Icing by Kelly Jamieson

Author:Kelly Jamieson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-18T07:00:00+00:00

Coach announced the starting lineup—him, Hallsy, Rico up front, Benny and Kirby on D, and, of course, Stoykers in goal. “Get right into it, guys,” Coach shouted.

Time for the game to begin. Focus. He followed his teammates through the tunnel once more, hearing the crowd cheering as the announcer bellowed out, “Ladies and gentlemen, here they are…your Chicaaaaago Aaaaaaces!”

He took a running leap to the ice, flashing lights and pumping music and loud cheers surrounding him. A rush, every time. He always wanted to be grateful that he had this, that his dreams of playing in the NHL had come true. Even eight years later, he never wanted to take that for granted.

He skated fast laps around their end while Stoykers headed to the net and began roughing up the paint with his skate blades and going through his own routine. Then the rest of the players headed to the bench while Duncan and the starting lineup skated into position on the blue line facing the flag, removing their helmets.

He did his visualization during the national anthem, as he always did, gloves on the top of his stick, head bowed, picturing how he wanted the game to go, starting with the opening face-off.

He pictured Rico taking the face-off, getting the puck to him, how they’d move into position.

The nasty tone of the game was set right from the start. As he lined up for the face-off at center ice, Girolama, winger for the Wolves, started jabbing and jostling him. “Jesus, Bamalama,” Duncan muttered out of one corner of his mouth, lifting an elbow and holding his ground. “Get a little closer, why doncha. You wanna dance with me or fuck me?”

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