other current/former players have that? – VERY few.
Favourite Movies: As a ‘Sci-Fi’ guy I like the original trilogy of Star Wars movies. Other classics include ‘Rocky’; ‘Forrest Gump’; and ‘Rudy’
Favourite band(s): I’ve got an eclectic taste as I used to be a D.J back in the day and genuinely like top pop stuff. Gotta settle on ‘Phil Collins’ as a band I will dust off and listen too.
Highlight in Highschool: Being one of those lucky enough to graduate from Lowe Secondary School; which is now long closed. The building’s architecture is very beautiful; reminding me of a castle – so I say I graduated as a ‘Knight’.
If I could do one thing for the Tomcats: I have ALWAYS wanted to come into some money and be able to buy my own brewed beer; which would be given out for free for life to ALL Tomcat players. I’d call it ‘Skippy’s Piss’; it would feature a pale light Yellow draft with notes of flavour akin to a ‘Corona’ or ‘Coors light’ product. The bottle would feature a donkey pissing in a Yellow stream; and the ‘catch’ phrase would be: Best served warm and ‘frothy’. Makes me laugh inside everytime; and I think the guys would have a good laugh too – we ALL need a good laugh these days; and a return to the Tomcats playing!
Favourite Tomcat: I’ve read every blog so far and agree there are no ‘favourites’; instead I am grateful to have been given an opportunity to join this group and play with some great guys. A ‘shout’ out to ‘Stevo’; whom after ‘years’ of bothering; begging and finally ‘bribing’; brought me in to the fold.
Favourite Tomcat Moment: Gotta be going ‘back-to-back’ as a Stanley’s Cup winner; and being named MVP for one of those victories! As a ‘back-up’ goaltender; whose days in net are likely behind him due to injuries and admits he is NOWHERE near the caliber of some of the other great goalies; those wins reminded me that us ‘underdogs’ can have great moments in time – just like Dave Aryes (Do I smell a ‘Skippy’ Disney movie?).
Windsor Tomcats 