Who would have guessed it was a mere ‘3 sleeps’ till tourney time? Despite the ‘short’ lay over before the ‘big’ game, play was consistent, crisp, fast-paced and players held nothing back. Matador was heard (in an exasperated voice) saying; ‘I don’t think I ever run this hard all year’.
Tomcats are a sturdy and steady crew and Rocky selected ‘very’ even ‘pre-tourney’ teams featuring the Sunny Skiers and Soupy’s Snowmen. Sunny was surrounded by playmakers Matador, Tonto, Snowpants, Animal, Skippy and the Terror in net. Soupy had Citico, Bullwinkle, Rocky, the Professor, Bullwinkle and Bender in net.
Per usual the Tomcat algorithm played out and produced a win for each team – and after all was said and done: the scores were nearly identical.
Snowpants was reminded the annual tournament expects players to arrive at 8am for a 8:30AM SHARP start time – which has been the case for like ‘ever’….
Speaking of ‘even’ teams; I gotta say after spending weeks crunching stats, watching game tapes and running the teams thru John Maddens XBox hockey; i don’t think I’ve ever seen such balanced Tourney teams. That said my readers demand I make my annual ‘incorrect’ picks.
For the tourney I’m going all in on The Rakes (Name not yet picked) crew. Despite ‘rumours’ of Falcon playing hurt and having missed several weeks (Which caused some Vegas odds to question whether he’d have any playing ‘rust’), on paper I think the Rake has crafted a ‘very’ dangerous team.
I also can’t help but note the three teams already come in with a 33.3% chance of taking the ‘Stanley’s Cup’; since we only have the three teams playing. I also wonder how the victors and vanquished will truly feel once a new champion is crowned. Will this be the year an ‘*’ is added to the record book? Call me crazy but I think the annual tourney needs to be moved to the last ‘day’ of hockey. Think about it – play the tourney; crown a champion and end the night with drinks/pizza and comradery; then begin the count down to the ‘next’ season.
Tournament Details:
Arrival: 8am
Tournament Start: 8:30am sharp
Costs:
$20 to your Coach/Captain (coaches to provide full amount for their team to Rocky – $140)
$10 to Jingles for pizza
Game Schedule:
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Cribzie’s War Pigs vs. Stevo’s Golden Seals
Stevo’s Golden Seals vs. Rake’s Dragons
TEAM PHOTO
Rake’s Dragons vs. Cribzie’s War Pigs
Cribzie’s War Pigs vs. Stevo’s Golden Seals
Stevo’s Golden Seals vs. Rake’s Dragons
Rake’s Dragons vs. Cribzie’s War Pigs
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
To determine which teams make the championship, it is based on:
⁃ Most Points
– Best +/-
⁃ Most goals for
⁃ Least goals
⁃ Record against the opposing team
⁃ Shoot out
Win is 2 points, tie is 1 and 0 for a loss. Yes, regular games can end in a tie.
Games will be two 10 minute periods (adjusted for having only 3 teams – less overall games). Stop time last 2 minutes of each period. Time between periods is 3 minutes, 5 minutes between games.
If OT is needed for the Championship, refer to Tomcat Rules on the website.
One 30 second timeout allowed per game.
1 minute penalties will be called for rough play.
Referee:
We will have a ref on the floor. Reffing is a tough job. Whatever is called is accepted. We will not tolerate any arguing with the ref.
While you’re wondering if Snowpants will make it in time for the tournament, I noticed your HANDZONMECAC.
YURRI
Windsor Tomcats 