Bringers of the Bottles: Snowpants (24) Turk (12), Cribzie (12 from last week)
Between the Pipes: Chico, The Terror and Scuz
Starting Line Up: Sparky, Soupy, El Choppo, Rocky, Snowpants, Chevy, Sunny, The Turk, Kamikaze, Cribzie, LaBamba, Doc, Stevo, Tunzie, Bulldog, Killer
PUP (Physically Unable to Play): Razor, Jingles, Spinner
Healthy Scratches: Hollywood, Hurricane, The Rake, Skippy, Sheepdog, Falcon, Matador, Beep
Sitting in Press Box: Hicksee, Shack, Crow
With the Bad Axe Bearcats, waiting to be called up: N/A
Captains for the Mini: TBD
Skinny: Who knows…maybe the first mini of 2017??? Won’t know until about 4pm Tuesday for sure.
Hey folks, if you don’t have plans for Feb 18th, or if you do have plans, break them! Ghost Crossing is playing a fundraiser for the Ukrainian Hall that they played for last year again! Thank you to those who supported last time! Please consider coming out again, or if you missed it, come on out this time! I guarantee you it will be an awesome time ! You can use it as an excuse to take your lovely out for Valentine’s Day! Tickets are only 25 bucks. With that you get a little bit of food, with the option of buying more food! A tomcat favorite, is that there will be a bar serving booze and alcohol, And of course beer!
Thanks for reading, and hope to see you at the gig! Please come out and show support to Rocky on drums, Doc’s wife Jodi on vocals! SteveO on guitar and vocals, and Hollywood doing his best impersonation of a bass player! Think of how many free tshirts the Jablonsky brothers have given you over the years. Please support this function, thanks! They (the Jaworiwsky brothers) might even buy you a beer. Tickets are available from Rocky and Steve-O. Cheers to Tomcat Brethren! Tomcats forever!
2017 has yet to see a mini. Between injuries, contract stalemates and league-sanctioned suspensions due to inappropriate use of social media within the locker room, the Tomcats have yet to get enough eligible players out on a Tuesday for some three team action.
Teams last night were:
Falcon’s Flaming Flamingos – White – The Falcon, Hollywood, Sunny, The Rake, El Choppo, Snowpants, Matador and the Turk
Skippy’s Skipping Skippers – Black – Skippy, Scuz, Kamikaze, Rocky, Chevy, Sparky and Soupy
Good hockey all around with some nice passes, laser shooting, sweat moves and some highlight saves by both teams. You can tell guys are really sharpening up on their skills ahead of the big tournament February 25th.
Super solid goes out to Sunny for getting there early and shoveling show off the steps. He is a rare Tomcat that goes out of his way to always do his part with set up, planning events, etc. Sunny also brought out a 12 pack for missing the previous week (fine is only a six pack).
Another shout out to Snowpants for arranging the sticks in the Tomcat room so each was spaced exactly 1/8th from the next and ordered shortest to tallest. Again, another guy who always contributes and never just shows up to only play!
Tomcats Forever!
Bringers of the Bottles: Jingles (24) Cribzie (12)
Between the Pipes: The Falcon, The Terror and Skippy
Starting Line Up: Sparky, Soupy, El Choppo, Rocky, Snowpants, Chevy, Matador, Sunny, The Rake, The Turk, Kamikaze, Hollywood, Scuz
PUP (Physically Unable to Play): Razor, Jingles, Doc, Spinner
Healthy Scratches: Cribzie, LaBamba, Sheepdog, Hurricane, Beep, Stevo, Tunzie, Chico, Bulldog, Killer
Sitting in Press Box: Hicksee, Shack, Crow
With the Bad Axe Bearcats, waiting to be called up: N/A
Captains for the Mini: TBD
Skinny: Guys dropping like flies today…no mini. What to do with the 3rd goalie???
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT OF HOCKEY by Harry Ballsonue
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.”
