Windsor Tomcats

Bringers of the Bottles:   Falcon (24) Hollywood (12)

Between the Pipes: Falcon and ?

Starting Line Up:  Sparky, El Choppo, Rocky, Chevy, Sunny, Kamikaze, LaBamba, Doc, Stevo, Sheepdog, Beep

PUP (Physically Unable to Play):  Razor, Jingles, Spinner

Healthy Scratches: Hollywood, Hurricane, The Rake, Skippy, The Turk, Chico, Soupy, Snowpants, Cribzie, Bulldog, Matador, Tunzie, 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:  Lovebirds are dropping like flies today…no mini.

I think Harry Ballsonue in his last article called me out!  And I thought with the upcoming weekly tilt it was time to put on my big boy pants and make some predictions.

The first prediction I will make is there will be only 2 teams this coming Tuesday who play.  It will ‘definitely’ not be a mini tournament.  I know, with the game falling on Valentine’s Day I agree this is pretty safe prediction.  I’ll go a bit further then:  there will be only 1 sub each team.  The rest of the guys will forgo the ‘after’ game festivities; and game itself to instead beg for and romance themselves a little ‘lovin’ from the Miss Kitty Tomcat at home.

Crazy how after this game we are a mere 11 sleeps until the BIG tourney.  Speaking of which; I’ve gone over the teams closely; and while I agree with the absence of ‘Crow’ this thing at first glance looked very tight.  Deeper review and a dusting off of my crystal ball provided me with the champs.  I’m calling it now; Mayday will sip from the cup after a finals game with Hurricane’s team.  Bulldog’s team and Sparky’s will have a great showdown for the third spot; with the edge going to Bulldog.

Whilst your cursing my picks, I noticed Yurri Handzonmecac.

Yurri

Killer Night…Do Things Now ! by Harry Ballsonue

The symbolic Doomsday Clock now reads two and a half minutes to midnight, reflecting growing climate change and nuclear warfare concerns. This “ unprecedented” thirty second adjustment marks the closest the clock has ever been to midnight since 1953.

So, what am I telling you, do things now, first thing you should do is go to the February 18 Fund Raiser being held in South Wood Lakes, Tomcat brethren ‘Ghost Crossing’ is playing and from what I hear, they are sounding pretty good. Some new tunes and a new guitar player has been added, Joad the Toad is better then Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga and Madonna put together and I’m not kidding here…..tickets are only $25 and it is for a great cause.

Ghost Crossing, with band fan, Crow Snr. Please consider coming out and supporting your fellow Tomcats in this fun fundraiser organized by Hollywood.

Ghost Crossing preforming last year at the Ukrainian fund raiser.
Tickets are only $25 and you will be helping a great cause.
Also preforming, the Barvinok Dance Ensemble and a band out of Toronto, Zirka with an out of this world violin player, Karen, if you come for anything you want to come and watch her!
February 18 SEE YOU THERE !

The second thing you should do is start prepping for the upcoming tournament, eating right, drinking less and getting mentally ready for the greatest tournament on earth, the Stanley’s Cup. I still have not seen a prediction by Yur Handsarronmycok perhaps he too sees complete parity this year and it is even too close for him to call.

Teams February 7 were:

Terror Tigers, Sparky (Captain) Sunny, Stevo, Cribzie, Doc, Chevy, Tunzie, Kamikaze and the Terror
Chico Cheetahs, Turk (Captain) Snowpants, La Bamba, Soupy, Killer, Bulldog, Rocky, El Choppo and Chico
Hockey was Killer….really, Killer was on fire and scored 5 goals last night for the Chico Cheetahs, “I felt good out there, the ball seemed to go in whenever I touched it, it happens not often, but it does once in a while” Killer stated with a smile from ear to ear and added, “I just with The Rake was here to see it”.

In the first game, the Chico Cheetah’s took an early 4-0 lead only to lose the game 9-7. In the second game, the Chico Cheetah’s were not talking any chances and were up 6-1 before no time at all, they ended up beating the Terror Tigers in game 2, 9-4.

Great to see Chico in the line up for the first time, this year, some great net minding on Chico’s part.

Also, Doc returns from the IR, and did not look out of place at all, he spent his off time working himself into top notch form, shaved his beard for aero dynamics.

You could see that the Chico Cheetah’s in Monday’s practice had the Turk showing them how to block shots as they blocked hundreds of shots all night and speaking of blocked shots, the Turk blocked his usual 190 shots last night, which brings him to some where near 12,000 blocked shots for the year.

Reminder that there will be no hockey on Tuesday February 28. As it sits right now, there are only 2 weeks left before the Stanley’s Cup tournament.

One more thing about Ghost Crossing, Jingles went down with an injury so they brought in a new guitarist and vocalist ’The Duke’….Tomcats will recognize the Duke as he is associated with the Kapusta Kow Palace. One point that I had been asked to make about the upcoming February 18 show is that you really don’t want to miss it. It will be Ghost Crossing’s first time that they will actually be playing an original Ghost Crossing song, yes an original Ghost Crossing song, “We are”, stated a triumphant Hollywood, “And here is a kicker, my Broocher will be singing 3 Ukrainian songs, that in itself is worth the price of the $25 ticket, but Joad the Toad has been rocking out some new songs that you do not want to miss”. Concluded Hollywood

For our Golfers…Snowpants setting Tomcat Golf Tournament date tentatively for Friday, June 16…Tomcat Management knows it is quite a ways off…but “good planning makes good times”. (I just made that up)

There is no time like now, if you really really think about it, if doomsday is indeed coming, this is the time for the fund raiser on the 18th, the Stanley’s Cup tournament on the 25th and for me to put my Harry Ballsonue.

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???

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!