Tousi is the nickname for forward Mathieu Tousignant who is often the recipient of punches, face washes and other violent actions from the opposition. Sometimes this plays to our advantage because we get a roughing call in our favor but Tousi is only human so he usually fights back, then gets thrown in the box too.
One thing the majority of us fans are confident about is that he probably provoked the other guy into hitting him. We can’t hear it due to the glass yet sometimes you can get an idea what was said by the reaction or lip reading obvious mouth movements, especially f-based words. However, Mathieu is from Quebec which makes me suspect he says something in the province’s French dialect and the other Canadians know it’s offensive. Hence the punchline on the back of the shirt (see below); when I asked for a photo from the wearer, she asked me if I wanted to see the other side.
“Sometimes this plays to our advantage because we get a roughing call in our favor but Tousi is only human so he usually fights back, then gets thrown in the box too.
Aaaah, but it’s more strategic than that. 🙂 Even when an agitator like Tousi gets thrown in the sin bin, he’s usually taking a move valuable opposing player off with him. It’s like chess!