By Harry Ballsonue
“Good evening Canada and hockey fans from coast to coast welcome to Tuesday night Tomcat hockey.” Foster Hewitt if doing opening for Tomcats
“Bad Attitude is like a flat tire, if you don’t fix it, you won’t go anywhere.” Church Sign
“It is time for me to say goodbye.” Harry Ballsonue
A little bit about me:
Hobbies: I love fishing and I love NASCAR, I love tinkering on my 2000 Monte Carlo. My dad had a 1970 Monte and would take us for ice cream when we were kids, it was the only time we were allowed in that car.
Family: I have been married three times, and have three sets of kids with three wives, my first wife, Lan Ju and I have a 25 year old Cyanide and 23 year old boy named Deck, My second wife and I, Dandan Ho have three children together, Petula (age 14) Geranium (age 12) (Says she wants to be a peeler) and Willow (age 10) and now with my third wife, Mei Chen, we have the 3 year old twins, Slayer and Norm.
Favourite Tomcat Moment: I have a few, Ditty Streaking at a tournament, Stevo throwing a tantrum and yelling, “This is suppose to be fun and I’m not having any” and all the tee shirts, jackets, torques, shorts, hoodies, cozies, beer bottle openers and track suits that have been unveiled over the years.
Started in Journalism: I wrote for the high school paper, but got my first big break writing for the St. Felix, then with newer technology, moved to the Tomcat website.
Favourite Band: Deadeye Dick, Beautiful South and the Counting Crows
Favourite Tomcat: I have had the pleasure to meet hundreds of Tomcats over the years, and if you needed a list of all of them I do have it, over a hundred. But my favourite has to be Crispy. He always had a smile for me and would give me a quote when I needed it. Bucko comes in a close second with his famous, “I’m not playing travel ball hockey anymore” and in third place comes Sunny, a truer gentleman I have never met, no wonder he is labeled as the franchise player.
What do you plan to do with yourself, now that you will not be covering the Tomcats: I have been taking some online Automotive classes to work on my Monte Carlo I also recently did an online motorcycle course, so I hope to get my motor cycle licence and boot around.
Top 5 Favourite Movies: In order, 1) Raiders of the Lost Ark 2) The Dark Knight 3 )Jaws 4) Wizard of Oz 5) Porkies
In ending, I thank those that have given me quotes in the past and were not afraid to weep openly. I also thank those you provided the Tomcats Web Site with their information on ‘Meet the Tomcats’, it was a great feature so thanks for participating. Thanks for reading.
My favourite photo that I was able to photograph all these fantastic people in one place…..what a moment.
Some Twitter humor:
While you are checking out my new place (photo below) do you think I could put my Harry Ballsonue for the last time?
Harry has gone fishing…..thank you!
Windsor Tomcats 