The Hockey Rink Hunt by Mike Lupica

Author:Mike Lupica
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2019-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

FIVE

Zach and Zoe waited near the ice for their dad, who was just finishing his interview with the Bruins coach. Now he and Uncle Marty were heading toward the rink, ready to set up the camera near the ice.

The twins knew this was where their dad would speak directly into the camera and put what he called a “tag” on his piece.

“The tag,” Danny Walker had explained to them once, “is like what you do when you sum up a paper you’ve written for school.”

It was what viewers at home would watch after Danny’s interviews with the players had aired on TV. Kind of like a roundup.

He told the twins that he wouldn’t be long, and he’d meet them back at the locker room door in twenty minutes. Zach and Zoe took another walk back down the hallway, passing an open door where they heard a man talking on the telephone.

The door read SECURITY, so Zach and Zoe were careful not to intrude. On their way to the practice that morning, their dad explained that it wasn’t just the Bruins who used the Warrior Ice Arena. Sometimes the youth hockey teams played their games there, too. Many also came for skating lessons, or just to have a free skate on the smooth ice Mr. Doherty’s Zamboni machine made.

They stopped outside the office as they heard the man inside say, “Well, I can’t make any promises about your son’s sweater, ma’am. But I’ll certainly check the Lost and Found for you.”

Zoe turned to Zach. He could see the excitement on her face.

“Why didn’t we think of that?” she said, slapping a palm to her forehead. “Somebody might already have found the necklace and put it in the Lost and Found! They wouldn’t have known it was Mike’s.”

They waited patiently for the man to finish his phone call. When he did, they knocked on the open door, and the security guard invited them in. Zach and Zoe introduced themselves quickly, but were eager to explain about the missing necklace.

“How can I help you kids today?” the security guard said. His nametag read MR. AMARO and he wore a big, friendly smile on his face.

“Mike Gordon lost his lucky necklace and we’re trying to help him find it,” Zach began. “My sister and I overheard you on the phone saying something about a Lost and F—”

Mr. Amaro chuckled, and jumped up from behind his desk and grabbed his keys before Zach could even finish his sentence.

“C’mon!” he said, waving a hand at Zach and Zoe to follow him. “I’ll do anything to help the Bruins. They’ve been my favorite team since I was your age.”

Mr. Amaro said he had to get back to work soon. But he offered to walk them down to the Lost and Found and then find their dad to let him know where they were.

“But I’ve got to warn you,” he said. “There’s a lot of stuff in that room. You can’t believe the things people leave behind in this place.

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