“On April Fools Day, believe nothing, trust no one, just like any other day.” – Unknown
It may have been April Fool’s Day, and the eve of “Liberation Day” in an America, but the Tomcats certainly were not fooling around! It was good, clean, hard hockey all over the floor! There wasn’t a single argument, trade dispute, or “Play the Ball” to be heard, just a bunch of dudes being dudes.
Big Ned’s Bulldogs – Soupy, Big Ned, Bender, Hurricane, Shack, Professor, Labamba, Falcon in Net
Tonto Terroriers – Bullwinkle, Snowpants, Chico, Escalade (Dillon), Hobbs, Chevy, Tonto, Terror in Net
2 GREAT games of hockey! Game 1 even saw a pulled goalie with a minute left, with the Terroriers taking it 8-7. Game 2 was just as exciting, back and forth goals, and ended in a 5-5 tie. A couple Notes from the play Last night, we saw the return of Labamba, stating “my Tuesday night ice hockey league is done, so I’m only playing hockey 4 nights a week now, I had to get out and get used to the Tomcat game again.” In no surprise to anyone, he jumped right back in, making crisp passes, and great defensive plays.
Amazing chemistry between Soupy and Big Ned, they just seemed to find each other all over the floor. Each with a few goals, Soupy claimed after, “I must have taken 75 shots tonight, and 72 of them I buried into Terrors chest!” Speaking of Big Ned, he ALMOST had the Tomcat goal of the year, in a little bit of trickery. He flicked the ball from behind the net to himself and batted it in out of mid air into the net! However it was determined that his stick was above the crossbar, BUT not by much! The goal was disallowed, but the effort and skills was greatly appreciated!
Hurricane wanted it to be known that after his hat trick last night, he claims he has the tomcat record for most hat tricks. When asked for comment on this, he said “I basically own ALL the Tomcat Records, people should be calling OVI, “The Dave Hann of Goal Scoring”. Keep it going, Hurricane!
Lastly, a nickname was chosen for Falcons son, Dillon, he will now be called Escalade, due to his choice of “And 1” basketball shorts from 2002. He showed some great promise last night on forward, potting 2 goals on the same shift. He’s really starting to get the feel of tomcats hockey and will be a great addition to the tournament. When asked about what he thinks about playing, he said “you know, when you’re the smartest, most athletic, and best looking of the Falcon Triplets, it’s a lot of pressure, but I’m the best Menzel there ever was, so I just go hard in the paint, and take it to the rim, err umm, net every time!”
Not sure why he had to trash talk his brothers there, but happy to see him excelling.
Only 1 more week of hockey before the year end tourney, make sure you come out next week for a final tune up!
Enjoy Guys.
Guest Column by Haida d’Salami
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