Thorold Mounts players and local referees were doused with pails full of water, Mike Braun and Charlie Elwell of the Mounts both took a pie to the face, and some sketchy scoring tactics took place at the Thorold Arena on Nov. 20.
But it was all for a good cause.
Nicknamed “the Harlem Globetrotters of hockey,” the legendary Flying Fathers flew into town a couple weeks ago, bringing their fun-filled brand of slapstick hockey to Thorold while helping fund the city’s food banks.
According to Coun. John Kenny, who played for the Thorold Mounts team which faced off against the famed Flying Fathers, the entertaining game helped raise $1,600 for Thorold Community Care and for Thorold’s school breakfast program.
For 45 years, the Flying Fathers have toured North America and Europe, raising millions of dollars for various charities, while performing as many outrageous stunts as they can get away with on the ice, perpetrated by “Sister Mary Shooter,” the hockey-playing nun; Smitty the Clown; and the Flying Monk.
