The Big Nets brought out scorers as expected, but it also attracted some new or newer Tomcats. More on the scoring shortly but first the new specimens.
Both Poppy and Swayze, who have appeared on the Kapusta floor briefly before, returned for more action. Great guys on the floor, even better on stage afterwards, which is the true measure of a Tomcat. “Poppy started handing out beer to the boys on stage without being asked,” exclaimed The Matador. “He’s a keeper,” The Matador continued.
And in a brand new debut on the Kapusta floor, the Tomcats were introduced to Knuckles (maybe a custom Tomcat nickname forthcoming). He was brought out by Soupy and was another instant great fit with the boys on the floor and on the stage.
With the swath of newer guys, the coveted Tomcat Algorithm used to evenly pick teams was not used. Instead, the Rockyrithm was leveraged and did not produce the consistent results we see from the time-tested Tomcat Algorithm. The teams ended up as such:
Tonto’s Troost Avenue Titans – Terror in net, Tonto, Chico, Soupy, Poppy, Snowpants, Hobbs, Swayze and Knuckles
Bullwinkle’s Broadstreet Battalions – Bender in net, Bullwinkle, Rocky, Matador, Animal, Shack, Chevy and The Professor
With the Big Nets, we finally saw scores that normally do not occur with regular size nets. Despite amazing diving saves by both Bender and Terror, goals were aplenty, especially for the Battalion. With a slightly off Rockyrithm, the Battalion were are little too much in both games, winning by good size margins.
Annual Tournament:
Heads up on an email forthcoming from Soupy. We need commitment for 4 teams for the year-end tournament on Saturday April 12th. 8am-3pm-ish. Please block your calendars now and respond to Soupy so we can prepare a draft list for the captains and coaches.
Captains again are The Professor, Killer, Kamikaze and Skippy. We will pick a draft order, then once we have 4 willing retired Tomcats to play the role of coaches, these captains will select coaches in order ahead of the draft. This way the coaches can assist in drafting. The draft will occur mid-March on a Tuesday after hockey. Exact date to come.
For now, please commit to block that Saturday.
Until next time, try to figure out the theme behind the team names and as our once heralded president Stevo would always say, “Stay Beautiful!”
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