41. Tabitha
Hey, Trash Panda fans!
For those of you who are new to TCT, my name is Tabitha Tucker, and I am your resident sports-blogger-salacious-newsletter-author extraordinaire, spilling the tea on all things hockey and hotties.
Trash Can Tattle is a regular column that falls somewhere between gossip and game, bringing you all the things in one convenient place – away from the excellent news, features, and opinions and interviews from the rest of the NCAA, right here at UCR (the University of Cedar Rapids).
This week, I bring news of even more tragedy to befall one of our own. Tate Myers, UCR’s soon-to-be declared fit to return to the ice, top goal scorer, suffered the catastrophic loss of both his parents in a car accident almost four weeks ago.
Myers—whose jaw had been wired shut for the better part of six weeks following a slapshot to the face—had just had the wiring inside his mouth removed when he heard the heartbreaking news.
Sources close to Myers told your favorite one-stop-hockey-news-shop, Tattle with Tabitha, that the forward still plans on returning to the ice this weekend to face the Wisconsin Wolves.
The team is scheduled to practice both tomorrow and Friday, ahead of Saturday’s clash of the titans here at the Trash Can, and the Raccoons are hoping to ice a stronger offensive line with Myers back in the saddle.
Tattle with Tabitha would like to extend our sincere sympathies to Tate, the whole UCR Raccoons family, and the extended hockey community for the loss of former NHL hockey great, Zachary Myers and his wife Emmaline.
We’d also like to wish Tate all the best in his big return to the game this weekend. The Raccoons have held their own in his absence, but word in the locker room is that he couldn’t come back at a better time. He has been sorely missed by his linemates, and—dare I say—the score line.
That’s it for this week, hockey fans, don’t forget to...
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