Walter Payton
Teams
The Terror Terriers: Captain… Snowpants, The Rake, Chevy, Sparky, Bulldog, Kamikaze, Matador and of course the Terror
The Hollywood Hovawarts: Captain….Beep, Killer, Stevo, Soupy, Rocky, The Hurricane and Mighty Might Hollywood
Tonight was truly a great night of hockey, in the first game 22 goals were scored. It just so happened that on the first five shots in the first game on Netminder Hollywood, 3 went in and the game, At one point the score was 6-0 and then 7-3 for the Terror Terriers. The Hovawarts fought back to make it 11-10 with a minute left on the clock, but with with seconds left, the Matador popped an open net goal to make it 12-10 win for the Terriers.
In the second game, the Hollywood Hovawarts, put a spark in their play winning the game 8-4 and started to play.
“Man oh man, what a fantastic night of hockey”, stated Stevo and added, “I really had fun out there tonight, it was good hockey, talented players playing hockey, it was a great night”. Concluded Stevo.
Stevo had been out on the IR for a few weeks since the second half of the season started but did not seem to miss a step in his first night back setting up Beep and Soupy for some lovely goals and scoring a few himself.
“Stevo seemed to be every where out there tonight, nice to see that”. Stated Sparky.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
There had been a small incident, with Hurricane knocking Chevy down to he floor, “ I’m just happy to still be alive after getting knocked down by the Hurricane”, stated Chevy.
Chevy also had a great quote during the game, prior to the opening face-off of the second game, Snowpants had been asked about the Super Bowl and Snowpants was holding court and said that he is cheering for Atlanta. Asked if Kapernick would be back next year for his beloved 49’rs, Snowpants said, “I hope not”…that was when Chevy said, “ You going to win this face off”?
Jingles, who is on long term IR was made available to the media after the game, he was in good spirits and spoke briefly about his off ice injury. “Its as slow process and I hope to be back playing soon”…. Realistically it will probably not be until next September.
Bionic Arm On Jingles …..Tomcat Doctors
“We can make him better …stronger ….”
Jingles in younger days prior to bionic arm …” I love Kiss and I thank Stevo for talking me into getting the tie die Kiss Shirt “….
Also in picture……Stevo and Hollywood
The Hovawart is a medium to large size German dog breed. The name of the breed means “an estate guard dog”, which is the original use for the breed. The breed originated in the Black Forest region and was first described in text and paintings in medieval times.
Every one knows what a Terrier is. But hey, when you are thinking, Hovawart, I think I might look up that dog to see what it looks like, do you think I can put my Harry Ballsonue.
Bringers of the Bottles: Killer, Bulldog (24 each) Sparky (12)
Between the Pipes: The Terror and Hollywood
Starting Line Up: Sparky, Soupy, Hurricane, El Choppo, Bulldog, Rocky, Tunzie, Snowpants, Beep, Chevy, Matador, Stevo, Sunny, The Rake, Killer
PUP (Physically Unable to Play): Razor, Jingles, Doc, Spinner
Healthy Scratches: Chico, Skippy, Cribzie, Falcon, LaBamba, Sheepdog, Kamikaze, The Turk
Sitting in Press Box: Hicksee, Shack, Crow
With the Bad Axe Bearcats, waiting to be called up: N/A
Captains for the Mini: TBD
Skinny: 2 Team night for the third straight week…no mini yet in 2017!
Maybe saying old is a little too harsh, so let’s go with “What’s ‘experienced’ is ‘exciting’ again.” In a time where the Tomcats are dominated by younger, upcoming star power (think Soupy, Tunzie, Matador, etc.), the most dominating performance was put on by the ageless wonder, Hurricane. Seemed like every other goal scored by the White Wallabys was coming from Hurricane. One unnamed player was heard saying, “I hope when I am 65 I can still play like he can!”
The teams were very evenly matched with only a brief moment all night where there was more than a 1 point advantage either way. The Black Badgers included Beep, Sparky, Chevy, Cribzie, Rocky, The Turk, Kamikaze, Snowpants and the Terror. The Wallabys included the aforementioned Hurricane, Tunzie, The Rake, Sheepdog, LaBamba, Soupy, El Choppo, Bulldog and the Falcon.
The first game ended with a one-point advantage tilted for the Badgers while the second game was 3-3 tie. Great hockey all night that was fast-paced and a beauty to watch.
