We’ll talk Hockey in a ‘New York’ minute; but first I gotta ‘tip my hat’ to the Rake; who just after the last buzzer went off showed up with a full King sized pizza for the boys. When asked what the occasion was he replied: ‘I heard no one’s been bringing in snacks – so I went out and got a little something for the boys’. ‘That’ my friends is the ‘true’ Tomcat spirit.
The ‘hockey’ theme of the night was ‘veterans’; that being the Hurricane Howitzers and Stevo’s Stingrays (Still a classic tournament name and ‘beautiful’ logo on the jersey).
Hurricane, Chevy, Cribzie, Green Giant, Sunny, Killer and Chico in net were just toooo much for Stevo, Skippy, Bullwinkle, Tonto, Rocky, Animal and Bender (net) – taking both games.
As the night wore on and it became apparent Hurricane ‘still’ has plenty of gas in the tank and even Bender was heard muttering, ‘Hurricane’s a dangerous guy’.
BTW – Hurricane, knowing he was going to miss his beer week next week, brought his case early. True Tomcat nature right there!!!
I couldn’t help but wonder about the classic White verse Black. Statistically speaking I’d love to see how the ‘win/loss’ column shakes out.
Speaking of ‘win’ – with the tourney mere weeks away let me give my prediction:
Animal’s team (Name not yet revealed) takes it all. ‘Yes’ – you heard it here first; looking at the teams I feel Animal’s picks as a Captain were ‘solid’ and he’ll hoist the ‘Stanley’s Cup’; which just recently underwent a slight transformation. I hoisted the thing and I can assure you this year’s winning team will be shocked at the weight. With the added ‘ring’ the beauty now probably clocks in at around 8 pounds…
Pizza, comradery and beer – what better way to spend a Tuesday; which is why the Tomcats will indeed be playing come Valentines Day in February.
Rocky wants to remind everyone to check their ‘beer night’ (Posted on the blog page)
Till I can sneak in again to cover these amazing athletes…
Ben Heir O’er