CONTEST RESULTS!!!!

By Richard Cranium


The tabulation for the “Name The Otter Kid” is finally over. There were over a thousand responses via emails, letters, phone calls and comments.

SPOILER ALERT:
For some of the younger Otters (Jules and Bo) you might want to review http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_It_to_Beaver prior to continuing to read the post, otherwise most of the humor might pass you by like a Ted Brown cross ice pass.


Here are the results:

Fifth place – Jason Molenda receives 5 rolls of outdated Kodak 35mm film.

Fourth place – The Love Guru receives three handfuls of french fries off of
someone’s plate at Yack’s Grill

Third place – The “Great One” receives an autograph picture of this year’s Stanley
Cup Team… San Jose Sharks!!!

Second place – Anonymous receives a free skate sharpening, a free equipment “wash”
and an exclusive 30 minute Ice Oasis locker room shower with the
person of your choice.

First place – Theodore Cleaver from Mayfield receives Parker Brothers $1000.


This reporter caught up with this year’s grand prize winner by phone. He is a ten year old at Grant Ave Grammar School and has been following the Otters for a little over a year.

“My school teacher, Miss Landers, gave us an assignment last year,” said Cleaver. “We had to follow a sports team and since I like furry water animals, I googled and saw this Otter hockey team made up of wacky misfits so I thought it was neat to watch them on my computer using the live ice cam.”

Theodore went on to say he was glad that they won the Stanley Keg so their team picture could be posted and he could see what they looked like.

“They kind of looked like frozen stick figures on the ice cam,” commented Cleaver. “I was surprised to see how they looked. Some of them look really old and ugh there is a girl on the team! I thought Jules was a boy’s name like Jules Verne.”

Cleaver did say he spent many hours looking at the contest pictures and comparing them to the current photos.

“The hardest one to find was Tommy since there were three pictures that could have been him and Jules was a little tricky since pic #11 looked like her,” said Cleaver. “The easiest ones were Chuck and Gary since their hair styles haven’t changed.”

Theodore had some help from his friends Larry Mondello, Whitey Whitney and Gilbert Bates.

“My brother, Wally, and his friend Eddie Haskell also helped me in eliminating non-Otters,” said the little tyke. “Eddie said there were no clowns on the Otters!”

Asked what he will do with the $1000, Cleaver implied he would either buy some hotels for Boardwalk and Park Place or put some houses on Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues.

“I really hope the team doesn’t get split up after this season,” said the squirt. “Maybe they should all stay together and call the team “The Beavers”!

Thanks to all who participated in this contest. Scroll down to the original article and see how many photos you got right. They are all listed now.