After the game, the 2017 Tournament Draft was held. So without further ado here are this year’s teams (team names fictionalized for dramatic purposes):
Hurricane’s Horny Hothead Hammers – Hurricane, The Danish (G), Chico, Labamba, Kamikaze, Sunny, Rocky
Mayday’s Monday Morning Monkey Mad Men – Mayday, Scuz, The Falcon (G), Killer, Beep, Sheepdog, Matador
Sparky’s Superliscious Superlative Sultans – Sparky, The Rake, The Terror (G), Soupy, Shack, Tunzie, Snowpants
Bulldogs Beaming Boisterous Bad Boys – Bulldog, Doc, Cribzie, Chevy, El Choppo, Skippy (G), Lovie
Seven players per team…two spares on the bench, should be a great tournament. February 25th…first game will start at 8:30am sharp. Get a good night’s rest before and come prepared. Lots of work going on in the background to make this event happen so don’t miss it! $20 paid to your captain (team shirts may be at an additional cost). $10 for pizza afterwards. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
Until next time,
Howie
Bringers of the Bottles: Sunny (24) Rake (12)
Between the Pipes: The Falcon and The Terror
Starting Line Up: Kamikaze, Sparky, Soupy, Hurricane, El Choppo, Sheep Dog, Bulldog, Rocky, Tunzie, Cribzie, Snowpants, LaBamba, Beep, The Turk, Chevy, Matador
PUP (Physically Unable to Play): Razor, Jingles, Doc, Spinner
Healthy Scratches: Chico, Skippy, Hollywood, Stevo, Sunny, The Rake, Killer
Sitting in Press Box: Hicksee, Shack, Crow
With the Bad Axe Bearcats, waiting to be called up: N/A
Captains for the Mini: TBD
Skinny: Probably a 2-team night. No third Goalie right now. If you are not able to attend, let Rocky know ASAP!
First Night of 2017…a Throwback to the good old daysTomcats were kicking it old school last night with a good ole night of two-team hockey. It was The Falcon’s White Scoregasims vs. The Terror’s Black Short Shorts.
Scoregasims – Falcon, Sheepdog, Cribzie, Killer, LaBamba, El Choppo, The Rake, and Snowpants
Short Shorts – Terror, Kamikaze (who the team was named after), Sparky, Rocky, Soupy, Hurricane, Bulldog and Scuz
The games were fast-paced with lots of nice passes made by the Short Shorts. And Speaking of Short Shorts, Kamikaze apparently misplaced all of his athletic clothing so he borrowed Sparky’s high-school gym shorts from 1989. Never have the Tomcats seen so much leg outside of a gentleman’s establishment. The Falcon even asked for a penalty to be called…not for guys taking a chop at his hand, but for the shorts worn by Kamikaze.
In the end, the games were tilted against the Scoregasims, as the Black Shorts were just too much and took both games in the end.
Big shout outs go to Falcon for bringing in a 30 instead of a 12. As well, Sheepdog provided the boys with some meat and cheese snacks after the games.
The draft is set for next week so all guys have committed for this year’s tournament. Plenty of guys to play but some big time names not taking part this year (Stevo, Hollywood, Spinner). Hopefully they will stop by for some drinks and to take in the festivities.
Until next time, this is Howie Feltersnatch signing off.
Bringers of the Bottles: Sheep Dog (24) Falcon (12)
Between the Pipes: The Falcon, Scuz and The Terror
Starting Line Up: Kamikaze, Sparky, Soupy, Killer, Hurricane, the Rake, El Choppo, Sheep Dog, Bulldog, Rocky, Tunzie, Cribzie, Snowpants, LaBamba
PUP (Physically Unable to Play): Razor, Jingles, Doc, Spinner
Healthy Scratches: Chico, Beep, Skippy, The Turk, Chevy, Hollywood, Stevo, Sunny, Matador
Sitting in Press Box: Hicksee, Shack, Crow
With the Bad Axe Bearcats, waiting to be called up: N/A
Captains for the Mini: TBD
Skinny: Let’s see if it is a mini or a two-team night. If youa re not able to attend, let Rocky know ASAP!
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