The annual Tomcat Board meeting occurred on May 5th at Rocky’s. Attendees included:

Rocky, Soupy, Falcon, Bullwinkle, The Professor, Bender, Swifty, Skippy, Flower, Snowpants and Chevy

Great seeing new guys Swifty and Flower jumping right in!

Key updates made as we look forward to the 2026-2027 season

• Season Start and Finish – We will start Tuesday September 15th. The first half will end on Tuesday December 16th. We’ll start back up on Jan 5th 2027 and conclude with the annual tournament on Saturday April 17, 2027.
  
• Costs – Same as last year. $175 up front in full, or $60 upfront and $5 per night
  
• Tournament – Same format as this year, BUT NO Consolation game. All games are 2 10mins periods. Championship is 2 12mins periods. Captains to be decided in the fall. Potential focus on new guys as captains.
  
• Rule Changes: Goalies cannot cover the ball to stop play beyond the black basketball key lines. If that occurs, other team will get possession. We will monitor chopping downward of sticks, high sticks and high elbows.
  
  Shootouts: We will test out shootouts on Tuesday nights after tie games. 3 shooters to start and then all players added 1 by 1 until a winner is declared.
  
• Weekly Email Process – Chevy suggested and Rocky is working on a new automated process that will send out reminders each week and YOU ALL will have to updated your attendance on the website where Tomcat leaders can use to manage each night. Rocky is getting out of the business of chasing!
  
• Low Turnout 3v3 Nights – If there are nights where there are only 5 players per side (plus goalies), 3v3 will be played instead of 4v4. Adds some variety to the play.
  
• Other items discussed or being consider:
  – Flower to help run the website
  – We will seek to regain access to the Tomcat Room above the stage
  – Nets will be welded to be more sturdy and stay at correct angle (not lean)
  – Dustbane on the floor each night (maybe purchase our own broom)
  – Some discussion with hall on floor repair
  – Chevy to look at a Tomcat Jacket option that guys can self fund if they want one (stay tuned)
  – Goalie rotation will be used when we have more goalies than teams (e.g. 3 goalies playing across 2 teams)
  – Special Nights – Big Net Night, Old vs. Young, etc.
  

Stay on the lookout for Tomcat updates during the off season. Maybe a gather or two will occur. As always, send in photos of interesting places where you are at wearing Tomcat swag…love seeing the Tomcat name in places outside of Windsor/Essex County!

Tomcats Forever!