Windsor Tomcats

Is it already March Madness season? Was this a COVID Tomcat Season first – that being a mini tournament? Several attending players looked surprised to discover due to an abundance of players Management decided a mini tournament was in order.

New Tomcat member the Animal remarked: ‘This is very exciting; I’ve never seen this many fans or players; and getting a chance to play in a tournament is surreal.

Considering a few mere days ago Rocky was emailing/calling/texting everyone to confirm attendance; players were very surprised at the large player turnout.

Was it due to COVID rules loosening? Did the planets align? Whatever the reason a mini was played and several ‘lessons’ were learned; such as NOT letting Skippy pick a team (Skippy’s Yellow Submarines) went 1-2.

Skippy however disagreed: ‘On paper I think we looked really good. I think I got a bunch of confirmed/reliable goal scorers; but it just seems we weren’t able to jell’. I’m also a little disappointed we didn’t do better; considering we had Ukraine shirts on’.

I was able to track down Sparky and asked his thoughts on Skippy’s draft picks. Sparky’s remark: ‘Well you can tell he didn’t go for speed; and maybe he did pick by hair length’.

A ‘March Mini’ was so special each team had their photos taken; akin to tournament time – which coincidentally kicks off this coming Tuesday with the much anticipated draft pick’. Are you going to be there awaiting to see whom goes 1st overall? Let Rocky know!

Maybe it was due to the large turnout; or pent up excitement; but one thing that otherwise put a damper on a great ‘mini’ was the time delays. Shenanigans or the obvious goalie medical situation aside; things wrapped up by 9PM – delaying the very sought after ’comradery’/beverage consumption and cheering/jeering on stage afterwards.

When it did all end; the Hurricane HeatSeekers and MayDay Missles shared bragging rights to bagging the first ‘mini tournament’ win. The victory was particularly sweet for the HeatSeekers, who lost their Captain to an undisclosed injury. Tomcat medical staff indicate the Willy veteran Hurricane is expected to make a full recovery and further stated he simply needed some ‘rest’.

While your thinking you could have come up with better ‘war’ themed team names; I noticed your HANDZONMECAC.

Yurri