May the best ??? win!!

We found it!  It's a shiny new penalty box.

The Trough Hockey game will resume this morning  and the Second Period could be the last.

For those who missed it, we have a score:

Team Equine 1       Team Feline  0

BCM cats go into the remaining seconds of the Second Period down by one. 

What time is it?!!!

Big Kitty confiscated the ball and placed it behind his back, or butt........whatever!!

It's "time out"  until the cats get their s**t together.  Really, how difficult is it to select a good hockey playing cat and designate that cat to play for the team.

Team Equine is on the verge of winning the Orange-y Bowl.  All they need is one more goal.

Maybe that's the way the cats planned it.  Maybe it's nap time, or supper time or some other time that makes cats lose their train of thought and just fugedaboudit!

Pick a cat, any cat!!

It was a last minute "bait and switch"!!

We thought Echo was playing for the horses, when suddenly, The Grinch took possession of the ball and proceeded to push it into Team Feline's territory.  H"C"S watched in horror as no one stepped up to play for the cats.

C'mon Cats.  Get in the game!!

Suddenly the whistle blew.......again!!

STOP THE GAME!!  If it takes two to tango, it sure as heck takes two to play Trough Hockey.

Fraternizing with the enemy!!

A new Penalty Box was located.  Timbit sat in it for the allotted 20 seconds to clear the penalty board for Barn Cat Mansion.

The Second Period is about to begin and Big Kitty says Echo, not the Grinch, will represent Team Equine.  It's not clear who is representing Team Feline.  It might be the Big Kitty himself.

Black Panther is at the horse end of the Trough discussing strategy with Holly, a horse that isn't even playing.
No wonder these cats can't win.  They don't even know whose team they're on!!

We need a new box!!

The cats are in trouble!!  And, this time its serious!!

First of all, someone trashed the penalty box.

Secondly, the box is an integral part of the game.

Thirdly, the cats have been assessed a Delay of Game, or DoG Penalty for trashing the box.

Fourthly, if the box is trashed, where can a cat sit to serve a penalty?

An annual event!

Happy Valentine's Day
Every year, BCM throws a party on February 14th.

WHY?

Because Big Kitty says,
        
 "LET'S HAVE A PARTY!!!"

Pick one......

The horse on the left seems to have a Grinch on her head, meaning that white stripe looks kind of like the Grinch.  For the game, if she's chosen to play, we'll call her "Mr. Grinch".  Keep in mind, that's not her real name.

The other horse is Echo.  She might be a better choice because she's not "a mean one".

Regardless of which horse is chosen, there's an enormous problem to be rectify.  The penalty box has been DESTROYED!!  So we've called a

Time Out For Valentine's Day!!

Call up a horse!!

When you hear the whistle, Period Two of the game will begin.  In the meantime, Flag shows LOygBE a few fine points of moving the ball.  He remembers everything BK told him.  But most of all, he tells the student:

"Keep your eyes on the ball."

Tipster must have chosen the stripey orange cat as "second" player, but who's up for the horse team?

We didn't even know selection had begun!!

It's over here!!

Round 2, or maybe we should call it the Second Period of the Trough Hockey
game is about to begin.

There's one big problem!!

They've lost the ball.  Somebody totally forgot to put the ball away after Hockey Practise.

Its a good thing this photographer found it lying in a long forgotten snowdrift!!

This is sooooo boring!!

For a month now, Pinkerton has watched the antics of Trough Hockey, and he's not impressed.

He says, "Let's get back to the Sports Field and stage a few races.  This herd of cats needs a little speed in their lives!!"

WHOAAA there, Pinkerton!!

We still have two periods of Trough Hockey, so don't get your tail in a knot.