Ghetto Classic 2012 wrap up

I guess the hangover has passed and now the flu that i caught at the tournament has given me the time to rest and reflect on what happened this past weekend .

On the Friday we had the first game vs. Easy Company ( last years champs ) it was a close enough game even though the score might say otherwise as they beat us 7-4 , the next game on the schedule did not end up so close either . There were 3 games then we all headed out to the Midpoint for beers .... we were all pretty buzzed from all the beers we drank at the rink . Honestly i don't even remember how i got to the rink ... i think i walked from Chad's house ( still fuzzy ) . Friday night the bar was rammed , tons of women all the guys that showed up had a blast and apparently the highlight of the night was when one of my refs ( Espie ) met Adriano " the kissing bandit " Belli and went shirtless with him doing crazy things on the patio of Brooklyn , the other bar we went to . Belli is a retired CFL player that i actually went to high school with . If you are reading this i want to get the pictures your friend took !!!!

Saturday woke up on Chips couch , cold and ready to wear the same clothes ... with a killer headache we went to have breakfast at Stavros on Queen @ Sorauren . greasy food for breakfast with BACON !!! Had to go get bbq for the arena and set up ... first game is at 11 am and i have to make sure all the teams get their beer for their rooms , Chip mans the BBQ and Dustin shows up really early to drink beer LOL . All the games were clean and close , we were surprised by the efforts put forth by the 2 teams we played as we thought we would do much better against them as we went 2-0 qualifying for finals where we had to play Easy Company in a rematch of last years final . The B pool Final was yet to be decided with such a closely matched group of teams . Saturday night we all went up to Jason Abrams bar ( which i drywalled a few years back ) he named it the Ghetto Lounge for the weekend  . It got pretty messy  as i enjoyed a nice glass of Ardbeg scotch with a few pints of beer , the staff there were amazing thanks Elliott for all your work .

Sunday morning had to be at the rink for 10 AM game to make sure teams knew what they needed to qualify ... Knuckles needed to win by 4 goals to make final . It was tied 5-5 and for some reason they pulled their goalie ending their chances at making final leaving Boats & Hoes vs. Hack HC .... both finals were awesome unfortunately we lost to Easy Company 6-2 and Boats & Hoes lost to Hack HC 8-4 .... after all that we went up to watch some Euro Cup football and hand out trophies to champions and teams .

Obviously i would like to thank all the teams that came this year Bloody Knuckles , The Imperials , Jokers , Big Stars , Boats & Hoes , Hack HC and Easy Company . It takes effort putting squads together . We have to have to have to thank the refs for being who they are ... rule #1 for making a successful tournament is having party animals for your refs :) also we need to thank McCormick Arena and their staff particularly Paulie !!!! Molson thank you so much for the beer ... Midpoint / Brooklyn / 1602 Dundas ( aka Ghetto Lounge ) thanks for letting us get drunk at your bars . Icetime is already booked for next year ... i think it will be more fun if i can get an international team here , if your team is interested in joining the party next year let me know ! June 21-23 , 2013

PEACE OUT !!!