After hockey last night, esteemed retired Tomcats and this year’s tournament coaches Stevo, The Rake and Cribzie showed up to draft their teams. More on the draft in a moment, but first let’s cover last night’s action.
Another two team night dominated by one team which was backstopped by lights-out performance in the pipes by Terror.
Teams:
Black Thunder: Terror in net, Killer, Big Ned, Chico, Matador, Mayday and Shack
White Lightning: Bender in net, Rocky, Bullwinkle, The Professor, Soupy, Animal and Snowpants
In game one, the Thunder took it to the Lightning quickly by getting out to 4-0 lead. The second period saw a quick goal by the Lightning as they finally built some momentum. However, despite ripping shots left and right at Terror, they could not get much passed him. Terror made save after save to frustrate the Lightning. The game ended in a score of 5-2. Fans booed Rocky after he gave up the ball twice, leading to 2 of the 5 goals.
Game two was more balanced and the shot total definitely favored the Lightning. Bender and Terror both making highlight reel saves in this one. Rocky again was booed by the Tomcat fans when we tried to block a pass to the front of the net only to have it deflect off his foot into the net behind Bender. Some fans are starting to wonder if Rocky’s age is catching up with him. This game ended in a score of 5-4 in favor of the Thunder.
Back to the Draft:
Shoutout to the Rake for bringing a 12 pack and snacks for the boys to enjoy during the draft.
The table was set up where the three Coaches/Captains came prepared with their draft boards. Rocky and Soupy witnessed the draft and recorded the details. Here is how the draft went down:
Draft order was: The Rake, Stevo, Cribzie.
The teams for the tournament on February 24th starting at 8:30am sharp will be as follows:
The Rake’s Team (name not chosen yet) and wearing White:
– Falcon in net, Chico, Tonto, The Professor, Nico, Bullwinkle and Soupy.
Stevo’s Golden Seals wearing Yellow:
– Terror in net, Green Giant, Shack, Jingles, Matador, Big Ned and Kamikaze
Cribzie’s War Pigs wearing Black:
– Bender in net, Snowpants, Animal, Chevy, Mayday, Sunny and Rocky
Rumors abound that Soupy was the first pick overall and with that rumor, some in Tomcat nation were overheard Soupy may be a modern day Alexandre Daigle (look it up to understand).
The coaches should be reaching out to you for shirt sizes and working with Hollywood on shirts. Come prepared to pay your captains $20 and $10 to Jingles for pizza.
NFC Championship Squares:
If you bought squares from Snowpants for the Lions/49ers game (you would have paid in beaver pelts since Snowpants doesn’t trust modern day financial systems), here are the winners:
1st Quarter – The Turk
2nd Quarter – Kamikaze
3rd Quarter – Matador
Game Final – The Professor
Thanks to all who participated!
NOTE: Snowpants is collecting beaver pelts or shekels again for the Super Bowl this time. $5 per square. Reach out to him via telegram if you want to participate.
See you all next week!
Tomcats Forever!