The boys finished off the Last Tuesday Night of 2024 in great fashion. Almost 2 full teams of guys showed up, The play was fast, and the games tight. The Mistletoes took both games, 7-4 and 7-6 respectively, with some unbelievable saves by both goalies, Terror especially stood on his head, evening using his massive “member” to stop a Soupy one-timer. He was quoted as saying, “If I didn’t hang so low, that was a for sure goal! I’ll get Mrs. Terror to take care of it when I get home.”

Chico’s Christmas Miracle – Soupy, Doc, Bullwinkle, Snowy, Professor, Solstice, Chico, Chevy, Falcon in Net

Matador Mistletoes – Sunny, Shack, Kamikaze, Hobbs, Matador, Tonto, Animal, Terror in Net

Tomcat Legend Sunny returned from “retirement” and showed no signs of rust. The Mistletoes moved the ball around faster than a fat kid on cake! Shout out to Solstice, who was a shot-blocking machine, his shins battered and bruised by the end of the night. 

The night was capped off by the boys enjoying beers and pizza on stage afterwards. 5 members of the Tomcat Alumni showed up, Stevo, Turk, Sea Lion, Sheepdog, and the Rake, as well as a few players who were unable to play, Skippy, Killer, and Big Ned. Great to see these guys out! Thanks to the Turk, who brought out a bottle of vodka for the boys. 

As expected, “Tomcats Forever” was sung beautifully. Stevo gave the honour of “ziggy zaggy” to his son Big Ned, who absolutely nailed it! Way to go Noah! 

The Tomcats are off for the Xmas Holiday and will return January 7, 2025. Rocky will send out an email in the new year to see who’s in for that night. 

Reminder, the Tomcats are getting together with wives invited, this Saturday December 21 at 730 pm at Schooley’s bar The 519Beerhouse (formerly Sir Richard’s) at Banwell and Tecumseh. Looking forward to seeing everyone out there! 

Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy Holiday season! Merry Christmas, and Tomcats Forever! 

Enjoy Guys. 

Guest Column by Haida d’Salami

Last night marked the end of The Professor’s sabbatical where he spent over a month studying a remote Pygmy tribe in the jungles of New Guinea to uncover groundbreaking truths about their social structure, language, and possibly their thoughts on existentialism.  When asked about his adventure, The Professor stated, “it didn’t go as planned. I was asked to participate in a ceremonial dance and it was all going well until I tripped over my own feet, cranked my knee and crashed into a sacred totem, accidentally triggering the release of hundreds of brightly colored beetles that were apparently an offering to the jungle spirits.” The Professor went on to say, “The Tribe Elders ran me out of the jungle on a sore knee so now I am back with Tomcats wearing a brace and hoping for the best.”

It didn’t take long to see the knee was little concern as The Professor looked to be his old self, slashing and dashing around the floor.

Also making a comeback, albeit not from a New Guinea expedition, was The Terror. Taking several weeks off due to injury, the Terror looked to find his form quickly between the pipes. First game was a little tough but was not simply due to shaking off the rust. The Tomcats trialed a new ball, different color and slightly softer. While the players felt it was too sticky, the goalies noted the shots seemed faster and harder to spot. For the second game, an old orange ball was used, and Terror and team’s fortunes changed dramatically.

Teams were:

Chico’s Orange Orioles – Chico, Shack, Doc, Tonto, Hobbs, The Professor, Chevy and Soupy

Terror’s Pink Pirates – Terror, Rocky, Matador, The Splitter, Bullwinkle, Animal, Snowpants and Kamikaze

Announcements:

New Rule – Snowpants storytime is only allowed after the first round of beers on stage after hockey. There are no stories before hockey or during game breaks. Official rule book to be updated in the near future.

Last Week – Next week is last week of 2024. Pizza and drinks after hockey. Let Rocky know ASAP if you are in for Hockey, Pizza or both. Word on the street legends Stevo and The Sea Lion have already committed to attending the after party. We hope to see Hollywood, Cribzie, The Turk, The Bundura, The Rake, etc. also attend. Sparky is also likely to return and maybe fix the clock!

Empties – Looking for a few good guys to come early next week and help Soupy and Chico load empties into Chico’s truck to clear out the Tomcat room.

Tomcats Forever!

Another low turnout night and there was a bit of a scramble to find goalies. Thankfully Shack and Soupy answered the call. One might think the scoring was going to be easy with call-ups in the net. One couldn’t be further from the truth. Games were long (read further for more details) as these two made it tough to score.

The Sparky score clock is still out of commission (Sparky – we need you) so old fashion games to 7 were played (at least initially). The first game took one hour due to these netminders acting like iron gates!

The second game was only played to 4 and still took a while. In the end, each team took one game by a single goal, so very even teams. The teams were:

Soupy’s Short Handers – Soupy in net, Snowpants, Hobbs, Skippy, Matador and Chevy

Shack’s Solitary Soldiers – Shack in net, Animal, Rocky, Tonto, Killer, Bullwinkle and Doc

Speaking of Doc, he got the game ball scoring three goals on the night.

Killer also showed up wearing his new clothing line (look for these soon a SportChek):

Tomcats are still looking to pick a night to meet up for drinks and laughs at the 519 Beerhouse. A Friday work for most?

Only 2 weeks left in 2024. Rocky will be late next week and will miss last night. While Jingles is MIA, can he still help with arranging pizza for last night? All current and former Tomcats welcome on last night for drinks and pizza after hockey. Let Rocky and Soupy know who will partake (December 17th).

Tomcats Forever!