Here we go, Tomcats 2025 is off and running. The first night of the new year saw some great passing, clean play, and a familiar face made an appearance. A little short on guys due to it being the first week back, the boys had 1 spare a side.
Bullwinkle Bulls (in a China shop) – Matador, Bullwinkle, Killer, Snowpants, Chevy, Chico in net
Tonto Titans- Soupy, Hobbs, Tonto, Professor, Animal, Shack in net
The age old story of good guys vs bad guys was oh so true last night. The Bulls (bad guys) lived up to their name, high energy, hard on pucks, and the occasional shoulder to the jaw hit, they came out flying! They took the first game 7-4 on some great goals by Matty and Snowy. To add some insult to injury, after Matador scored a beauty deek goal, he ran up to soupy, double middle fingers right in his face and said, “that’s the same move my son used on your 6 year old at practice last Saturday. He couldn’t stop it, and neither could you!” That is the kind of passion we need at Tomcats.
Snowpants was sporting a new helmet (tuque) for last night game, which might have saved a concussion when he tripped, completely on his own accord, hitting his head on the floor…safety first boys!
After a brief break, the second game started, Chevy set a 25 minute timer for 810, (Sparky clock to return next week) to which Matador complained, “no one’s gonna score 7 goals before that!” The Titans took this as motivation and potted 7 goals in no time, thanks to some great passing, tight checking, and just being all around GOOD GUYS.
The titans won 7-2.
Hobbs was quoted after, “we must have peppered Chico with 50 shots that game, and our goalie stood on his head. But ya know, When I first started playing Tomcats, Soupy said to me, hockey is not about playing good defence, it’s about scoring that highlight reel goal, the defence will take care of itself…wise words, from a wise man.”
After hockey, and familiar face appeared on stage. Bender, fresh off his sabbatical in PEI, where he’s been living with lobster fisherman at a legal brothel, came out to greet the boys, a case of the Maritimes Alpine beer in hand. He is home for a bit closing a few deals, and soupy believes he convinced him to come out and play next week. We’ll see if he makes an appearance. Tomcats can always use another goalie.
In other news, Killer, Stevo, and Tonto attended a “fish fry” at their local Essex Legion. Unfortunately, they missed the fish part of the evening due to it being sold out by the time they got there. Rumour is the delay was due in part to Killer being late, as he couldn’t decide which outfit to wear, the Snowy leather pants, or The Rake joggers!…but that’s just a rumour…
Looking for a couple more guys for next week, as the play continues, until then, Enjoy Guys!
Guest Column by H’aida d’Salami
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